#Lesson(1)

[thedaughtersoflilith]

[thewordsyouneverunderstood]

Lesson #1

People outgrow each other. We do it all the time and it's not such an awful thing. Sometimes you just have to learn to accept that some people can never be more than fleeting moments. Sometimes you're just going to have to accept that not everyone you meet is destined to walk beside you for the rest of your life and that's okay. Only then will you understand that everybody in your life serves a purpose, whether good or bad. Everybody in your life teaches you something important. However, it's not always easy to see, so you're going to have to expand your views and try to understand that shit just doesn't work out sometimes. So it's okay to lose people along the way. Just keep on growing. Be a better you and stop worrying about everybody who couldn't grow with you. Grow for you. Remember, "To be great, is to be misunderstood." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

[kimi-ha-hitori-janai]

So lesson 1 will be: Hiragana. Why am I going to start with hiragana?  Because the main thing what I am going to teach will be the Japanese writing and reading, and Hiragana is the first thing that you need to learn in that subject.  Having the hiragana charts (above) is only a part of it, now you still need to learn it. There are various ways of doing so. You need to be able to read it & you need to be able to write it.  Writing is not the biggest problem, since many of us don't write anyway (we all use computers/ the internet), but it is always nice when you are able to write it down & I learned it really fast because of writing it down. I wanted to put the rest of the lesson under a ' read more', but seems like you can't do that with posting a picture. Oh. Sorry for the huge post then. :\ I'll put down more than one method for learning Hiragana; First, you have the websites like RealKana (where you select all the characters that you want to practice and it'll let you practice until you remember everything, by showing it to you again and again. This is for hiragana & katakana) & Readthekanji  (where you make an account and you select 'hiragana' and it does the same.) (although ReadtheKanji also has the option of teaching you all the kanji for the JLPT N5 (actually also all the other JLPT levels  & the Yojijukugo kanji, but you have to pay for those)) (ReadtheKanji also had an audio option) ReadtheKanji is my personal favorite, because of the JLPT N5 option. This one let's you remember how to read it/ type it. Secondly, you have games like the DS game 'my Japanese coach'. These will teach you basic words and eventually it will also teach you hiragana and katakana and you'll have the option of writing it down on your ds, this can be a good way to practice the writing. Maybe you also have things like that for your phone or something, but I have no idea. Thirdly, we have the way I learned hiragana. I hate studying a lot, so the last thing I want to do is have the feeling of being busy with studying. So, what did I do? I took a pen and a paper and I started to write it down. Firstly, just once, I wrote down the entire chart, for a first practice. The second thing I did was thinking of every Japanese sentence I could come up with ... and just write it down in Hiragana. Look at the chart and search for the syllable that you need and write it down. The good thing about this is that you're already using a lot of different syllables because you're actually making sentences. You might be thinking "oh gosh, but my grammar isn't good and I mess up a lot and-", yea, so? That doesn't matter right now. Even if you make sentences that don't even mean anything. Even if you mess up everything grammar-wise.  No one is going to look at that, you're doing it for yourself and the only thing that you want to achieve right now is being able to write down the syllables.  