Jan-Michael Cabrera

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[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

I find it's better to study 10 to 15 min a day versus a couple hours a few times per month.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

変化が全て改善とは限らないが、改善には必ず変化が伴う。

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

諦めなければ、必ず成功出来るぞ。

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

The four pillars of language:

1) Listening
2) Speaking
3) Reading
4) Writing

all feed into each other and are worth developing.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

Volume helped me solve a problem most people encounter when learning a language: forgetting.

Immersion helped me come into contact with words I learned more often than using Spaced Repetition alone.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

Sometimes it feels like I'm spending 90% of my time reviewing Japanese, but it's worth it.

Although I count reviewing as Anki reviews, reading, watching shows etc.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

@Lyracutevibes 一言

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

Japanese learning requires both impatience and patience.

Impatience enough to do something right now.

Patient enough to allow your daily efforts to compound.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

There are Kind learning environments: Doing Anki reviews, reading a textbook, doing workbook exercises

There are also Unkind learning environments: Watching anime, listening to podcasts, talking with friends

I try to spend 80% of my time exposed to Unkind environments and 20% exposed to Kind environments.

It's helped a lot for being able to hold and follow along in conversations.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

Language is a completely made up thing. The rules are what we agree the rules are.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

吸血鬼 (きゅうけつき) - vampire

吸 - suck
血 - blood
鬼 - demon

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

Learning the Japanese Kana and the Kanji first made learning vocab and grammar so easy it felt like cheating.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

When learning Japanese the hardest part for me was showing up every day consistently for two years.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

Kanji have dependencies.

I used RTK to learn the kanji from the bottom up and it really helped them stick.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

I initially gave myself 2 years to learn Japanese. My only goal was: Learn 10,000 words in sentences.

So I just did simple math and studied
10,000 / (365*2) = 14 words per day

Doing that and not missing a day is what eventually got me to fluency.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

From @AlexHormozi
Volume ✖️ Time 🟰 Skill

Said differently
Number of reps per day ✖️ Number of days 🟰 Skill

Either increase your reps, the number of days, or both to get a skill

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

近道がないと言うのが一番近道だよ。
The fact that there is no shortcut is the shortcut.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

@realmfberlin Start small and habit stack. Atomic Habits is a good read for more concrete things to do.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

@merrygomaru I've gotten a chance to use both. Romaji is easier as that's what you end up using on a computer anyways.

[Jan-Michael Cabrera @Jan__Cabrera]

This is not necessarily the case. There have been some isolated cases where using water made the situation worse rather than better. And it heavily depends on system architecture.

For large BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) fires, getting water to the cells inside of modules that are inside of racks is incredibly difficult. Cell packing densities are usually such that it's unlikely you'd be able to get sufficient water between cells to mitigate thermal runaway.

When thermal runaway happens, electrolyte in the battery decomposes and adjacent anode-cathode layers can touch creating a short circuit which feeds back into increased thermal load. This happens on the order of seconds and water alone is not sufficient to cool large form factor cells (where the industry is headed).

Also, when batteries experience thermal runaway they release gases typically consisting of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and other hydrocarbons (depending on state of charge). If the gases aren't allowed to burn, they can accumulate and pose an explosion hazard. Current tactics mostly center around letting the batteries just burn. There's also nasty chemicals in the gases such as hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen cyanide. Battery fires are no fun.

Maybe for small cells water can be enough, but for larger systems it may not make sense.