/int/ - certified time wasters

>>16593
>implying you actually knew that and didn't just try to literally translate "in die Länge gezogen" and were right just by accident
With the average grammatical quality of germanball posts on here it wouldn't have been surprising that it was just a shoddy false-friend translation.
And you could have gracefully basked in your superiority and be a gentleman about it, but instead you had to be smug about it.

>>16594
>the average grammatical quality of germanball posts on here
I hardly ever post on /int/. And you tried to be smug first with that "ftfy".

>>16595
> And you tried to be smug first with that "ftfy".
I also put a silly taunt right after, but I forgot that 90% of germs on /int/ are legit autistic.
I would still like to know where "dragged-out" is actually used, because I have ever only seen it for the actual action of dragging something out of somewhere.

They're really dragging out this conversation.

I looked through the grammar points a few times and did some translation exercises in my head the example sentences given and I could reliably do most of them, though I feel like today I wasn't as effective as I could have been.
I have one more day tomorrow and then I'm off to the exam on Tuesday. I really need to pass that and then prepare for the final one. If it's a D by just half a point I would be okay with that just let me fucking survive I'm so fucking paranoid because there's no second chances.
Genuinely feeling the kind of shaking and tenseness in my heart I haven't felt in a while.

Tomorrow: One more comprehensive review of the characters passively and actively, grammar review and some more exercises. Hopefully I can manage it.

Parents returned from their little excursion to Austria. Bought home some "fancy groceries".
Easterneuropemaxxing.
Tomorrow's pentacost so everything's closed, so it's actually nice they brought groceries because we actually ran out of salami and cheese and I like to have that stuff for breakfast.
And milk. I don't know why we don't by 3.5% milk usually, but now there's two boxes of that and I'm curious to see how that will impact my sleep.

I slept an hour or so in the afternoon and dicked around like 40 minutes with Persona 2 in a PSP emulator because my head hurt and my left I kept twitching and I was trying to feel relaxed and it kinda-sorta worked.
I wanted to skip running but then I told a friend about how I wanted to skip it and he told me I shouldn't and I thought, fuck, he's right so I didn't.

I submitted my small 15 minute presentation about Hong Kong democracy in the context of "China in the New World Order" for the workshop seminar. Professor was satisfied with it.
Also told him I'm sad he declined to be the opponent of my thesis but I understand when vis maior is at play.
In the third point, I asked him to put me through the magazine again to get that Chuanqi published that I worked on translating and only needs some slight editing. He agreed to send it through so I will have another translation published for some cash. Funny how the once impossible now seems kind of mundane.
At this point I should focus my energy on producing an entire volume and trying to get it published.

I'm gonna do one more-grammar review before going to bed. In essence I'm both in despair and also manic. But I cannot channel the mania into studying. I'm going to perish at this rate.

>>16594
> With the average grammatical quality of germanball posts on here
hey, thats mainly me.
don't attribute my non-qualities to others.

>>16600
Maybe you should sign your posts then, so this kind of injustice won't happen again.

LG ZAKX
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>>16602
This reminds me of a post I read where someone was theorizing that if Germany won WW2 and developed the internet, there wouldn't be any memes but the forum-format would be much more popular.

>>16597
And I am not even involved!

>>16603
Germany couldn't have developed the internet. The best-effort delivery implemented in IP would have been found to be unacceptable by any German-dominated committee. Reliability has to be built-in at the lowest level. The requirement to achieve sufficient reliability mandates control over every node in the network by a consortium of 4-5 German companies, and one toothless Amt in Berlin.

We'd have ISDN-like super-Telex with bells and whistles instead, to transmit files between our 34.000RM-RMGE-Arbeitsplätze. rechenmaschinengestützter Entwurf. Do you prefer Schaub-Lorenz, Hollerith or Zuse?

Of course, the banks and the post offices and the railways would each run their own vaguely similar networks for internal use.

>>16609
Stop it you're turning me on!

>>16612
A German physicist turned novelist even wrote an alternate history on the premise of "what if the third Reich had developed the internet", it's 700 pages. But reading it would put you at risk of developing fatal priapism, so I will not tell you more.

>>16608
I'm always getting Spacesur4er vibes from this dweeb. Bet he's nearly bald under his gay little cap.

>>16622
Well, this guy is successful and is loved by the masses. Unlike Yves who is just a laughing stock and a punching bag for the masses. In fact, Machére is the type of guy to make fun of Yves and even exploit people like Yves for a dime to be made.

