Surusu Update: (Pattern) Matching | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time – is.gd/7pvz8N The skew function allows you to influence (“skew”) the nature of the cards that are shown you. At this writing, there available skew modes are: Off = no skewing, will give you a statistically balanced mix of old and new cards.…
How To Use People and Have Them Love You For It, Or: Don’t Fight Your Parents
by khatzumoto
“…we may be the sons of whomsoever we will. Households there are of noblest intellects; choose the one into which you wish to be adopted; you will inherit not merely their name, but even their property…” ~ Seneca A child doesn’t compare himself to his parents. He’s glad to leech off and learn from them.…
AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week of 2013-04-13
by khatzumoto
Japanese anime, Spanish subs: Another Ep1 Sub. Español (1/2) – YouTube t.co/MNXWNMLOXr via #ajattplus 16:26:37 "Perfection does not exist — you can always do better and you can always grow." ~ Les Brown #SRS 16:29:48 "Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes improvement. Perfect doesn't exist." | Les Brown 16:31:35 Human contact is not essential to…
You Shouldn’t Be Hearing This: Secret Recordings of Khatzumoto Speaking Japanese!
by khatzumoto
Remember that one time when I put up a video of me speaking Japanese on YouTube and how much you enjoyed that? Yeah? Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, a good number of my friends, acquaintances and…random people I talk to are camera-shy jerkoffs. I know, right? “Privacy”. Please. So, in early 2010, almost exactly…
Whose Team Are You On?
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Social Resistance“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” African Proverb “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” ~ Hillel the Elder There you are. Immersing. Shadowing. Japanese books everywhere. Japanese sounds in your ear. And you’re…
No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Secrets of SpeakingLoners, “introverts” and card-carrying Libertarians, get out a change of panties, because the words that follow are going to make you wet yourselves with pleasure. Live, direct human contact is not essential to getting used to a language. It’s useful and definitely desirable,…