Learn to pronounce German sounds accurately, and then read the entire Harry Potter series out loud. By the time you're halfway through, you'll be well on your way to fluency. Many focus too much on understanding meaning, but what's crucial is also training your mouth and larynx muscles to form the sounds naturally. Understanding comes pretty much from context alone. Use a dictionary sparingly.
This may get you into a solid B1 or even B2 level, but to go beyond everyday language and reach true professional proficiency and an understanding of language registers and nuance, I would say a dictionary of the language in the language is an important step along the way. I recommend the Düden - Deutsch als Fremdsprache
I found Danielle Steel books translated to Spanish to be great as a first introduction when I was learning Spanish... Disclaimer: I've got zero interest in romance stories or her writing.
Her books had more natural words and it really didn't matter if you misunderstood a few words or a sentence. Plus because they had been simply translated from English you kind of picked up on grammar that made sense (you could squint and kinda knew the English behind it).
Great literature was the worst to try and read and learn from. I wouldn't try reading anything highly regarded as good literature. Just too hard.
Long books are a grind - I would probably avoid Harry Potter for that reason.
Comics were really hard - too many contractions and fake accents; also local comics often implicitly referred to local culture I didn't know.
This is similar to “shadowing”, where you listen to the text recorded in the native language and try to speak it as close to in sync with the audio as possible while reading.
Many focus too much on understanding meaning, but what's crucial is also training your mouth and larynx muscles to form the sounds naturally.
Yup, the value of simple vocal training part (combined with active listening, and occasional feedback on what one does day) seems to be greatly underappreciated. And the value of flashcard-based vocabularly training - generally overrated (beyond the very initial stages).
That said, it seems difficult to even get to A1 without some actual formal understanding of the basic rules of grammar.
In December 2012, following criticism that it was insufficiently transparent about its finances, the City of London Corporation revealed that its "City's Cash" account – an endowment fund built up over the past 800 years that it says is used "for the benefit of London as a whole"[51] – holds more than £1.3bn. As of March 2016, it had net assets of £2.3bn.[52] The fund collects money made from the corporation's property and investment earnings.[53]
£2bn actually doesn't sound that enormous for this sort of organisation. Especially since...
> Initially the Corporation had planned to move both markets as well as New Spitalfields in Leyton to a £1bn purpose-built site in Dagenham, however this was dropped earlier this month over cost concerns as the council had already spent £308m purchasing and remediating the site in Dagenham.
They were going to spend half their entire endowment on this! And, regardless of whether you have the money to spare, £1bn is an absolutely colossal amount to spend on a market (even a large and very historic one). It just makes no financial sense at all.
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"the programmer an offshoot of the great ape family closely related to chimps and gorillas distinguished by its minimal bipedal movement and ability to stare at a computer screen for the majority of its lifetime there's an estimated 30 million specimens alive in the world today normal humans use stereotypes to help understand and generalize this unusual variant which experts estimate are about 99 accurate about 12 of the time in today's video we'll take a look at 10 different programmer stereotypes to find out which one you fall into first up we have the gear head this variant owns the bleeding edge version of everything like the latest m1 mac a big ass curved monitor mechanical keyboard tesla in the garage ai generated synthetic meat in the fridge and a smart lock on the house to keep it all safe when programming he goes wherever the hype train takes him in 96 it was java in o6 it was jquery in 2016 it was graphql and in 2026 he'll be first in line at neural link to get a chip that can help him write blazingly fast code it doesn't matter what the tech does if it's trendy it belongs in the stack this stereotype may be true sometimes but programming can actually push many people in the opposite direction the guy who works in tech but hates text stereotype knows exactly how unreliable and dangerous code can be like that the rac25 incident where a little software bug accidentally killed some people by giving them a massive overdose of radiation this guy would never buy a car that can be remotely summoned back to elon when you stop paying the bill and he would definitely never put a smart lock on his house because the nsa probably has backdoor access or at the very least there's an undiscovered exploit in its code if you broke into his farmhouse you'd find a single monitor linux machine a flip phone some gold bullion and a shotgun barrel pointed in your face the most stereotypical programmer