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2024-02-15 23:27:57

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@npub1rjh…uefa Adding to this, I wonder if this only occurs for english search pages. When I searched for white people in Japanese, the image page was mostly white people.

2024-02-15 23:26:03

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@npub1zxx…u452 @npub1uak…92tf Thank you, I'll check into this.

2024-02-15 23:22:33

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@npub1zxx…u452 @npub1uak…92tf I tend to use url redirect for news articles and such, but are they able to work on entire search engine pages?

2024-02-15 23:21:04

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@npub1qn0…l9h8 This looks promising, I'd have to check into the privacy policy though. Thanks for sharing.

2024-02-15 23:20:11

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@npub1rjh…uefa It's interesting that you say this, I noticed when searching up memes on google images, google has a new exclaimer that states 'Memes about groups of people might be disturbing or hurtful'. Then, when you search up 'white people' for example, you get images of black people instead. A very blatant agenda with them, which shouldn't be the case of the most widely-used search engine.

2024-02-15 23:08:39

Question for Fedifriends:
Which search engine do you use and how do you properly navigate through results to get the type of content that you want?
In the past (years ago), one would use just Google and they'd usually find something that they were looking for most of the time. However nowadays, search queries on google are populated with A.I generated articles, a few 'top' sites like Quora or Wikipedia, and generally barely anything that has to do with what you are searching for, even with filters.
I know there is a growing trend of people searching with Reddit, but then again...this is Reddit we are talking about here.
Then there is ChatGPT, which in my experience isn't too bad, but it's still not a very good alternative.
So fedi, what is one to do? What do you suggest?

2024-02-15 16:23:20

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@npub1ua0…yg90 @npub1m74…fjya Grape Guya is very cute.

2024-02-15 00:05:28

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@npub17c2…6unc It can if you give it time and patience~! I'm rooting for you! 🥰

2024-02-14 15:11:57

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Japanese the Manga Way is a grammar guide aimed for beginner learners that incorporates actual dialogue used in manga to emphasize grammar points. This guide is written in a lax matter, and is easy to understand, being targeted toward the enthusiast rather than the business person who is trying to learn Japanese for work purposes. The simplicity (not as in the content has no depth but rather the thorough but concise explanations) along with the fact that it uses panels from manga makes it very fun and engaging, more so than your usual grammar guide. I tried Tae Kim and 昨日 Sakubi in the past and while there wasn’t anything inherently wrong with them, the enjoyability of JTMW stuck to me more. Of course, grammar guides are supposed to be skimmed through and used as reference generally, but I had such a great time with this guide that I read it like a book. The only problem I say I had with JTMW (which is a personal nitpicking) is that while there are sentences in Japanese, it transliterates them into romaji instead of furigana.
You can purchase JTMW online or at your local bookstore, but there are versions available online too, such as the one here at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/japanese-the-manga-way/page/n17/mode/2up
Additional Note for Absolute Beginners: Like I mentioned, grammar guides like these are for getting a quick understanding. Do not try to go in ‘depth’ about the ‘why’, you will only get distracted and confused in the end. Think about how you learned your native language growing up. Did those grammar classes in school really do much for you, or rather, was it you reading, listening, speaking, engaging in the language that helped you improve? I’m not saying grammar lessons or books are useless, but they should be used merely for initial understanding and reference. You are not going to remember all these points, their exceptions, when they should be used, etc. until you start immersing yourself into the language more and more and your brain starts to make patterns.
Another thing to note is that eventually you’ll want to start to make a transition from an English (or whatever language) grammar reference (and dictionary) to a Japanese one. As for why this is, to put it simply, think about it this way: The Japanese understand their language better than anyone else do they not? Japanese can only be fully conveyed by Japanese.
For the transitioning period, I’d recommend either the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar (DoJG), 日本語文型辞典英語版 which has an ‘english’ version now, or even とびら which is not a reference and more of a guide, but can still be useful if you want to practice.
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2024-02-14 14:21:10

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For today’s spotlight I’ll be introducing two resources.
1. Furiganalyse is a tool that is used to add furigana to ebooks. For input, it supports EPUB, AZW3, MOBI and it can output to multiple formats. It can even output the furigana-ized sentences into an anki deck! You can set up the program on a docker build, but an online version is freely available here: http://furiganalyse.itsupera.co/ Github Repo: https://github.com/itsupera/furiganalyse?tab=readme-ov-file

2024-02-14 14:10:32

Since a lot of people on the fedi are learning japanese, I wanted to make posts about some of the resources and tools that I use during my learning. This is kind of a continuation of the open source spotlight posts that I did earlier, but this is dedicated to Japanese learning specifically, and not everything on this list is going to be software, some of it is going to be books.

