Norbert__

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speaks: Hungarian

learns: English, Spanish

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Identity realization

Nowadays, I focus a lot on identity-related things. The other day, I asked myself: Do I have these habits and traits because of my partner or because I earn more and I can afford to be my more
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Oct 29 - 1 min. read

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Breaking into my house

I haven't slept well for almost a week now. The first night that I was able to sleep, someone tried to break into my house. And I thought, 'Seriously, you have to do it now when I'm able to sleep?'
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Oct 28 - 1 min. read

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Grammar mistake of the week - you lost your phone

I was doing/on(?) my daily recreational walk when a British guy passed the zebra and dropped his phone. The traffic light was about to turn red, so I told him, "Hey, You lost your phone" . He was
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Oct 28 - 1 min. read

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Grammar mistake of the week - On vs With

Yesterday, I said, "I hit my nail with the microwave," whereas I should have said, "I hit my nail on the microwave." “With” = using something as a tool Example: I hit the ball with a bat. “On” =
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Oct 22 - 1 min. read

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McHungary - I'm not lovin' it

The other day, my Italian-Colombian-American friend — Italian mother, US dad, grew up mostly in Colombia — and I took a trip to the nearby forest. While we were walking, we discussed how Hungarians
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Oct 20 - 1 min. read

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Content Security Policy

What is Content Security Policy AKA CSP. Why is it needed? How to use it? A Content Security Policy (CSP) is a web security feature that helps prevent client-side attacks like XSS, clickjacking, and
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Oct 18 - 1 min. read

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XSS

So, What is Cross-Site Scripting, AKA XSS? XSS is a type of web security vulnerability that allows attackers to inject harmful scripts into web pages. When the harmful code runs in a victim’s
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Oct 17 - 1 min. read

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JWT Token

So, what is a JSON Web Token, AKA JWT token? What is it all about? Why is it different than/from(?) other authentication methods? And why do people prefer using it over/more than(?) other
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Oct 15 - 1 min. read

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Reflections on My Public Speaking Experience

I just gave a speech at a public speaking group in my company. I recorded it. Here it is: https://voca.ro/1iK68xvmCFqq I'm open to feedback—what you liked, what you didn’t like, what I should focus
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Jul 26 - 1 min. read

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Breaking Through the Intermediate Plateau - Part 1

A few weeks ago, I realized that I've successfully gotten out of my intermediate English plateau. I'm going to try to collect the winning strategies so I can share them with others, and also apply
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Jul 1 - 2 min. read

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A. H v3

{Bring Value} I’ve been thinking about how I could bring value here—how to help people improve their lives in this small community. At a time when everything seems to be falling apart, when the news
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Jun 30 - 3 min. read

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Book Recommendation - Atomic Habits v.2.0.

{Bring Value} I’ve been thinking about how I could bring value here—how to help people improve their lives. At a time when everything seems to be falling apart, when the news bombards us with chaos
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Jun 12 - 4 min. read

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The future that has never came

I'm grieving the future that has never come. The 90s were so optimistic: the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a kid, I was promised a prosperous future. When I looked at the
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Jun 4 - 1 min. read

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Short Story: OnWorld episode 1

SMALL CITY CENTER – MORNING The sky is dull green. The air smells faintly of burnt plastic and peppermint. The town square is filled with flickering holograms, giant QR codes, and graffiti that says
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May 24 - 2 min. read

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Book Recommendation - Atomic Habits v.1.0.

{Bring Value} I’ve been thinking about how I could bring value here—how to help people improve their lives. At a time when everything seems to be falling apart, when the news bombards us with chaos
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May 11 - 4 min. read

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Anger

It’s kind of crazy how, as a society, we used to teach young boys to be angry. I learned at the age of five that if I’m angry enough, I can turn into a Super Saiyan and defeat the bad guys. This is
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Apr 20 - 1 min. read

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Bold Voice English result

I started using an app called Bold Voice in December. BoldVoice is an app designed to improve your pronunciation. A little before that, I had uploaded a recording on Vocaroo where I introduced my
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Apr 14 - 1 min. read

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The world is built on broken English

The world runs on broken English ... I work at a large multinational company with employees from all over the world, and I constantly hear basic grammar mistakes like: "we has" "I has" "I doesn't ...
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Apr 13 - 1 min. read

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Hungarian idioms in English

In Hungary, when someone tells you something negatively unexpected, Hungarians might say "Mi az anyád?", which, if we translate it literally into English, means 'What is your mother?' It's basically
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Apr 11 - 1 min. read

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Ever Been Somewhere That Just Felt Right?

I went to Málaga, Spain, for a day just to enjoy the city, and maaan — Spain just hits different. The culture, the people, the vibe—it's the best I've ever experienced hands down. The only downside I
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Apr 5 - 1 min. read

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