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👋 Quit my job and moved to Asia. Building a new language learning app: https://yakk.app
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I'm happy to report that, while the world burns down due to Crowdstrike nuking a fucking ton of Windows machines running everything from news channels to airlines, Station doesn't come within a kilometer of a Windows kernel, so we're all good over here. :)
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For fellow coders: I just made a quick video showing my new vim setup. I decided to move back to vim after years of using VSCode and setting up (neo)vim was super easy, so I wanted to share: https://youtu.be/5HDzrAMSXUA
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Waking up and taking your mechanical keyboard to a coworking space is waking up and choosing violence.
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🃏 Here's a fun one for you. Take a deck of cards. Shuffle them randomly. There's no chance any human alive (or ever alive) has seen the sequence of cards you just made. The maths: number of combinations of 52 unique cards = 52! = 8×10⁶⁷ (more than the total atoms on earth)
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I've been playing with neovim again today. Think I might move back to using vim over my recent years with VSCode. The speed boost alone will be worth it.
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For anyone interested in my recent writing on language and tips for learning, both past issues of my newsletter are online now: https://lingoh.news/issues If you have any thoughts, please feel free to share :)
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Here's my Vietnamese progress after 45 study hours: https://mstdn.social/@martinrue/112766888678790939 Sorry, fat web link because video.
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Happy Monday! I just sent out the second issue of my newsletter Ling-oh! This one is about how to remember things for longer - a pretty helpful skill when learning a new language. If you’re subscribed and have any thoughts, please feel free to share here. 🙏
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I made a new video. 5 month update on life in Vietnam: https://youtu.be/bCD1S04futE?si=OnKubLUP2qKWhLgi
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Currently editing a new video about Da Nang. It's so fun editing... I love piecing it all together and trying new things. In many ways it's a lot like coding.
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A personal highlight from today: we were riding at 50kmh down a highway on the bike when a old Vietnamese woman shot up on our left hand side to have a chat. "Where you from?" This country is full of surprises.
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I just got recognised in the street due to a YouTube video. I’ve made it. So when does my yacht arrive?
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Hey folks! I made some small changes to the public feed. Please read gemini://station.martinrue.com/updates for the full details. I hope this makes sense.
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I just introduced someone to the Konami Code (↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A) and how us programmer nerds have ensured that our various employer's websites respect in some amusing way. I used Discord's 404 page as an example, but which others still exist as working examples?
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In case you missed it: I published my first ever newsletter this week. It's all about the wonders of language, and how to learn them better. If you missed issue 1, fear not, I just uploaded the web version: https://lingoh.news/issues Upcoming issues: 1. How can we remember better? 2. Does language influence how we think? 3. Hacks to learn a language faster Enjoy the weekend, folks. ✌️
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There's something about "weeks" that hits different. On average, we have 4000 weeks on this planet. Said in days or years, I lose the significance, but "weeks" really lands. Make the most of it, folks.
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Well, that feels good! After weeks of work the first Ling-oh! issue just went out. Next one in two weeks. 😎 https://lingoh.news
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Courtesy of a friend, I’ve just discovered the next thing I’m excited to announce publicly, in a nice loud voice, chest out, when the time calls. Here’s a preview. Clears throat: BEHOLD the field, in which I grow my FUCKS. LAY THINE eyes upon it and THOU SHALT SEE that it is BARREN.
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"As a programmer, I'll likely be making off-by-one errors until the day after I die."
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I spent the morning in Hội An speaking as much Vietnamese as possible. I had some great chats, and compliments! A lady asked me my age: “Em bao nhiêu tuổi?” Her “em” assumes I’m younger. My “Em ba mươi tám tuổi” (I’m 38) came as a shock. So much fun practising my tiếng Việt!
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I think the reason creatives/artists support each others' work is because they know how fulfilling it feels to be supported in their own. A compliment, a little of your attention, some feedback, or just a "nice work" is such low energy high impact act. Imagine not using that.
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👋 I just published a little ode to language: "Language is everywhere and it's an essential part of everything we do. Very few things in our lives aren't, at their core, just an application of language." https://martinrue.com/an-ode-to-language
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What are you up to this week? Share your work, side hustles, projects and interests that are keeping you motivated and feeling good this week.
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Dear language fans! I just launched a free newsletter. Ling-oh! is here to bring you a twice-monthly dose of linguistic motivation and discovery. If you're curious, please subscribe! https://lingoh.news
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Heuristic that you made good evening choices: the number of times you open Shazam.
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Good work takes time. That's a big part of why it's good. I have to remind myself sometimes. To steal an expression a friend of mine used last night: "there's no point screaming at a seed."
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The biggest predictor for productivity (and feeling happy) is having large, uninterrupted blocks of time. If I don't get that right, all the smaller factors fade to irrelevant for me.
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"It turns out my really big problem was thinking I might one day get rid of all my problems."
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Look, I'll level with you. I'm fairly sure at least 3 people think I've developed a pet name for my brain. Brian might seem like a weird choice, but it may be easier for me to just run with this now.
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I'm spending my Saturday night studying 100 Vietnamese flashcards due to a hectic past week. What a life! In all seriousness, it feels great putting in the work to make living in this country such a deeper and more fun experience.