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كيف تحصل على جواهر “بالمجان” في دولينقو

دولينقو هو تطبيق مجاني على الهواتف الذكية يتيح لك تعلم لغة عبر سلسلة من الدروس التعليمية. تحدثت عن تجربتي معه في أكثر من موضع وحاليًا أستخدمه لتعلم اللغة الإيطالية. لكنني اكتشفت بالطريقة الصعبة أن دولينقو يتحول تدريجيا إلى تطبيق يجبرك على الدفع من أجل التعلم. في هذه التدوينة سأستعرض هذه الظاهرة وطرقًا قانونية للحصول على الجواهر داخل التطبيق.

الجواهر تأتي بصعوبة وترحل بسهولة

عندما تتم درسًا أو تشاهد إعلانا فإن عدد الجواهر التي تحصل عليها يتراوح ما بين جوهرة واحدة فقط – نعم جوهرة واحدة أنت لم تقرأ خطأ!- و سبعين جوهرة. هذا يبدو جيدًا أليس كذلك؟

حسنا عندما تستنفذ كل محاولاتك (سأرمز لها بالقلوب من هنا وصاعدًا) – لديك خمس بالمناسبة – ستدفع 450 جوهرة لملء القلوب مجددًا. هل بدأت ترى كيف أن العملات المتداولة مجانًا تكاد تكون دون قيمة؟

ماذا يريد منك صناع التطبيق أن تفعل؟

  • إما أن تشترك في دولينقو بلس (جربته لثلاثة أيام مجانًا كمكافأة على المثابرة لخمسين يومًا مع التطبيق). عندئذ يمكنك ارتكاب كل الأخطاء التي تريدها، وتصحيحها أيضًا! تبدأ التسعيرة من 13 دولارًا للشهر. – الأسعار تقديرية وحسب المعلومات المتوافرة لي وقت كتابة هذه التدوينة -.
  • أو أن تشتري جواهر مقابل عملات حقيقية! سعر هذه الجواهر يتراوح ما بين 5 دولار ل1200 جوهرة وعشرين دولارًا ل 6500 جوهرة.

حسنًا لقد تحول دولينقو إلى تطبيق ربحي. لكنني لا ألومهم فالتطبيق ممتاز. كما أنه من السذاجة توقع أن تستمر الخدمة بشكل مجاني إلى الأبد دون مقابل، ألا تتفق معي؟

كيف يمكنك جني جواهر بشكل قانوني؟

أعتقد أن هذا الشيء الذي تريد قراءته أليس كذلك؟ استمر في القراءة لتعرف كيف تجني الجواهر بشكل مجاني وقانوني!

1. لج إلى التطبيق كل ساعة وشاهد إعلانًا

يتيح لك دولينقو المجاني مشاهدة إعلان كل ساعة مقابل عدد من الجواهر. إذا كنت في موقف سيئ وبحاجة إلى جواهر. فعليك بمشاهدة الإعلانات. صحيح أن دخلها ليس كثيرًا كما أسلفت. لكن مع تكرار المشاهدة ستحصل على حصيلة جيدة في اليوم.

2. انتبه إلى عداد القلوب

إذا أخطأت وانتهت قلوبك خلال الدرس، لا تشتري أثناء الدرس لأن التسعيرة ستكون أغلى. أخرج من الدرس كليًا.

3. تمرن من أجل القلوب!

لا تشتري القلوب من أساسه! بل أدخل إلى التدريبات وقم بتعبئة القلوب من خلال تكملة التدريبات. كل تدريب تكمله يمنحك قلبًا. أو انتظر بضع ساعات لتتم تعبئتها تلقائيًا ومجانيًا.. ستفقد تقدمك في الدرس المذكور لكنه ثمن بسيط لدفعه.


4. أضف لغة تتقنها إلى دولينقو

إذا كنت تتعلم الإنجليزية فأضف العربية كذلك. هذا سيساعدك على المحافظة على حماستك. وأيضًا ستكمل دروسًا أسرع وتجني خبرة وجواهر أكثر. وأيضا هي فرصة لمراجعة اللغة التي تتقنها.

5. أتم المكافئات

لدى دولينقو عدد كبير من المكافئات يمكنك إحرازها. بعضها يعتمد على عدد المفردات التي تعلمتها في لغة واحدة. وبعضها يتم إحرازه بالمحافظة على الحماسة لعدد من الأيام. وهكذا. كلما تعلمت أكثر أحرزت مكافئات أكثر وجواهر أكثر!

6. التكرار، والتكرار، والتكرار!

