I learned German as a kid, but I forgot most of it when I started learning English in elementary.

Nowadays, (I'm living in the Balkans) I forgot words of my own language, and I (and most of my friends) mix English and my mother language quite often, creating a language similar to that in the "Clockwork Orange". Still don't know if that is a good thing or not. I'm trying to 're-learn' German and it is a lot harder than when I was a kid.

There is also a funny story about a baby in Serbia, whose first words were in English due to the media/cartoons the family gave to baby to watch.

Goodreads is amazing at what it is, which is an IMDB equivalent for books. Yeah, it is neglected, outdated and owned by a shady megacorporation, but I don't see any viable alternatives as of now.

It is so interesting how all the different cultures had different intepretations of the Cosmos, all being mythologically impressive on their own. Probably a result of curiosity and imagination coupled with lots of free time. Still, really amazing.

I had issues with self-confidence and it helped me relax. Sitting alone in a coffee shop felt a lot easier with a smoke, going out with girls I felt easier going with a cigarette in my hand, I and my boys would go out for weekends and destroy two packs each.

I believe that it became a triggering addiction in certain social situations.

And even now when I talk about it I can feel that first drag and the buzz in your head.

It might be glorified and 'cool' but it is the worst addiction there is definitely, just because it is legal.

And if anyone else still struggles with smoking and wants to quit I suggest Allen Carr's great book - "The Easy Way"

I hated on JS a lot when I was writing.NET until I tried it. After some love-hate moments I really respect the genesis of the language and the use in the modern Web Development.

I like how the author specifically distinguishes between long-term memory and long-term understanding. A lot of memory helping resources that I've been checking do sell the false notion of 'you'll remember everything', when it is more 'you'll understand most of the stuff if you run on something similar in the future'.

This feels like something that I used before or it was influenced by something that I know, but for the life of me I can't point the source/reference.

Maybe the familiarity is what makes this so good.

Amazing.

I had a colleague who would do exactly this in order to slack at work -> pinging someone and saying 'hello', then some time passes until the person responds, then the enquirer asks a question, then the person responds and it goes on...

And everytime during the stand-ups the person would be - "Oh, I couldn't communicate the issue on time, I will continue working in the issue today..."

I noticed this once because we spent two hours discussing about some topic.

(we have a milestone-based flexible release model, milestones could be scheduled every couple of months at times, so the person would slack quite a lot)

I'm not even living in SF, but I can understand the reasons, and they are - who would guessed it, mostly money related.

The last couple of months during the quarantine I saved more as double than I did in the two years before that.

I would somewhat agree, I grew up in a third world European country (yeah, we exist) and I realized, compared to a lot of people in Western Countries, people here (older people at least, the younger generation is influenced by the west) are extremely stubborn and perseverant, spending much of their time thinking about how they can provide and being optimistic considering all the factors, thus being less susceptible to depression and anxiety.

A lot of my family were optimistic and happy, even though they worked long hours, and tried to make it, and generally we didn't have problems with mental issues (even though we've been through an economic crisis, wars, poverty, famine, etc...)