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Posted on: Q&A 2: Questions from The Forum
December 03, 2017, 09:00 PM

Thanks for answering those questions. They were both entertaining and helpful. I think I'll need to use an HSK exam as a specific goal and motivation to get to the next level.

Very cool that you play guitar, Gwilym, music is a great hobby. And I wholly endorse Fiona learning Swift. It's a powerful and intuitive language, but like Chinese, it does help to have a small project in mind for motivation. You should try out the Swift Playgrounds app or Py if you're still interested in learning more.

Posted on: Q&A 2: Questions from The Forum
December 03, 2017, 08:43 PM

That was a great moment. Reminded me of HAL 9000. Beware.

Posted on: This is How I Study: Interview with Advanced Student Kohl
December 02, 2017, 06:25 PM

Great to see someone who is so clearly comfortable speaking Chinese. I'm definitely going to look for ways to cultivate my curiosity.

Posted on: No Bargaining
August 15, 2017, 11:47 AM

Small nitpick, this sentence in the Expansion section should probably be revised to be closer to reality. 我的大学的学费是一学期美金六十四万三千五百元。Something around $25,000 USD per semester (or less) would make a lot more sense. 

Posted on: Subway Transfer
August 15, 2017, 11:28 AM

I'm on a monitor so it doesn't get in my way, but I'm not sure it's all that necessary since we can scroll up to pause if needed. Though I imagine it's more helpful with longer dialogues at the Intermediate and above levels. Maybe show the floating version if the browser window is larger than a certain size?

Posted on: Delegating Tasks
October 02, 2012, 12:33 PM

Do people still use dot-matrix printers? No wonder it's broken.