هل تعرف ذلك المثل الذي يقول أن التكرار يعلم الشطار؟ حسنًا طبق هذه النصائح باستمرار وستجني ألفي جوهرة في غضون أسبوعين تقريبًا.

شيء لا أنصح به مطلقًا

لا أنصح مطلقًا بأي طرق غير قانونية لجمع الجواهر، أو الحصول على اشتراك مدفوع. أنت في النهاية تغش نفسك! الهدف ليس تكديس الجواهر ومتابعتها وهي تزيد. بل الهدف تنمية حصيلتك اللغوية وقدرتك على الحديث بلغة أخرى. لا تسمح لشيء ثانوي بأن يعمي بصيرتك عن الهدف الرئيسي للتطبيق: تعلم لغة أخرى بسهولة ويسر.

ختامًا

ما رأيك أنت في هذه النصائح؟ هل تفضل جني الجواهر بالطريقة الصعبة؟ أم أنك تفضل شراء الجواهر وإراحة رأسك؟ شاركني في قسم التعليقات.

How to choose your next Smartphone? My standards!

I’m a guy who had dozens of phones, tons of form factors and companies you haven’t even heard of, I’ve owned it, blogged about it and eventually sold it on OpenSooq for the highest bidder, with that being said, here are my requirements for the next smartphone.

1. Screen size

I’ve been very strict about this point, almost always going for 4.5‘ screen Smartphones, which was good and also limiting! Those phones are known as mini, usually come with one gigabyte of RAM and don’t preform as well as they should, but now I realize that 5′ is the least you should go for, and the more screen real estate, the better! Just don’t go for above 7′ screens, you would look like you are talking into a food tray!
Smartphone Screen
Smartphone Screen

2. Battery power

Who hates having more juice? The more the better, right? Well that’s exactly the case, with phones becoming faster and bigger, so does the need for bigger batteries to support all that high tech and some more, without having to sit by the charger all day, I would recommend to go for not less than 3000 mAh, and the more the better. Especially if you live somewhere with an electricity crisis.

 

 

3. Operating system

This is dedicated to Android of course, Windows Phone is dead, and I don’t have an iPhone, and probably never will, I recommend that you go for the highest version of Android you can get, and go for a company that has a good history of updating the phone, if you go for a Google phone for example, you will get the latest update always, amazing!
Android P logo
Android P logo

4. OTG support

This goes without saying for many modern day phones, but it’s good to check because this feature expands the capabilities of your phone with all sorts of peripherals, you can even connect a joystick and play games! If your battery is big enough you can turn it into a battery bank and help a friend in need.
Some companies like Huawei likes to skim on this feature on the mid-range smartphones, so you might want to double check if OTG is a selling point for you.

 

USB OTG Logo
USB OTG Logo

 

5. Accessories

Make sure the Smartphone has accessories in the market, even if it has the latest Gorilla glass technology, it will be scratched with time, and having a cover can take a bump or two and save you from a dreaded trip to the repair shop, will also improve resale value, a tip from a compulsive phone hopper!
Phone case
Phone case

These are my top requirements in a Smartphone, there are some optional ones which I will list down below

  •  Custom ROM

Having the ability to flash a custom ROM is a great idea – if done correctly – and it really expands options and gives a new refresh for the Smartphone, if not, don’t do it as it will ruin your Smartphone.

LineageOS logo
LineageOS logo

In case you got tired of your smartphone, sell it and get a new one, someone will think it’s good and make their lives a little better!

What are your standards for a new phone? What are you looking for? Please share these with me in the comments section below.

Understanding sleep cycles for better sleep

I’m known for being a productivity freak, so this post caters to that niche of mine.
Sleep is a vital part of our lives, and studies suggest that we spend one third of our lives sleeping.
So a good night sleep is not to be taken lightly.

 A fair warning: This post isn’t based on a doctor’s advice, I’m not a doctor and this shouldn’t be treated as medical advice, if you have troubles sleeping please consult a real doctor!

For this post, I’m going to talk about sleep cycles and how understanding them can improve the quality of your sleep, and a great tool to help you harness the power of sleep cycles (and tools to avoid).

What are sleep cycles?

Sleeping isn’t a single phase, it’s divided to several stages that repeat themselves in cycles, the stages are: lights sleep, deep sleep and dream state.
According to this scientific finding if you wake up right during light sleep you would feel that you had enough sleep, waking up in the middle however causes headaches and discomfort.

Image credit: Wikipedia

Knowing that a sleep cycle takes about 90 minutes, you can easily predict your sleeping pattern and set an alarm accordingly, but that can be troublesome after a while.

