Stop struggling with small talk by using the easy 'COST method'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/stop-struggling-with-small-talk-with-the-cost-method-ex1

"Excuse me... isn't this in #BASIC?"
"You don't know anything, do you? Look, we're professionals. You're not in elementary school any more. We don't use beginner's #programming languages like BASIC."
"Then what do you use?"
"#C or #Assembly, or maybe #SmallTalk."

Social skills coach shares 4 prompts to keep conversations 'rolling' so they never get awkward

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/social-skills-coach-shares-4-phrases-to-keep-conversation-rolling-so-it-never-gets-awkward

British etiquette expert shares 5 simple tips for people who think they're 'above small talk'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/people-who-hate-small-talk

Das Gefühl von Leere in einem Gespräch ist vielen vertraut. Statt solche Momente zu fürchten, helfen bewusste Techniken, eine peinliche Stille zu überbrücken und eine natürliche, angenehme Atmosphäre für den weiteren Austausch zu schaffen.#smalltalk #gesprächsfaden #kommunikationstipps #schüchternheit #überwinden #soziale #kompetenz #gesprächsthemen #lernen #gespräch #am #laufen #halten

https://bit.ly/4avVzr9

For @pharoproject #Smalltalk #Pharo devs:
Love the rewrite engine
But hate the matching rules?
Try BPatterns project
The pattern as a block
https://dionisiydk.blogspot.com/2026/02/bpatterns-rewrite-engine-with-smalltalk.html

#subjects #Smalltalk needs a deeper dive; otherwise, the initial spark fades, and the potential for a meaningful connection is lost. 🚫 https://scrollbots.com

Couldn't sleep this morning, so I decided to clean up and publish my Smalltalk-80 VM, which is now named Verdigrist.

https://codeberg.org/cliffle/verdigrist

It's not complete, but it's complete enough to poke around most of the default environment, and it appears to be significantly faster than the other "toy" (bluebook-based) implementations.

I also find it easier to understand, because I introduced types, eliminated global variables, and ensured that interpreter state is only accessible in the states where it's well defined.

Try it out and experience 1983's future!

#rust #smalltalk

Es heisst nicht "Was arbeitest du?" , sondern "Was macht dich glücklich?" #SmallTalk

#introdução #pt_br

Talvez alguém me conheça como "@edcrypt" em outras redes.

❤️ Dani e Bruna

Eu falo sobre música estranha tipo :cardiacs_lsd: #Cardiacs e as vezes sobre :pharo: #Pharo #Smalltalk e :python: #Python

:bi: #bi e #nb

#introduction

You might know me as edcrypt from elsewhere.
Experimenting with migrating to my own place here.

I'm Dani's parent, happily married and smug about it, I like weird music, I work on tech.

:python: #Python
:pharo: #Pharo #Smalltalk
:cardiacs_lsd: #Cardiacs

🌈 #bi #nb

From #Brazil

Collected this weekend's updates to my Smalltalk-80 VM into a new wasm build. (You may need to shift-reload it to get it to work if you've visited before.)

https://cliffle.com/tmp-st80/

There's now a speed selector to experience what was considered "barely usable" back in 1983 (5000 bytecodes/sec, not remotely usable by modern standards). And the VM is complete enough to run "Benchmark testStandardTests."

If you crank up the speed knob (and have enough host CPU) the standard tests complete in 537 ms, which is pretty darn fast, and compares favorably with Rochus Keller's optimized C++ VM, despite my rather naive display routines.

#Smalltalk #rust

Blog: This is not the Vibe Coding Book you are Looking for

If you love programming, the book you are looking for may be in here.

#Smalltalk #Java #EclipseCollections
https://donraab.medium.com/this-is-not-the-vibe-coding-book-you-are-looking-for-1e5577ec8f8e?source=friends_link&sk=fd79fa07b6e94f5484b56a6655ddb615

Articulate people share exactly how they mastered speaking confidently and concisely

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/articulate-people-share-exactly-how-they-mastered-speaking-confidently-and-concisely

A 3-word method can help you make relaxed small talk that doesn't feel like an interview

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/small-talk-tips-ex1

Der alljährliche Ehrenamtsempfang steht an.
Wieder einmal zwei linke Hände beim Schminken. Memo an mich: ich.kann. es. einfach. nicht! Wechsele gefühlt 20 mal die Kleidung. Aufräumen musste ich ja auch so dringend in meiner ätzenden Bude!

Alles Coping-Mechanismen, um mich vor der #Reizüberflutung, die gleich anstehen wird zu schützen: #Smalltalk bis zum Erbrechen, zahlreiche fremde Gesichter, die du auch erstmal wieder neu lernen musst einzuschätzen,
stetiges inneres Abwägen, was du wem
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Added "Interactive geometry" DKM for iStoa (http://istoa.eu)
#CuisSmalltalk #Smalltalk

@sergio_101 I absolutely agree . Web Development is about the frontend These days - Seaside is not an optimal fit for that model. I wonder what else we hav e in the #smalltalk toolbox that is widely adopted and maintained…

Using Windows Cmdlets in VAST Platform for Chksum Generation – Joachims Small World https://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/using-windows-cmdlets-in-vast-platform-for-chksum-generation/

#smalltalk #vastplatform #developers_notes

People from around the globe share 15 signs that someone is obviously an American

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/people-from-around-the-globe-share-the-15-signs-that-someone-is-obviously-an-american