Like really, I used to do this in math class (I didn't fail in school for nothing :'D), which made math more fun. I exchanged notes with my friend the whole time, having that chart beside us and just looking at it the whole time and just writing down our failure Japanese. We used to write really stupid stuff like 'kumiko-chan, sensei wa baka desu ne.' (くみこーちゃん、せんせいわばかですね.) There is a lot wrong with that sentence. For example the ー shouldn't even be there. In Japan they write 'ちゃん' directly behind the name. わ should be は and 'くみこ' and 'せんせい' both needed to be kanji. And in Japanese a sentence doesn't end with '.' but with '。'. But does it matter that we did that? No, not at all, because we were practicing everything through that and we learned really fast.  I kept making sentences, also like 'なるとをすきです’(come on :3 don't let me write it down in romaji :3 look it up in the chart right now.) Again, すき should have been in kanji, and なると is actually written in katakana, but I did not know that yet. Also I overused the word です. No, really, I kept putting that after almost every sentence. Also, since my grammar is bad, the を might even be out of place. Still, it doesn't matter. Just have a failure Japanese conversation with yourself, it will actually make it fun. Also you need to look up the characters the whole time, which let's you remember it faster than having a website just put it randomly in front of you every time (although that also works since you have to try to remember what it's called then, but I think that with my method you learn both reading and writing).  Also just write everything that should be in kanji or katakana in hiragana, since you're practicing hiragana right now. I can give you a bit of reading homework though ;D If you like. You are, obviously, free to skip it. I will put just a few sentences in hiragana only below and you can search in the chart and read what I wrote. Maybe try to think of a response to what I said and write that down in hiragana on a paper?  Good luck and if you have any questions: shoot me an ask <3 (Side note: also in Japanese they often use 'ka' as a ’?’) Oh, shit. While writing down the homework part... I noticed that I forgot something again. This already happened three times and I am too lazy to edit the charts again, so I'll just make a note of it here: The a, i, u, e, o (　あ、い、う、え、お）can be written as small characters too. Like in my name (officially written in katakana ミシェル, but in hiragana it would be みしぇる) the third character you see is the 'e', and this one is smaller. This is because it's changing the letter before it. My name in Japanese would be 'misheru' (my name is Michelle), but it will be written mishieru, because they don't have 'she' in Japanese. So you write 'shi' with a small 'e' behind it, so the pronunciation of the  'i' will change into an e. When writing it with a Japanese keyboard though, you can just write 'she' from the beginning, it will change itself. Also a small lesson about Hiragana itself: Hiragana is used for all the grammatical parts in a sentence. It is also used for almost all the Japanese words that don't have a kanji. Bonus: here have the Japanese Alphabet song Homework part: こんにちは、おげんきですか。 あなたのな��えは？ わたしのなまえはみしぇるです。 よろしくおねがいします でも、わたしはいまにほんとうにねむいです だから、わたしはねむりにいくよ おやすみなさいみんなさん ばいばい So. yea, I kept forgetting a lot and I edited everything like 5 times, so I might still be forgetting something and I really hope that I didn't. I hope this was helpful for some of you :3 The next lesson will be about Katakana and I dunno when I'm going to do that, since I think that is going to be longer than my hiragana lesson :\ meh.  Edit: Oh, yea. Thing I forgot (fucking knew it). That part about the 'っ' also having the meaning of a pause/ no sound... Kuro-chan told me about that :'D (How could I forget to credit you.. baka me) EDIT:   A fact about  「へ」： 「へ」is read as ‘he’, but it can also be read as ‘e’. The syllable he can be used in words, but when it’s used as a particle it will always be read ‘e’. So「え」is not a particle! 「へ」and 「に」are both particles that indicate direction, but they have a slightly different meaning.  I've seen it being used in stead of 「と」 before but now I am slightly confused about if that is an correct way to use 「へ」. I'll ask someone about it and update it if I have the answer, the 「へ」and「に」are a fact.

