🌸 Thu, Aug 3, 2023 🌸
I just want to be happy.
🌸 Wed, Aug 2, 2023 🌸
I do not like working in the office. There are a lot of cars on the road, the stuffy air in the room in the morning and cold in the evening, there is constant chatter in the background, long lines to get food, and the uncomfortable chair.
It is 80°F in my room and I am freezing. Looks like something glitched in the Matrix.
I feel tomorrow I’ll wake up and images of aliens released and alien aircraft is flying toilet and the body of the alien is skibidi toilet head.
It is official: I am either dreaming or in a simulation.
I drove on the West Coast from LA to Seattle and back, and it was an eye-opening experience. I got out of my little bubble with the clean streets and friendly neighbors. I do not think we can consider our country a first-world country anymore.
I need a vacation from my vacation. My muscles are so sore.
McDonalds coffee is good coffee. I was surprised.
An Unexpected Journey to the Open Sauce Conference
When I set out on my vacation, my prime agenda was to attend the Open Sauce conference in San Francisco — a hub for YouTuber makers — and spend the rest of the week exploring the city.
My journey began from Orange County, with high hopes for the day ahead. However, about 15 minutes into my drive, I found myself involved in a fender bender. Resolving the situation turned out to be a two-hour delay, involving calls to insurance companies and a necessary detour back home. The mishap left me feeling deflated. Resuming my drive around noon, I found myself caught in the snarl of LA traffic. Eventually, I reached my hotel in San Francisco at 10 pm, weary from the day’s unforeseen incidents.
The following morning, I started my day with a cup of coffee and some complimentary pastries. Soon, I made my way to the Open Sauce conference. It was truly heartwarming to interact with like-minded people, engaging in passionate debates about our favorite text editors, reminiscing about the DOS era programming languages, and discussing unique projects like generating images for trading cards using Stable Diffusion and leveraging AWS credits.
One of the highlights was the fascinating projects showcased. They ranged from Linux consoles connected to dot matrix printers, to typewriter-made MIDI controllers, watercolor-drawing robots, synesthesia pianos, and a glove-knitting machine! It was inspirational to witness such a seamless blend of art and technology, making me yearn to create my own seemingly “useless” yet undeniably cool inventions.
However, the toll of constant social interaction soon caught up with me. As an introvert, I often find such situations draining, and this was no exception. By 2 pm, I felt a profound sense of fatigue. My mind was whirling with a barrage of self-questioning thoughts, creating a state of mental exhaustion. “Did I say anything wrong? Did I offend anyone? Did I ask too many questions?” These relentless doubts began to eclipse the excitement of the day, making it challenging for me to fully immerse myself in the conference.
After a day of interesting projects and intense interaction, I decided to skip the second day of the conference. I would love to watch talks, but the audio quality is not very good.
San Francisco, with its beautiful skyline and the palpable energy of its residents, was a sight to behold. Yet, the city’s charm was marred by the evident homelessness issue, giving me mixed feelings. I admired the city’s dynamism, but the underlying issues painted a picture of a city grappling with its problems. I decided to shift my plans, and booked an AirBnB in Oregon as a pitstop to Seattle.
🌸 Wed, Jul 5, 2023 🌸
OMG, you can get the virus by trying to unsubscribe! Malware has become so sophisticated; they send you emails that look like spam and put a big unsubscribe button at the bottom. If you click on it, your computer will be infected.
🌸 Wed, Jul 5, 2023 🌸
Avoid variable names with “no” in them. For example: instead of using NODEBUG, just use DEBUG and negate it with the language. The reason is that sometimes you will need to negate the variable, and it will be hard to understand; sometimes it may become quite ridiculous: #ifndef NODEBUG
🌸 Sun, Jul 2, 2023 🌸
Ok, it has been a month since I quit coffee. Doctors found I had high blood pressure, and I have long COVID so I decided to quit. I don’t think I ever had any health issues related to the coffee. I had one cup of coffee in the morning and that was it. Last week was really brutal; I think I slept an average of 12 hours a day. Not sure why, whether it was long COVID or lack of coffee, but I need those 5 hours back. It is a lot of hours, and even when I am awake I still feel miserable. I am going to get back to drinking coffee.
🌸 Sun, Jul 2, 2023 🌸
It has been 4 months since I got long COVID, and I am still in the denial stage. Quite often I think, what if my mind made it up, and my body is just pretending? I am so tired of not being 100%.
I am standing by my beliefs; you may disagree with me and hate me for that, but I believe that pineapples are great on pizza.
“Do not eat” marks on the silica gel packages should have icons instead of words.
I am working on fixing bugs in the local co-op, and sometimes I read it as coup and get triggered.
Battery operated devices are a pain, especially if you have the option to have non-battery operated. I have had headphones for maybe 3-4 months and they are perfect. They have two batteries, one is charging and the second one is in the headphones. There is enough for one day, so I swap them every day. There is some convenience with the wireless headphones, I can go to the bathroom without taking them out. But changing the battery every day and not forgetting to turn them off at night and waiting for them to turn on in the morning takes about 2-3 seconds, same when I swap batteries. I have become quite efficient with swapping batteries, I can do it now without looking, so I do not need to take the headphones off. But it takes 2-3 seconds to power back on. I am fed up with all this nonsense and getting back to good old-school wired headphones.
I slept through all this nonsense happening in the world. I have one explanation that fits with everything. I think the coup is staged, the reason they need to have an excuse for making Prigogin invisible. There can be multiple reasons, but I think they want to collect army forces in Belarus and make an unexpected strike on Ukraine.
It feels like I am having a nightmare; nothing makes sense, but I feel like I should freak out, yet I am totally calm about everything. Is this proof I am dreaming?
Can you explain one thing? There is a lot of noise about cows contributing to the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere; they do fart, I guess. The greenhouse gas is coming from the grass they are eating, and grass gets it from CO2 from the atmosphere, so it should be fine—carbon neutral.
Currently, in the education system, we teach kids facts; however, I think nowadays it is more important to teach kids critical thinking and the ability to extract facts from the immense noise.
I am at a point in my life where I have solved all the easy quests; only the hard ones remain.
TIL; people can stream on Steam. WUT?
Modality is a major source of user errors, such as CAPSLOCK, Ins, edit/object mode in Blender, or the entire Vim.
I am wondering if some people are deliberately making things worse in an attempt to address the issues. So, nobody will complain in the future in the fear that things will become even worse?
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