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A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
10 Feb 15 UTC
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grking (100 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
Learning a Language
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grking (100 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
I'm a senior in high school right now, and have been taking Spanish for four years. It's certainly one of the most useful languages to know, and I intend to stay somewhat proficient in it after graduating, but as of right now, I don't want to take Spanish classes in college.
I've been trying to decide what language I'd try to learn next (I'd start this spring on Duolingo, and possibly take the language in college). Does the forum have any opinions on which language is the best to learn?
I've been leaning towards German, but nothing is ruled out at the moment.
Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
11 Feb 15 UTC
Hungarian.

Neither Germanic nor Latin/Romantic, so it'll be a truly new language for you. Plus has the best food.
Tolstoy (1962 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
After Spanish, Chinese will probably be most useful to you in the long run. Especially if you live on the West Coast of the US.
KingCyrus (511 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
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Russian, a beautiful tongue. Also probably pretty useful as well.
ghug (5068 D(B))
11 Feb 15 UTC
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If you're going specifically for usefulness, go with Chinese as Tolstoy suggests. If you want something easy to learn, German and French are both good options, as are anything from those families. If you don't care at all about usefulness and just want something cool, learn Latin or Russian.
WardenDresden (239 D(B))
11 Feb 15 UTC
I'm going to recommend Mandarin (Chinese), Japanese, Latin, or Russian as good choices. I've never really liked how German rolled off the tongue, personally. Given your current fluency with Spanish, Latin would likely be easy to transition to, and it helps a lot in intuiting the meanings of other Latin-language-family words found in several languages. Chinese is probably the most immediately useful language you could learn and opens an entire culture to your study as well. Japanese can be immensely rewarding if you enjoy any other Japanese media, and (from what I've heard) is markedly easier to learn than Chinese due to the use of kana as well as the symbol Kanji/hanzi. Whereas Russian is more Western-leaning, another significant world power's native tongue, and useful for all sorts of study.

Of course, if you're feeling really adventurous, study Arabic.
MarquisMark (326 D(G))
11 Feb 15 UTC
If you want to learn a language for personal interest, then go for it. Russian is certainly a nice language and one I wish I had looked into. I studied German in high school and college, spoke it pretty fluently for a while, although it took me many hours of practice and a 3 year stay abroad to get there.

If you are trying to learn a language for competitive edge in the job market, then your time and effort are probably best put into other things.

http://freakonomics.com/2014/03/06/is-learning-a-foreign-language-really-worth-it-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/
X3n0n (216 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
I certainly agree MM on the last. If at all, you should just decide in which field you'd like to work and in which countries you'd like to go. In engineering it is probably a good choice to go with German or Japanese. German opens you the opportunity of three highly engineering-leant economies and Japan as well. I would say the same for any chemical profession (but Valis is probably better informed). The truth is that in German-speaking companies you will easily get opportunities even if you can't speak German at arrival. They do expect you to be fairly fluent after a year the least. In Japan you won't have chance unless you speak Japanese but here again, you won't make career in Japan in a Japanese company in all likelihood.

In any other case, you should just go with what interests you. As an American you will not need any foreign language to have economic success in life.
redhouse1938 (429 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
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Fortran
kaner406 (356 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
I have to say that Spanish or Portuguese are quite useless languages to learn over here in Australia. In Nth America sure, I see the value of learning these languages but over here? nope. Languages that are valued tend to be Asain (ANY Asian) language. The value of a language seems to lie in the amount of foreign language speakers firstly in your immediate environment, and then secondly if you have aspirations towards working/living in a foreign country, but even then learning a language is easiest to do if you are actually living in an environment that immerses you in it.
2ndWhiteLine (2606 D(B))
11 Feb 15 UTC
Esperanto
ckroberts (3548 D)
11 Feb 15 UTC
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The six official languages of the UN are English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Mandarin, and Russian. Hindi (and a lot of other languages) have more native and secondary speakers than Russian, but Chinese and Hindi are relatively geographically concentrated.

It depends on why you want to learn it. While I am on record as rejecting ethnicity as a meaningful concept, if your grandparents are Italian or Japanese or whatever, you might feel like learning that for the family connection. If there's a

For practicality, I would learn French or Arabic. If you can speak English, Spanish, and French or Arabic, you can go almost anywhere in the world, especially outside of southern and eastern Asia, and find someone you can talk to. For enjoyment and learning for the sake of learning, I would go with Greek or a dead(ish) language like Latin.
ag7433 (927 D(S))
11 Feb 15 UTC
German & Chinese.

If you want to avoid spending time in China and being a road warrior for your career, then avoid learning the language. Otherwise, you'll most likely be living in China or on an airplane away from family.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
11 Feb 15 UTC
Depends on what your major will be. If you are going into political science: Spanish, German, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic are big. If you are going into STEM fields Latin is obvious but Chinese, Korean, or Japanese are also useful.