[secretsnowclub]

Snow's TTRPG Class: Lesson #1, a reading list of experimental rpgs

"Go ahead, put anything here," Tumblr says. Well don't you worry, Tumblr. I will put anything here. Just wait and see.

I wrote this article: https://nerves.games/2023/07/26/snows-ttrpg-class-reading-list/

It's got some words in there. Go check it out. OR, just look this list of games and read them. It's your first assignment. These are all games that I think have pushed on the boundaries of TTRPGs and most of them I would consider experimental. They are in alphabetical order.

Adventure RPG (in Need of Translation), Mameli – https://better-legends.itch.io/adventure-rpg-in-need-of-translation 

Apollo 47 Technical Manual, Hutchings – https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/products/apollo-47-technical-manual-an-rpg 

Care for Hecuba, Libre – https://bigstuffedcat.itch.io/care-for-hecuba 

Clay Creatures, Sinclair – https://s-jared.itch.io/clay-creatures 

Disk Horse, Geist – https://fm-geist.itch.io/disk-horse-1-off-to-the-races 

Don’t Lose Your Mind, Baugh – https://evilhat.com/product/don-t-lose-your-mind 

Everyone is John, Sullivan – https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271276/Everyone-is-John 

Feedback, Slattery – https://adira.itch.io/feedback 

Flying Games, Dragon – https://possumcreekgames.itch.io/flying-games 

Freebase, Thron & Shaughnessy – https://i.4pcdn.org/tg/1411822901179.pdf 

I EAT MANTRAS FOR BREAKFAST, Mison – https://mariabumby.itch.io/i-eat-mantras-for-breakfast 

kill puppies for satan, Baker – https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1370/08/1370081361036.pdf 

Lady Blackbird, Harper – https://johnharper.itch.io/lady-blackbird 

Paranoia, Costikyan, Gelber, and Goldberg – https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/224392/Paranoia–First-Edition 

Plot Armor, Black – https://oriondblack.itch.io/plot-armor 

Print Weaver, Morrison – https://nlmorrison.itch.io/print-weaver 

Teen Witch, Adler – https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/variations-on-your-body 

Ten Candles, Dewey – https://cavalrygames.com/shop/ten-candles-pdf 

This Discord Has Ghosts in it, Jobst & Vass – https://willjobst.itch.io/ghosts 

Unusual Esoterica, Unpleasant – https://axesorcs.itch.io/unusual-esoterica-series-1 

We Are But Worms, LaBresh – https://riverhousegames.itch.io/we-are-but-worms-a-one-word-rpg 

Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist, Moran – https://afarandasunlessland.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/wtf.pdf

If you didn't read the article: this is not a list of best rpgs, or a list of great starter rpgs, or a list of my favorite games! It's simply a list of experimental games that I think pushed the bounds. I think if you're in my internet house (which you are while you read this, welcome in, get comfy, we've got fresh-squeezed water) you should read these and have opinions on them, even if your opinion is "lol, lmao, this is trash." But this is school so you have to put it in a complete sentence of you get an F. Minus.

Bye,

Snow

[awkward-girl-learns-korean]

Korean Topic Markers 은 and는

        Ok so in Korean you need to use topic markers like 은 and는  which introduce a new topic to the sentence.

 은 is used after a word that ends in a consonant잭선은 음식을 먹어요 (Jackson eats food)

는 is used after a word that ends with a vowel영재는 음식을 먹어요 (Youngjae eats food)

        은 and는can be used to talk about things you have already mentioned

For example: “갓세븐의 잭선이 야생이에요. 그는 또한 섹시해요” (Got7’s Jackson is wild. He is also sexy) lol

Since I had already mentioned him in the first sentence using 이 (a subject marker) you already know who I’m talking about so in the second sentence I’m free to use 는

         Last but not least they can be used to show contrast. for example: some K-Pop fans are talking and Fangirl A says “나는 임재범의 팬이에요”  (I’m Im Jaebum’s fan)

Then Fangirl B who is also a fan of him says “나도 임재범의 팬이에요”  (I’m also Im Jaebum’s fan)

But the Fangirl C comes along and changes everything cuz she’s Yugyeom biased so she says “나는 깅유겸의 팬이에요” (I’m Kim Yugyeom’s fan)

In this situation when fangirl C added 는 instead of 도 she was indicating that there was gonna be a change, that there was a contrast between their preferences and hers

 Note* this was my first official lesson hope you enjoyed, if you notice any mistakes please tell me so I can fix it. Hopefully I’ll get around to doing more. If you have any suggestions for lessons let me know and I’ll try to make it happen. (p.s gifs are not mine)

[russiangrammar]

Lesson #1 - The Cyrillic alphabet

The Russian Cyrillic alphabet consists of 33 letters, including 20 consonants, 10 vowels, a semi-consonant/semi-vowel (й), a hard sign (ъ) and a soft sign (ь).

