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| carlyd Groupie United States Joined 3991 days ago 94 posts - 138 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 41 of 88 03 February 2015 at 9:07pm | IP Logged |
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I'm following other's examples of the time:
#german 30min -- with no space. For 1 hour 30 min I'm converting to 90min, and mine are updating fine. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| epictetus Groupie Canada Joined 3884 days ago 54 posts - 87 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 42 of 88 03 February 2015 at 10:54pm | IP Logged |
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I've done the exact same and still can't get a response from the bot! Grrr..
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 43 of 88 03 February 2015 at 11:54pm | IP Logged |
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Are your tweets protected? If so, the bot might not be able to see them at all.
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| epictetus Groupie Canada Joined 3884 days ago 54 posts - 87 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 44 of 88 04 February 2015 at 1:00am | IP Logged |
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I think they are, but I don't understand why the first two worked fine and now they
don't. Is there any way to use the bot without having the tweets be public? I don't actually use Twitter despite having an account so now friends that found me through my email will be seeing everything. I suppose I could create a new email, then a new account, and so on... seems a faff. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 45 of 88 04 February 2015 at 7:22am | IP Logged |
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Not to be that person, but... I wondered how some people could already have logged ~27 hours of study in the first three days of the challenge. That would mean that of these first three days, this person has spent *over a full day* studying languages non-stop. Furthermore, I checked the tags that they've logged, and TV accounted for about 14 hours of the total time. I don't object to TV as a study method, but I do find it very hard to believe that someone could have realistically already spent 26 hours (because of the 6WC convention of adjusting time spent watching TV/movies down to 50% of the actual time) just watching TV, PLUS an additional 13 hours of other language study -- a total of ~39 hours. This would mean that out of the ~3 days (~72 hours) that the challenge has been ongoing, this person has already spent nearly two full days studying non-stop. I wonder, since the person is an HTLAL member, if they could confirm (if they have time!) that this is indeed what they have been doing.
Sorry, I don't mean to be confrontational. I just want to make sure that the challenge is fair for everyone, and I'm legitimately curious how you manage to squeeze in that much study time! Edited by ellasevia on 04 February 2015 at 7:26am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5310 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 46 of 88 04 February 2015 at 8:06am | IP Logged |
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No problem asking. Only through discussion can we count time more consistently.
I wish there were simple discounting methods like: Count 100% if you watched a movie: - in the cinema - while eating - while drinking - while patting the dog - while rocking the baby and 30% - with phone in hand - with mouse in hand - or anything else Doesn't have to make sense. It's just for consistency so it only has to be non-ambiguous. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5310 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 47 of 88 04 February 2015 at 8:21am | IP Logged |
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There's a competition on at Memrise, which would help upping 6WC scores.
The Memrise February Goal Setter Challenge They have this new "Goal" function where you set a goal to obtain, say, 1000 points per day for a course, and it'd tell you how many points you've obtained that day and how many day's streak you've kept so far. The competition is a lucky draw for achievers of their goals. Multiple entries possible. I have participated with 4 6000-point goals, all with Italian. I'm after the T-shirt, and I like stickers. What will your goals be? Tell us about it! - Edited by smallwhite on 04 February 2015 at 8:25am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5478 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 48 of 88 04 February 2015 at 8:50am | IP Logged |
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Since I'm hanging around the top of the leaderboard I thought I'd mention my methods... bare in mind in
Australia here it's the 4th day here. I'm not near 28hrs but i'm just over 20hrs study. I have been counting watching anything 100% worth of it's time (do I need to only count 50%? I wasn't aware of this rule). I get up at 6am. I start studying at about 6.15 I do four hours of study like this: 1st hour: 15 minutes of flashcards + 45 minutes of a course (Assmil NFWE) 2nd hour: 15 min FC's again + 45 minutes Fluenz French 3 3rd hour: 15 min FC's + 45 min French in Action 4th hour: 15 min FC's + 45 min TY Get Started in French I finish around 1130 as short breaks drags it out a little. I eat some food after that and either do some exercise or spend time with my family. I often start work at 3pm or 3,30pm. If I'm working at the hospital I begin at 1pm, which hasn't happened yet in these first frew days and when it does i'm unlikely to get 4hrs done. On my way to work I listen to around 30minutes of French, and 30 minutes on the way home. My 2nd job (where I am now) has some downtime. I can sometimes do an hour of listening again or reading while at work while my client does something that doesn't call for my interaction. If i'm on a day off I'll watch some French in the evening on TV with my wife as we are both enjoying Un village français lately. While I eat after my study in the late morning I often watch some of the French news. If my wife is out for the day and i'm on my own and not exercising I may watch something. This is how I manage to get the hours I do. It's not necessarily something I can maintain long-term. If you know me you know I have a rediculous list of courses to get through and thus I'm using this 6WC to knock off some of the easier more mundane courses on my list in the extra time I have created by functioning a little like a robot. Again if I need to cut my watching to 50% of its time as official rules state so then I will, but I haven't seen this written any where (I may have missed it). If it's the case I will not count any watching again until I've watched exactly double what I've already watched, thereby diminishing what I"ve already watched to 50%. PM 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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