>>16624
Oh, poor Üffes. You identify with Üffes because are also pathetic. But smart enough to not make a lolzcow out of yourself. Still, you know that you are not far removed from Yves Synthman, you know that you are a failure in life, because you are a loser, you are ugly, you are dumb, you are without talents, everyone laughs at you, just not nation-wide, because you lack videos.

>>16625
You know a lot about losing. Coincidence? I don't think so.
I drive a Mercedes, you don't. Bow down like you are supposed to.

I practiced. Currently re-doing the homeworks. Minor issues but I can reliably solve everything I feel like. Just walking up and down, looking at a sentence, writing it out in my head and then saying it out loud. Looking at the textbook if I forget a grammar construction.
Max vocab + max Hungarian translations, getting like 20/30 points on the essay part and then some extra points and I will pass. And then can focus on the final exam. Plus I will shat out that last essay I need.

It's been raining on and off.

Got an email from my supervisor about the MA interview and got a date. He also told me to "prepare on the given subject" and I have zero clue what the given subject is because there's nothing about it on the website, it's just "Read the Gernet and we will talk about something" and I'm not reading the Gernet. Fuck the Gernet. Fucking thing wasn't useful even once during my studies.
Plus he also told me to come up with some good excuse to deflect about my lack of commitment to Modern Chinese (but he also said that he sees I am practicing that, don't exactly know how he saw it or where he gets that from because my thesis contained precisely zero modern Chinese material save for the hastily thrown together abstract.)

Very tasty I enjoy artifical grape taste very much

Has Ernst ever drank Aloe Vera King?

Woke up early, had breakfast and a strong coffee and then went to university. Got there rather early so I looked through the grammar one more time and then talked with the other students a bit.
I jokingly knocked on the Confucius statue in the lobby and it gave off a gong noise. The girls were amused by it. They joked that the Master would favour me instead of them, since I'm a male.

The exam itself went okay. I had like 5 minutes to spare, though my pen almost ran out of ink by the end. The essay part was about plans for getting a job so it wasn't something overly specific.
Afterwards talked a bit with the lecturer, asked her about my thesis and so on, told her I'm in no hurry really or anxious about it. Told her that the old professor was very satisfied with it and she was surprised that he was still teaching, essentially saying "He was old 20 years ago when I was studying."
Got asked if I want to do a PhD and my reply was that we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

After I left I ran into another professor fiddling with a bag of fast food and he said there will be some Chinese literature event and I got roped in with the promise of free books, so I spent the next two and a half hours listening to some literary delegation from Jiangsu and it was funny when the Chinese entered the room and you could see from posture and clothing alone who was the chinovnik and who was the author. (Bureaucrat to Author ratio was 2:1 I think.)
There was no free book at the end. The professor remarked "They said there would be free books in the email. Looks like I accidentally fucked you over"(sic).
Some journalist wanted to interview me but I kindly declined, citing my limited Chinese abilities. (I regret it a bit but whatever.)

I had a pizza in the city and then I got home and slept.
Woke up and now my right shoulder hurts. Ever so slightly. It still rains on and off.

Idk what I will do tomorrow. I want to relax for a day. Or two. I have the results on Thursday. Realistically, I should crank out that study I need for the seminar.

Got the blue screen of death today. First time on this PC. 6 years old, I think. Turned on updates, as that was the top/easiest first step to resolving any problem. Update failed. Checked my update history. Seems they have been failing for years, I just never noticed. Some obsolete HP driver which trips up the process. Or something. I don't know. PC works and I'll leave it at that. Important data is backed up and I can fresh start this thing if it gets out of line.

>>16635
Never tried. I'm a Gatorade man. Also, Kool-Ade. And Tang. Love Tang.

>>16637
>no hungary ball in huanqiu shibao

Eternal regret.


t. has been interviewed for Deutschlandfunk twice.

>>16639
Well I have been mentioned in Chinese state media once, so it's not like I missed my debut.

>>16638
> windows10.png
what the fuck are you supposed to do with such a screen? there is no actual info, which could help troubleshoot the problem, on the screen.
> CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED
which one?! which process died?! gimme an ID, or thread or... something.

> Windows
i would recommend installing linux

>>16641
Details were available in the Event Viewer, but nothing useful to me. The only critical error was code 41. It means the system shut down unexpectedly. I already knew that. Some problems with bonjour- an apple app- Some ESENT errors. I could dig deeper, but won't unless necessary.

