I tried German, but everything seemed to be lowercase even though the words.js on github seems to be fine regarding the special German capitalization.
Anyway, cool stuff. I once learned some latin by coding a simple program in C for terminal usage, basically just asking what is this word called, the wordlist file was specified as a command line argument. It was great and highly effective to memorize small chunks of words at a time. I still remember all those complex terms, so at least for me this type of learning works. This looks promising.
Sorry to hear that, but I understand. I host a meetup currently, and #1 is very true. I see myself as competing vs. staying at home, so I want to make sure each event I host is memorable. I re-started hosting in December '21, so I'll say that there is a subset of people that WFH that do crave social interaction and will make the special trip. I get 20-25 folks show up every month, so I know there are people out there.
#3 is hard, and I can relate. It took a lot of activation energy to start hosting and attending dinner parties with friends again, specially after just having Zoom meetups for a long time.
I second this. Coworking spaces or maker spaces are great if you are doing a show + tell metup. The one I host is more of a social one, so we can get away with meeting at pubs.
Personally, I wouldn't get on a car or the train for a slice of pizza, but I would to catch up with friends and talk shop :)
I wonder what individual-led meetups look like in your area. I host in person in a sprawly Southeast US city and get 20-25 folks showing up consistently. I find that if you offer value, people will show up.
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