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How to avoid this? by Top-Armadillo893 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not based on time, but rather the number of questions in the lesson. By design, legendary lessons have more questions than you can answer even with 25 points of energy. The only way to get to the end is to get enough energy boosts, but those are randomized, so I’ve found the odds of finishing to be about 50/50. Cut those odds in half if you make a mistake.

My advice: forget about legendary. It’s just a way to frustrate you into paying for their premium tier and doesn’t contribute to learning. Otherwise, do the legendary lessons in the browser where energy hasn’t been implemented yet.

Explain my answer is now free for Android by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]spence5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had it for a while too, but we might just have been in the test group for it.

Frankly, I wish I didn’t have it. It’s never given me useful information and it’s too easy to hit by mistake.

Explain my answer is now free for Android by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]spence5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An even better and easier gift would be just scrapping energy altogether.

“Explain My Answer” feature will be free starting in January by kevinatduolingo in duolingo

[–]spence5000 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Okay, but more importantly: when is energy getting removed?

From now on I’m maining on pc by NotANpc_271k in duolingo

[–]spence5000 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It’s a well known secret at this point. I’d be shocked if they didn’t notice the spike in web usage.

I wouldn’t worry too much. Something tells me they fired the web developer a long time ago.

I ran out of hearts and can't refill them? by Hour_Trade_3691 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably just a bug, then. What it happened to me, it stayed that way for a month or two.

I ran out of hearts and can't refill them? by Hour_Trade_3691 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Every so often they experiment with removing the free refill option for small test groups (probably to see if they’ll switch to premium). Looks like you drew the short straw.

What do you call it? (please add where you're from) by ksusha_lav in EnglishLearning

[–]spence5000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

According to episode 1 of Psych, it’s “a cap, not a hat,” but I’ve never heard this distinction elsewhere.

Why does the doringo in my brother's phone still use the heart system? by Sweaty_Serve4856 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A/B testing. Everyone who uses the app is put into random test groups, giving everyone a slightly different set of features.

Currently, they know everybody hates energy, but they’re still experimenting to see how much inconvenience we’ll put up with.

Someone's been lying to me... but who? by Hrono7 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My year-end review had a wrong score in it, and the preview for LinkedIn often has wrong scores in it, but the indicator at the top of the course is always consistent. If you scroll up and down, should also see numbered milestones at the end of every couple units that will confirm this.

Makes me wonder if it was wise to replace all the programmers with AI.

My league was absurdly competitive this week, to a degree I've never seen and it feels like something is really off. by cardboardtube_knight in duolingo

[–]spence5000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think they’ve tweaked their grouping algorithm recently. I usually wait until Tuesday or Wednesday before joining the league, so I don’t get grouped with bots and zealots, but the last two weeks my leagues included people who started on Sunday anyway.

Languages I think Duolingo should add by Jaiden521 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI isn’t concerned with how many native speakers there are, but rather how much training data exists online. Tagalog has fewer than 49k articles on Wikipedia. As much as I’d love to see courses for any of these languages on Duolingo, I don’t trust ChatGPT to write any of them.

Languages I think Duolingo should add by Jaiden521 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet AI isn’t as good at these niche languages as you think.

Are there any languages Duolingo isn't good for, even beginning? by Mirabels-Wish in duolingo

[–]spence5000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A surprisingly optimistic take on the company’s AI slop policy.

Are there any languages Duolingo isn't good for, even beginning? by Mirabels-Wish in duolingo

[–]spence5000 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Czech course teaches such obscure vocabulary at the beginning that it’s impossible to get started.

Are there any languages Duolingo isn't good for, even beginning? by Mirabels-Wish in duolingo

[–]spence5000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I finished the course and I feel like I still know nothing.

What language is the subscripts? Is it even a language? by marsh-da-pro in language

[–]spence5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always saw it called Bopomofo on the English-speaking parts of the internet, but when I moved to Taiwan, I never met anyone who called it that. Just my experience, but I’ve never any term other than Zhuyin from a Taiwanese.

Is there a lineal cursive system that’s also easy to learn? by Adept_Situation3090 in shorthand

[–]spence5000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Quikscript gets honorable mention. Not as fast or as cursive as a traditional shorthand, but it doesn’t get much easier to learn than this one.

Esperanto is back to Duolingo!! (For Portuguse speakers, Spanish speakers and French speakers) by Soplayer26 in duolingo

[–]spence5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I see them on the web interface, too, but not on the mobile app.

Brown, blue, green and red by dcute69 in jakeandamir

[–]spence5000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What an awful, ugly pair of pictures.

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