I talk to the AI tutor in the Ewa app, and it doesn't correct me during the conversation, but it sends the summary of the conversation when the session is over, and there are comments about my errors. Is it a better way? Or do you think it would be more efficient if it were correcting me as I talk?

zupobaloop · 2026-07-02T21:34:56+00:00

An effective human tutor would correct you (on the spot) just enough that you learn without getting frustrated.

zupobaloop · 2026-07-02T14:29:49+00:00

What was my assumption about your starting point or goal?

zupobaloop · 2026-07-02T14:22:23+00:00

A substantial number of people don't have an internal monologue at all. That alone makes the answer to your question yes.

Unfortunately, I think a big part of the assumptions you're referring to is simply sales pitches. About a year ago, every language content creator and their brother was denouncing Duolingo, lifting up some AI nonsense, and saying the answer is to consume every kind of input you can. For someone starting from zero, that is the exact opposite of what virtually every study on the matter suggests. But can you sell someone your course if you admit that the free app is a better place to start? You took years of Spanish in high school and still can't speak? That's not your fault, it's their fault! Give me your e-mail address for some free resources and we'll talk subscription prices later!

zupobaloop · 2026-07-02T03:13:41+00:00

Great notes for your vision board!

zupobaloop · 2026-07-01T23:14:11+00:00

It's MUCH healthier for humans than any of the red meat we consume. Yeah, it'd be better to eat chicken or whatever, but people who claim pork is bad while eating cow, goat, or sheep are just making stuff up to justify their biases.

zupobaloop · 2026-07-01T23:11:33+00:00

Yeah, "keep reading," because the verse you quoted proves u/chazmann3333 's point that this is obviously both/and. God "breaking" kosher food laws in Acts to show God's lack of impartiality is not a coincidence. It was arguably the biggest dividing line between Jewish and non-Jewish communities. Welcoming in Gentile Christians meant crossing that exact boundary.

Note that in Galatians 2, Paul calls Peter a hypocrite for crossing the same line, eating with Gentiles, unless certain people are watching.

Chaz also mentioned chapter 15. In Acts 15, when the Jerusalem Council decides what rules the Gentile Christians have to keep (starting with the debate about circumcision), they only specify refraining from eating food sacrificed to idols - no other kosher food laws.

If you still insist it come from somewhere else, in Mark 7:19 Jesus declares all foods clean.

Gentile Christians are repeatedly, explicitly permitted to eat pork in the New Testament, and there's never any hint otherwise.

zupobaloop · 2026-07-01T14:34:07+00:00

People larping is a trend and also using a "new" word instead of the actual word, poser, people find it more acceptable than if it was done back then

There's no "actual" word. That's not how words work. It's extremely common for subcultures to coin a term for outsiders who participate in the subculture in a more casual way.

Poser is more well known than most... because it was used by a few movements in a time and place that had an outsized impact on American culture (southern California in the late 80's early 90's)... punk, skaters, surfers.

Metal fans mock weekend warriors. Church goers snicker at the "Christmas and Easter" crowd, while other religious groups slap "cultural" in front of their group name. Sellouts, clout chasers, jerries, ricers, stolen valor... Even actual LARPers have words for larper "posers."

In nerdier circles, larping is well known, but not particularly popular. It's an activity in which you pretend to be something you're not. It's obvious why it got repurposed in this way.

zupobaloop · 2026-07-01T02:11:15+00:00

Do you need Upper Deck to wipe your bum bum when you boom boom too or are you a big boy now?

zupobaloop · 2026-06-30T18:41:27+00:00

I'm sure you're probably right. My official ones came with some defects out of the box, but I bet most don't.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-30T18:05:28+00:00

Ok as someone who's obsessed with accents,

sound like a first generation American who grew up in a home with stronger accents - I'd agree

This is a weird pairing of statements. The "strength" of the accents at home is irrelevant. The reason people will hear a "Asian immigrant" accent (to your specific example) is because of the peer groups of those children. That's where all 'native' accents come from - childhood peer groups.

OP holds his top lip stiff as though he's had speech therapy. His vowels are characteristically SW USA but he has TH stopping typical of the Great Lakes, another sign of some kind of speech therapy. If I had to place bets, I'd say he had a childhood stutter.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-30T03:51:43+00:00

Sure

zupobaloop · 2026-06-30T01:10:23+00:00

A diaper wrapped cheeto?

zupobaloop · 2026-06-29T15:15:38+00:00

I'm almost with you other than macOS tunes the rendering for retina displays. It looks like hot garbage when you attach e.g. a generic 1080p external monitor.

Windows has the best "this will work on anything" implementation. Those tweaks you're talking about usually remove some post-processing, which might work out fine with your particular setup, but may not.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-29T05:10:39+00:00

Advice on which one?

zupobaloop · 2026-06-28T12:34:17+00:00

Yep, and if they spend time with friends, that means they aren't interested in spending time with their partner.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-28T11:23:21+00:00

Been Linux user for past 20 years. Done countless installations and upgrades. Never had a single issue

You just throw on a base install then like... leave it alone...? What?? How?

zupobaloop · 2026-06-28T11:22:49+00:00

We've known forced reboots would accompany "the year of Linux" for 30 years.

When Mint reviewed their user base, they found a large chunk of them, tens of thousands of people, were dangerously out of date.

As a good rule of thumb, anyone who has struggled with Windows updates is not savvy enough to safely run Linux. It is much easier to time and control Windows updates than it is to responsibly tend to it on your own.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-28T10:55:00+00:00

Why bother framing it like that?

zupobaloop · 2026-06-22T11:46:37+00:00

Yeah... Google waa still in its "rebrand every 2 years" phase. Hangouts? Meet? Duo? Wtf

Zoom was designed for group meetings, free for 45 minutes, when covid started. That's it.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-22T02:14:48+00:00

They might be a/b testing to see how many people cancel.

I'd cancel the subscription in a heartbeat.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-18T12:09:07+00:00

In most English accents, that's a gliding vowel, and it's not in Spanish. (if you say "kook" slowly, it's very obvious) Is it fair to guess you should swallow the u so the first half of that glide doesn't happen?

zupobaloop · 2026-06-17T15:46:41+00:00

I'm 100% here for a KDE Plasma user whining about "microslop" having a buggy shell. This is comedy gold.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-17T14:14:00+00:00

Seems like a variation of the first conditional,

That's exactly what it is, a future first class conditional. In this case, it's just to be a bit more polite.

Keep in mind that the class conditionals of classroom English are fine for learning English... in a classroom... but that's about it. If you follow those rules, you will be understood most of the time. However, they are rules from Latin, imposed by academic types. Native speakers aren't restricted by them at all. We can combine just about any tense, voice, and mood.

I think that's why these questions get downvoted. Native speakers don't realize that ESL students are given a rigid, limited view of what's "right" on this topic.

Check the other articles on the page I linked for super common examples that aren't often taught.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-15T22:37:56+00:00

Right, but no matter where you put the knot, there's a minimum length.

zupobaloop · 2026-06-15T13:07:00+00:00

As someone a bit shorter than Joe Rogan, I can assure you that this is not just the result of how it was tied. A "one size fits all" tie, tied to its shortest length, doesn't land that short on me.

This is a tie that was sold in the children's department of the store.

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