Exercises like Duolingo are only half the battle. You need to have some immersion in the language you’re learning. Watch tv and listen to podcasts in the target language, you won’t understand (at first) but your brain will start recognising the sounds and structures.

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Excellent post.

On the topic of shrooms, the 50-100mg of Golden Teacher or Penis Envy have worked well for me. Every other day for 2 months. Then take a month off.

If you have the ability, OP, you could adopt a pet. It helped me a lot to have someone to keep me company and that I was responsible for.
You can’t just lay in bed hoping for tomorrow when you got a terrier yapping at you to get up and play with him.

Might need to get those checked out.

I think that aspect has improved, then. The player base seems to have discovered that grouping up to take on fullgears is more fun than wrestling in the mud.

It’s a mixed bag. Bambis have nothing to lose, so you’re more likely to make friends.

I’ve had a few good runs by talking to people. You get betrayed every now and then, but it’s part of the game.

Same. Bohemia Interactive’s rep took a big hit (in my mind, at least) so I’m a lot more cautious.

This is after I backed the Arma3 Supporter Edition and had to wait like 6 hours after general release to play. Sadtimes.

NGL, DayZ has improved massively over the last few years. (I too had a very dim view of it after they took a massive step back moving from mod->Standalone)

Also, they made the Livonia DLC free and launched the Frostline DLC.

It’s the equivalent of a fidget toy. Keeps the noisy part of your brain busy so you can get stuff done.

Same thing happened in Ireland.

“Hostile posture”

I really like that phrase.

Why bother with chocolate at all? Just wrap c4 in a Freddo wrapper.

The Harsh Internal Critic has been the bane of my life. Every hobby or achievement has been hounded by that little voice. And as you say, when I think I need to get help, the voice tells me :No. Don’t do that, just sit there watching YouTube for another hour."

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Other storefronts sometimes pay for exclusivity. And Valve don’t restrict you from selling on other platforms, so why not?

Also because a monopoly is always a bad thing. Valve need to know that if they fuck up, there are 100 other storefronts out there waiting to pounce.

On iOS the web rendering engine is the same one used in Safari, yeah.

But everything built on top of that is custom.

I can think of no higher honour in this day and age.

Fixed rates are safer, for sure.

But during the pandemic, when rates went to near zero, I was very glad to be on a variable.

The only problem is he failed.

Mortgages can change repayments amounts as the central lending rate changes.

We’re in a squeeze in Canada right now because rates went up and a bunch of mortgages are up for renewal. (5-year fixed rate is standard here)