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流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · 4d

Why do the farmers who need to maximize the area of their property in those optimization problems in calculus make a rectangle?? A circle has more area…

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · 10d

I truly fell in love with this book when I was made to read it. It’s beauty and prose sticks well into a nice corner of my mind, this edition with this cover in particular.

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri with an abstract beach with waves and sky painting (reference to Mrs. Sen’s)

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · 23d

Kyoto School of philosophy is actually kinda peak right about now…

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Sep 14

I got huge points take off of the mechanics section because I refused to use “firstly“, whereas I wanted to use “first“

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hate reading Garners Modern English Usage to reminisce about the points taken off of my essays in 8th grade because my teacher was illiterate

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Soilent @soilent.bsky.social · Sep 3

What are we doing here mane ?

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

***Language learning communities online. They create hierarchies of morons who have no actual qualifications to be giving advice and are generally toxic to attitudes that show genuine concern in their poor methods and outdated western thinking

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

- Apps are a cancer, "...whose harmful results all statistics brought him new and manifold evidence."
- Reading posts online such as shitposts on bsky or twitter is not actually beneficial for learning
- Please for the love of god, don't use AI
- Language learning are cesspools of misinformation

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

Important note: Reading and listening are the core activity of real language learning. Doing worksheets, textbook readings, and grammar study are things that are completely inconsequential to effective and rapid language acquisition, immersion is the only real way.

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

5. Read something that you enjoy. Reading learning slop makes everything a chore that will eventually cause burn outs.

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

4. Time yourself. A semi-restrictive time limit pushes the mind to stop regression and its perfectionist attitude. The core philosophy behind language acquisition is 'quantity over quality'; constant rereading of sections hurts this rapid flow of information.

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

3. Read aloud. Reading aloud has many cognitive benefits, most importantly, in mental processing/breaking down sentences. The flow of language is core linguistic information that an author chose to make purposely to aid with understanding.

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

2. Review and reread large chunks of previously engaged texts. This is ideal for more fully drilling down words previously seen, and understanding possible stuck points. Similarly, don't get stuck. Being stuck is a choice.

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 30

General tips for reading comprehension in L2:
1. Do extensive reading. Read and read fluently non-stop for extended periods. You don't need to understand 100%, just keeping continuity and basic comprehension is good enough to get satisfaction out of reading and for optimal language gains

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 24

When ever I made some sort of web app and I have to use a framework it just makes me sad because most of the time these projects don't really need this complex reactivity. I just want to use good old JavaScript and some templating engine like handlebars

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · Aug 20

Now online: 'Marx and Engels as Polyglots', by Kaan Kangal.

Marx and Engels as Polyglots - Historical Materialism

Karl Marx’s 1852 work The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte opens with the famous remark that men ‘make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please.’[1] He goes on to argue tha...

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流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 17

You should be fine if your views are not associated with your full name and easily accessible.

Even if your full name was on bsky, this platform is way to niche for them to even check but still be careful. Of course you can try and self audit which is a great idea

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 17

It doesn't seem like jobs put in that much work to dig into your digital activities. For most companies, all they are looking for is that your identity isn't a possibly controversial figure on something like the top of google.

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 11

Shouldn’t css definitions most naturally follow the order of adjectives in English grammar? All we’re doing when we use css is describe how something (hopefully) looks… like an adjective

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J.Nasty Flaming Queer @jnasty.bsky.social · May 1

Happy, May Day is Lei Day in Hawai’i Nei! Whatever you do today, please, enjoy the flowers. Each island has its own flower that represents them. Oahu’s flower is the Ilima. The Big Island is represented by the, Lehua. It’s the first flower to sprout in the ashes after the volcano erupts. 🤙🏼

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Aug 6

Did not expect to see ‘Uhaloa and Ilima on the side of the mountain. Combined with an Iwa bird I dont know what else I could have wished for.
Really is just a reminder that you can see the true colors of the land of you take a closer look

Hawaiian plant ‘Uhaloa on a mountain near the ocean

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Lalia @zaraworkercouncils.bsky.social · Jul 28

NPR says “a free press is the key to a functioning democracy” but if you have to say such a thing to get money doesn’t that imply that neither a free press nor a functioning democracy have ever existed together and democracy depends on a bought out press to channel will into bourgeoisie legislators

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Jul 26

You don't know how much this song means to me

Patchy’s Music Box 🎶 @asthmaticmage.bsky.social · Jun 17

Fumo Reimu Hakurei Music of the Day 167:
Nirvana - Drain You
Album: Nevermind (1991)
Genre: Grunge

You taught me everything without a bad apple.. #touhou

流駒 @ruuku192.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Sun, 1909 by Edvard Munch

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Jonas Mendez-Reneau @endemicbio.bsky.social · Dec 16

The Hawaiian endemic lobeliad, Trematolobelia kaale, growing on the boggy peak of Mt. Ka'ala, Oahu. Being the highest peak of O'ahu it receives significant precipitation, creating a unique insular habitat hosting several rare endemic species adapted to boggy conditions. #nativeplants #hawaii #botany