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yassem (2533 D)
09 Feb 15 UTC
How about using WebSocket instead of HTTP?
I am wondering about the cons of using WebSocket...
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King Atom (100 D)
10 Feb 15 UTC
Any Poli Sci geeks around?
Hi, it's been a while. The political science department at my school can be dead sometimes and I've been looking to bounce some ideas around. I don't know why, but I remembered this site and thought there might be a few of you around with some interest for discussion. I know that for the most part, the discussion on this site is news/opinion based, but I don't know what kind of theory backgrounds some of you might have...
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Maniac (189 D(B))
09 Feb 15 UTC
The Final Chapter
Previous thread has been locked, for those interested it can be found here:
http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?viewthread=1206845#1206845

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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
10 Feb 15 UTC
Motley Crue
Final tour with Alice Cooper hits Chicago on August 8... who's in?
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Pete U (293 D)
09 Feb 15 UTC
Who wants a game?
So, I've got no games going on. Who wants to play? - 48 hours turns, WTA, anon (for preference). Bet size up for negotiation
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
10 Feb 15 UTC
Outsourcing
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/16/169528579/outsourced-employee-sends-own-job-to-china-surfs-web

Old article, but this is possibly the greatest idea ever.
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Nievski (105 D)
10 Feb 15 UTC
Italiani che giocano su webDiplomacy
Per tutti gli italiani: http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=155020
Parola d'ingresso italia
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Sh@dow (3512 D)
10 Feb 15 UTC
Premier League Bet Size
Can we all agree to increase the bet size by consensus in accordance with the rules??
100-200 D?? Or more if you'll want?
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
10 Feb 15 UTC
Spider-Man to enter MCU
http://marvel.com/news/movies/24062/sony_pictures_entertainment_brings_marvel_studios_into_the_amazing_world_of_spider-man

This is awesome.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
14 Jan 15 UTC
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Mafia V - The Invasion of vDiplomacy
Look! I found it! M5! Guys, I found it! WOOOO!!
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gwenifyre (100 D)
06 Feb 15 UTC
Gunboat Newbie Question
So, is gunboat here just everyone for themselves? Or are there ways you use to form allies?
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
07 Feb 15 UTC
It's time for Temple!
I'll be heading out to TempleCon in a few minutes to make it to the 9am game. Check back here for updates!
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RowYerboat (107 D)
06 Feb 15 UTC
Why aren't forced disbands automatically adjudicated in the retreat stage?
Seems like it would be easy enough to implement.
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Nievski (105 D)
09 Feb 15 UTC
Load other variants?
is possible to load other variants?
can be taken from this site? http://www.vdiplomacy.com/variants.php
Some of them seem unbalanced, but is possible to correct to balance
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canduh (25 DX)
09 Feb 15 UTC
World Diplomacy game
2 day turn, 30 point, PPSC
gameID=154966

Roll up!
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ckroberts (3548 D)
31 Jan 15 UTC
Technology question
You are a bunch of smart folks here and maybe someone can help me with this question about computer voice-to-text.
46 replies
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
09 Feb 15 UTC
Snowpocalypse Part III
Despite how important we think we are, we are unfortunately not considered essential personnel.
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Draffin (172 D)
09 Feb 15 UTC
Replacement player required!
Hi Everyone, we've had a player have to leave our game and are looking for a replacement.
It's the build phase of 1901, you're Russia and you've managed to wrangle three builds! So you're in an awesome position.
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=154607#gamePanel
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Crazy Anglican (1067 D)
07 Feb 15 UTC
Kevin Olusula
Wow, I am impressed with this guy. Pre-Med from Yale, fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and apparently the originator of Celloboxing. Oh Yeah, and the beatboxer for Pantatonix.

http://vimeo.com/68540760
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Grey Area (0 D)
08 Feb 15 UTC
New gunboat, WTA, 18 hours
All through with this niceness and negotiation stuff (OU)
http://gameID=154925
No need to bring lunch, you won't make it to...
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stefanodangello (315 D)
08 Feb 15 UTC
Replacement needed + forum etiquette question
A replacement is needed in this game: http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=148347

That said, is there a proper way to advertise open positions?
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ThatCrazyGuy (672 D)
07 Feb 15 UTC
Private gunboat
I'm looking for people interested in a private WTA gunboat game for 101 D. I would prefer an American Empire map, but I'm also willing to set up a Modern map. It would have 1 day 12 hour phases.
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Octavious (2701 D)
23 Jan 15 UTC
It's all Greek to me.
Her books are balanced, her economy is growing, and the EU is actually perusing economic measures that will help her for once. The road is still hard, but a return to prosperity seems inevitable. Only a crazed left wing lunatic could stop her now!
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krellin (80 DX)
07 Feb 15 UTC
Cruise Time...
Seeking advice from people that have taken a cruise. My last one was 20 years ago, and I am picking between Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. Carnival seems cheapest....but...is there a reason? Is it volume discount, or am I going to be eating greasy burgers and slop instead of the fine cuisine I might get elsewhere?
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Tanatos (100 D)
08 Feb 15 UTC
Join in 1 minute - Time passes
I want to try this game out. Join now!
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=154909
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
05 Feb 15 UTC
Mute in games
A lovely tradition that reminds me of http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?viewthread=1206878#1206878
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Maniac (189 D(B))
07 Feb 15 UTC
Record breakers
I was out for a meal with my bro and sister last week and somehow we decided we should become record breakers. Apart from once being the youngest person alive, I don't think I've ever held a record. Has anyone else? What record should I try and break?
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
06 Feb 15 UTC
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This is Fuckin Fantastic
http://tinyurl.com/lzes8wt

Grammar nuts of webDiplomacy, I call on you! Pray tell, is this fuckin masterpiece real?
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