#i have not touched python in 10(?) years i am so cooked

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in so deep into modding sims 3 that I made a script to mass change 2000 cc files' hex header 😭😭😭😭😭

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A group of people wanted to share a journal together. So this week, I've been journaling (almost) every day, and tomorrow I'm gonna be passing it onto the next person.

It was kinda fun. Bit scary to put my thoughts out there - but not that bad tbh. I figured since I am not gonna keep the journal I should transcribe my thoughts somewhere, so here they are.

Yes, the math bits were included in the journal when I wrote. Just something fun I did. You can try to figure out if it means anything if you want :)

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Maple 3.27.21

I don't like journaling .-. mah handwriting sucks, and pen ink takes too long to dry. Apologies If any of this page is smudged as a result ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And no, Maple does not use anything but pen. When mistakes are made, and trust they will definitely be made, you see a lot of bleh <- that. I also missed like three words in the previous sentence, but it's messy to try to go back and put them in :( this is the consequence of writing when brain is running at negative mph... This may be two paragraphs of nothing, but honestly that's how my day goes, usually. Right now I'm listening to this audiobook to fill up my brain and stop it from thinking. It's quite interesting. I read the book back in middle school, and it's taking me on a trip down memory lane. I was listening to this earlier while playing tetris, too. I'm joining a tetris tournament tomorrow, so I've been grinding this week. Hopefully it goes well! It's funny how I spend so much time playing this game which means so little - but somehow, I find fulfillment in the emptiness that it brings me. Breaking personal records is such a meaningless ordeal, but somehow it's something I strive so hard to do. These days, PBs come once every couple of months. It's not worth it.

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Maple 3.28.21

Today felt like I did everything and nothing all at the same time. I found out I don't like tetris tournaments. I hung out with some friends. I ate a big dinner. I made some choices I highkey regretted, yet couldn't stop myself from making in the moment. I spent some time sulking over said mistakes by cuddling with roommate. Very thankful for him - I definitely make him so uncomfortable LOL but he puts up with it because he knows touch is my love language. I was debating for awhile today over what I should eat for dinner (or breakfast or lunch or whatever you want to call it :') ) and I realized what I wanted to eat most was my own cooking. Unfortunately, I wasn't feeling like cooking, so I had to settle for something else, but this was kind of a wake up call: when's the last time I cooked for myself? hmmm... It's also at the same time pretty cool because less than a year ago, I was still at a place where I strongly disliked my cooking and only ate it because I had to. Crazy how things can change in just a year - my culinary skills must have improved a lot over last summer... I really need to get my car tires fixed tomorrow. I have time tomorrow. I had better go. If I don't, my car is gonna break.

How does one stop beating themselves up for their mistakes? I don't struggle with forgiveness, but oh how I struggle with forgiving myself...

1 + 2 = 4 = 2

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Maple 3.30.21

Yesterday, we had to record something for Easter that took forever. It was not fun. I kept messing up. And my perfectionist self kept blabbering about wanting to redo certain things. Everyone was tired - it went so long - some people had exams; I can only imagine how annoying it must have been to hear me complaining about doing things again, and yet - and I hate myself for this - I couldn't help but keep bringing it up. Of course, being unsatisfied with the way I played, I volunteered to patch things up in post production. *sigh*, what a mistake that ended up being. Afterwards, I was tired and wanted to go home. Yet, because someone asked, and I guess I was a bit hungry, I decided to go get food with Junshik and Bryan. My ulterior motive was to talk to Bryan about buying cars, so I guess that worked out. But yikes, I only got 7 hours of sleep last night. - Today sucked. I'm realizing more and more that part of depression is the complete dependence on sleep. When I get not enough sleep, I'm not just fatigued: my life is just hell. I straight up no-showed to a meeting and apologized for it 8 hours after the fact (my excuse was that I feel asleep. Wow, something so embarrassing most people would find an excuse for it has now become my go to excuse. Rip). Went to a meetup because I didn't want to cancel - again - so that was fun (sorry if you're reading this. I lied when I said that I was ok :/). Life group was great I wanted to die but I was leading worship so I couldn't just leave. And oh yeah I just spent the last 4 hours after life group mixing that audio clip because stupid ol' me volunteered to do it asap yesterday. Tomorrow will be fun. I have 7 meetings/meetups from 9am to 8pm. I wonder how many I'll cancel last minute, or straight up skip...? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I hate ______.

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Maple 3.31.21

9am to 8pm today was rough. It's kinda crazy - when I wake up, I knew it wasn't gonna be a good day...but I really needed it to be at least an okay day. And I think I somehow willed that into existence :O I need to try this again sometime. Didn't cancel or skip a single thing today! (Praise God!!!) After my meetings all ended, I had to tutor for another 3 hours until 11:30, too. That was draining. I also pranked a friend today - told her I was dating right after midnight. Oh I love April Fools. She's the only one I can consistently troll year after year. I also spent a considerable amount of time after midnight trying to figure out how to script Audacity in Python. Useless, sure, but it could save us sound people a couple of minutes every Sunday if I figure it out. This is what my degree is for :') Sleep is going to feel so good tonight.

