Their argument is pretty much that you just move the problem to other places, which is true for pretty much any environmental policy. Emissions restrictions? Move the factory to Vietnam. It's too expensive to dispose of toxic waste properly? China doesn't care that much. Not allowed to use modern farming techniques? Grow it in Brazil. They don't care.
It's one of the odder methods I've come across that actually seems to have good results. I guess at its core, it's just reading and comparing bilingual texts, which is hardly new, but I think you have to have some books you really enjoy reading.
The ability to do it for a long time is a big advantage over LWT/LingQ, I think. Even when it's just a click or two, looking things up really breaks my flow and makes it harder to concentrate. I use LWT (or actually FLTR now, but same principle) for shorter articles and things like that.
I used to use Unilang a lot. Looks like my account is from 2009. I had no idea it was still going, but that's great to hear. I'll definitely put it on the sidebar and come check it out.
I'm a farmer. I'd rather not get too specific on the internet, but I have an orchard and grow fruit. When I started planting, everyone from the old guys nearby to the extension office told me I was planting the wrong varieties. I chose what to plant thinking about how crazy our weather was going to get. Not only did I pick some non-standard varieties for the area, but I diversified way more than usual. It makes harvest a bit more of a pain because it doesn't all come in at once, but it also means that I'm far less likely to lose my whole crop to bad weather. This year makes two years in a row where I'm feeling very good about my decisions. Last year, there were a few other farms in good spots that didn't lose their whole crops. This year, nearly the whole damn county has nothing. I had a few losses to the spring-like winter followed up with the coldest freeze in decades and a later than usual freeze, but I'm doing business as usual.
And I may be living in a desert in 10 years and it's all a wash anyways, but having a realistic view of climate change pays off.
I got tired of throwing away pens and decided to get a nice one. While researching what pen to get, I ended up reading about fountain pens and thought they were really cool, and also seemed like a good fit. My first pen was a TWSBI Eco, and I liked it, so I ended up making excuses to get this other pen or that other pen. Now I'm about ten years into being into fountain pens, and I've also taken up journaling, mostly because I really enjoy the tactile experience of writing now.
Their argument is pretty much that you just move the problem to other places, which is true for pretty much any environmental policy. Emissions restrictions? Move the factory to Vietnam. It's too expensive to dispose of toxic waste properly? China doesn't care that much. Not allowed to use modern farming techniques? Grow it in Brazil. They don't care.
It's all very shortsighted.
Fixed! Thanks for pointing that out.
It's one of the odder methods I've come across that actually seems to have good results. I guess at its core, it's just reading and comparing bilingual texts, which is hardly new, but I think you have to have some books you really enjoy reading.
The ability to do it for a long time is a big advantage over LWT/LingQ, I think. Even when it's just a click or two, looking things up really breaks my flow and makes it harder to concentrate. I use LWT (or actually FLTR now, but same principle) for shorter articles and things like that.
I used to use Unilang a lot. Looks like my account is from 2009. I had no idea it was still going, but that's great to hear. I'll definitely put it on the sidebar and come check it out.
I'm a farmer. I'd rather not get too specific on the internet, but I have an orchard and grow fruit. When I started planting, everyone from the old guys nearby to the extension office told me I was planting the wrong varieties. I chose what to plant thinking about how crazy our weather was going to get. Not only did I pick some non-standard varieties for the area, but I diversified way more than usual. It makes harvest a bit more of a pain because it doesn't all come in at once, but it also means that I'm far less likely to lose my whole crop to bad weather. This year makes two years in a row where I'm feeling very good about my decisions. Last year, there were a few other farms in good spots that didn't lose their whole crops. This year, nearly the whole damn county has nothing. I had a few losses to the spring-like winter followed up with the coldest freeze in decades and a later than usual freeze, but I'm doing business as usual.
And I may be living in a desert in 10 years and it's all a wash anyways, but having a realistic view of climate change pays off.
I got tired of throwing away pens and decided to get a nice one. While researching what pen to get, I ended up reading about fountain pens and thought they were really cool, and also seemed like a good fit. My first pen was a TWSBI Eco, and I liked it, so I ended up making excuses to get this other pen or that other pen. Now I'm about ten years into being into fountain pens, and I've also taken up journaling, mostly because I really enjoy the tactile experience of writing now.