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Hey, this blog has a new name
In case you noticed this blog has a new name and logo, and you thought “this blog got hacked,” fret not. The new name, Mental Break Town, is on purpose.
“But that’s exactly what a hacker would say!” you protest.
Okay, okay, in that case, if I start trying to sell you fake Rolexes, phish you, or spread hate speech, then you’ll know I got hacked. 😉
But why the name change?
Well, patmcg.com was basically just my name, and the blog needed a new name that isn’t about me. It’s about stuff I’m interested in, and hopefully stuff you’re interested in.
Also, this a just a blog and not a company, so I dropped the .com in favor of .blog.
So, I thought of a new name, and luckily the domain name was available. Done. ✔️
Swift dump and diff
I came across this handy utility from the folks at Point-Free, for those times when standard Swift and the Xcode debugger are being a bit too verbose and making debugging hard.
This utility provides a more concise object-to-string dump for your debugging fun.
Even more interestingly, it provides an object diff feature. 🤯
“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
I like this quote from a Mr. Miyamoto Musashi, “a 17th-century Japanese samurai, artist, and writer known for his undefeated fighting record and philosophical work.” Wow, talk about #goals. 🤯
Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
Miyamoto Musashi
He must have been onto something. Yes, the world matters; everything matters. But don’t weigh yourself down personally with it. You are definitely not going to win a lot of sword fights if you do.
This description goes on to say that “After retiring from dueling, the swordsman turned to his community, mentoring students and sharing wisdom through his writing.”
Okay, I have a new hero ✔️ and a new retirement plan ✔️.
“He believed in us, in our power, in our future and that we deserved better.”
Within days of his death in a Siberian prison, Russian pro-democracy leader Aleksei Navalny’s previously quiet wife, Yulia Navalnayax, is out there giving a rousing speech. She vows to carry on his fight and gives an inspiring vision of what a free Russia could be like.
I mostly try to stay out of current news and politics, but this speech is notable for a couple of reasons.
First, unlike the current management, she shows courage, grace, and dignified leadership. 💪
Secondly, she’s showing us that being a actual patriot rather than, say, a selfish dictator, is good or everyone – no matter what country you are from. 🇺🇸🇷🇺
Aleksei more than anything else on earth loved Russia, loved our country and you all. He believed in us, in our power, in our future and that we deserved better.
And finally… wow, what a thing for a wife to do while mourning her husband’s death. Carry on the fight. Amazing.
Mental Break Town 