5 + 4 - 7 = 2 + 1 11 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 6 4 + 2 = 3 5 = 2 + 2 - 3 5 = 4 - 1 - 2

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Maple 4.2.21

I think my handwriting is getting better with this almost-daily practice =) This whole week has been busy-ness from when I wake up to when I go to bed. Hung out with people yesterday for the first time this week, and it was pretty tiring. I can't say I regret it though; I had a lot of fun and learned a lot about certain people. Recently, I've been noticing that people can tell when I'm tired a lot more obviously - someone on worship team who I only interact with on Sundays literally called me out for it. I'm finding that it just sort of slips onto my face, in such a way that I don't notice and can't even recognize it: I'm shocked every time it happens. Maybe it's because I've lost the will to live, so the lack of will to hide it came alongside as well. I accidentally let it slip that I've been brain empty to worship team today, and now there are even more people worried for me, some of whom I barely know. I'm such a burden :( Brain empty is honestly such a mood though. I have too many problems and not enough will to confront them. Better to just avoid. Yeah yeah yeah this is not healthy I know. I'll save doing things the healthy way for tomorrow :')

1 + 1 = 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 8 = 7 6 - 5 = 10 + 1 1 + 2 = 1 - 1

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Maple 4.3.21

Today was supposed to be a more chill day, but it really wasn't... Forced myself to get out of bed for a meetup rather than cancel it. I think if I had cancelled it, everything else I had to do today would have followed suit shortly after.... It ended up being a 2-hour meetup, straight into 2.5 hours of tutoring. As much as they might have been pretty ok tbh, I can't say I enjoyed it. I was so dead afterwards. I wanted to cancel my dinner meetup so bad. But I had already gone shopping earlier today (during the first meetup) so that I could cook for him. And I knew if I cancelled it'd be another week before I'd have a chance. The food would have gone bad. So following 2 tilt-inducing matches of tetris which were supposed to be stress relieving (they were not), commenced 2 hours of cooking, followed by a 3.5 hr meetup. It was... haha... Did I enjoy it? Yup. Did I have a hella-thick mask on the whole time? Also yup. I'm so ready for a long hot shower and an early bedtime. Tomorrow is Easter. I'm not feeling very victorious...

1 + 2 = 4 - 1 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 = 1 1 + 2 + 3 - 4 = 4 - 1 - 2 + 1

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Geek of the Week: Entrepreneur Michael Royzen’s inspiring Ryde as app developer and CEO at just 16

Michael Royzen, 16, creator of the iOS app Ryde. (Courtesy of Michael Royzen)

Michael Royzen got a jump on learning to write code when he was young. Since he’s only 16 years old right now, we’re talking really young.

When he was 8 years old, Royzen created a simple website in Microsoft FrontPage. He dabbled in HTML, Python and Scratch for a few years, and when he was 10 he got an iPod Touch and knew then that he wanted to make make apps for iOS. By the time he was 12, he knew how, when he got serious and learned Objective-C, the official language for coding iOS apps.

The Seattle teen is now a junior at The Bush School and he’s a full-fledged software developer and entrepreneur who founded and serves as CEO of his own company, Mlab Technologies, Inc., which designs, develops and markets consumer software for Apple platforms.

Royzen is also GeekWire’s latest Geek of the Week.

Royzen’s first app was ASpirit4Mars, a platform-based shooting game that got several thousand downloads with very little marketing. He created several more games, but at 15 his focus shifted to making apps to make everyday tasks easier for consumers.

He released RecipeReadr, an app that reads recipes aloud to users as they cook, and it was featured in Yahoo Tech! and AppAdvice among others. But more importantly, Royzen was invited to WWDC, the annual Apple developers conference, after the company saw his work. It was there that he met Apple executives, including Tim Cook and Craig Federighi.

“Their dedication to building high-quality products as well as their humility was very inspiring,” Royzen said. “Tim Cook signed my iPhone; his signature is a daily reminder for me to push myself harder both as an entrepreneur and as a person.”

Royzen said he spends the vast majority of his free time developing or thinking about potential apps, which amounts to about three hours a day when he has school and longer on the weekends.

“It doesn’t feel like work to me — I absolutely love what I do,” he told GeekWire.

Royzen’s most recent release is Ryde, an app that alerts users what time they need to leave one location to get to another at a preset time. The app supports driving, mass transit, bicycling and walking, and Royzen said it’s the only app that notifies users when they need to leave for recurring trips, such as a commute to work.

