I’m quite transparent, and have been exposed to doxxing before, unfortunately, with random packages appearing on my doorstep and such. Still, I keep being perhaps a bit too naive, as being cynical would make my internet presence quite a lot more demanding of me.

I own my actions in life, including mistakes and failures. I don’t let it weigh me down, nor feel ashamed of who I was. So threatening me with shame is fortunately quite ineffective.

I have no issues speaking my mind on emotional topics like death, war, and politics, which naturally makes some people despise me. That is their problem however, not mine, as I believe communication is key, even among enemies.

I feel like I’ve found a balance that works well for me, but if needed, I have the knowledge to change my ways.

This is a steal! Can recommend these classic games; lots of fun! And for Red Alert 2, I can recommend the Mental Omega mod for an extra experience and challenge!

Здравствуйте! Я с удовольствием помогу! I’m also trying to learn, but am still only on A1 level.

I’d say a native speaker can possibly help a lot, but they need a certain aptitude in teaching language for it to be effective, imho. I’ve lived in Estonia for some years now, and have native Russian speakers for friends. They can help at correcting and introducing words and sentences, but explaining and teaching the grammar and structure of the language in a manner that is efficient is challenging.

Growing up with a language, there are a lot of things that feel “natural” to you. One such thing in Russian is which case to use where: You ask yourself questions like “to/by what/whom”, and the answer yields the correct case. This doesn’t make sense to someone who is learning the language, and they have no way of explaining how something “sounds” correct. Therefore you just have to learn it by heart.

I’ve recently signed up for classes at Tartu University, and I’m hopeful of getting to practice with people who are at the same level as me, so we can cooperate on figuring out of things.

I’d love more language friends! :D Let’s share our resources and achievements!

I use it on Android all the time. I don’t do a lot of advanced web browsing on my phone, but it works fine, doesn’t it?

There are many helplines for mental health, try and figure out where they are situated and provide them with the number to call. Ensure to be non-judgmental in the way you make contact, and don’t push it onto them if they don’t want/seek to help themselves (they might further shut themselves in).

The first step is always to realize it’s a problem, and that will only happen when they feel safe enough to look at themselves as someone who “doesn’t need to be strong” and tackle life alone.

It’s difficult to know concretely what approach will be the most successful, and how to not be considered a potential threat by them, but I recommend the general kind approach: No judgment, a caring voluntary offer, and no obligations or time pressure.

I’m no professional, but I’ve had some events in my life. I hope this helps!

A Hummer in Tokyo?! Honestly that’s impressive, considering the width of most non-main roads there. But still, why would one need such a car in such a place? Tokyo works even better without a car at all, imho.

No mention of which products, and no link to the study…?

Personally I find Navi better to use for the purpose of “not having to remember commands”. It also provides a description of the command, fuzzy search, and essentially pastes the command in the current terminal, not having to think about current directory or user.

Just is essentially a collection of aliases, while Navi is a collection of pre-written commands in full length (with optional description).

I first read “why” instead of “what”, and it got me thinking, why do I base so much of my opinion about myself on what others say about me? Must be something about being social creatures and survival through society or some such.

Anyways, I feel like there are few things I haven’t been called. To my face, I’ve been called argumentative, annoying, tiring, blabberbox, masochist, ignorant, dismissive, careless, dysfunctional, autistic, emotionless, ambitionless, indifferent, and even psychopathic, to mention a few. Nevertheless, I keep my chin up and try to do my best, ever improving, as that’s all one can do really. We’re not all compatible, and that’s okay.

However, I’ve also been called a lot of good things, which are important not to forget nor dismiss! Like caring, friendly, honest, hospitable, crazy (the good kind), unique, intelligent, realistic, disciplined, humble, responsible, and proper.

The other day I was told I am both 50 and 15, sometimes even 5.

I moved from a decently sized city (100k inhabitants) to a small city (10k inhabitants) in a different country. I enjoy the more peaceful environment, but I miss being able to casually greet and talk with random strangers, as I don’t know the language here and very few people here know English. It was so much easier to find events and things to do when I knew what everyone around me were talking about, and the posters were easy to read. I oftentimes find myself using a translating app, but it’s a hassle, comparatively.

Despite there not being a lot of activity in the communities mentioned in the comments here, I think posting there might still yield some results. Even if just a single individual engages with you, that single individual may very well turn out to be a great conversation partner.

I’ve personally had some quite deep and dark conversations myself, and one good individual can in many cases be “sufficient”.

I hope that you find some cool people out there, and keep up the hunt for achievements in both games and life!

An artist sneaked an AI-generated print on to a gallery wall (…)

Isn’t it “snuck”, and not “sneaked”?

Anyhow, I’d agree with both parties: AI generated art can be considered a form of art, but not in the same league. Just like you have people who perform sports with “artificial enhancers” are separated from the naturals.

BBC has presence and offices in the US, which are held liable for conduct within the US. IANAL, but I imagine legally speaking, you can even hold them liable for content hosted in the US on servers there, perhaps going as far as content that is served to the US. Suing them is just the beginning of the legal process to legally do with that liability as they wish, like removing their servers/access in the US.

I must admit, this is quite cool! I doubt I’ll be buying it, as I have no particular need for this kind of mobility enhancement, but I’m sure there are plenty of people who could greatly benefit from equipment like this. This collaboration has the potential to greatly boost sales, which down the road will mean more money and effort being put into this technology becoming more widely available.

And imagine getting this thing as part of your Collector’s Edition!

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I had the opposite experience the other day. I believe learning a language has plenty of ups and down depending on the people around you.

I surely sounded incredibly like a newbie, but I was asked in English, and I managed to find words that made sense in the other language. I took it simply word by word, skipping grammatical correctness and not caring about how unnaturally the sentence was constructed, added a swear word as a substitute for a noun I didn’t know, and it all worked out! I was understood, and I was even indirectly praised by one present who didn’t speak English! That made me feel encouraged to learn more, so that I can continue to impress!

This is after a lot of demotivating events however, so that made the upswing just even more powerful!

Looks like a game with potential. I like the aesthetic, and the music reminds me a bit of Forever Winter. Mick Gordon is a name that carries with it a lot of respect, considering how he handled being in a drama with Doom Eternal.

To your point about being a police officer, I have a feeling that’s where the title of the game comes into play? A defecting police officer sounds like quite a story!

They’re using Unreal Engine 5 for this one, iirc.

Yupp! I probably should’ve specified that I’ve seen the use in English, but it is indeed still in use in Icelandic! It stems from Old Norse, as a rune, iirc. Icelandic is the closest we have to Old Norse in today’s used languages.

I agree with the personalizing! I have a friend who wasn’t very good in English, so he masked it with leetspeak, and now that has simply become his style. It’s a bit of a hurdle getting used to it, but it’s rather intuitive, fortunately.