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To tell you the truth, I don’t rightly know. I’m in a spot right now where I’ve been learning Russian for about 2 months. I tried Busuu in 2016 to learn some basic German and Italian and really liked the approach, so I went back and it’s roughly the same (with some noticeable negative changes to user feedback). I learned quite a bit in a short period of time and I like how it explains things (though it could be better/more comprehensive).

However, now I’m in the position where the lessons are too long so I feel pulled more towards Duolingo due to its short lessons and gamification, but Duolingo’s approach doesn’t help me learn very well. I thought paying for Busuu premium would help, so I did that and got an 80% off discount for the new year, but it barely adds anything of value. I ended up refunding the purchase since they have a 14-day money back guarantee.

Things have stalled for me because I really dislike using Anki. I have a few different courses downloaded that each include a workbook and a ton of audio clips, but it’s a lot harder for me to sit down and do that kind of thing (I have ADHD). I really need to mix things up a bit, so I think I’m going to pull the trigger on listening to podcasts or maybe trying some YouTube lessons.

At least a few years. I switched to Linux a year ago and that was a huge consideration for me when choosing Debian over Ubuntu.

Notice how I didn’t say murder, I said killed. That can easily happen in detention facilities due to neglect and lack of medical care, especially as it gets crammed full of too many people. I’m not saying there’s no possibility that there will be murders, but I definitively did not say murder in my last comment because no, it is not my belief that Trump is planning to exterminate migrants at this current point in time. The labour and torture is probably imminent though, Guantanamo is pretty famous for it.

https://www.protondb.com/app/1681060

Apparently, it runs perfectly. Great news.

The unwritten implication is that they will be used for slave labour, tortured, and/or killed. It really depends on how fascist and violent Trump wants it to get. Guantanamo Bay is not outfitted for mass detention, so you connect the dots.

It may not have initially been chosen for its meaning, but on their website they do say this:

What Does “Kagi” Mean? The word “kagi” means “key” in Japanese.

You pronounce kagi in Japanese as ka-gi with a hard G. (Source: Wiktionary)

If it’s a Japanese romanization (which it looks like, but idk for sure), it’s almost certainly a hard G as in gator.

So much for “never again,” eh? More like “whenever we feel like it” if trends in global hegemony are any indication.

I used to, when I had fun neighbours my age that I made through an online Buy Nothing group. If you just start indulging in social groups related to your interests, you’re bound to meet people. It’s up to you if you want to socialize more with those people.

Unfortunately, no one will force you to hang out with them (except red flag weirdos), so a lot of the effort needs to come from you. If you get flaked on/deprioritized/ignored/ghosted more than once or twice, that’s the cue to move on and try someone else so you don’t get your hopes up.

People not eating vegetables or not drinking an optimal amount of water doesn’t kill them. You know what kills people? Racialized violence that’s normalized by society.

He’s a fan of China, just not right now. A trade war is more important to him. Not to mention Chinese AI just tanked the DOW a short while ago to the point that there’s a bill trying to ban downloading DeepSeek R1.

This argument is so shitty because you’re not paying for others’ healthcare. You’re paying for your own, and the money goes into a pool with a bunch of other people’s, where it goes a lot farther because it turns out that negotiating inventory/prices on a large scale, like the whole state/country, gets you a better deal.

If they raise the price, it’s not coming down. That’ll just be the new price. If it’s a temporary surcharge specifically due to the avian flu that’s currently ravaging US chicken farms, then it could be rescinded and prices could return to normal later on. I don’t know about you, but I would rather pay more temporarily than indefinitely.

To your point, if you want the advertised price to be the final price, you should call your congressperson and discuss getting rid of tipping statewide and using the total price (including tax) on menu items instead of subtotals. That has nothing to do with Waffle House, though.

I know people that use Starlink because they have nothing else except Xplore (formerly Xplornet), which sucks ass. I like that they have the choice to avoid Xplore. That said, I would love to see Dougie shoot himself in the foot and go through with something like this so that he loses the rural vote.

on a scale that would put Capitalism’s to shame

You say that like capitalism isn’t ongoing massacres and abuse in various forms all day, every day. As if the t-shirt you’re probably wearing wasn’t made by someone who’s exploited in Bangladesh so that minimum wage Americans can still afford to buy it without forgoing food because they’re purposely underpaid by service industry corporations. As though you’re not also talking about some sort of aspirational capitalism where the “free market” actually exists and doesn’t inevitably lead to corruption and tyranny…

Meanwhile, the richest man in the world is about to secure control over US government agencies because he gave the most money to the current president.

Stop trying to make connections and just listen.

I’m trying to understand the things you are telling me because they don’t make sense and contradict. In the end, I was correct and you’re just weird and have trouble communicating and reading.

So then why did you reply to my comment as though you were correcting me if the answer to my question was “yes, probationary workers can be fired without cause for any reason”? You’ve just confirmed that neither federal employment law nor a union contract will protect these probationary workers.

So the current union contract specifically gives probationary workers the right not to be fired without cause? Honestly, that’s a lot better than I was expecting.

But there still has to be a reason.

Canadian here. Under US employment law, can’t the reason be as arbitrary as “I don’t like the colour of your shirt” (i.e., you can be fired without cause for any reason)? Barring a union contract that says otherwise and explicitly mentions probationary workers, it seems like they can make up any reason they want; that’s probably the easiest part.