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I made a cute open-source App for learning Japanese inspired by Duolingo and Monkeytype


As someone who loves both coding and language learning (I'm learning Japanese right now), I always wished there was a free, open-source tool for learning Japanese, just like Monkeytype in the typing community.

Here's the main selling point: I added a gazillion different color themes, fonts and other crazy customization options, inspired directly by Monkeytype. Also, I made the app resemble Duolingo, as that's what I'm using to learn Japanese at the moment and it's what a lot of language learners in general are familiar with.

Miraculously, people loved the idea, and the project even managed to somehow hit 1k stars on GitHub, though I'm struggling to find long-term contributors for the app.

For anyone interested, there are a ton super simple "good first issues" to solve, for anyone who's interested in contributing: github.com/lingdojo/kana-dojo

So, why am I doing this?

Because I'm a filthy weaboo.



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[Les fondamentaux] L’open source vu par une chercheuse – Amel Charleux


Découvrez l'Open Source, à travers les recherches d'Amel Charleux, Maître de conférence à l'Université de Montpellier. Modèles économiques, compétition et coopétition entre acteurs, IA : un autre regard sur notre éco-système qui permet de prendre du recul
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[The Fundamentals] Open source as seen by a researcher – Amel Charleux


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IDF suggests limiting humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza


The volume of humanitarian aid trucks should be reduced from 600 to around 200 per day as part of Phase II of the US ceasefire plan, IDF sources recommended on Thursday, since pre- and post-war professional evaluations show that the Gazan population only requires 200 trucks per day.

In that light, the IDF said that almost all trucks that enter Gaza above the 200-point mark, and certainly up at levels like 600, are taken by Hamas and used to solidify its control of the Strip.

The IDF believes that although Israel was obligated to send 600 trucks per day as part of Phase I of the ceasefire in October 2025, partially to restore long-term food security and partially simply to build goodwill with the Trump administration, Phase II can and should be different.

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Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020


https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-market-cap-earnings.html




in reply to misk

Why do EU countries continue to support lopsided US copyright laws while the US threatens EU security?
in reply to comrade_twisty

To keep their membership in WTO. Even if the US exerts massive influence over WTO it’s still the only general trade agreement most countries recognise.
in reply to misk

I just love how out of everything going on in the world these fucking losers go after a file sharing website.... We have truely failed as a species.

in reply to Ashwo

It is one of the ugliest, most complex to configure, pieces of software I've ever used. It's also the best ebook management tool out there. I love Calibre.
in reply to RustySharp

I was planning on setting this up soon, but I heard they've been incorporating AI into it. Any reason you'd choose Calibre over Booklore?
in reply to decended_being

in reply to decended_being

I simply use both. New book comes in, add to Calibre to get most metadata down pat and move to my library, then gets imported into Booklore where I can easily make minor changes/fixes and that’s it. I use Booklore for reading across many of my devices.

You could get rid of Calibre in my stack, I just find it nice for local management on my host PC.

in reply to decended_being

There's a fork of Calibre to remove the AI stuff : codeberg.org/rereading/arcalib…

rereading.space/arcalibre/

in reply to decended_being

Personally, a few reasons.

  • I don't need to run 2 containers and >10GB. I could just install and run in 10 seconds.
  • My whole library and metadata is self contained in a single dir. On a fresh OS install I could simply point Calibre to the dir, and off we go.
  • A rich plugin ecosystem, including deDRM plugins.
  • I can just ignore the AI stuff (for now, at least)
  • I've used it for close to 2 decades. Familiarity is definitely a factor. And yes, it's still as ugly as it was 20 years ago. But once you've set your workflow up, the UI just kinda melds to the background.
in reply to decended_being

I use an older version of Calibre that has a fairly robust plug-in to remove DRM. I use it to remove DRM from all my ebook purchases. That plug-in isn’t supported in newer versions of Calibre so I don’t upgrade.
in reply to RustySharp

I’ve heard Calibre Web has a better UI and experience. Can anyone weigh in on whether that is true? I’m mostly looking for a better way to manage my book library on KOReader (Kindle) than just putting things into 3 directories (reading, to read, read) and using syncthing to copy them to the equivalent folders on my device.
in reply to FrankLaskey

It has a significantly better UI than Calibre, no question. I only use it to manage my ebook library and send them to my various Kindle email addresses. I can't compare any more advanced features because I didn't use them in Calibre and I still don't in CW.
in reply to FrankLaskey

I haven't tried calibre-web, but has been on my long todo list for a while. If I'm not mistaken, it is not a better UI, it is a better UI for a web server, calibre's web server is... Well, barebones. So it is meant to replace it when you want to access the library mostly remotely. That's what I have understood, maybe I'm wrong so take it with a pinch of salt. The other comment had a link to an alternative open source free software library manager, might be worth checking it.
in reply to Ashwo

in case you didn't know, jellyfin has support for hosting your books, and if you install the OPDS plugin, any compatible reader (librera, moon+, etc.) can pull books directly off the server and open them for reading.


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in reply to solrize

Well, there can be FOSS LLMs so why not support them?
in reply to armandoenlachamba

I may be slipping up on jargon.😅

I think the versions of deepseek you can get from olama are FOSS. I have that running on my homelab and can access it with open webui. Are you looking for something like that? I could link some stuff.

in reply to StinkySocialist

Thanks! I will do some searching on my own, and your comment is a good starting point. I will probably ask you for links if I'm unable to find anything.

May I ask what kind of hardware you use to run your LLMs? Like, do you have a rack full or GPUs?

in reply to armandoenlachamba

I got an old machine off eBay(see pic) I only run models that are 8b parameters or less.

I got Ubuntu server on it. Then docker running in that. In docker I have olama, open web UI, jellyfin and a game sever. No issues running any of that.

Edit: if you want something that can run better LLMs I recommend more RAM and a better GPU

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in reply to StinkySocialist

Nice! Do you use the models for coding? Or image generation, for example?
in reply to armandoenlachamba

I use them mostly for helping me write emails or meal prepping tbh lol. I've used deep seek to help me with python before but if you're not just dicking around like me you'd definitely want something more powerful.

For image generation it sounds like this tool called comfy UI is the way to go. I have it running in docker but haven't set anything up inside it yet.

It's pretty neat, I really set this up to help keep my data out of the hands of the corps and the feds lol.

in reply to armandoenlachamba

Not that I am aware of atm, but I am very certain that people are working on them.
in reply to HubertManne

He consistently describes LLMs as "bullshit generators" so the LLM being local doesn't help that much. It's better for privacy but that's a separate matter.
in reply to solrize

stallman has always been flowery with his language and to be fair they can be bullshit generators. I doubt he sees no value in them but I have not really heard any of his talks on them.
in reply to HubertManne

Look at his blog on stallman.org. It comes up all the time there.
in reply to solrize

yeah im seeing what was my estimation of what his opinion would be. Take this for example:

" I agree that bullshit summaries (as they are now) are a bad thing, partly because they are made by programs which are not intelligent, so they are often confused and misrepresent what the site really says."

as they stand now would suggest they have some sort of promise. Mostly what I see is him railing against treating their output as intelligent when summarizing and that they lack understanding of their output because. well. they are not intelligent. I fully agree with him here.


in reply to petsoi

So ... device attestation ... the same shit coming from Google, Microslop and others. At least Poettering is consistent with his shit ideation.
in reply to petsoi

People are wild. Its just like locks on doors. Yes very useful, the user should have the keys, yeah corperate ownership of keys is nightmare.