@hazardwarning How far to go?
@matigo Ah. I use YT for certain quality channels, play them at double-speed, and often don't really dedicate more than half my attention to the videos.
// @gtwilson
@matigo I'm not sure how it works, but I haven't had an ad on YouTube in ages.
// @gtwilson
To add another layer of complexity, he uses traditional Chinese characters, and I use the simplified set…
My extremely limited knowledge of Cantonese/Mandarin vocabulary, combined with iOS's helpful pinyin input (though I'm trying to use handwriting input whenever possible, to learn) has somehow allowed me to have a conversation in Chinese on Facebook all day. As getting away with things goes, this is pretty damn good.
@jws A temperamental semi-animate entity that @thrrgilag needs to kick once in a while.