itsmemattchung

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https://mattchung.me

Father, Dancer, Writer, Engineer

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Comment · 2 months ago
This is solid reporting:

> A 6" wiener is even rarer than being 6' tall. The average erect penis length is 5.166" with a std dev of 0.654".

Comment · 3 months ago
The image of these two occurring at the same time haha
Comment · 6 months ago
It's been about 4 years since I took a compilers course (from OMSCS, graduate program) and still shutter ... it was, hands down, the most difficult (yet rewarding) classes I've taken.
Comment · 6 months ago
Don't know how you stumbled on this (or what you searched for) but this book is gold, has me laughing out loud:

> "I wake up happy, dancing all in the mirror and shit. My confidence is so high I’m practicing how to accept a job I haven’t even applied for yet."

Comment · 8 months ago
Really interesting format (and appreciate him / Guido being explicit about preferring written prose over [audio] podcasts).

> I remember my niece had a problem with it because her son wanted to drop out of school and pointed to me as, look, I don’t meet school, look at Thomas. And I had to go, no, no, no. I was in a unique situation where the industry was open to anyone who could do the work and I could do the work. That’s not the case anymore. So you have to finish school.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Haha I love this
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing the link. Had no clue. Funny how things came about to be; who would've known that salmon wasn't part of the foundational sushi dishes until this occurred.
Comment · 1 year ago
Holy hell that was hilarious. I can totally see that happening:

"Hey, I'm hallucinating that that house is on fire."

"Whoa, me too."

...

Comment · 1 year ago
> Had he been American, I could have conveyed the depth, breadth and velocity of my sugar consumption with a single concept: Cookie Monster, but less particular. Did they have “Sesame Street” in Austria? I feared confusing him if I asked. To play it safe, I said something even more bewildering: “Picture a monster that just ate candy all day long. That’s me.”

> Whether because of jet lag or a shortfall of resuscitative sugar compounds careering through my bloodstream, by lunchtime the first day I was so leadenly tired — even though the only other tasks I had accomplished so far were stripping off my spandex workout clothes to have my body rubbed with salt like a chicken carcass and stripping them off a second time to have my body rubbed with oil like a potato carcass

Stunning writing that had me laughing out loud throughout the entire article.

Comment · 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this. Presumably the item spacing with too large (by default) and as such, many of the icons would not display. This fixed it! Appreciate the suggestion
Comment · 1 year ago
Just skimmed the YouTube video and I'm blown away as well ... anytime my ego needs to get checked, I just scroll through HN posts. Truly impressive
Comment · 1 year ago
Okay. not knowing anything about this film, not ever hearing or seeing it, I just clicked on that diner scene and holy f*ck, that was terrifying. and thank you :)
Comment · 1 year ago
I dropped all the "branding" (what for me, I consider) non sense and when I killed off expectations and how I wanted to be perceived (online), I felt more liberated, my perfectionism quieted down (it's still lingering there), experienced less procrastination, and just starting writing again and more motivated to write for an audience of one: me.

Though I used to predominately write about tech, these days I write about my dance journey and that in itself has connected me with people all over the world, many people saying they found (house) dance classes in London via a Google Search and my tiny little blog sits at ranking #1. Totally unanticipated. Every time I have 1 person (IRL) come up to me at some event or class or workshop, I'm reminded that maintaining my blog is worth it.

Comment · 1 year ago
Totally! Feel free to message me either on Instagram (@memattchung) or email: [email protected]

I'm assuming you are referring to the software that I wrote that blurts out certain (house dance) moves to help practice foundation and transitions?

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