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Who Is This Guy Anyway?

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So you've stumbled onto this website. Maybe you clicked a link. Maybe you were lost on the internet and ended up here by accident. Either way, welcome. Let me tell you a bit about myself.

The Origin Story

I was born during a thunderstorm so dramatic that the hospital lights flickered three times. The doctor said it was just a power grid issue. My mother said it was destiny. I choose to believe my mother.

As a child, I had two great passions: taking things apart and not putting them back together. My parents' alarm clock, the TV remote, the neighbor's bicycle bell — nothing was safe. I called it "research." They called it "expensive."

The Name Situation

My name is Shuo, but I also go by Arsène. Yes, like Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief. No, I have not stolen anything of significant value. The name came from my time in France, where I quickly learned that introducing yourself as "Shuo" leads to roughly 14 different pronunciations, none of them correct. So I picked a French name that sounded cool and mysterious. It worked — people stopped mispronouncing my name and started asking if I was related to a fictional burglar instead. Progress.

Things I Am Unreasonably Good At

  • Making instant noodles taste like a proper meal (the secret is an egg and a bit of self-delusion)
  • Falling asleep on any form of public transportation within 90 seconds
  • Convincing myself that "just one more episode" at 2 AM is a reasonable decision
  • Finding the longest possible route when walking somewhere for the first time
  • Typing furiously to look productive during meetings

MBTI: INTP (The Overthinker)

I took the MBTI test and got INTP, which apparently means I'm a "Logician." In practice, it means I will spend 45 minutes analyzing whether it's more efficient to wash dishes immediately or let them "soak" (spoiler: they never just soak). I can build you a mental model of how a toaster works from first principles, but I will forget to actually make the toast. I start conversations in my head, finish them, and then get confused when the other person doesn't know the conclusion I've already reached. Classic INTP.

Things I Am Unreasonably Bad At

  • Remembering which pocket I put my keys in (answer: always the last one I check)
  • Keeping plants alive for more than three weeks (my current record is 26 days, a basil plant named "Survivor")
  • Saying no to dessert
  • Leaving a bookstore without buying something

A Day in My Life

A typical day goes something like this:

7:30 — Alarm rings. Hit snooze.

7:39 — Alarm rings again. Negotiate with myself about the meaning of "five more minutes."

8:15 — Actually get up. Stare at the ceiling and contemplate the nature of mornings.

9:00 — Coffee. The single most important event of the day.

9:05 — Open laptop. Stare at code. Code stares back.

12:00 — Lunch. Probably something involving rice, because some cultural programming runs too deep.

14:00 — The post-lunch slump. Briefly consider a nap. Drink more coffee instead.

17:00 — Realize I've mass-produced 200 lines of code and mass-deleted 180 of them. Net progress: 20 lines. Call it a productive day.

23:00 — "I should sleep early tonight." Opens YouTube.

01:30 — "How did I end up watching a documentary about deep-sea creatures?"

My Superpower

If I had to pick one superpower, it would be the ability to debug code by glaring at it hard enough. I haven't fully developed this ability yet, but I'm getting closer. Sometimes, after staring at a bug for three hours, the fix turns out to be a missing semicolon. I consider this a partial success.

Why This Website Exists

Honestly? I wanted a corner of the internet that's mine. No algorithms deciding what you see. No infinite scroll trying to steal your afternoon. Just a place where I can write things down, share what I'm working on, and maybe make someone smile.

If you've read this far, you're either genuinely interested or extremely bored. Either way, I appreciate you. Stick around — it only gets weirder from here.

Life is too short for bad coffee and boring websites.

所以你误打误撞来到了这个网站。也许你点了某个链接,也许你在网上冲浪时迷了路然后意外到了这里。不管怎样,欢迎。让我简单介绍一下自己。

起源故事

我出生在一个电闪雷鸣的暴风雨之夜,戏剧性到医院的灯都闪了三下。医生说只是电网问题,我妈说这是天命。我选择相信我妈。

小时候我有两大爱好:把东西拆开,以及把它们装回去。父母的闹钟、电视遥控器、邻居的自行车铃铛——没有什么是安全的。我管这叫"研究",他们管这叫"费钱"。

名字那些事

我叫碩(Shuo),但我也叫 Arsène。没错,就像怪盗亚森·罗宾那个 Arsène。不,我没偷过什么值钱的东西。这个名字来自我在法国的日子——我很快就发现,自我介绍说"我叫 Shuo"会引发大约14种不同的发音方式,没有一个是对的。于是我挑了一个听起来既酷又神秘的法语名字。效果不错——人们不再念错我的名字了,转而开始问我是不是跟一个虚构的盗贼有亲戚关系。这算进步。

我莫名其妙擅长的事

  • 把泡面做出正餐的感觉(秘诀是加个鸡蛋,再加一点自我欺骗)
  • 在任何公共交通工具上90秒内入睡
  • 在凌晨两点说服自己"再看一集"是合理的决定
  • 第一次去某个地方时总能找到最长的路线
  • 在会议中疯狂打字以显得很忙

MBTI:INTP(过度思考者)

我做了 MBTI 测试,结果是 INTP,据说叫"逻辑学家"。实际上,这意味着我会花45分钟分析洗碗是立刻洗更高效还是先"泡着"更高效(剧透:它们从来不只是泡着)。我能从第一性原理给你搭建一个烤面包机的工作模型,但我会忘记真的去烤面包。我经常在脑子里开始一段对话、结束它,然后困惑于为什么对方不知道我已经得出的结论。经典 INTP。

我莫名其妙不擅长的事

  • 记住钥匙放在哪个口袋里(答案:永远是最后一个检查的口袋)
  • 让植物存活超过三周(目前记录是26天,一棵叫"幸存者"的罗勒)
  • 对甜点说不
  • 空手走出书店

我的一天

典型的一天大概是这样的:

7:30 —— 闹钟响了。按掉。

7:39 —— 闹钟又响了。跟自己谈判"再睡五分钟"到底是什么意思。

8:15 —— 终于起床。盯着天花板思考早晨的本质。

9:00 —— 咖啡。一天中最重要的事件。

9:05 —— 打开电脑。盯着代码。代码盯着我。

12:00 —— 午饭。大概率跟米饭有关,因为有些文化编程根深蒂固。

14:00 —— 饭后困倦期。短暂考虑午睡。最终选择再来杯咖啡。

17:00 —— 发现自己批量生产了200行代码又批量删除了180行。净产出:20行。算是高效的一天。

23:00 —— "今晚要早睡。" 打开 YouTube。

01:30 —— "我怎么在看深海生物纪录片?"

我的超能力

如果非要选一个超能力,那就是通过瞪代码来 debug。这个能力我还没完全开发出来,但越来越接近了。有时候盯着一个 bug 三个小时后,发现问题是少了一个分号。我认为这算部分成功。

这个网站为什么存在

说实话?我想要互联网上一个属于自己的角落。没有算法决定你看什么,没有无限滚动试图偷走你的下午。只是一个我可以写东西、分享正在做的事情、也许让某人会心一笑的地方。

如果你读到了这里,你要么是真的感兴趣,要么是极度无聊。不管怎样,感谢你。留下来吧——接下来只会更奇怪。

人生苦短,不宜将就咖啡和无聊的网站。

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