u/Hakuna_Depota

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Still struggling with hitting p with the pinky finger since I'm left handed. But I've managed to climb from 60wpm to this. Yay!

I realized my German problem was not really “more grammar” anymore, it was that I almost never had to answer out loud.

Reading and listening have improved a lot. I can follow slow-ish YouTube, do Anki, and understand chunks of Nicos Weg or Easy German. But if someone asks me something simple like “Was hast du am Wochenende gemacht?”, I freeze and start translating word by word.

I also live somewhere with basically no German speakers nearby, so the usual advice of “join a Stammtisch” or “find a casual conversation group” is not very realistic. Time zones make language exchange annoying too.

What helped was separating my routine by skill instead of pretending one app would solve everything. Anki is for vocab retention. DW/Nicos Weg and Easy German are input. Pimsleur or shadowing is for rhythm and pronunciation. If I have money that month, Preply is still better for nuance and accountability. I also added ISSEN for 10 minutes of German speaking practice when I have nobody to talk to, usually while making coffee or walking around the kitchen.

The biggest change was boring but useful: 10 to 15 minutes of out-loud recall every day helped more than adding another hour of passive input. Speaking is a different skill. You need fast retrieval, sentence assembly, and tolerance for sounding stupid.

My small hack is to repeat the same topic two days later. For example, first I talk badly about my weekend. Two days later I try the same topic again, but force myself to use 3 words from Anki and one connector like trotzdem or außerdem. It feels less random.

I know AI tools are everywhere now, even Digg is apparently coming back as an AI news aggregator, but for German, I’m mostly interested in whether a tool gets me speaking out loud, not the hype.

How are other people practicing speaking if you don’t have German speakers around you?

Makapal buhok ko, pero napapansin ko na papalaki ng papalaki forehead ko tas may onting widow's peak(?) na, ano bang hair products ang pwede gamitin?

Takte nakaka insecure pag ganto, bente tres pa lang ako.

Sorry I had to save some characters for my title.

I'm specifically referring to the square mold underneath each keycap that protects the rubber dome. It's shaped in such a way that when you press on the corners of a keycap, it prevents it from getting pressed, which is pretty infuriating.

I can't coast in my typing sessions without having to consciously try to hit the middle of each keycap.

Does anyone else encounter this issue with said keyboard? Would like to know what you did (aside from getting a new keyboard) to fix this. Thanks!

Last month I had one of those depressing creator moments. I checked my Gumroad dashboard on a Sunday night and it had shown zero visitors for almost two days. Not zero sales. Zero people even seeing the page.

So instead of tweaking the product again, I tried a dumb distribution experiment. I picked one small digital product, wrote a 2-sentence description, and submitted the exact same listing to 25 different launch directories over one weekend. Mostly Product Hunt alternatives and indie maker directories.

The process was pretty simple. Same screenshots, same description, same link. I just tracked referrals in analytics to see who actually sent traffic.

Result after ~2 weeks: 18 directories approved the listing. Those listings sent about 420 visitors total and converted into 9 sales. Not life-changing money, but way better than the ghost town Gumroad dashboard before.

The weird part: Product Hunt barely moved the needle. A few visits. The surprising traffic actually came from smaller niche directories and indie maker lists.

Finding directories manually was annoying though. Google mostly shows the same 10 sites. I eventually found a huge curated list inside FounderToolkit while researching launch strategies and used that as the base for the experiment. That saved hours of digging.

Big takeaway for me: early traffic rarely comes from one big launch. It's stacking a bunch of small sources. 20 tiny streams sending 10-30 visitors each suddenly becomes a few hundred people seeing your product.

Curious if anyone else here has tested directory launches like this. Did any specific sites actually send you buyers?

Video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbzJnncsK18

I'm currently doing my research, and found that the Anta PG7 is not really ideal for these types of runs, since these tend to be long distances, plus mushy daw si Anta, mainit sa paa, tapos maikli lang ang lifespan.

I currently am using the xtep 2km 3.0 pero di rin siya ideal for paces like the one in the video. I use it for my interval training and 3.2km test.