NB: Printed and cursive Cyrillic look quite different. Have a look at this site to learn how to write in Cyrillic:

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/RU_writing/index.htm

To hear what the alphabet sounds like, check out this site:

http://www.languagehelpers.com/Russian/TheRussianAlphabet.html

To get a Russian keyboard, there are three options:

You can use this website for a free online Russian keyboard (there are several different types of keyboard there, including phonetic ones): http://www.winrus.com/screen_e.htm

Go to Control Panel - Clock, Language, and Region - Change keyboards or other input methods (under Region and Language) - then add 'Russian'. To switch between languages, Left Alt + Shift

Buy a keyboard!

[paperometria]

Andiamo a rubare col Papero - Lesson 1 - La spesa dal ferramenta

Oh, proprio avete deciso di intraprendere questa attività, allora. E io che vi facevo delle brave e belle persone! E vabbè, una promessa è una promessa.

Per avviare la nostra attività criminale, ovviamente servono dei ferri del mestiere, come ci mostra Tony Stark dal ferramenta:

Insomma, piede di porco, tenaglie, lama diamantata, lima e smalto per le unghie (non siamo animali).

Così come nei furti reali, serve ovviamente lavorare in silenzio e con strumenti leggeri. Come mostrava il video di Totò della puntata Pilot, portarsi una sega circolare a corrente industriale da 50kg di ingombro non è proprio il massimo.

Oltre agli attrezzi, serve un complice, che in questo caso va sotto il nome di sistema operativo. Se pensavate ad uno in carne ed ossa, beh, scordatevelo, il primo modo per farsi fregare è proprio fare hacking in coppia. Io non mi metterei a dire in giro al bar che vi divertite la sera ad entrare nei PC altrui, non sapete mai con chi avete a che fare, meglio farsi i cazzi propri e restare muti, come prevede il manuale del perfetto criminale. Mai fidarsi di nessuno.

Non serve un PC potente, va bene anche una roba di 3 / 4 generazioni fa. Se usare un fisso o un portatile, dipende da cosa volete attaccare. Un portatile è più indicato, perché vi consente anche di andare in giro a ciulare reti WiFi, cosa che col fisso, ovviamente, limita di molto il range. L'importante è però la durata della batteria, se avete un dinosauro degli anni 2000 ma con una batteria che dura 5 minuti, beh, non stiamo manco a parlarne.

Per la scelta del complice ideale (sistema operativo), quella la vediamo alla fine, per ora prendiamone uno a caso, perché a me preme, in questa sessione, mostrarvi un qualcosa di molto più interessante, un qualcosa che interessa tutti, addetti ai lavori e non, ovvero la fiducia che potete riporre negli strumenti che utilizzate.

In pratica, tutti gli strumenti devono servire ad un solo scopo, ed un solo. Se il vostro complice, mentre state tagliando un vetro di una finestra, si mette a telefonare ad alta voce alla mamma, facendo abbaiare anche i cani del vicino, dicendo che non tornerà a cena in tempo perché impegnato con voi in un furto, voi fate un solo salto e gli tirate, a ragion veduta, un bel fendente alla base del capocollo, lasciandolo a terra mezzo vivo e mezzo morto (cit.). In pratica, un complice non adatto alla situazione vi mette nella stessa condizione del Prof. Sperelli, che potete ammirare all'opera nel seguente video, in una operazione che non sarà molto diversa da quella che faremo nei prossimi giorni:

Per farvi un esempio di strumento sbagliato, guardiamo cosa succede quando il nostro complice è "pronto ad aiutarci". Per introdurre questo esempio, prima vi scrivo giusto una piccola nozione su cosa sia un indirizzo IP. Spiegarlo nel dettaglio vi annoierebbe, quindi vi basta semplicemente ricordare

ATTENZIONE ESPERTI!! DEFINIZIONE ERRATA E IPERSEMPLIFICATA!!1!11!121!!

che è un numero univoco che viene assegnato ad ogni dispositivo connesso ad Internet, un po' come il vostro numero di cellulare, è solo vostro, e appartiene solo a quel cellulare. Facebook ne ha uno, Google ne ha uno, e il vostro PC, quando è connesso, ne ha uno, e ogni PC (connesso) del mondo ne ha uno.

