Comment author: dottedmag 09 April 2015 01:43:57PM 4 points [-]

Duolingo (https://duolingo.com/) makes language learning much more fun by using gamification. Silly, but it works - why would a sound of fanfares and a golden cup picture on a screen would make a learning more enjoyable? But it does.

Comment author: lelf 13 April 2015 01:39:59PM 1 point [-]

Duolingo cannot do Mandarin, but there's very much alike and free http://chinese-skill.com/cs.html [only for android/ios].

Comment author: lmm 30 January 2014 12:21:03PM 11 points [-]

Most things are easier than they look, but writing software that's free of bugs seems to be an exception: people are terrible at it. So I don't share your hope.

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Comment author: lelf 18 February 2014 03:00:37AM *  0 points [-]

IMHO there is obvious parallel here — “average person”-proficiency driving isn't that difficult at all. As well as writing some average buggy code. The truth is both of them are utterly crap at what they do and both are easily forgiven for errors.