Hindi ko alam kung zone 2-3 ang pace na nasa video, pero naghahanap ako ng sapatos na durable, masarap sa paa gamitin both in long distance tapos sa ganyang pace.

Forgot to add some details about me

5'7'' and a half
Maintaining 67-68kg
Been running for 7 years (on and off) so medyo sanay na rin. Albeit I am unsure if my form is the most efficient for running, pero mabilis ako maka recover after running. I run every other day (1 day after recovering from last run)

I have the xtep 3.0 as my daily driver pero pang faster paces pala siya. Planning to buy the PG7 since I heard malambot siya, pero may alternatives ba dito? I want to get the best deal I can, albeit the PG7 is already selling for a really good price.

Planning to buy online po pala.

I want to ask something maybe slightly uncomfortable but real.

I see many discussions about advanced routing tricks, impedance control, perfect stackups, beautiful screenshots from Altium. Everything looks clean on screen. But my experience lately feels different once boards leave the computer.

I started working on a multi layer PCB for a small embedded system at work. Nothing extreme, just mixed signals, some switching regulators, and high speed interfaces. In theory everything checked out. Rules clean. Simulation fine. DRC happy.

Then production happened.

First batch had noise coupling we never saw in design review. Second batch worked but only after grounding changes and manual bodge wires. Assembly house said tolerances were normal. Fabricator said stackup was acceptable. Everyone technically correct, but still problems.

That sounds nice in theory, but here is what actually happens. Manufacturing variation matters more than layout perfection.

I even compared prototype costs from different fabs. Some sourced parts through Alibaba vendors to reduce cost, which helped budget, but consistency between suppliers became another variable nobody talks about in tutorials.

So my honest questions to people doing this longer:

When designing multilayer boards, what failure rate do you realistically expect before first stable revision?

Do you intentionally overdesign grounding and spacing because fabrication never matches simulation perfectly?

At what point do you stop optimizing and just ship Rev A?

I am not trying to complain. Just trying to understand the practical baseline engineers actually live with.

Sorry if this is a very basic question. I’m still new to all this and trying to learn the right way.

I just started helping a small local band during rehearsals. At first I was just moving cables and helping setup stands, but I became really interested in watching how lighting changes the whole mood of a performance. Now I want to understand stage lighting equipment properly, not just plug things in blindly.

My problem is I don’t know where beginners are supposed to start.

There are PAR lights, moving heads, wash lights, controllers, DMX stuff, software, power distribution. It feels like learning a new language. When people talk during setup, I understand maybe 30% of what is happening.

I watched many YouTube videos but they jump too fast into advanced programming. I still don’t fully understand why one light goes in a certain position or why color choices matter for different songs.

I also looked online at used fixtures just to understand pricing. I even checked Alibaba out of curiosity because some people mentioned it. Some gear looked affordable but I honestly can’t tell what is decent quality or what will fail after two shows.

So my questions are simple.

If you started again today with zero knowledge, what would you learn first?

Should I focus on DMX basics before touching consoles?

Is it possible to practice lighting logic without owning real fixtures?

I'd really appreciate any advice. I’m here to learn and I read every reply. Thank you.

Guys, so I just want to share this here because I feel so happy right now

I finally reduced some of my clothes in the wardrobe. Not perfect fully, but wow… big change for me!!

Before that, my wardrobe was just too much. I had clothes I don’t even remember when I bought them. Some still had tags on them. It was stressful every morning. I just stand there and feel confused.

So last weekend I said okay, enough is enough!!

I removed everything. Put only what I often wear back. Simple tops, 4 jeans, 3 jackets I love so much. That’s it. And guess what… It feels lighter!!

But here is where I need small advice. I still have some “maybe clothes”. Like I just like them, but I don’t wear them much. Should I also keep or let go?

Also I tried one thing. I got one small rack I saw online (I think from Alibaba or temu, not sure if it’s original though lol). It helps me see everything clearly. But the quality is just okay, not amazing.

And funny thing, I almost bought one “multi fashion station” thing I saw somewhere on Instagram, It looked nice but I stopped myself!!

I don’t want to go back to over buying again. Am I doing this right? Any small tips please 🙏