though has to be the introvert he's a savant who still sleeps in a car bed and his vision of the ideal lifestyle is what the rest of society calls quarantine he's super good at math and can actually program stuff without using google and stack overflow but couldn't hold a conversation to save his life extroverts like jobs use these nerds like woz to get super rich this stereotype used to be 100 true back when programming was hard like pre-1990s but as programming has become more mainstream it's led to a new paradigm the programmer this guy got a computer science degree while mostly partying with his frat in college his name is usually chad and he has more mating opportunities than the introvert but it comes at a cost of reduced code quality which he refuses to test because test driven development is for losers nah bro however he has better communication skills than the introverts which is annoying because i wish this guy would stop talking to me eventually he evolves into your manager where he can torment you with code reviews and team building exercises now so far in this video i've been using a lot of masculine pronouns that's because 95 of my audience is male which is actually pretty close to the real world distribution today what you may not realize though is that back in the day women used to dominate the programming space kathleen booth created the first assembly language grace hopper created the first compiler and margaret hamilton led the team who wrote the code for the apollo moonlander code that was so flawless and perfectly executed that some people think it's proof we didn't actually go to the moon that was the apex of code quality since that time everything's gone downhill the next specimen we'll look at is the influencer or code fluencer his natural habitat is not a code editor but rather a social media platform most commonly twitter after figuring out how to print hello world in php he immediately rose to the top of the dominance hierarchy in his own mind now he makes the world a better place by regurgitating code tips and hot takes all day long and he just landed a better paying job than you because he mastered the art of virtue signaling and that's what we call a good culture fit another popular stereotype is the hacker this guy's able to open up a terminal connect to some remote mainframe and break all of its security protocols one by one with awesome fancy animations between each step this stereotype is what most people think programmers do but is 100 manufactured by hollywood real hacking is extremely tedious and boring and is done primarily by the people who have all the guns now a stereotype that is actually real is the 10x developer this guy is an extremely rare unicorn that can do the work of 10 other developers combined some say they're a myth but i've seen developers first hand who write code like durant plays basketball or kasparov plays chess there are people out there with a natural problem-solving ability that just goes far beyond the rest of the population you'll know a 10x developer when you see one because you'll feel very incompetent and also very jealous now i think the ideal stereotype for most of us to fall into is the lazy programmer to the outside world it doesn't look like this guy does much he sits at a computer all day hitting the keyboard and if you glance at a screen it looks like he's just copying and pasting things from the internet what he's actually doing though is building a million dollar side hustle so he can retire in his 30s he also has a remote job with a 400k salary but he eats ramen for dinner while sharing a crappy apartment with four other dudes his wardrobe is 50 swag from tech conferences and 50 thinks his mom bought him he leverages code to work smarter and not harder now on the other end of the spectrum we have the old jaded guy he has long silver hair and a big white beard he only codes in c not c plus plus and definitely not any of the hipster garbage that you're using in fact he probably wrote the compiler for the silly toy language that you're trying to learn his depth of knowledge transcends the normal apes idea of reality when he discovered through psychedelics that we're all just one entity that found a hack in the universe to experience itself in parallel with primate bodies and computers are the tool that will ultimately make us one again and that concludes our presentation on programmer stereotypes let me know which one you fall into in the comments below thanks for watching and i will see you in the next one"
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Hey, thanks for taking the time to test this out. This has helped us identify a bug in our system(the sentence splitter was rudimentary, similar to LLamaIndex semantic chunker). We will update the API soon.
Below is the output we get after fixing the bug.
Segment 1:
The programmer, an offshoot of the great ape family, closely related to chimps and gorillas, is distinguished by its minimal bipedal movement and ability to stare at a computer screen for the majority of its lifetime. There's an estimated 30 million specimens alive in the world today. Normal humans use stereotypes to help understand and generalize this unusual variant, which experts estimate are about 99% accurate about 12% of the time.
