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  • Back when they started, they had a forum where people explained grammar etc which was very helpful. They closed the forum, gods know why.

    Duolingo sucks so much, I won’t even recommend the paid version. It teaches you nothing, just trial and error over and over. You can probably watch YouTube in French for a year and will pick up the language faster than trying to do it with Duo.


  • I went with Innovative Languages, in my case chineseclass101.com (they have one domain for each language, instead of the usual “courses” but it doesn’t matter, except if you want to learn multiple languages at once, then you’d pay double)

    But just look up comparisons between different providers, maybe try their free or cancelable trials. The most important thing is, I think, having lots of somewhat “natural” dialoge with increasingly more and difficult vocabulary and you NEED those lessons where someone explains why words or grammar is used in a certain way, which Duolingo completely lacks. Sure, you can get it right by context and a lot of repetitions but this will take many more times than “immersing” yourself WITH some sort of guidance.

    If you got the basics down and are at an A2-ish level, I would start watching and listening to a lot in your target language (Netflix, bilibili, podcasts), at this point you don’t really need more grammar lessons, just some refreshers, which you get from context, and soaking up vocabulary.














  • I had this exact issue on an old gaming PC, PSU wouldn’t power the MB, but would be fine by itself. My GPU had a short, gods know how it happened. Juts keep disconnecting parts and try powering up again until you get the LED indicator. If everything is gone and it still won’t power on, it’s the MB. You could get a multimeter and measuring the power lines to see if there is a short (5V to ground, 12V to ground and I think there are 24V lines?). Maybe look for burst or burned capacitors and if you’re crafty and able to solder replace them. Otherwise replace the MB or defect parts.