Clojurians Log v2
off-topic 2026-06-15
at least, pedestal is solid tech still, I understand why submitting your pedestal to such treatment can feel quite something at level of your visceral experience (sorry, not perfect English puns, I'm French)
@nbtheduke Flip-flops. :) I was wearing safety socks, it's OK. @danieljomphe I think I got it. :) It definitely adds to the feeling! But I decided not to tempt (long-term) fate too much and still use earplugs and safety goggles.
Metalworking is super fun. Especially for a programmer. No undo button! Can learn stuff from a book and it's not immediately rubbish the next year!
No undo button!While true, it's also almost like a putty, to a degree. Cut a wrong length - weld it back, cut again. :D (Well, assuming you have aligned properly, welded properly, quenched/annealed if needed). Still have to try welding though. Probably some time later this week.
Yeah, a lot of times the undo can still happen, it's just the "do" part a couple of more times
I've been learning tig welding over the last couple of years. It quickly became clear to me why being a welder is someone's entire career. Takes a lot of patience to learn to stick things together just passably
(-> m (dissoc :k) (assoc :k (:k m)) (dissoc :x)). :)
> Takes a lot of patience to learn to stick things together just passably
I heard that yeah. But I've done crocheting, knitting, wood carving, basket weaving (well, the technique - I was actually making anything from picture frames to furniture), and other things. Gives me hope that I can stick to it. :)
I bet any of that helps, at least for the patience part. For me the difficult part has been things with unequal thickness, got to heat the thicker part more to not burn a hole in the thin one, angle the torch in sometimes awkward ways, consider how feeding the filler wire cools the puddle down, and anticipate how the entire thing will play out etc. But when it goes somewhat well it is truly visceral fun!
Huh. Makes sense, thanks!
I figured I wasn't going to submit a talk proposal to the conj this year, so didn't. But the impending deadline got me thinking, and then I woke up today knowing exactly what I want to talk about. Sigh. So I guess I have a proposal to make for EuroClojure, huh? 🙂
Maybe drop this message in #C0C4WV96U and they are willing to make exceptions...? Worth a shot?
Of course I'd love to meet you at EuroClojure too
btw I do recognize this, but my regret usually comes when I see the schedule of the conf ;)
Nice thought, but it's OK. I missed the deadline. My subconscious is just trying to sabotage me. 🙂 Besides, sometimes it's nice to attend a conference without the stress of a talk
oh for sure
Also, I now have something to propose for EuroClojure. If I can make a strong enough proposal then I might get to attend my first one!
Besides, sometimes it's nice to attend a conference without the stress of a talkThis is why I stopped submitting proposals -- the last time I spoke at a conference was in 2013 after maybe two decades of giving talks 🙂
There are some good reasons why I still like to give them: • It pushes me outside of my comfort zone • I often have something I'd like to share • It keeps people aware of me for those occasions when my company goes out of business, changes direction, etc, and I need to find something quickly. • Depending on the conference (and my employer at the time), I get travel and/or accommodation covered, when I typically couldn't afford to attend otherwise.
Now that I don't have to pay airfare, I can afford the hotel + conference ticket (as long as the hotel is under $200 a night). Alexandria was way too steep!
For a long time, I've felt like I have nothing interesting to say, especially to Clojure folks.
I think that’s just the curse of knowledge speaking, @seancorfield
@seancorfield Maybe a talk on managing/moderating a slack full of Clojure folks? 😬
"How I stopped worrying, and learned to love the bomb^H^H^H^Hcommunity" 🙂 (thank you, Dr. Strangelove)
How I slayed those spambots and didn't start chatting with them
(edited to make the reference very clear)