The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

Yeah, Latin could be confusing.  Ablative seemed to cover the same area that Russian does for Prepositional and Instrumental.  I don't think I was ever taught Latin Locative, I have to look it up.  Apparently it wasn't used much.   Latin is very similar to Russian in that it is an inflective language and you have to memorize charts of endings and pronouns.   I'm still working on the memorization thing.  What is nice is that there are charts and other aids already on the net so you have ready access to the twenty odd ways to say "my".

Мой, моего, моему, моём, моим, моё, моя, мою, моей, мои, моими, моих, that's not 20!

Yeah, but some of those do double or triple duty.



Bleh.

And this is why kids aren't interested in languages. 

[Liep]

"Hairy panic" in Australian town Wangaratta is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i894EieRf3s

[Razgovory]

And this is why kids aren't interested in languages.

The sorts of resources you find on the net these days are amazing.  I would have killed for shit like that in high school.  If you had a teacher who neglected to teach something or taught it poorly too often you were SOL.  As was often the case the teacher didn't teach from a book, so I couldn't go back on the lesson and figure out what he hell the teacher was on about.  I needed to brush up on basic math skills for a test (job interview thing), I was pretty rusty and honestly didn't remember how to do everything with pen and paper.  I find these "Khan academy" lessons that demonstrate how to solve a problem, what the problem actually means, and different ways to look at the problem.  All taught concisely and clearly.

Admittedly I never did that well in a classroom environment.  A lecturer explaining it to me never seemed to stick.  Give me the book and leave me alone and I'll figure it out pretty quickly.  Drone on about the subject and pretty quickly my mind wanders.

[Grey Fox]

Income taxes filed!

For some reason Iowa wanted to know how much my car weighed, which I had a helluva time finding until I just googled "2006 Fusion weight."  Is there seriously anything Google can't do?

Understanding my accents when I use voice commands?

[Josquius]

I'm in a crappy hotel without free Internet.
TV lacks dual audio too.
So I'm watching DS9 I'm German.
Bashir sounds very doctory.  Kira sounds old. Odo is freaking sinister

[Eddie Teach]

Odo is freaking sinister

Well, no shit, that shape-shifting stuff is freaky as hell.

[celedhring]

Shia attempts to ascend high in the world of academia:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/19/shia-labeouf-occupies-oxford-elevator-for-performance-art-project

Shia LaBeouf occupies Oxford lift for performance art project
Actor and two collaborators will be in the elevator for 24 hours to 9am on Saturday and will also address Oxford Union

[lustindarkness]

Just Do It!

[garbon]

Hotel I'm at has a really nice touch in the bathroom. Mirror is heated in large square near the sink so that when you've taken a steamy shower, that portion of the mirror stays clear.

[DGuller]

Hotel I'm at has a really nice touch in the bathroom. Mirror is heated in large square near the sink so that when you've taken a steamy shower, that portion of the mirror stays clear.

That's where the hidden camera is. 

[garbon]

Sometimes, I let all this get seen for free.

[sbr]

They won't buy the cow if they get the milk for free!

[jimmy olsen]

Hotel I'm at has a really nice touch in the bathroom. Mirror is heated in large square near the sink so that when you've taken a steamy shower, that portion of the mirror stays clear.

Yeah, I've seen that before. Super convenient.

[Josquius]

Its official. The German part of Switzerland is so much better than the French part.
In Zurich I didn't notice any graffiti about, felt like I was in a real city yet nowhere did it feel particularly sketchy. It was practically civilized.

[garbon]

At security, they were giving everyone a pat down. My pat down consisted of them checking my bare arms.