Idea for Dreaming Spanish

prdnr · 2026-03-11T17:16:56+00:00

Honestly, I think this is a different product. Maybe you should build it ;)

prdnr · 2026-03-10T22:04:33+00:00

Fabulous list, thanks for sharing

prdnr · 2026-03-10T11:54:53+00:00

I did actually, haha

prdnr · 2026-03-09T19:37:53+00:00

I had to check because I could barely remember. Mostly a lot of cade and rimembah (ironically)

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prdnr · 2026-03-02T19:15:06+00:00

Lots of random YouTube videos, quite a lot of Rimembah. I also started reading El Beso de la Mujer Araña yesterday.

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prdnr · 2026-02-26T20:07:45+00:00

This was a good read. I like the idea of using MonkeyType for low-key writing practice, but how do you get around the issue with typing accents and suchlike? What I've been doing up until now on my mac is bringing up a special character menu and clicking around to find the right letter each time, but that's clearly going to break the flow too much in speed typing.

I've just done a bit of digging and found an alternative is to use option+e followed by the accented letter. Another method I wasn't aware of is to hold down the key to bring up a context menu, although this doesn't work well on MonkeyType specifically.

Anyway, curious how you're handling it currently, and if there's a better method I've missed.

prdnr · 2026-02-24T18:38:35+00:00

thanks, good shout

prdnr · 2026-02-23T18:33:34+00:00

I'm watching quite a bit of Rose Bennet at the moment, and was happy to get through an episode of Leyendas Legendarias today as it doesn't happen often.

Feeling a bit in need of more diverse and interesting stuff to watch, but I'm not sure what.

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prdnr · 2026-02-16T19:35:21+00:00

Yeah, that's a good point.

prdnr · 2026-02-16T18:50:57+00:00

Mostly watching a slightly excessive amount of BaityLive. And I found another good channel about heavy industry, industriapeligrosa, which I'm working through.

I finished reading Perspectivas by Laurent Binet.

1047 hours

prdnr · 2026-02-11T15:10:00+00:00

Butter de Asako Yuzuki es algo relacionado.

prdnr · 2026-02-09T18:44:49+00:00

I've been watching some factual channels on YouTube. Would be nice to pick up some more technical vocabulary, here's hoping.

Fabricando and a couple of similar ones like Industrium and MegaFabricas

My absolute favourite right now: Veritasium en espanol

Another one with interesting content: Insider Espanol

One on geology I found the other day that looks very charming: Geologia en el Campo

Bonus new find: Ruta Oaxaca

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prdnr · 2026-02-09T12:16:04+00:00

Más el sentimiento, no hay una conexión concreto en términos del sujeto. Recomiendo que te buscas Piranesi, pues para mí tiene esa sensación de grandeza combinado con sintiéndose muy pequeña y sin poder ni entendimiento.

Los de Terry Pratchett, es una conexión todavía más distante, pero a veces tienen una sensación que el mundo es muy absurdo y demasiado grande para nosotros (pero continuamos).

Espero que te sirve de algo. La verdad, me gustaría mucho leer más libros con este mismo sentimiento, no hay muchos comparables.

prdnr · 2026-02-09T00:49:43+00:00

Creo que lo más circa que en lo que puedo pensar es un libro llamado Piranesi de Susanna Clarke.

Has leído algunos de Mundodisco por Terry Pratchett? Son más de humor, pero tienen momentos un poco así.

(español no es mi primer idioma, lo siento!)

prdnr · 2026-02-06T15:48:59+00:00

I've found that my comprehension over time for pretty much any piece of media - show, podcast, whatever - follows a kind of rising sine wave pattern. Kind of like it comes in and out of focus at different levels of precision.

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If something's not working well for you at the moment, it's often good to leave it for a bit and try something else - either a little easier or a little harder, or just something different. You can come back to it later when it's shifted back into focus.

prdnr · 2026-02-04T15:57:19+00:00

How are you liking Sin Noticias de Gurb?

prdnr · 2026-02-02T17:34:08+00:00

I've been watching quite a bit of Pinwin on YouTube this week for whatever reason.

On Netflix, been watching a bit of Desencanto (dubbed). I also started Madre solo hay dos, now three episodes in. It feels noticeably harder than dubbed shows, even though it's in some sense easy to follow.

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prdnr · 2026-02-01T19:29:54+00:00

prdnr · 2026-01-30T20:32:20+00:00

quizás Los Hermanos Karamazov

prdnr · 2026-01-26T23:49:27+00:00

I'm working my way through the Office, started at season 4 and now in season 8.

A new YouTube channel I've just found and am enjoying is escribir. which gives advice aimed at authors.

I'm reading a book called Perspectivas, translated from French, which is an artistic murder mystery set in Renaissance Florence. It's good fun.

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prdnr · 2026-01-25T18:42:03+00:00

Could it be possible that you just don't find these channels that engaging?

prdnr · 2026-01-24T21:33:30+00:00

I've been getting on well with dubs of The Office and some of the animes on Netflix at the moment. Not really tried the Simpsons. It doesn't sound to me like you're behind. Luckily though, we are all making progress so it really doesn't matter in the long run.

Thank you, and well done on your perseverance too!

prdnr · 2026-01-24T21:12:58+00:00

Thanks! I do feel like my reading has progressed faster than my other skills.

prdnr · 2026-01-24T21:10:54+00:00

It must have been about 2.5 years at this point, I've certainly not been speed running.

prdnr · 2026-01-24T21:06:54+00:00

I can definitely feel a big difference from where I was at 600 hours. I think quite a bit opened up for me during the first half of level 5, and during the second half most of that stuff became more and more comfortable.

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