>installing linux
Windows sucks, but 99.99% of the time just works®. So I stick with it. Also, I hate change.

My ex gf gave me too high standards. Crushing majority of girls can’t compare in terms of culture, open mindedness and relatability and body. It’s all so annoying, I don’t wanna date below now. And I’m a weirdo, so it might take a while finding a good one

>>16645
Post pics of her, so I can help you. I dont mind seeing some nudes btw.

>>16641
Linux is completely unfit for desktop use. There isn't even any decent office suite. Libre office is pure crap. It has an unusable interface and is equivalent to office in the late nineties, but more buggy. No real CAD-software, either, only crappy worthless freecad. How ugly and crappy and useless everything on Linux is is unbelievable.

Only edgy neckbeards and man children without real jobs can even afford to use Linux. Clean up your room and get a job, or at least finish uni instead of trying to get latex to properly format your thesis. And maybe try to grow up. And no, you won't ever find a job as a bad tranny in 'programmer's socks'.

Fucking neck beard manchild snimu homo.

>>16645
Do not compare spouses. It's unfair and leads to unhappiness.

>>16648
Noted, pardon my inexperience

Plot twist: Swissball's ex-gf is Léa Seydoux.

Studying for national exams and I feel a powerful urge to bicker with definitions and conclusions that I'm meant to accept and memorize.
It's normal that all the topics would be underdeveloped and carry simplistic readings but some are just wrong. Of course, the topics I have the most opinions on are Soviet history. I'm not sure how one can understand the NEP without references to the Krondstadt rebellion, as in the national curriculum NEP is described as a pragmatic policy driven by great foresight as opposed to an ad-hoc solution. A commonly repeated line is that democratic centralism is a form of democratic rule by members of the proletariat. Not sure how this esoteric knowledge and use of definitions morphed into a strange paragraph that explains how Stalin did away with democratic centralism in favor of a personal dictatorship that I've seen variations of in three different study materials so far.
One does get the feeling that the curriculum is a blend of the works of various authors due to a lack of common basis for historical analysis. In some modern periods, it's all strict Marxist class terminology and logic, in others class analysis it's entirely absent.

It's my own fault for doing this a decade late, but alas. I still fear I'll get a shitty grade. Still need to read more about national artists and the formation of the EU. Hopefully, I'll finally understand the bureaucratic morass of a leviathan that rules this continent.

>>16651
>Studying for national exams

What for exactly?

And I assume it's a test not you writing a text? Real bickering starts with a text of your own. Though I guess you make a good bickerer if it was not for your proletarian self-discipline.

>>16651
>lack of common basis for historical analysis. In some modern periods, it's all strict Marxist class terminology and logic, in others class analysis it's entirely absent.

The pseudoscientific status of historiography of today.

>>16652
>What for exactly?
Pursuing higher education in the humanities.

>And I assume it's a test not you writing a text?
Exam includes a written portion. I will not expose my own bickering, just try to get a high grade. That comes later.

>>16654
>Pursuing higher education in the humanities.

I was hoping my persona on EC would have done everything to prevent that :DDD

>Exam includes a written portion. I will not expose my own bickering, just try to get a high grade. That comes later.

Makes sense, though these kinds of tests are always weird to me. In my BA History major, Literature minor I had exactly two tests in the first semester, one in each subject, and later on it was always writing texts and the occasional presentation which were mandatory but not relevant for the overall grading usually.
In any case, you are cut out for a humanities education.

>>16647
> any decent office suite
top kek. as if there is one on another OS and as if you can't get all the office suits running on linux without problem.
who the fuck actually uses any office software?! wtf? they are all shit.

> CAD
somewhat niche. the short time i worked, i programmed bug fixed -.- on a commercial CAD. Never really used a CAD-software to design a lot of things, though.

> Only edgy neckbeards and man children without real jobs can even afford to use Linux.
oh, granny.
when was the last time you actually looked at linux? 10 or 20 years ago?
and windows is getting more and more shit. even if linux hadn't improved in the last 10 years, it would be superior by now, just because windows is getting worse.

srsly, get some new talking points; you are getting triggered over things from the long gone past.

>>16656
>the short time i worked
Opinion disregarded, come back when you have to actually productively use an OS.

>>16657
> >topic is personal home computer
> but my djooob forces me to use this shitty OS
typical brainless granny post, who never learned to read and lives in her own world.

how are you even supposed to be productive with a slow and bloaty OS? oh, yes, i know: because you don't need your computer at all to work - you just need a corporate approved text editor, which spies on you so management can optimize you away in case you write witty short sentences instead of long content-less wall of texts.

