I slowed it down because it’s more sedate sounding. Even though these videos have relatively even tonal qualities, they sometimes speak fairly quickly. I adjusted the pitch only enough to reduce the distortion from the speed shift I just checked and the numbers are actually 85/95, not 85/90. 90% pitch is too unnatural sounding.
Nothing as a kid. Now I listen to a detuned playlist of fascinating, but dry science/history/tech videos.
My current rotation is Anton Petrov, Sean Wilsey, Red Wrench Films, and Curious Droid, all played at 85% speed, 95% pitch.
Edit 95 pitch, not 90.
I love Timeline when I’m traveling. It’s great to be able to remember all of the random wandering in foreign cities. I’ve seriously considered printing and framing the timelines, but it’s difficult to crop them so they all match.
At home, I’m far less comfortable with it.
A lot of the law related words are from French derivations AFAIK?
Yeah, those legal terms have been more-or-less common to any romance language I’ve used.
Oh right-fucking-on!
Works perfectly.
Thank you!!!
I’d like for it to be easier to open YouTube links in my browser.
Every time I select something interesting, it opens my app. Maybe this is just a setting I’m missing. Not sure.
Maybe just a “copy link” button?
They’re talking about assisted living facilities, for anyone lost in the pond.
An alternative would be to replace the movement.
Could be easier than fussing with the contacts.
Looks just like the ones we have in San Francisco! We have two that only get out for special occasions.
Yeah no red flags here lol.
I’d just like an iOS/android port. Those games would be fantastic on a tablet with touch controls.
Edit: didn’t really intend this to be a comment reply. I didn’t realize source files were unavailable. That would make a port unreasonable.
Man, how do you keep him from just casually eating everything on the counter? I’m looking at that hat Skippy jar in the background lol.
I work in electrical power delivery for municipal transportation, supervision-level. Before that, I was a shoreside engineer (basically a mechanic, not an engineering degree) in marine services. My work has always come very organically, often starting in floor-sweeping assistant positions.
Are the extra-thick tines on the fish and pie forks for cutting?
Forget the cost. I don’t want the inconvenience. I hate dealing with broken phones.
I know. The lack of redundancy gives me the shivers.
I’m not a linguist, but here’s how I understand it:
This is why would is so fucked: it’s used both in the conditional, and the subjunctive mood. However, nothing I see in the online resources really talks about would being used in the subjunctive.
When someone uses the phrase “would you like a coffee?” I’m nearly certain that it’s the subjunctive, polite way of saying “do you want coffee.” It’s very similar to the Spanish quieres/quisieras pair. In Spanish you get an irregular conjugation, but in English, the whole verb changes from to be to will.
As a non-linguist, native speaker, these mood changes come naturally to me. I never had to study them. As a second language learner, this is always one of the most brain-melting facets of a new language.
Edit: “do you” obviously isn’t exactly using the verb to be. I’m not sure what to call that expression. It seems like it could be its own post. This is giving me a headache. This post gets into it, but doesn’t really give the specific answers that I suspect you’re looking for.
Truly unbelievable language. I love it. So easy to start, then you hit that wall of 25-letter words.
Food in Zurich can be so goddamned expensive. I spent the last few days of a trip there. Beautiful city, fantastic transportation, honestly, not a horrifically expensive hotel, but the food was brutal. We ended up doing a lot of snacking from the co-op supermarket.