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  1. Comment on How to get into motorsports? in ~sports.motorsports

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    IMO one of the most effective ways, for me at least, to get into any sport is to watch post-race/post-match highlights. You can usually find these on official league YouTube channels (the official...

    IMO one of the most effective ways, for me at least, to get into any sport is to watch post-race/post-match highlights. You can usually find these on official league YouTube channels (the official F1 channel posts race highlights, for instance). This has a couple of benefits:

    1. You can see if you actually enjoy the sport without committing yourself to watching hours-long games or races, since it’s by definition just the most exciting moments. Keeping up with one 15 minute video once a week or so is much more manageable. If you find you don’t really enjoy watching, then there’s nothing wrong with that! I also like to check the standings after I watch highlights, so I can get a sense of the grander scheme of things

    2. You begin to encourage your YouTube algorithm to start showing you more Motorsport content. This lets you discover which aspect of competitive Motorsport you enjoy most, since there’s channels for everything. Maybe you enjoy the strategy and tactics, or are fascinated by the engineering. Maybe you will become interested in the history of the sport or the drama between drivers

    The only Motorsport I really follow is F1, so I can’t speak to how useful this strategy is for other kinds of racing, but I’ve used this approach to really get into f1, the nba, and the nfl. I would later get more interested in watching full matches or races after getting more knowledgeable about the history and strategies of each sport, since spectacle alone doesn’t move me as much

    2 votes

  2. Comment on NFL head coach Mike Tomlin shows off the Minecraft world he has worked on for twelve years in ~games

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    If it makes it better, I've seen nothing but praise for the guy, you can see that with the comments under his Youtube video. I, for one, am excited for the next episode

    If it makes it better, I've seen nothing but praise for the guy, you can see that with the comments under his Youtube video. I, for one, am excited for the next episode

    7 votes

  4. Comment on What is your pet peeve with language acquisition? in ~humanities.languages

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    I’m actually also semi-native, so I have pretty decent pronunciation most of the time. I agree that running everything in tone 1 works (though you might get asked to repeat yourself in my...

    I’m actually also semi-native, so I have pretty decent pronunciation most of the time. I agree that running everything in tone 1 works (though you might get asked to repeat yourself in my experience). My issue tends to be when I’m tired or stressed my speaking slips more towards my native English accent where I have a harder time controlling which tones I’m using, even if it’s just trying to maintain tone 1

  5. Comment on What is your pet peeve with language acquisition? in ~humanities.languages

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    I mean the tone of your voice is separate from the tone of the characters you're speaking, so there's almost certainly a sarcastic tone of voice in Mandarin (though I'd probably butcher the...

    I mean the tone of your voice is separate from the tone of the characters you're speaking, so there's almost certainly a sarcastic tone of voice in Mandarin (though I'd probably butcher the character tones even more than I already do if I tried it)

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What is your pet peeve with language acquisition? in ~humanities.languages

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    Mandarin Sometimes I’m too tired to sound the tones correctly

    Mandarin

    Sometimes I’m too tired to sound the tones correctly

    4 votes

  7. Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech

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    Seems it’s down again. Xcancel cites ‘new developments’ in their legal proceedings

    Seems it’s down again. Xcancel cites ‘new developments’ in their legal proceedings

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders meet to plan break-up of United Kingdom in ~society

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    Pro-independence first ministers will sign ‘memorandum of understanding’ at Cardiff summit and demand referendums

    The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will gather on Monday to sign a deal designed to kick-start the break-up of the United Kingdom, The Telegraph can disclose.

    At an unprecedented summit in Cardiff, the three first ministers will put pen to paper on a joint declaration demanding the right to hold independence referendums.

    11 votes

  10. Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society

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    Here’s his accompanying twitter post: https://xcancel.com/BernieSanders/status/2095542398084415952 I kind of feel like the post itself, ironically, has an AI-generated feel to it. It kind of...

    Here’s his accompanying twitter post: https://xcancel.com/BernieSanders/status/2095542398084415952

    I kind of feel like the post itself, ironically, has an AI-generated feel to it. It kind of reminds me of those LinkedIn posts

    That talk.

    Just like this.

    Don’t have any evidence to make that claim concretely though.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 31 in ~society

  13. Comment on NBA announces penalties and findings arising from investigation of LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard in ~sports.basketball

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    The big penalties: The Clippers shall forfeit five first-round draft picks, one in each of the 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033 NBA Drafts. The Clippers are fined $30 million. Clippers owner Steve...

    The big penalties:

    • The Clippers shall forfeit five first-round draft picks, one in each of the 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033 NBA Drafts.

    • The Clippers are fined $30 million.

    • Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is suspended from all league and team activities for one year for knowingly seeking to help Mr. Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities, for approving a business deal that he knew was a precondition for Aspiration to enter into an endorsement agreement with Mr. Leonard, and for his failure to create conditions under which his organization abided by the NBA’s circumvention rules.

    • In connection with his violations, Mr. Leonard is required to pay the league $700,000.

    Kawhi definitely seems to have gotten off relatively scott-free, and won't be restricted from moving to the Toronto Raptors this year. The Clippers organization is absolutely fucked draft-wise for the next five years though

    12 votes

  15. Comment on The 2026 Hugo Award winners! in ~books

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    Until I got to the end I was for some reason fully convinced that the italics were comments by the awards committee, and was deeply concerned by ‘heard good things, not read’

    Until I got to the end I was for some reason fully convinced that the italics were comments by the awards committee, and was deeply concerned by ‘heard good things, not read’

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    I agree, I also don't think the recent seasons are all misses. Hide and seek is almost always good, and I concur that Stateside Scramble was a victim of bad RNG. However, this season's format...

    I agree, I also don't think the recent seasons are all misses. Hide and seek is almost always good, and I concur that Stateside Scramble was a victim of bad RNG. However, this season's format really appeals to me from the start for some reason, and while it's possible this will be a weaker season if Sam and Ben keep destroying the other two the way they have been, I'm looking forward to watching the rest of it

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    Spoiler Given how much of a marketing push there was for this season, including putting the first episode in theaters, I want to say that they wouldn’t have done that for a blowout of a season,...
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    Given how much of a marketing push there was for this season, including putting the first episode in theaters, I want to say that they wouldn’t have done that for a blowout of a season, and it comes down to the wire, but things definitely aren’t going too well for those two so far

    Also welcome back cfabbro long time no see :)

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    I really enjoyed this first episode, more than the last few seasons’ for some reason. Maybe the longer length had to do with it, or maybe I just really like the format of this game

    I really enjoyed this first episode, more than the last few seasons’ for some reason. Maybe the longer length had to do with it, or maybe I just really like the format of this game

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech

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    Got prompted to update my Old Reddit Redirect plugin today, seems like the new update will bypass the login wall, so that's nice

    Got prompted to update my Old Reddit Redirect plugin today, seems like the new update will bypass the login wall, so that's nice

    6 votes