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    Damn girl, your Spanish might be better than your English! Yo no comprende, necesito ayudar! Hablo muy poco. I hope I'm as good as you one day.

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    Quote Posted by Strat (here)
    Damn girl, your Spanish might be better than your English! Yo no comprende, necesito ayudar! Hablo muy poco. I hope I'm as good as you one day.
    Well around possibly 18+ years in Spanish (around 15 formaly taking studies on it) as a second language and around 6/7 years in English as a third language, asi que pues si

    Todo a su tiempo Strat! Nunca hay que dejarse caer

    Tambien puedo hablar Mexican gang slang (don't ask why)

    "Todo chido vato, si le echas ganas nada te para compa, al rato ya te sale igual que si hubieras nacido por estos rumbos karnal"

    And that's Mexican street gang Spanish

    See? I'm a crazy tomboy but one that likes to excel at everything LMAO

    We are so out of topic by now....
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    I know *laughs in Spanish* is a meme thing

    Yo se hablar bien español, siempre supe, empece a estudiar desde que tenia 8 años Pero desde antes ya sabia bastante, porque mi familia tenia coneciones en Mexico desde muchas decadas pasadas y no recuerdo bien pero se que desde que tengo nocion de mi, siempre escuche personas hablando español cerca de mi

    En Ingles dices Ha Ha Ha, en español Ja Ja Ja, la H es muda en español, por eso la broma de *laughs in Spanish*, por lo de la H muda, porque suenan igual pero si lees la version escrita no funciona... Era una broma, en otras palabras ji ji

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    Quote Posted by Mashika (here)
    I know *laughs in Spanish* is a meme thing

    Yo se hablar bien español, siempre supe, empece a estudiar desde que tenia 8 años Pero desde antes ya sabia bastante, porque mi familia tenia coneciones en Mexico desde muchas decadas pasadas y no recuerdo bien pero se que desde que tengo nocion de mi, siempre escuche personas hablando español cerca de mi

    En Ingles dices Ha Ha Ha, en español Ja Ja Ja, la H es muda en español, por eso la broma de *laughs in Spanish*, por lo de la H muda, porque suenan igual pero si lees la version escrita no funciona... Era una broma, en otras palabras ji ji

    ¡Presumir!

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    Quote Posted by Mashika (here)
    We are so out of topic by now....
    ¡Sí, de alguna manera nos hemos perdido!

    — ¡por favor!

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    Don't forget the Avalon Library. Tintin has been working really hard on this almost every day. There's now a quite immense amount of often very hard-to-find material in there.


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    Probably well-known to many, but it's surprising how comprehensive a range of material can be found on archive.org. It's not just old books that are long out of copyright but more modern works too, plus music, videos of films and documentaries and software. I've found some gems there.

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of MIT's subjects available on the Web.
    The only place a perfect right angle ever CAN be, is the mind.

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of MIT's subjects available on the Web.
    Also they have a youtube channel with all the classes available

    https://www.youtube.com/c/mitocw
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    I agree with the Duolingo - it certainly helps to learn another language, and it is free. I have used the Archive.org for years, but have not heard of edX previously for which I thank you. Great post.

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    Quote Posted by gord (here)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of MIT's subjects available on the Web.
    Also they have a youtube channel with all the classes available

    https://www.youtube.com/c/mitocw
    Yup, there's tons of interesting stuff there, most of which is way beyond me. I stumbled across it while searching stuff about cryptocurrencies, and ended up here:

    https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-sc...ideo-lectures/

    The Professor for that course was Gary Gensler, currently head of the SEC.

    Your signature seems to be some kind of Rhyme Against Humanity, and... I'm not going further off topic.
    The only place a perfect right angle ever CAN be, is the mind.

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    I don't practice Chess, i think the last time i did was when i was 8, or 9, can't even remember. But i do like to watch, as a hobby sometimes. What a weird hobby, right?

    And as with most anything in life, there is a youtube channel for that lol

    Here's my favorite, it's very good actually

    CFN Channel


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    Internet Archive Scholar

    The Internet Archive has launched a new section, Internet Archive Scholar. Introduction from the website below.

    This fulltext search index includes over 25 million research articles and other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive. The collection spans from digitized copies of eighteenth century journals through the latest Open Access conference proceedings and pre-prints crawled from the World Wide Web.

    edX

    Free, high quality, online courses from over 160 universities from around the world. It has a huge range of subjects and you have the option to pay for a certificate on completion if you wish to, which is what helps the service to pay for the costs.

    Every individual has the potential to create change, whether in their life, their community, or the world. The transformative power of education is what unlocks that potential. Yet, access to high-quality education has been a privilege of the few. Back in 2012, we realized it was a time for a seismic shift in learning. From the tried and true to the leading edge. From “for some” to “for all.” By opening the classroom through online learning, edX empowers millions of learners to unlock their potential and become changemakers.

    Duolingo (search in App Store)

    This is an app I’ve been using for a couple of weeks to learn Spanish (Hola, buenos dias amigos de Espana!). It has an advertisement between lessons but they’re mostly brief and you can earn hearts by watching them when you make too many mistakes like I do, but the app is excellent for learning to read, write and speak languages. It includes great tips and you can learn multiple languages at the same time. If you’re the sort of person who plays games to kill some time here and there, why not get this app and have fun learning another language instead?

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    Just ran across this, looks pretty extensive collection of FOIA documents. I need to look closer but first glance it looked like a serious resource

    http://therabbithole.wiki/tag/foia/

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    Don't forget the Avalon Library. Tintin has been working really hard on this almost every day. There's now a quite immense amount of often very hard-to-find material in there.

    Your very unique and remarkable community has grown into something incredibly valuable Mr Ryan, undimmed before the breaking of the world (as Elrond said of Aragorn) Salute!

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