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@skeezel.bsky.social

Marie, 31, they/it/she, idk, bi, bitbat, skeezel, furry, QVP, congoer, pepsi eater, goblin enthusiast, pro wrestling fan, J kinnie, renamon liker, Inspekta dee-vote-ee, chujin kisser, kaiji enjoyer, catgirl lover, taokaka wifer 18+ only please

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low res 🎂22/9@low-res.bsky.social · 2h ago

Thank you everyone that has wished me happy birthday already! I feel like a broken record, but I can't stress enough how grateful I am for the support of everyone that allows me to do what I do for a living! 🎉

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Ash@fishyash.bsky.social · yesterday

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”
Japanese Talk@japanesetalk.bsky.social · 3d ago

It really irks me when people share their 300, 600, 1000 day Duolingo streaks but still don't know how to use Japanese. Here's an explanation for why apps like Duolingo don't work for learning to any fluency. jtalkonline.com/why-apps-lik...