Data questa definizione, vi aspettate banalmente due cose:

se non sto facendo nulla, il mio IP non è connesso a nessun altro IP (fiducia nel complice)

se il complice mi passa uno strumento per connettermi ad un IP, io mi aspetto di essere connesso solo con quell'IP (fiducia nello strumento)

Chiaro, no? Ecco, se fate la scelta sbagliata, la (1) e/o la (2) non sono quasi mai vere. Non sono più vere nemmeno con i cellulari moderni, erano vere ai tempi del Nokia 3310.

Ecco perché non potete prendere una cosa qualsiasi dal ferramenta, vanno scelti gli strumenti giusti e il complice giusto, altrimenti, mentre voi vi dedicate a scassinare la casa di turno, il vostro complice e/o i vostri strumenti fanno anche altro, e questo è male. Magari non fanno potenzialmente nulla di compromettente, ma in una attività di questo tipo dobbiamo essere coscienti di tutto quello che avviene, e lasciare quante meno impronte digitali possibili.

Questa è una prima definizione di “essere anonimi in rete”, la approfondiremo in un’altra lezione, quando spiegherò se strumenti come le VPN o Tor possono aiutare la causa, se servono davvero a proteggersi o rendersi anonimi (la risposta immediata è NO).

E anche con un complice apparentemente affidabile, gli strumenti possono essere errati.

Io ho scelto questo sistema operativo ieri, è nuovo di pacca, non ho installato nulla. Vediamo se rispetta la regola (1). Non ho programmi in esecuzione, non ho nessun aggeggio particolare, mi aspetto che il mio complice sia muto. Lo verifico:

Effettivamente è così, la lista è vuota, il nostro PC non è connesso a nulla.

Proviamo ad aprire Firefox, per chi non lo conoscesse è un browser come Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari o Edge, senza visitare alcun sito, pagina bianca.

Quindi io uso uno strumento, ma non mi collego a nulla, mi aspetto di essere ancora sconnesso dal mondo.

E invece no, porca puttana aggiungerei.

Quello che vedete nella colonna Local Address è il mio IP, quello che vedete nella colonna Foreign Address è l’altro IP al quale mi connetto. A mia insaputa, Firefox si è connesso a 6 indirizzi diversi. Chi cazzo sono non lo so, e manco ho voglia di saperlo.

Come potete vedere, vi basta aprire un browser, pensate di fare A, e lui fa A più tutta una serie di attività che non avete richiesto. Magari, in una vita normale, questo non è un problema, ma non va bene per il nostro scopo.

Gli strumenti li vedremo poi nel dettaglio più in là, il pippone essenzialmente puntava a farvi capire come, con le tecnologie attuali, molto del traffico che fate è a "vostra insaputa", potremmo definirlo Traffico Scajola. Tenetelo sempre bene a mente: la strastrastragrande maggioranza dei software che usate ogni giorno per connettervi dove vi pare fa moooolte più connessioni di quelle da voi richieste, verso sistemi dei quali non siete nemmeno a conoscenza, e vengono inviati dati di cui non sapete assolutamente NULLA, e dei quali nessuno vi ha preventivamente informato. Ancora una volta, avvisati.

Cosa quindi porteremo alla cassa del nostro negozio: un PC, meglio se un laptop, con un sistema operativo “pulito”. Personalmente io uso Slackware e Kali, ma potete usare quello che ve pare, anche Windows o Mac (che vi sconsiglio, ma nemmeno vieto come se fossero il demonio), purché riusciate a controllare e sapere sempre il “rumore” che fate ogni volta che iniziate una attività di hacking. Sistemi Windows o Mac non vi permetteranno però di fare hacking WiFi, a meno di non voler spendere per soluzioni che manco sto qui a proporvi.

