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👋 Quit my job and moved to Asia. Building a new language learning app: https://yakk.app
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There's nothing quite like riding your motorbike in the morning in Asia to truly wake up and appreciate life. I've arrived at my co-working space in Chiang Mai with a sudden zest for life!
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Very happy that I'm finding the time to be consistent with my language-learning writing. Yesterday I sent out issue 8 of my twice-monthly newsletter on the topic. If you don't know about it, all previous issues are here. Subscribe to get new issues every 2 weeks: https://lingoh.news
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So instead of pointing a microphone down into the street to detect gun shots, this dude made his own "shot spotter" to instead detect which music tracks are being played. The "bop spotter". I love the internet! https://walzr.com/bop-spotter
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In other news, I passed my Thai motorbike license. I've been riding the past 8 months in Asia without a license (very common), but in Chiang Mai especially, it's hard to do that as there are an insane amount of traffic police here. Glad to be doing it "officially" now :)
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Today I'm taking my Thai driving license. The class is basically just watching lots and lots of videos of people doing very dumb things.
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In the sauna I play this silly little game with myself. When someone comes in, I try to outlast them. Tonight, for the first time, a guy came in who I genuinely think plays the same game! I was in 10 mins already, so he smoked me. I'm devastated. Years of internal legend over.
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Have you heard of the "trolley problem"? 🚎 It's an ethical dilemma to figure out whether someone acts more emotionally or utilitarian. It turns out that when you add language to the mix, it gets really interesting. "People's moral judgments and decisions depend on the native-ness of the language in which a dilemma is presented, becoming more utilitarian in a foreign language." I dug into this question in this week's newsletter, which is now online for those who don't subscribe: https://lingoh.news/do-we-act-differently-in-a-foreign-language
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I took a 13 hour train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai and it was great! I made a video about it: https://youtu.be/OAiHo-eX5I8 PS: It turns out you *can* work out on a train.
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I finally watched Blade Runner 2049 last night. Loved it! What's your next favourite cyberpunk movie?
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I made a new video about where we are staying in Bangkok, for anyone interested to watch: https://youtu.be/g8Y7IB599Xw?si=86LNXKSemhTxEiyP
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✍️ I wrote something new. "I'm not kidding. But less about my mother. I want to talk about a murderer." https://martinrue.com/just-do-it
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I made a new video about Vim. It’s aimed at those who know little to nothing and want to get started with the most common text editing movements. It’s a lot of fun making videos like this! https://youtu.be/edqG79yfRBE
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Station now over 1,500 people. I think that's cool. Thanks everyone for keeping it clean and friendly here. 🙏
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Life in SE Asia 🚫 Guns 🚫 Drugs 🚫 Durian It's so funny... from hotel to subways signs, it's clear: carrying Durian is probably worse than carrying a handgun. It does smell pretty strong!
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I made a new video about life Bangkok so far: https://youtu.be/sNhWcerYp9Q
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I just learned that สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii • hello) in Thai comes from Sanskrit स्वस्ति (svasti • prosperity, success). From "svasti" comes "swastika", which has been a symbol of divinity & spirituality in Hinduism, Buddhism, long before the far right West appropriated it.
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Tonight was the first time since I started my SE Asian adventure that I hung out with old friends from a previous city (Da Nang) in a new one (Bangkok). I love how small the world can feel in the nomad circles around these parts.
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I love that "buồn" (sad) in Vietnamese has a possible etymological link to "muốn" (to want). There's a nice potential philosophy in that.
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Life changed a lot recently, so here’s a little “now” update. https://martinrue.com/now
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My apartment in BKK has a Japanese toilet. I've never spent so much time in the bathroom.
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Today is my last day in Vietnam, but I'm actually not coming back to Europe any time soon. I made a video explaining why: https://youtu.be/_Ob78fOc5iw
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I posted yesterday about finally launching Yakk's Vietnamese course. A few people have already bought it, read it, and said some unbelievably nice things. Thank you! You don't know how much it means. Here's a little video I made about launching it: https://youtu.be/I0Wx0-itYa8
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Really happy that, after a few months of hard work, I've finally finished the latest course for https://yakk.app, "Nomad Vietnamese". If you're into languages and want to learn some basic Vietnamese, please take a look :)
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I woke up to the awesome news that my 5-year DTV visa was approved for Thailand!
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Almost everywhere in Vietnam has a "bike guy" (usually an older man) responsible for organising all the motorbikes. Last night, I spoke to my bike guy outside of my favourite restaurant in Vietnamese for about 10 minutes. That's basically all the Vietnamese I know. It was so awesome. It's such a deep joy to start speaking in a new language you're learning. That feeling will never get old for me. I also got lots of numbers practice when he asked me "Em bao nhiêu tuổi?" (How old are you) and I asked him to guess. 🤣
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Recently I've been thinking about (and enjoying) the benefits of "slow". Here are some thoughts: https://martinrue.com/embrace-slowness
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Over breakfast this morning, my girlfriend said "is my chair moving?" I looked at her like she was crazy. Then 3 seconds later the entire room started shaking. We promptly exxited the building to find everyone outside wondering if another was coming. It's been a few hours now and I think everything is cool.
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Does language influence how we think? https://lingoh.news/does-language-influence-how-we-think
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Feliĉan Esperanto-Tagon al ĉiuj el la Esperantistoj ĉi tie en Gemini :)
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I can't tell you how often people just stare at me in the street. It was weird at first, but I've gotten used to it now. It's kind of cool – I sometimes throw a "Chào chị! Hôm nay chị khỏe không?" and they love it.