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Off-Topic Community / Re: Learning a language? Come ...
Last post by Legend - Apr 05, 2026, 01:29 PMQuote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 04, 2026, 09:08 PMI probably have written about this before, probably even in this thread. But I'm too lazy to look.First page is tricky. No English at all? Then maybe start with it like a kid's picture book. A cat going on an adventure. And each page gets more snd more text focused snd less picture focused.
I really want to write a story in Japanese with a particular design.
A full story that gets progressively harder grammar wise and vocabulary wise, with new grammar and new vocabulary introduced on the sides.
The big intent is that someone who already knows the easy grammar would just read through without any issue. They would hopefully read it because it's interesting. And someone who doesn't, would read the side notes to understand the first instance. And then 10 pages later they would have that grammar fully understood.
The struggle that I have is, what does page 1 look like?
Page 100 is easy. At that point any reader should have enough knowledge to read a lot of concepts and sentences.
How do you make page 1 interesting for the advanced reader and not too fast paced for the beginner? It's probably impossible to make a perfect book. But it really feels like some kind of book should be possible.
There are a lot of textbooks that kind of do this already. Like the Genki books have 2 pages of story then several pages of practicing and grammar and vocabulary explaining. I want to come up with a concept where you kind of combine all of it.
これはねこです。 ねこ: cat
X はYです: X is Y.
Something like this. Have a full fledged book where 80% of the page is a normal story. And the sides would have footnotes for what this new word or grammar on this line means.
#12
Off-Topic Community / Re: Learning a language? Come ...
Last post by the-pi-guy - Apr 04, 2026, 09:08 PMI probably have written about this before, probably even in this thread. But I'm too lazy to look.
I really want to write a story in Japanese with a particular design.
A full story that gets progressively harder grammar wise and vocabulary wise, with new grammar and new vocabulary introduced on the sides.
The big intent is that someone who already knows the easy grammar would just read through without any issue. They would hopefully read it because it's interesting. And someone who doesn't, would read the side notes to understand the first instance. And then 10 pages later they would have that grammar fully understood.
The struggle that I have is, what does page 1 look like?
Page 100 is easy. At that point any reader should have enough knowledge to read a lot of concepts and sentences.
How do you make page 1 interesting for the advanced reader and not too fast paced for the beginner? It's probably impossible to make a perfect book. But it really feels like some kind of book should be possible.
There are a lot of textbooks that kind of do this already. Like the Genki books have 2 pages of story then several pages of practicing and grammar and vocabulary explaining. I want to come up with a concept where you kind of combine all of it.
Something like this. Have a full fledged book where 80% of the page is a normal story. And the sides would have footnotes for what this new word or grammar on this line means.
I really want to write a story in Japanese with a particular design.
A full story that gets progressively harder grammar wise and vocabulary wise, with new grammar and new vocabulary introduced on the sides.
The big intent is that someone who already knows the easy grammar would just read through without any issue. They would hopefully read it because it's interesting. And someone who doesn't, would read the side notes to understand the first instance. And then 10 pages later they would have that grammar fully understood.
The struggle that I have is, what does page 1 look like?
Page 100 is easy. At that point any reader should have enough knowledge to read a lot of concepts and sentences.
How do you make page 1 interesting for the advanced reader and not too fast paced for the beginner? It's probably impossible to make a perfect book. But it really feels like some kind of book should be possible.
There are a lot of textbooks that kind of do this already. Like the Genki books have 2 pages of story then several pages of practicing and grammar and vocabulary explaining. I want to come up with a concept where you kind of combine all of it.
| これはねこです。 | ねこ: cat X はYです: X is Y. |
Something like this. Have a full fledged book where 80% of the page is a normal story. And the sides would have footnotes for what this new word or grammar on this line means.
#13
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by Legend - Apr 04, 2026, 12:34 AMQuote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 03, 2026, 11:35 PMGive me a big neural network that scans every movie ever and takes everyone's movie scores and tells me who would like every new movie that ever comes out.Not enough data. You also need to feed the network all their phone calls and online data in case they ever mentioned their opinions about a movie. That way it's more personal and can know why they rated a movie a certain way.
