Thank you! It was a really fun experience.

The Russians were less comfortable with English, much less so than with Japanese. I am a native English speaker.

Yes, in Japan.

I had the same issue. I enabled the option “Open links in external browser,” and now it uses Firefox again, albeit by launching the full app separately instead of as an embedded activity.

I think you can probably make the question a lot more interesting by asking them to implement max without using any branching syntax. I’m not saying that is necessarily a good interview question, but it is certainly more interesting. That might also be where some of the more esoteric answers are coming from.

I literally just watched the video from Louis Rossman, and came straight here. Pleased to see everyone already talking about it!

I actually vastly prefer this behavior. It allows me to jump to (readable) source in library code easily in my editor, as well as experiment with different package versions without having to redownload, and (sort of) work offline too. I guess, I don’t really know what it would do otherwise. I think Rust requires you to have the complete library source code for everything you’re using regardless.

I suppose it could act like NPM, and keep a separate copy of every library for every single project on my system, but that’s even less efficient. Yes, I think NPM only downloads the “built” files (if the package uses a build system & is properly configured), but it’s still just minified JS source code most of the time.

I asked a Japanese friend of mine what the significance of October 1st was with regards to this video; she said that there is nothing special about that date.

Nah bro they just all cheap asf

me and my zero friends who use it

I honestly can’t say I’ve noticed much of a quality difference, so it doesn’t seem like a huge value add. I might just be oblivious though.

Currently trying out Kagi, still on the fence. Boy am I blowing through the trial searches though.

Credit card info -> see timestamped transit transacting history, including station name (location)

The most difficult part for me was the listening, but reading comprehension was also tough, mostly due to the time constraints. I’m not fabulous at skimming text, especially in a foreign language.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Hanlon’s razor, but with coincidence instead of stupidity.

Do you have a custom DNS set up on this device?

So they’re good with privacy tech and money.

I just bought a new wallet that has a coin pouch because I use cash (and coins) so frequently.

Even if I disagree with a political faction often, I’m perfectly willing to show support when I do agree. It’s the honest thing to do.

I think I had three or four tutors, but one in particular I stuck with for about 18 months straight.

I did italki for around 2 years between the stints when I lived in Japan, and I found that it improved my comfort level with speaking dramatically. My tutor did not provide me with highly structured lessons; each weekly conversation was simply free dialogue, so it really was just to exercise my speaking muscle, rather than rigorously learn vocabulary or grammar structures.

If you are in a spot where you feel like your passive vocabulary is significantly larger than your active vocabulary, it might be worth giving it a try. I would describe my experience with italki as mostly positive, and I have recommended it to my friends.