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👋 Quit my job and moved to Asia. Building a new language learning app: https://yakk.app
🌍 Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam
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Station's cert has been updated to a v3 cert. I hope everyone made it back alive :)
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PSA: At some point in the next week I'm going to replace Station's cert with a new one. You'll see a warning about Station's cert having changed, that it may no longer be trustworthy, that perhaps its creator has been violently murdered by a hit squad from X due to internal jealously about how superior Station is. All of this is false, except the last last part. Context: Station currently uses a v1 x509 cert, which makes it harder for folks writing custom Gemini clients, and generally speaking, is just old. Bad call, Martin! So, I'll update it to a newer v3 cert and the world can rejoice in harmony, and peace and success will befall us all.
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PSA: Station finally now detects links in replies and shows them below the reply itself. In celebration, please link your favourite books. 👌
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Just pushed a little update to my personal site (which, to my shame, is still not on Gemini). I also updated my /now page with some deets of my recent retreat to the beautiful town of Hoi An here in Vietnam. https://martinrue.com
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That there are around 10⁸² atoms in the universe is a great example of how we can’t think well about large numbers. That looks wrong to me at first glance.
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Controversial opinion(?) I'm sick of finishing books with a strong sense that they were 300 pages just to appease the publisher/market, not because the author couldn't have been just as effective in 100 pages. I consider Derek Sivers a perfect counter example of this. Few books should need 300 pages.
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"Impatience is an argument with reality." I like this. I think it's even more useful with the qualifier: "You can win the argument, but not always." Impatience can be useful, but only when your odds of changing reality are high enough. Otherwise embrace it. Patience brings presence.
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The camera has really been getting its exercise lately. The fact the camera even survived this one is actually a miracle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvZ5amwkvRc
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After many visits to Sivers's /now page, I realised his new book (https://sive.rs/u) is in early access. So, naturally, I read the hell out of it. Loved it. Really appreciate the short, provocative style and it left me with plenty of things to mull over.
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Finally recorded a new video about life in Da Nang. 📽️ https://youtu.be/4J2uZqipzfY
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It just cost me £1.58 to fill up my bike, which is now good for about 200km. Now that's a version of capitalism I can get behind.
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Today was peak life: Had a great sleep. Jumped on the motorbike and shot over to the coworking space. Finished a new vlog edit. Met some new people. Got stuck due to the flash storm. Hung out chatting to cool folks. Cruised home on the fumes of petrichor. Dinner and a book.
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"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." Travel by itself doesn't change you much. What does change you, however, is an openness to engage with the sometimes huge differences in culture, attitudes, daily life, etc., that you often find via travel with that mindset. Vietnam has been a great teacher so far.
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This weekend was one of those that’s just good for the soul. I spent it on a remote island with a bunch of new friends I’ve made here in Vietnam. 10/10.
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I just learned about recency bias and it's already my new favourite.
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I'm shutting down a project I built and ran for 7 years, serving ~3,000 people. It's bittersweet. On one hand it's amazing to contribute something valuable for so many. On the other, our attention and focus are so important, and we have to allow them to take on new things fully.
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The root race conditions of all evil are.
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My favourite part of last night was having a BBQ with everybody at the coworking space in the dark, because the electricity burned itself down. If you know life in SE Asia, this makes total sense.
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What I'm doing now: https://martinrue.com/now
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A few weeks ago I moved to Việt Nam. Why? 1: To challenge myself and experience life somewhere very different. 2: To live more cheaply and have more time for Yakk and other projects. Since 13 is so lucky in Asia, here are 13 reflections from my Vietnam experience so far: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/martinrue/7a45d3d5fcd47f643993be4dbb7ac272/raw/f710acdbe0dd16d309ff219c7740687c39bf8b8d/Vietnam.txt
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So, after spending the first 2 weeks of this adventure in Hanoi, we're finally in Da Nang. The contrast is massive. Da Nang is like the LA of Vietnam – miles of beach, lots of newer buildings and a very chill vibe. Air is way cleaner too. Loving it in this city and planning on staying a good amount of time.
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It's almost 10pm and I'm sat in a little coffee shop in the middle of Hanoi writing code as part of a little experiment. Could not be happier. Passing along the positive energy. ⚡️
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A little video update from Dubai. https://youtu.be/WdNrDEDMvhM?si=Dwv1Sk8E4CHNvDuD
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Arriving into Hanoi after being in Dubai is, well, different! Happy to finally be here and looking forward to seeing what Hanoian life feels like.
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Today's the day. I'm leaving the country. I made a video about what's in my bag: https://youtu.be/qGASvcfcQUg?si=XUgmK_EGhl78ywpP
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Belief is a funny thing. Sometimes you need to hold onto one against all further examination simply because it helps you. Belief doesn't always have to correlate with the known facts – some beliefs give you focus and direction, and that's a useful reason to keep them.
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Listening to a new reggae album in Esperanto with my neighbours (probably). No, *you're* weird.
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An old man sat next to me in the coffee shop. He ordered a coffee and just sat there drinking it. No newspaper, no phone – just sat there on his own with his thoughts. Honestly, that's goals. I feel bad even writing this now.
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A consideration when reaching for GPT to write some code for you: yes it'll save time, but it'll take from you some problem solving. It's that same problem solving – sitting with a challenge and working through potential solutions/trade-offs – that made you a good problem solver.
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I can't believe it's already Friday again. This week I got started on a new new project with a short launch window, and I'm ~40% done. It feels great to be in the zone for 5-6 hours daily! What has been your biggest achievement this week?