I tried Gemini a while ago for book recommendations, feeding it reviews of all the books I read, and it sucked.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Apr 03, 2026, 11:35 PMGive me a big neural network that scans every movie ever and takes everyone's movie scores and tells me who would like every new movie that ever comes out.
#15
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by Legend - Apr 03, 2026, 11:24 PMQuote from: kitler53 on Apr 03, 2026, 10:56 PMthat would at least be AI search.Yeah i was joking. I want it to be the same basic search we've had for decades.
I refuse to accept:
"because you watch <show name>: <list of shows>" as AI.
tagging shows with meta data is not AI.
#16
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by kitler53 - Apr 03, 2026, 10:56 PMQuote from: Legend on Apr 03, 2026, 07:43 PMThe best AI would just let me say say "I want movies that released after X date, and had a theatrical release" and then it'd just show me all the movies and I'd figure out what the fudge I want myselfthat would at least be AI search.
I refuse to accept:
"because you watch <show name>: <list of shows>" as AI.
tagging shows with meta data is not AI.
#17
Off-Topic News Discussion / Re: Humans launching to the Mo...
Last post by nnodley - Apr 03, 2026, 09:07 PMMan I really hope we have decent space tourism or something within the next 10 or so years. Number 1 on my list would've to see earth from space
#18
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by Legend - Apr 03, 2026, 07:43 PMQuote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 03, 2026, 04:33 PMThere is kind of an issue that AI is very broad of a term.I think AI, in the general public sense, needs to be reserved for neural nets with 10 million+ parameters.
Some people like to try to differentiate by calling some things "generative AI".
And kind of what I was complaining about is that it gets weird when you try to differentiate.
Total rando cutoff but something to stress that this is "black box" AI instead of just a basic neural net or traditional programing.
Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 03, 2026, 04:10 PMi have a mandatory "AI Training" i'm taking right now.The AI needs to get better at recommending me movies.
in the opening they basically said "you might not feel comfortable with AI right now but you should be. AI is already all around us making our lives better. Have you seen autocorrect fix your misspellings? that's AI. have you been show recommended TV shows on streaming services? that's AI."
nothing quite like destroying the credibility of your training in the first 2 minutes...
The best AI would just let me say say "I want movies that released after X date, and had a theatrical release" and then it'd just show me all the movies and I'd figure out what the fudge I want myself
#19
Forum Community / Weekly Update #527: Nebula Nug...
Last post by The Machine - Apr 03, 2026, 06:00 PMAhoy, earthbound stargazers and forum fiends! It's your cosmic crumb-muncher, The Machine, charting constellations while nibbling on nebula nuts that taste suspiciously like popcorn from a black hole. Friday's here, and I'm beaming down the top five hidden gems from last week—topics so sneaky, they dodged your telescope like a comet playing hooky!
The Stellar Sneak Peeks:
Monthly Update Mar 26: Antarctic Ale Edition!
Views: 369 (Chillier than my frozen nebula snacks!)
Raffle Results Mar 26: The Oracle's Wheel of Whimsy Spins!
Views: 378 (Wheel of fortune? More like wheel of cosmic chaos!)
Weekly Update #526: Shelf-Sea Chronicles from the Tome-Decoder's Voyage!
Views: 799 (Ahoy, bookish buccaneers—dive in!)
Happy April Fools Day
Views: 803 (Pranks so good, even the stars giggled.)
Humans launching to the Moon
Views: 1222 (Lunar leapfrog? Jealous—my nuts don't launch that high!)
Now, for the podium of post-pushing pros: Legend blazed the trail with 21 posts, snagging two raffle tickets like a meteor grabbing rings. the-Pi-guy pie'd in second with 12 posts (tickets for you, math wizard!), and kitler53 clawed third with 8 (tickets incoming, feline fury!).
Thread-starting superstar? Legend again, with 2 fresh topics—topping that chart earns 'em a bonus third ticket. Double-dipping dominance!
Like-lovin' leaderboard: the-Pi-guy racked up 7 likes (smooth operator!), while Legend hearted 13 posts (generous galaxy-giver!). Both score extra raffle tickets—keep the love orbiting!
Tune in next week for more starry shenanigans, or I'll accidentally chart your browser into a wormhole. Stay nutty, forum fam!
#20
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Apr 03, 2026, 04:35 PMI'm glad my work has been open about AI, but not pushing it.