2023-10-18 00:33:08

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2023-10-17 22:32:26

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@npub158m…mjp4 @npub1d2y…8lr5 @npub1lhh…adds @npub1rjh…uefa You watched sandland? If you did, did you enjoy it? I was planning to watch it but I got busy with some other anime.

2023-10-17 22:28:41

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@npub1jju…533h >political complexity and ethical realities of anime like
>Gundam
Which gundam?
>Full Metal Alchemist
Reddit
Also, based on all of her 'criteria', it seems like the 'political complexity and ethical realities' that she yearns for would be rather shortsighted and narrow-minded.

2023-10-17 22:23:15

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@npub1fx0…fqas That's so sweet of you and your daughter! 🥰 Even the little things on earth need to be taken care of! I'm sure that bee would thank you if it could speak ❤️

2023-10-17 22:05:25

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@npub1d2y…8lr5 @npub1lhh…adds @npub1rjh…uefa People claim that he has same face syndrome (which really is a non-argument since most manga artists do) but he really is a wonderful artist. His mech and automobile work is especially detailed and beautiful to look at.
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2023-10-17 22:00:33

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@npub1rjh…uefa @npub1ku8…8cga @npub1lhh…adds Talking about playing favorites, I'm still waiting for Vegeta to get his main protagonist arc. Even Piccolo got his protag arc before Vegeta did if you want to count movie canons (I know he got help from Gohan, but still).

2023-10-17 21:54:06

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@npub1d2y…8lr5 @npub1lhh…adds @npub1rjh…uefa Toriyama forgetting Launch was the worst. She was my favorite Dragon Ball girl.

2023-10-17 21:48:33

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@npub1ku8…8cga @npub1lhh…adds I have my problems with Super, but bringing some of the spotlight back onto the human characters and including more light-hearted funny moments again was definitely a plus.

2023-10-17 21:44:29

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@npub1rjh…uefa @npub1lhh…adds @npub1ku8…8cga It makes me wonder...what happened to the inhumanely strong characters during the 24th world martial arts tournament (the one that Mr. Satan won)? In dragon ball, there would always be some character who had super strength or some strange powers/technique at the very least. I'm not saying Mr. Satan isn't stronger than most humans, but it seems like the fighters in the tournament were pretty low-tier. Obviously, Goku and his friends weren't able to compete because of all the things that were happening.

2023-10-17 21:35:16

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@npub1lhh…adds Yes, definitely. I really love the martial art aspect of Dragon Ball, something that Z seems to abandon for generic fighting with no style involved and tons of laser beams (I still love Z though as it was one of my first anime). Maybe I'm being a bit biased since even in Dragon Ball the martial arts are heavily 'fantastical', exaggerated version of their real life counterpart but even so, the vibe is very reminiscent of kung-fu movies of that era, and those were definitely fun no contest. That, coupled with the adventurous aspect of the anime, along with the humorously fun, vibrant, and very likeable characters, makes it a top 10 for me.

2023-10-08 16:15:56

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@npub1rjh…uefa @npub1lhh…adds It's like these people haven't heard of 'spoils of war' before. Their perception of reality is based on the constant fiction that they consume.

2023-10-07 21:59:19

My posts yesterday were pretty melancholy, so here's a Ryza to lighten up your day. Go on, sit on her lap! :clap:
Artist is @poderdohokuto
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2023-10-06 23:14:58

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2023-10-03 17:04:52

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@npub1m74…fjya Her name is Alouette and she is very cute isn't she? In the game she's the adorable robot little sister!
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2023-10-03 12:09:37

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@npub1kps…ntnt You are so hard on the older one, I can feel that there was personality and love put into it. It is nice in it's own special way. Reminds me of some personal websites that I've been on from the early 2010s.

2023-10-03 12:02:39

@npub1kps…ntnt Did you mean to send a picture? I don't see one. 😆

2023-10-03 11:53:06

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@npub1kps…ntnt @npub1d2u…f3ag Sounds good! getimiskon site looks really nice too. I love the font!

2023-10-03 11:42:35

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@npub1kps…ntnt
Good job I like it! :loli_thumbsup2: :loli_pillow:

2023-10-02 21:20:32

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@npub12xa…036m ...but why? What did I do wrong?

2023-10-02 21:00:29

Hello Detroit! I'm pretty new to this ghetto/hood/project/urban-city living thing, but I'd like to give a gift as a thank you accepting my section 8 application. Here's a very cute Lilina, I hope you enjoy!
Artist is @nanathuika.
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