Currently playing a game I call: Yak or Squirrel?
A yak is a precondition to doing something I need to do. I may or may not need to shave the yak. (The difference between a jr & sr eng is knowing which yaks to shave.) But the yak exists in service to some other goal.
A squirrel, on the other hand, is a distraction. A boondoggle. A toy. A shiny new thing.
How could I possibly confuse the two? Easy. I want to believe this squirrel is a yak because then I'm justified in chasing it.
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In other news...
I spent many hours over the last few days setting up a new authoring toolchain that involves markdown in Obsidian with the Longform plugin plus pandoc to generate PDF via the Eisvogel latex template. Along the way I experimented with exporting to docx with a reference file, started using mermaid in Obsidian, and just finished installing all the google fonts locally so I can use the right fonts for my brand in the generated PDF.
So...
Yak, or squirrel? Who can say.
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@testobsessed Interesting that if you blend the two you get yirrel or, better, squak! IOW, there’s always a duck in ithe menagerie somewhere.
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@DianaOfPortland I have a secret pipe dream of producing a graphic novel starring a yak, a duck, a scurry of squirrels, and a whole horde of stunt hamsters.
Whoops. Not a secret anymore.
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@testobsessed Dang😮
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@testobsessed I've got a squirrel for you: a blog post about the final authoring toolchain. Sounds like an interesting setup, and I'd love to see the result 🐿️
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@testobsessed That seems somehow better than my usual process which is "I need this, which requires this, which requires this" in infinite recursion.
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Sometimes it doesn't matter whether it's a yak or squirrel but what you learned along the way. So, it's an elephant as they remember.
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@faassen oh that is lovely!
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Thanks!
I have found that when I do hobby projects that likely never lead to anything, I learn so much along the way it's worth it. Often in quite unpredictable ways.
It's related to why play is such an effective way to learn; playing is behavior a lot of animals want to do because it's a good way to learn.
So I started playing with programming when I was a kid and never stopped and don't regret it, though of course it's a kind of luxury to be able to play.
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@testobsessed is the floor now covered in yak shavings or squirrel entrails?
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@deivudesu Yes. And there might be a few yak entrails and squirrel shavings. Whoopsie.
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@testobsessed No surprise at the mess, especially if you tried putting the yak through the automated squirrel-shaving system…
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@testobsessed "If it fits in a rabbit hole, it's not a yak." (I'm yelling this from inside a rabbit hole.)
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@SylviaFysica oh that’s brilliant. Thank you!
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@testobsessed
Don't interrupt me! I have to test my fix I've just coded..Squirrel!🤦😂
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@testobsessed "The difference between a jr & sr eng is knowing which yaks to shave."
that is profound.
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@testobsessed Lol you just summed up my life.
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@testobsessed I sympathise - I'm in danger of ordering an ergonomic mechanical keyboard, and then of course I'd have to optimise the layout and shortcuts…
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@testobsessed So you're saying software devs are dogs?
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@mansr No, just me. SQUIRREL!
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@testobsessed
Squirrels are more fun!
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@testobsessed "definition of done" is about revealing necessary yaks, some of whom initially appear to be squirrels.
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