Oh, it’s just that I forgot to prepare by reading the questions I was sent beforehand that might come up. And even the few things I had prepared to say, I didn’t end up saying them.

I actually had suggestions for NWC, but when it was time to share them, I only said something like, “I can’t imagine anything better than NWC,” lol. That was basically a cowardly lie, because I felt so unprepared.

That’s all. In my mind, I could have done so much better, but thanks for saying it wasn’t embarrassing!

🙋‍♀️ #1278260

I think my talk was pretty good, but from memory, I really embarrassed myself here

Oh well, it was my first panel, so whatevs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

wow, thanks for sharing

Thank you for taking the time to reply!!

I didn’t realize the framework option was introduced later. I will definitely mention this nit now.

nice

Thank you! This helped.

@optimism, I want to know what you think about this; my insecurity is holding me back:

I'm reviewing Add a "tx output spender" index.

I was confused by -whitelist=noban@127.0.0.1 in the tests. When I learned what it's for, I also learned about self.noban_tx_relay = True, which afaict does the same thing. I also noticed that tests usually use self.noban_tx_relay instead of a manual -whitelist. I now consider mentioning this as a nit in my review when I'm done.

But I'm not sure, because it's a nit. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. Also, the other reviews are about more important things. Nobody else mentioned it. Isn't this nit just distracting, then? Wouldn't it just look like I'm showing off that I know about self.noban_tx_relay? lol

I might only mention it when I also have something more important to mention.

Anyway, I guess my question is: Would you mention this as a nit? Or is this too much of a nit even for a nit?

_{I'm glad you're here so I can ask you this, but I’m sad I need to ask someone this instead of just making a decision on my own}

It would be worth running if there weren’t breaking API changes every few months. @hn broke because of crossposting. @nitter is still running because the API for comments didn't change.

You’re interested in replay protection. Here is explained how BCH implemented it.

I recently went to a talk about loneliness, and this app was mentioned. Your comment reminded me of it haha. I hope you stay alive.

Btw, I'm going to Amsterdam for a weekend soon. Any recommendations on what to do or not to do?

Welcome back! I missed you.

Ok, sounds like common courtesy is more than covered then!

three months for a kind of nursing internship

Can they speak Turkish?

I think Your Correspondent wants to encourage Mice to not try and live for the sake of writing, but to hold back on judgement and focus on living, listening, feeling and seeing what is in front of him.

I think that's what I used to do, and it felt wrong:

But still, one thing comes to my mind which is antithetical to me being a writer: it still feels forced. I want to be a writer. I want to write about something interesting. So I do all these things like observing people and taking notes. But since my thinking has adapted to my writing, I am not sure if I am still being authentic in some moments. Am I still living or am I just thinking to write, so I can write to think?

I wasn't sure what to make of it. I kept thinking: "Is this just how it is to be a writer, or am I doing something wrong?"

Again, thanks to you and your link, I now know that yes, I was doing something wrong. Thank you!!

This turned out to be a real gem.

I remember also him saying that he doesn't like to think about his projects unless he is in the act of writing, because it takes the air out of his tires. I can't remember if it was in the same article, but it seems to explain a little more about his philosophy.

Yes, it was mentioned!

Always stop when you are going good and donʼt think about it or worry about it until you start to write the next day. That way your subconscious will work on it all the time. But if you think about it consciously or worry about it you will kill it and your brain will be tired before you start.

Every language has its own music. I also remember hearing that Hemingway was interested in the Germanic roots of English, I think in the interest of paring down his prose to be as direct and short as possible (many of the more erudite words came from the French/Latin aristocratic influence.)

I ordered Franz Kafka's Die Verwandlung (English: The Metamorphosis) a few days ago. I read that translating Kafka is hard. Fortunately, I grew up in Germany. Really looking forward to seeing if I can notice this quality of Kafka:

Subject, object, and verb, always close together in English, tend to become spread out in German, so much so that you often have to read until the very end of the sentence to see where the author is going — a quality Kafka uses time and again to play with tone, irony, and suspense.

I can't remember the last time I read something in German.

Wow. I just read it, thanks to your link in #1424366, and you quoted exactly the part I just wanted to quote.

It made me realize that my writing has no sound.

I also need to observe and listen more, and judge less. This goes for the world inside as well as the world outside.

I wonder if observation for the purpose of writing is also judgement.

🫡

glad you're back snailing around

does @snail also work?