I talked yesterday about trying to decide whether we should give up on our 1000+ day streak on DuoLingo because stories were no longer fun (and DuoLingo seemed to be actually discouraging you from doing stories only ....)

We talked it over and decided that we weren't going to stick with it just for the sake of maintaining a streak 😛 So yesterday we switched over to reading comics in French and Spanish (on alternate days). It feels a lot more fun and I'm looking forward to today's reading ...

#DuoLingo #Language #Learning #Comics

@Herstory Personally, I don't think it's ever too late to learn new stuff 🙂 My wife started learning to draw a few months back and personally, I think she's doing great! (She sometimes begs to differ ...) We are both probably a bit older than you and so my point was that you can start learning something new at any point in your life and if anybody tells you otherwise, just ignore 'em 😛

@Herstory Sorry, I replied to you about this but apparently my app kind of messed up the reply (and the original post) by replacing it with multiple items I created today 😛

Basically, what I originally said was, I do realize that we can access the stories separately (we have the Stories page bookmarked so that we can get to them instead of going through the lesson path) but the issue is that the stories you see there are a subset of what we used to get.

In fact, it appears as if you only get some stories based on how much of the lesson you've completed. For the same language, say Spanish, I get a different number of stories than my wife since we've completed different amounts of the Spanish lesson. So that's a bit annoying.

Plus, there haven't been any new stories in a while and we've been going through the same stories several times. So we gave up yesterday and switched to reading comics in French and Spanish since that's more fun 🙂

@shadowfacts Congratulations! This looks great 🙂

Thank you also for making the source code available! I generally prefer apps with source code available because then, if I want a particular feature and the developer is busy (or if there is a bug) I can do it myself.

I'm currently using a fork of Mastonaut so that I can add the features I wanted but that leaves my wife out of getting the features she wants since she's on iOS. So this would be a great way for me to ensure that we both have what we want 😛

(Just in case you get two replies from me, or get linked to a post which appears to have nothing to do with you, it's because my Mastonaut fork had a bug where I unknowingly edited an older post multiple times instead of creating new posts/replies. So if this did happen to you, sorry about that!)

At this point, “The Last of Us” is the TV show I anticipate the most. Maybe that’s not saying much, but still … 😛

Without spoiling anything, I love how they’ve portrayed zombies and want to learn more about the world with each episode.

We are huge fans of Naughty Dog games given that we played through all of the “Uncharted” games and “The Lost Legacy” too as fast as we could … and loved the story of “Uncharted 4” to bits.

But I didn’t know if we’d like “The Last of Us” since we kind of shy away from killing games and based on the premise, that’s what it sounded like … Now, after starting the TV show, I’m wondering if we should go back and play the game too … Also, there’s apparently a remake and so maybe it really is time to try it?

#TV #Gaming #PlayStation

Ugh, looks as if there’s a bug in my Mastonaut fork and instead of replying to multiple posts, I’ve been editing one post of mine … I hate bugs like that .. Now I don’t even know where to begin unraveling the mess I’ve created for myself 😕

I don’t have much of a network on here, but hi, hello, I’m an experienced front-end web developer and web accessibility specialist located in the US and I am looking for remote work!

I’ve extensively used React, am familiar with Vue and a handful of other front-end frameworks, and can learn just about any front-end stack. My happy place is building things that make the web easier for users.

i think it's an upside-down #borb day, what do you think?

Golden-crowned Kinglet

#birds #borbs

Underappreciated skill of the day:

Keeping your mouth shut when it's not going to help.

This skill is not easy to learn, and I've personally found it practically impossible to master.

I'm looking for a remote #TechManager job. I'm based in São Paulo/Brazil, and had titles such as #SoftwareArchitect ("software design dynamics facilitator" as I liked to describe it) at a Brazilian Fintech, #TechLeader for the developer experience team at an EdTech startup, and more recently at a cyber security company. I've been working since the 2000s with #Python, and I'm interested in #DDD, #hexagonalArchitecture and #Sociotechnical systems.

The SyFy Sistas "where science fiction meets Afrofuturism"

"The Sistas are kicking off season 3 w/ the woman that started it all: Sonequa Martin-Green. Sit back & enjoy being the proverbial fly on the wall for a conversation of love, support, pride & laughter between 5 Black women. Let's Fly!"

➡️ "3.01: Oh Captain, Our Captain!"
https://syfysistas.libsyn.com/301-oh-captain-our-captain?tdest_id=2645312

Pls Boost🙏🖖

#SonequaMartinGreen #DSC #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek #BlackMastodon #RepresentationMatters #BlackWomen #StrongWomen #WomenInSTEM

Stable Diffusion & OpenCV for Face Detection and Automatic Compositing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISr_gTkO42M

When I was about ten, I noticed an infrared sensor in our VCR and became convinced that it was a hidden camera that my parents were using to spy on me.

I wasn’t a bad kid so I wasn’t worried, but I convinced myself that if I sang and danced for the camera, my parents would FINALLY see my talent and help me get on Star Search.

For the next month, I did super weird performances in front of that VCR until I finally acknowledged that they hadn’t provided any feedback on my skillz, at which point I determined that the only logical conclusion was that the camera wasn’t working, so I…

DISMANTLED THE VCR to examine the camera.

Once everything was opened up and pulled apart, I realized I had no idea what I was looking at so I just screwed everything back together with a bunch of loose, rattling parts inside.

About a week later, I remember watching my dad trying to play a VHS tape to no avail and silently thinking “this is YOUR fault for not seeing my full POTENTIAL, daaaaad!”

Forrest Rabbit as Gaia, Mother Earth
Midjourney 4 AI Art
#stablediffusion #dalle2 #dalle #aiart #nightcafe #midjourney

A forest in a terrarium
Midjourney 4 AI Art
#stablediffusion #dalle2 #dalle #aiart #nightcafe #midjourney

Cubist Robots
Midjourney 4 AI Art
#stablediffusion #dalle2 #dalle #aiart #nightcafe #midjourney

Kitchen Monsters love dirty dishes
Midjourney 4 AI Art
#stablediffusion #dalle2 #dalle #aiart #nightcafe #midjourney

This particular #StableDiffusion prompt based on Terry Pratchett novel titles was in the works for a few days — I just wasn't sure about the results since most of them were fairly similar ...

The prompt? "Wintersmith"

Predictably, most of the results were people in winter-wear. I just didn't like the monotony and hence the inclusion of the fox from what looks like the cover of a box of pencils 😛

#AIArt #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #CV #AI #DiscWorld
Stable Diffusion prompt: "Winte…
Stable Diffusion prompt: "Winte…
Stable Diffusion prompt: "Winte…
Stable Diffusion prompt: "Winte…

Gung Hay Fat Choy - Year of the Rabbit
I wish to credit the artist but unfortunately have not successfully identified this person. It’s a beautiful graphic.
#GungHayFatChoy #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear

At this point, “The Last of Us” is the TV show I anticipate the most. Maybe that’s not saying much, but still … 😛

Without spoiling anything, I love how they’ve portrayed zombies and want to learn more about the world with each episode.

We are huge fans of Naughty Dog games given that we played through all of the “Uncharted” games and “The Lost Legacy” too as fast as we could … and loved the story of “Uncharted 4” to bits.

But I didn’t know if we’d like “The Last of Us” since we kind of shy away from killing games and based on the premise, that’s what it sounded like … Now, after starting the TV show, I’m wondering if we should go back and play the game too … Also, there’s apparently a remake and so maybe it really is time to try it?

#TV #Gaming #PlayStation