“This is crucial, since the time at which a user needs to leave is subject to fluctuation due to traffic patterns and weather,” Royzen said, adding that the idea for the app came to him after he got his driver’s license last spring and started driving himself to school — “although driving in Seattle is basically just sitting in traffic.”

To get a better sense of how much Royzen seemingly has everything figured out at such a young age, we asked where he could see himself in five or 10 years.

“In five years, I see myself graduating from college with a degree in computer science and getting a job at one of the big tech companies (Apple, Google, or Facebook) to gain experience,” Royzen said. “In 10 years, I see myself having left my 9-to-5 job to found a tech startup. While this is the general direction I’m aiming for, I will launch a startup sooner if a good opportunity to do so arises.”

Learn more about this week’s Geek of the Week, Michael Royzen:

What do you do, and why do you do it? “I am a software developer and entrepreneur. I love my job because of the creative challenge, but most of all because I get to improve people’s lives.”

What’s the single most important thing people should know about your field? “Mobile apps have the power to do great social change. Since they are distributed though an app store that ships with billions of devices, a single app can improve lives all around the world.”

Where do you find your inspiration? “I find inspiration from both my own experiences as well as those of the people around me. Solving issues brought up in those experiences though software is one of the things I enjoy most.”

What’s the one piece of technology you couldn’t live without, and why? “It’s hard for me to pick just one! While my computer is the device that makes the creation of my work possible, my iPhone and iPad are also crucial because they are the platforms I develop for.”

What’s your workspace like, and why does it work for you? “My workspace consists of a desk with a computer, an external monitor, and an iPhone/iPad. It works well for me because there are few distractions, something that is crucial when I am trying to write a complicated algorithm or fix a stubborn bug. My desk is also electronically height-adjustable, something that I find helpful for improving posture and reducing back pain.”

(Courtesy of Michael Royzen)

Your best tip or trick for managing everyday work and life. (Help us out, we need it.) “Whenever there is something I need to get done, I just sit down and do it. Excuses and procrastination only add unnecessary stress. The right amount of stress, however, can be very helpful for productivity in my experience.”

Mac, Windows or Linux? “Mac all the way! Its integration with my other Apple products enables convenience features that other PCs don’t offer. Also, a Mac is required to develop for Apple platforms. Linux, however, is by far the best for training artificial neural networks.”

Kirk, Picard, or Janeway? “Picard. I have always respected how rational he is.”

Transporter, Time Machine or Cloak of Invisibility? “Time Machine, and not just because it’s a Mac app! Time is one of our greatest gifts — getting some of it back would be truly life-changing.”

If someone gave me $1 million to launch a startup, I would … “Hire some designers, coders, and PR folks to take my current startup to the next level.”

I once waited in line for … “An Apple keynote. I woke up at 4:30 that morning so I could get a good seat and it was totally worth it.”

Your role models: “I think that Elon Musk is an incredible person — he creates cool, useful stuff for the sake of creating cool, useful stuff. That is something I think we need more of in our society.”

Greatest game in history: “Tetris.”

Best gadget ever: “The smartphone.”

First computer: “Dell Inspiron.”

Current phone: “iPhone 6.”

Favorite app: “Besides my own app, Ryde, which gets me to school on time, I love Prisma.”

Favorite cause: “Helping those in need.”

Most important technology of 2016: “Convolutional neural networks and TensorFlow.”

Most important technology of 2018: “Wearables. I believe that wearable technology will be crucial enough for people to not want to be without it.”

Final words of advice for your fellow geeks: “You are the artisan of your destiny. Work hard, but stay sane!”

Website: Mlab Technologies

Twitter: @MichaelRoyzen

LinkedIn: Michael Royzen

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Geek of the Week: Entrepreneur Michael Royzen’s inspiring Ryde as app developer and CEO at just 16

Michael Royzen, 16, creator of the iOS app Ryde. (Courtesy of Michael Royzen)

Michael Royzen got a jump on learning to write code when he was young. Since he’s only 16 years old right now, we’re talking really young.

When he was 8 years old, Royzen created a simple website in Microsoft FrontPage. He dabbled in HTML, Python and Scratch for a few years, and when he was 10 he got an iPod Touch and knew then that he wanted to make make apps for iOS. By the time he was 12, he knew how, when he got serious and learned Objective-C, the official language for coding iOS apps.

The Seattle teen is now a junior at The Bush School and he’s a full-fledged software developer and entrepreneur who founded and serves as CEO of his own company, Mlab Technologies, Inc., which designs, develops and markets consumer software for Apple platforms.

Royzen is also GeekWire’s latest Geek of the Week.

Royzen’s first app was ASpirit4Mars, a platform-based shooting game that got several thousand downloads with very little marketing. He created several more games, but at 15 his focus shifted to making apps to make everyday tasks easier for consumers.

