Refurbished Thinkpad. The answer is always refurbished Thinkpad.

I agree. Although I think it’s important to shift what’s good enough and to have empathy for those who struggle. A lot of racism in Europe is focused around immigrants “not trying hard enough”, like refusing to speak to people that have an accent. “Why can’t they just learn? It’s not that hard.” It actually is that hard, Cathrine. Try navigating Swedish bureaucracy with your Duolingo food-ordering skills and you’ll see. Some people won’t ever learn proper grammar and tiny nuances and that’s okay, you can have a full conversation anyway.

“Dump 100 average 10-year-olds in Spain and most will be able to reach near-native fluency without much effort. Dump 100 average 35-year-olds in Spain and most won’t reach near-native fluency without struggling a great deal.”

is NOT saying

“Having an accent is bad; only perfect pronunciation is good enough.”

“You need flawless grammar to be able to communicate.”

“Hard = impossible”

“There is no point in learning a language if you struggle.”

“35-year-olds shouldn’t even try.”

I got a bunch of downvotes for my comment. I guess you’re not the only one reading “it’s much harder” = “there is no point”. I did not say that. The article I linked did not say that. On the contrary, the article talks about hos the critical period seems to be longer than they previously thought.

Grinding n-grams might help

For near-native fluency, there is an age cap at around 10 years. It’s much harder for adults, as their critical learning period is closed: https://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-scientists-define-critical-period-learning-language-0501

However there is evidence that psychedelics can open up critical periods for social learning (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3) and ongoing research about other critical periods, language learning being one of them.

I can’t hear what she’s saying here:

“Not a bit good. Not a bit. I’d put a stake through her heart [??? and garly ruin on egg ???] to make sure she never comes back.”

Herbal tea = nighttime

Nighttime = vampires

Vampires = sparkles

This meme = sparkles

Coincidence??? I THINK NOT!!!

Granted. You are born in the cleaning supplies storage room by one of the low-status staff members.

Crab is the ultimate form

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

Nuke accounts 2021

Create new accounts 2022

¯\(ツ)/¯

Animal Well.

No combat, big emphasis on (hard) puzzles and exploration. Great atmosphere. Played it on my Steam Deck.

Ebba Usch

My first though was zoomed/shot from a distance. Would make sense in a busy place like that.

Up for a visit to North Sentinel Island then?

What exactly are you saying here? Getting

“bUt yOu LoOk nORmaL hOW CaN yOU be gAy”

vibes from this.

It’s the other way around … yellow is choleric and black is melancholic

What? C++ is definitely black bile and Cobol is definetly yellow bild.

For those curious, I looked it up and it’s L for Light flow and R for Regular flow.

Whatever you do make it optional.