Here is where the apps come to play!

There are several applications out there for Android (I don’t know about iOS) that can help you with determining the perfect time to wake up.

Apps to avoid

Apps like sleep bot “monitor” your sleep by recording your noise to determine the best time to wake you up, and that is a big no – no in my book!

Somewhere in the middle

There is a web app called sleepyti.me that helps you predict a sleep cycle, it’s perfect for those who want a minimal phone or system and are willing to compromise some of the functionality.

The app I use

ZzZ sleepy timer is a perfect balance between minimalist needs and functionality, it has a very simple user interface and comes with very limited permissions, making it perfect for people with privacy concerns, it is also ad free till the time of this writing.

You can use it to set an alarm for waking up later, or tell it when you want to sleep. And it will calculate the upcoming sleeping cycles and determine the ideal one to wake up upon.

 To download Sleepy timer, click here.

If you doubt the importance of a good nights sleep, then try being woke up in the middle of the night or when napping in the afternoon (hurts like a Wednesday, doesn’t it?).

Fatigue Management

I remember when I worked for Schlumberger that I took a course called fatigue management, one of the important topics in that course was sleep and how to improve the quality of ones sleep. Apparently my manger and “mentor” didn’t hear of this course or ignore it on purpose..

How is your sleep dear reader? Do you use any applications to help you sleep at night? If so, what are they?

Let me know what you this in the comments section below, and I hope that you find this post useful.

Tech news digest (September 2016)

In this post I’m collecting tech news from all over the web, too small for separate posts, but I guess that everyone is up for a treat with a digest like this!

The Samsung galaxy note 7 catching fire!

Samsung has called a worldwide recall of the smartphone on complaints of catching fire and exploding while charging. So if you got one I recommend you to check with the closest Samsung reseller.

Samsung galaxy note 7
Samsung galaxy note 7

And tests that involved Galaxy Edge 7 show that it catches fire and explodes as well.
It is so serious that the Australian airlines banned the use of Galaxy Note 7 because it’s a security concern, and the FFA warns the passengers not to use the phone on planes.

Apache Openoffice maybe put to rest!

The project may be put to rest due to lack of volunteers working on it, as most of them moved to to work on LibreOffice in 2011.

Apache OpenOffice logo
Apache OpenOffice logo

 

Apache open office has been very slow in development and the last stable update was issued in October of 2015. Bug fixes weren’t issued and the developers fear a major denial of service attack, and Apache’s advice was to use Microsoft office or convert to LibreOffice!
This comes as a shock for many people, Apache open office has a big user base of over 100 million users, I’m sure many people will be upset over this. Personally I had a pleasant experience using Apache Openoffice, and conventing wasn’t the easiest call to make. I hope someone stands for Apache Openoffice and saves it from a horrible feat, and maybe change the Apache license and give it more code freedom!

Whatsapp users will be receiving advertising messages

WhatsApp will start sending advertising messages in the following months, as it shares its data with the parent company facebook, raising high security concerns, I personally advise moving to Telegram for a secure texting experience, I’ve blogged about this as soon as it happened, but it doesn’t hurt to inform the people of the potential security risk.

Whatsapp logo

Those who share your data today will sell it tomorrow!

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus are released

Apple has released the highly anticipated iPhone 7 recently, while the iPhone 7 still keeps the 4.7′ screen size that iPhone 6 had, the iPhone 7 plus will have a 5.5′ screen, an Apple first, and will be running on iOS 10.

 

iPhone 7
iPhone 7

 

Apple has doubled the internal storage space on iPhone 7 and 7 plus, but no SD slot available in this model too, and no battery capacity information was released yet (as long as it doesn’t blow up, it’s fine by us!).
The latest iPhone is also water resistant, a delight to Apple fans worldwide in case thier phone falls into their overly priced mocha latte!

Google Fuchsia

Google has added a new project to github the leading open source code repository code named Fuchsia.

 

a little is known about this project as of now, but there are reasons to think that it’s the new operating system that Google is developing to ditch android and the Linux kernel altogether, and to install it on a wide range of devices and wearables.

 

Yahoo announces the biggest security breach so far

In the latest trend of major companies announcing security breaches, Yahoo said that a breach affected the data of 500 million users, making it the biggest security breach to be announced so far.

I hope you enjoyed this tech digest of news, please let me know what do you think of this bit? Should it become a regular post on my blog? I will add more news as needed to this digest.

Waiting for your feedback in the comments section below, and share this post with your friends on social media 🙂

 

 

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