[gallifez]

[ilvermorny-school]

ASTRO LESSON #1

Hi students!! Professor O'Dare here! Your summer assignment will be about the basics of astrology. I want all of my pupils to know the fundamentals before term begins. (This years studies will start with astrology for the beginning and once you get accustomed to that we will move onto astronomy and then to divination)

YOUR SUN SIGN: Your main sun sign revolves around where the constellations were in the sky when you were born. Your sun sign determines your main personality, but it can be altered by your complete chart.

Mar. 21 - Apr. 19 = Aries Apr. 20 - May 20 = Taurus May 21 - June 20 = Gemini June 21 - July 22 = Cancer July 23 - Aug. 22 = Leo Aug. 23 - Sep. 22 = Virgo Sep. 23 - Oct. 22 = Libra Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 = Scorpio Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 = Sagittarius Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 = Capricorn Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 = Aquarius Feb. 19 - Mar. 20 = Pisces

***NOTE: for the rest of the planets/constellations you will need to calculate your birth chart, which I will explain at the end.***

YOUR MOON SIGN: Your moon sign determines your emotions and how you deal with them. It also dictates your inner mood, and can offer insights to your relationship with your mother.

YOUR RISING/ASCENDANT SIGN: This is the sign that is rising over the eastern horizon at the time of your birth. Your rising sign influences your social interactions, people’s first impressions of you as well as your personal style.

YOUR VENUS SIGN: Venus represents romance and pleasure. It dictates things like money, marriage, friendships, and love. Venus shows how we attract and are attracted to others.

YOUR MARS SIGN: Mars is the planet of energy. It rules our survival instinct. Anger, action, desire, and sexual drive all come from Mars.

So, here’s your HOMEWORK- 1. Go to astro.com , click on my Astro at the top of the page, and enter in your birth information. 2. Copy down your planets and the signs they are in. Take note of any peculiarities in your chart. Are there more than for planets in one segment or house?? If so write that down! 3. Don’t be too intimidated!! There will be loads of stuff we haven’t covered yet and you will be confused! That’s okay!! We will go over more things like houses and aspects in the coming lessons. 4. Leave some asks and turn your homework into the owlry. Leave your sun, moon, and ascendant/rising sign and I will give you a short description of your personality!!

Thank you students, and don’t forget to turn in your homework!! - Professor O'Dare

[heartsoftruth]

Sandro: "Imma just stand over here for a moment"

[musicsketchbook]

Atols ~ Ran cover: mercurycraze

[tabichunface]

Do we learn to read to receive the lies, to deceive the eyes from seeing between the lines? Yo, we use words to bring forth sticks and stones, to sing songs of hate that fill the streets with bones.

- Lesson 1 (Tablo's Word)

[epikhighquotes]

Genius is not the answer to all the questions. It is the questions to all the answers.

Epik High | Lesson 1

[bahasajepun]

EJP1: Lesson 1 - Age

~sai ～さい ~years old

nan sai なんさい - how old

oikutsu おいくつ - the polite equivalent of なんさい (nan sai)

is-sai いっさい - 1 year old

ni-sai にさい - 2 years old

san-sai さんさい - 3 years old

yon-sai よんさい - 4 years old

go-sai ごさい - 5 years old

roku-sai ろくさい - 6 years old

nana-sai ななさい - 7 years old

has-sai はっさい - 8 years old

kyuu-sai きゅうさい - 9 years old

jus-sai じゅっさい - 10 years old

jyuu is-sai じゅういっさい - 11 years old

hatachi はたち - 20 years old

[mineral-town]

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[hiddenblondie-archive-blog]

This is a very important lesson. People all your life are going to tell you "You can't do this" and "you can't do that," but you can. Don't let anyone say you can't follow your dream. You need to believe and have confidence in yourself. Confidence is key.

Of course, it's Ok to be scared but everyone has a talent and a passion and THAT makes for a great princess.

As long as you believe anything can happen!