>>16655
>I was hoping my persona on EC would have done everything to prevent that
It only strengthened my resolved to wrestle the ivory tower of academia away from its occupants. However, the plan is to take a sensible masters in international shipping or something of the sort. i would accept a paltry 1.5k€/month grant, though

>>16658
>talks about using computers at work
>uhm no ackshually it was about private machines
I know you're just trolling, but at least be consistent.
Also, /fefe/ is that way -->

>>16660
> I know you're just trolling,
we had that topic already.
you need to look past the trolling, which is mixed in. stop thinking in full on black and white 🙄

>>16661
>mixed in
Oh, that's a new one. Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.
If you can't be earnest without hiding behind seven layers of irony/pretending to be retarded then just stfu. And get a job, punk.

>>16659
>wrestle the ivory tower of academia away from its occupants

I already left, bro. You are too late. I will consider doing a PhD some time though. Depending on what happens in the next years.
Albeit, not really true. I simply turned away from historiographic nitpicking and all the "turns" towards the Marxist Group and deep diving into political economy, the real Marxist kind of way because it was never part of the curriculum in the humanities at all.

>masters in international shipping

Sounds cool. I would totally study maths, biology or supply chain management if I had the time and money. Do you have a BA??? But I look for a job and can consider doing my PhD on the side it's not very realistic

>>16663
>Do you have a BA???
Nope
t. drop out pro

>>16662
I'm kinda curious, actually. What do you do?
you constantly try to ad-hominem, because
> hurr durr, you don't work

not sure if i wrote all of those already, but
- sold my first scripts at age of 12 bot scripts for in-game coin :D
- worked as dev on multiple private servers until ~16 afterwards drugs became more interesting, didn't had the time anymore
- got a reward in an international coding competition hosted by MIT yes, that MIT
- worked on 2nd largest crypto currency
- the "actual" job i had, i had to bug-fix the code other people couldn't or didn't want to bug fix. The all so great commercial CAD software, according to your words.

i never wanted monzeys. monzeys is pure shit. the only reason i would consider a job is because of the mental health benefits of having at least something to do. am actually working on getting out of my year long depression, though

> Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.
maybe don't start it? you know i am a troll, don't start feeding me :)

Do you work in some circlejerk humanities field that only exists because there are enough involved in said circlejerk? You do not sound like someone with an actual, productive (!!) job. I am inclined to believe your job is more of a parasitic nature and humanity would be better of, if you would be jobless as well.

>>16664
> t. drop out pro
t. bruh-faust

>>16665
>The all so great commercial CAD software, according to your words
Never said that, maybe learn to read actual words instead of just code.

>maybe don't start it? you know i am a troll, don't start feeding me :)
Wow, an amazingly smart and successful galaxy brain crypto bro who also does victim blaming.

I totally believe you, btw. With all those details it can't NOT be true.
Kontra just because.

>>16641 (me)
> Linux
>>16647
> [wall of text ad-hominem, no content]
> how you dare mention linux you low-life sub-human edgy neckbeard man child homo.

>>16656 (me)
> how about you post some actual talking points
>>16657
> lol, no.

>>16658 (me)
> ad hominem
>>16660
> stop hurting my feelings, please leave me alone T_T

>>16665 (me)
> ok, let's compare dicks.
>>16666
> don't wanna T_T

>>16658
> personal home computer
It's even worse for that. Can't really play videos without tearing the stream, can't use gpu for vidoe codec, can't run games properly because no directx (no, opengl is bullshit and doesn't compare), etc.

Luckily, only old people even have home computers, everyone else has an iPhone and maybe a switch. (Android if they are paupers.)

>Can't really play videos without tearing the stream,

No tearing since the amdgpu driver is out so AMD GPU users can have tearfree video since a few years ago. On Nvidia the problem never existed afaik.

can't use gpu for vidoe codec,

see above.

can't run games properly because no directx

Most directx11 games are running fine with proton so if you don't need the latest dx12 games you will be fine. Some of the latest games even use vulkan API directly, no more directx.

CAD-SW: Having used AutoCAD at uni and FreeCAD at home i must say that FreeCAD wins hands down. That doesn't mean it's the best CAD-SW on the planet but good enough for many needs.

Office: ALL office-SW sucks. Microshit Office stinks but so does Libreoffice. I seriously can't decide which stinks more. It's like comparing dogshit with catshit.