He released RecipeReadr, an app that reads recipes aloud to users as they cook, and it was featured in Yahoo Tech! and AppAdvice among others. But more importantly, Royzen was invited to WWDC, the annual Apple developers conference, after the company saw his work. It was there that he met Apple executives, including Tim Cook and Craig Federighi.

“Their dedication to building high-quality products as well as their humility was very inspiring,” Royzen said. “Tim Cook signed my iPhone; his signature is a daily reminder for me to push myself harder both as an entrepreneur and as a person.”

Royzen said he spends the vast majority of his free time developing or thinking about potential apps, which amounts to about three hours a day when he has school and longer on the weekends.

“It doesn’t feel like work to me — I absolutely love what I do,” he told GeekWire.

Royzen’s most recent release is Ryde, an app that alerts users what time they need to leave one location to get to another at a preset time. The app supports driving, mass transit, bicycling and walking, and Royzen said it’s the only app that notifies users when they need to leave for recurring trips, such as a commute to work.

“This is crucial, since the time at which a user needs to leave is subject to fluctuation due to traffic patterns and weather,” Royzen said, adding that the idea for the app came to him after he got his driver’s license last spring and started driving himself to school — “although driving in Seattle is basically just sitting in traffic.”

To get a better sense of how much Royzen seemingly has everything figured out at such a young age, we asked where he could see himself in five or 10 years.

“In five years, I see myself graduating from college with a degree in computer science and getting a job at one of the big tech companies (Apple, Google, or Facebook) to gain experience,” Royzen said. “In 10 years, I see myself having left my 9-to-5 job to found a tech startup. While this is the general direction I’m aiming for, I will launch a startup sooner if a good opportunity to do so arises.”

Learn more about this week’s Geek of the Week, Michael Royzen:

What do you do, and why do you do it? “I am a software developer and entrepreneur. I love my job because of the creative challenge, but most of all because I get to improve people’s lives.”

What’s the single most important thing people should know about your field? “Mobile apps have the power to do great social change. Since they are distributed though an app store that ships with billions of devices, a single app can improve lives all around the world.”

Where do you find your inspiration? “I find inspiration from both my own experiences as well as those of the people around me. Solving issues brought up in those experiences though software is one of the things I enjoy most.”

What’s the one piece of technology you couldn’t live without, and why? “It’s hard for me to pick just one! While my computer is the device that makes the creation of my work possible, my iPhone and iPad are also crucial because they are the platforms I develop for.”

What’s your workspace like, and why does it work for you? “My workspace consists of a desk with a computer, an external monitor, and an iPhone/iPad. It works well for me because there are few distractions, something that is crucial when I am trying to write a complicated algorithm or fix a stubborn bug. My desk is also electronically height-adjustable, something that I find helpful for improving posture and reducing back pain.”

(Courtesy of Michael Royzen)

Your best tip or trick for managing everyday work and life. (Help us out, we need it.) “Whenever there is something I need to get done, I just sit down and do it. Excuses and procrastination only add unnecessary stress. The right amount of stress, however, can be very helpful for productivity in my experience.”

Mac, Windows or Linux? “Mac all the way! Its integration with my other Apple products enables convenience features that other PCs don’t offer. Also, a Mac is required to develop for Apple platforms. Linux, however, is by far the best for training artificial neural networks.”

Kirk, Picard, or Janeway? “Picard. I have always respected how rational he is.”

Transporter, Time Machine or Cloak of Invisibility? “Time Machine, and not just because it’s a Mac app! Time is one of our greatest gifts — getting some of it back would be truly life-changing.”

If someone gave me $1 million to launch a startup, I would … “Hire some designers, coders, and PR folks to take my current startup to the next level.”

I once waited in line for … “An Apple keynote. I woke up at 4:30 that morning so I could get a good seat and it was totally worth it.”

Your role models: “I think that Elon Musk is an incredible person — he creates cool, useful stuff for the sake of creating cool, useful stuff. That is something I think we need more of in our society.”

Greatest game in history: “Tetris.”

Best gadget ever: “The smartphone.”

First computer: “Dell Inspiron.”

Current phone: “iPhone 6.”

Favorite app: “Besides my own app, Ryde, which gets me to school on time, I love Prisma.”

Favorite cause: “Helping those in need.”

Most important technology of 2016: “Convolutional neural networks and TensorFlow.”

Most important technology of 2018: “Wearables. I believe that wearable technology will be crucial enough for people to not want to be without it.”

Final words of advice for your fellow geeks: “You are the artisan of your destiny. Work hard, but stay sane!”

Website: Mlab Technologies

Twitter: @MichaelRoyzen

LinkedIn: Michael Royzen

from DIYS http://ift.tt/2mfMrQC