In today's video, we'll take a look at 10 different programmer stereotypes to find out which one you fall into.
First up, we have the gear head. This variant owns the bleeding-edge version of everything, like the latest M1 Mac, a big-ass curved monitor, mechanical keyboard, Tesla in the garage, AI-generated synthetic meat in the fridge, and a smart lock on the house to keep it all safe. When programming, he goes wherever the hype train takes him. In '96, it was Java; in '06, it was jQuery; in 2016, it was GraphQL; and in 2026, he'll be first in line at Neuralink to get a chip that can help him write blazingly fast code. It doesn't matter what the tech does—if it's trendy, it belongs in the stack.
This stereotype may be true sometimes, but programming can actually push many people in the opposite direction. The guy who works in tech but hates tech stereotype knows exactly how unreliable and dangerous code can be, like that RAC25 incident where a little software bug accidentally killed some people by giving them a massive overdose of radiation. This guy would never buy a car that can be remotely summoned back to Elon when you stop paying the bill, and he would definitely never put a smart lock on his house because the NSA probably has backdoor access—or at the very least, there's an undiscovered exploit in its code.
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If you broke into his farmhouse, you'd find a single-monitor Linux machine, a flip phone, some gold bullion, and a shotgun barrel pointed in your face.
The most stereotypical programmer, though, has to be the introvert. He's a savant who still sleeps in a car bed, and his vision of the ideal lifestyle is what the rest of society calls quarantine. He's super good at math and can actually program stuff without using Google and Stack Overflow, but couldn't hold a conversation to save his life. Extroverts like Jobs use these nerds like Woz to get super rich. This stereotype used to be 100% true back when programming was hard, like pre-1990s, but as programming has become more mainstream, it's led to a new paradigm: the programmer bro.
This guy got a computer science degree while mostly partying with his frat in college. His name is usually Chad, and he has more mating opportunities than the introvert, but it comes at a cost of reduced code quality, which he refuses to test because test-driven development is for losers.
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Nah, bro. However, he has better communication skills than the introverts, which is annoying because I wish this guy would stop talking to me. Eventually, he evolves into your manager, where he can torment you with code reviews and team-building exercises.
Now, so far in this video, I've been using a lot of masculine pronouns. That's because 95% of my audience is male, which is actually pretty close to the real-world distribution today. What you may not realize, though, is that back in the day, women used to dominate the programming space. Kathleen Booth created the first assembly language, Grace Hopper created the first compiler, and Margaret Hamilton led the team who wrote the code for the Apollo Moonlander—code that was so flawless and perfectly executed that some people think it's proof we didn’t actually go to the moon. That was the apex of code quality. Since that time, everything's gone downhill.
The next specimen we'll look at is the influencer, or "code-fluencer." His natural habitat is not a code editor, but rather a social media platform—most commonly Twitter. After figuring out how to print "Hello, World!" in PHP, he immediately rose to the top of the dominance hierarchy in his own mind.
Segment 4:
Now, he makes the world a better place by regurgitating code tips and hot takes all day long, and he just landed a better-paying job than you because he mastered the art of virtue signaling. And that's what we call a good culture fit.
Another popular stereotype is the hacker. This guy's able to open up a terminal, connect to some remote mainframe, and break all of its security protocols one by one, with awesome fancy animations between each step. This stereotype is what most people think programmers do but is 100% manufactured by Hollywood. Real hacking is extremely tedious and boring and is done primarily by the people who have all the guns.
Now, a stereotype that is actually real is the 10x developer. This guy is an extremely rare unicorn that can do the work of 10 other developers combined. Some say they're a myth, but I've seen developers firsthand who write code like Durant plays basketball or Kasparov plays chess. There are people out there with a natural problem-solving ability that just goes far beyond the rest of the population. You'll know a 10x developer when you see one because you'll feel very incompetent and also very jealous.
