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I always used forvo.com for this kind of thing. Edit: It's a "pronunciation dictionary". Ppl just record how they say words and indicate their geography. Super useful for languages…

Have been using Pixie since forever on Windows. Neat little tool.

Comments in this thread are kind of trippy but also so heartwarming to read. I was born in independent Ukraine but, unsurprisingly, I studied math and physics with the help of all …

Nabokov is absolutely considered a Russian writer by Russians themselves, both lit critics and casual readers. He wrote 8 novels in Russian and identified himself as both Russian a…

I haven't played it too but from what I've read about it, I suspect it might cause a so called Tetris Effect when the game mechanics basically invades people's though patterns.[0] …

For someone who might be interested in reading some research on the topic: Videogames may help with anxiety. They may be used as a healthy alternative to otherwise compulsive behav…

You're not mentally handicapped, you're just in harmony with yourself which is amazing and very rare. :) I would advise your wife to try volunteering (for whatever cause she finds …

The thing is that burnout among therapists is real , everyone I know who worked in counseling came with lots of, how shall I put it?, infatuation, enchantment and everybody got sev…

Yes, of course, there are lots of tech businesses that I would find myself content working for. I just don't really have the luxury of choice atm: started later in life, no solid C…

Interesting. I quit psychology/counseling and work in tech now and the thought of my work being absolutely meaningless gives me a lot of anxiety, I hope I'll come to terms with it …

And risk ending up in jail, murdered or dying poor? One may love their country but loves their life/family more. I don't know where you're from but if you're from postsoviet countr…

Huh? Whoever likes oligarchs in Russia? If you mean the popularity of Putin then propaganda and general low level of education of populace.

https://estoniaevoting.org/findings/paper/ TL;DR: It's not that good.

Wasn't it compromised a few years ago? [1] https://edri.org/estonian-eid-cryptography-mess-750000-cards...

I might be pessimistic because I am in close contact with that demographic (lots of my friends are young, educated, comparatively well-off guys from Moscow working in tech) and, pa…

You overestimate tech literacy of the majority of Russian population. Very small percentage is engaged with playing videogames or knows how to use torrents. People are given lots o…

I've been following Russian news on the matter pretty closely for the last couple of years (I do speak Russian). Most of these laws are absurdly nonsensical, people who are respons…

It's not like all wealthy people are some homogeneous entity where everybody dresses the same, looks the same, does the same business, spends their time in the same way and shares …

But is CEO going to live in a cheap apartment in a bad hood or entertain themselves via playing rocks they found on a street? I'm all for controlling our inner consumerism but I of…

Clothes have aesthetics function. I love my Chloe dresses, how they made, how they look and feel aka they make me happy. I'm yet to find similar dresses in mass market or even just…

I've read about wolves that they eat only the meat they are taught to eat (and different pack of wolves in different places hunt different animals.) So a wolf may literally starve …