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👋 Quit my job and moved to Asia. Building a new language learning app: https://yakk.app
🌍 Bangkok
🗣 Followers 228 · Following 386 · Logs 438 · Docked 3 years ago
Really impressed with how much grassroots work is going on across Gemini. Shout out to @superfxchip, @smokey, @acidus, @krixano, @bacardi55, @skyjake, @gnuserland, @mozz to mention but a few very cool people building new things and extending the reach of Gemini in cool new directions. 🙌
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Just did a pretty hardcore run and hit 192bpm. Based on one's estimated max of 220-age, I'm now officially 28. Might have to ditch Station for TikTok at this rate!
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A programmer had a problem and thought: "I know, I'll solve it with:" threads: now problems he two has regex: now /([ashetprblwoms\s]){19}/g java: now he has a problem factory async: now problems problems problems problems C: now he has two problemsͮ̂҉̯͈͕̹̘̱≠ˀ ̶̧̨̱̹̭̯ͧ̾ͬ´
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What do we want? Now! When do we want it? Fewer race conditions!
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254 walks into a bar with a long face. Bartender: "Why the long face?" 254: "Just feeling a bit off."
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Folks, hit me with your number one link on Gemini to wow new users and show off how cool Gemini is.
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I have a small window of free time, so I'm doing some Station work. 🙌
💬 2 Replies · 9 Thumbs · 2 years ago
So @hiroantag clearly has the best profile image on Station :) gemini://station.martinrue.com/hiroantag
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It's a "file - new project" kind of day. I love the thrill of building something new. No brush strokes have yet hit the canvas – everything is a possibility. I mean, sure, 3 hours from now it'll be a bonfire, but I really enjoy these pre-flame moments.
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Some thoughts on achieving goals: https://martinrue.com/achieving-goals/
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What's everyone working on this week? Me: It has been great weather here in the UK, so I've been doing a bit more hanging out with friends than usual. Last night I hung out with a group of local Esperanto speakers which was super fun, and tonight I'm finally getting back to writing some code!
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Spent the last few days renovating the home office. It was a lot of work, but I'm pretty happy with the final result: https://twitter.com/martinrue/status/1538628931468804109
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Keto going well. I'm 8 days in and weight is already down 3.1kg, body fat down by 0.8 percent. Energy levels are good and I'm generally feeling miles better eating no carbs / sugar.
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Of all the things I write as a programmer, I still love writing a little CLI app more than anything else. Handling basic input and output and leaving behind all the web/app UX concerns is just so refreshing.
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Station just hit 700 people! It's really cool to see this place still growing. I should pull out all the sign-up dates and graph it at some point.
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I had some writing inspiration so I wrote something new. 10 Slightly Odd Things I Want To Do: https://martinrue.com/odd-things/
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“Despite the high cost of living it remains popular.”
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Just found out some fiction I wrote for a competition will be published in a book sometime this year. Really happy about that! It's something I had never done before, so I had to give it a go. 🙏
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What's everyone doing this weekend? Anything interesting planned?
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For my Esperanto speaking friends here: one of my favourite words in Esperanto is "ŝanĝiĝi". Here's why, plus a little glimpse into how my brain works. https://twitter.com/martinrue_eo/status/1524381880958783488/photo/1 PS: apologies to linking to "the other site", but images.
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Two strings walk into a bar. The first one says, "I'll have a vodka and coke¶³¾¤§¿ZZüy". "Excuse my friend, he's not null terminated" says the second. -- Never gets old. No, I mean due to trauma: https://martinrue.com/zzuy-a-lesson-in-perseverance/
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Observation: to be really creative I need time to play – time that other goals or distractions have no control over. It seems like a trivial observation, yet it's so easy to fill your calendar and leave no time for that sort of work/behaviour to occur.
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Oops, it turns out I never expected Station to last 1 year :) Sorry about the cert issues folks. We now have a new one that (once trusted) will keep us going the next 10 years. Also happy 1 year anniversary to this cool little corner of the internet. 🎉 PS: Thanks for the heads-up @comatoast @obspogon @haze. 🙏
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After far too long, I spent the whole weekend hanging out with Esperanto speakers at the Brita Kongreso here in the UK (in Wales). It was awesome to be around old and new friends, using only Esperanto for the whole weekend. I forgot how much I love escaping the real world and living in Esperantujo. Really can't wait for IJK in summer, where instead of 60 people it'll be more like 200 . 🙏
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I'm pleased to announce that after a swift and relatively easy board meeting, we've voted unanimously to reject Elon's bid to buy Station.
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It's a "long weekend" here in the UK due to the Easter holidays. I hope those with the benefit of the extra time off work have something/relaxing planned. I'll mostly be coding and settling back into life in the UK after a little time spent living in Spain – I'm still saying "¡la cuenta porfa!" in restaurants here!
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Back in the UK after living in the Canaries for the last 3 months. It's great to see people again after so long, but damn, I'm already missing that beautiful weather. It's so rough here that the plane aborted landing on the first attempt.
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I'm going to my first in-person Esperanto meetup in a couple of weeks since before the pandemic and I'm really pleased. It has been ages since I was around a bunch of other speakers, and there should be between 60-80 people! I'm even running a few games of "homlupo" (werewolf).
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Which is your daily OS of choice?
The best thing you can do when learning a new language is to wield it like a maniac everywhere you can. You quickly lose any desire to appear competent and it becomes a lot more fun. It's also amazing how often people will go out of their way to help you when they see you trying.