Now, I think the ideal stereotype for most of us to fall into is the lazy programmer. To the outside world, it doesn't look like this guy does much.
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He sits at a computer all day hitting the keyboard, and if you glance at his screen, it looks like he's just copying and pasting things from the internet. What he's actually doing, though, is building a million-dollar side hustle so he can retire in his 30s. He also has a remote job with a 400k salary, but he eats ramen for dinner while sharing a crappy apartment with four other dudes. His wardrobe is 50% swag from tech conferences and 50% things his mom bought him.
Segment 6:
He leverages code to work smarter, not harder.
Now, on the other end of the spectrum, we have the old jaded guy. He has long silver hair and a big white beard. He only codes in C—not C++ and definitely not any of the hipster garbage that you're using. In fact, he probably wrote the compiler for the silly toy language that you're trying to learn. His depth of knowledge transcends the normal ape's idea of reality when he discovered, through psychedelics, that we're all just one entity that found a hack in the universe to experience itself in parallel with primate bodies—and computers are the tool that will ultimately make us one again.
And that concludes our presentation on programmer stereotypes. Let me know which one you fall into in the comments below. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
Possible titles can be:
"Introduction to Programmer Stereotypes and The Gear Head"
"The Tech-Hating Programmer and The Introvert"
"The Programmer Bro and Women in Programming History"
"The Code-fluencer and The Hollywood Hacker"
"The 10x Developer and The Lazy Programmer"
"The Old Jaded Programmer and Conclusion"
I am comparing with ChatGPT and I see that our chunking can be a bit better to break up into more sections, for example "The Code-fluencer and The Hollywood Hacker" can be broken into "The Code-fluencer" and "The Hollywood Hacker"
From the company, they explained that “the large database of Cramer, which covers thousands of formulas for its fragrances, allows the AI of Notco, Giuseppe, acquire this information and generate top -quality aromas at once, doing the process much faster and more cheap. ”
By: Israel Durán
September 24, 2024
The company created in Chile, Notco has become one of the main vegetarian food companies, becoming one of the main unicorns in Latin America, reaching the value of more than US $ 1.5 billion.
But, now the brand will venture into the field of perfumes using artificial intelligence, in a project that will join Cramer, provider of flavors and fragrances in Latin America.
In this initiative, Giuseppe AI will be used, the artificial intelligence tool prepared by Notco, where they will try to elaborate novel fragrances with such technology.
“The generative AI is usually used for images, videos and texts, but Notco goes further, using AI to generate emotions through the smell. Before, creating a personalized fragrance took weeks or months, now with the experience of Cramer's perfume and our genii, we can do it in seconds and do it accessible to many more actors in the market, ”said the CTO and co -founder of Notco, Karim Pichara , according to pulse.
In addition to this, from the company, they explained that “the large Cramer database, which covers thousands of formulas for its fragrances, allows the AI of Notco, Giuseppe, acquire this information and generate top -quality aromas of a top quality aromas of a Only, doing the process much faster and more cheap. ”
"In fact, in a blind test, Notco tested 13 different formulas created by their AI with real perfume , they added.
In this sense, Picara stressed that this project is "the result of combining Giuseppe with the knowledge and experience of Cramer" and that "our technology processes fragrance information from the molecular structure of the volatile components, to the sensory description of the aroma in language in language natural. We have three patents that have resulted from the development of this technology. ”
“Understanding the aroma from the verbal description and molecular information, Giuseppe creates aromas of conceptsbstract concepts and emotions, such as the smell of Christmas, the summer parties at sunset or the fresh spring mornings. In addition, we are breaking barriers by generating formulas never created before, allowing companies to innovate and customize their products more disruptively and efficiently, ”he said.
Loved it. I'd love to use something like "right-click, fix grammar" under iOS—not just rewrite. I want to keep my own voice, just with minimal conformant grammar as a second-language speaker.
You can get transcripts of any length using textube.olivares.cl or the API directly. The limitation lies in the current model used by Plugins, not in the API itself.
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