My name is Long Nguyen. I am a Front-End Web Developer obsessed with UX. I am experienced in building simple, clean and user-friendly websites for clients across the globe. Reach me on Instagram or Twitter or by email long@longzero.com.
As a Canadian, the conversion to US dollars is SO expensive and I don't even have foreign exchange fees. In addition, things in the USA are so expensive. The only thing that my Canadian ass considers cheap is gas, but everything else is so expensive that it doesn't even matter.
Unless there is some medical issue, there is no reason to worry about weight.
In the event of an invasion of Denmark, based on treaties and accords, the USA is supposed to defend Denmark, thus, the absurdity of the USA's invasion of Denmark.
Voting for conservatives means voting everything to burn just like Los Angeles
Organized crime is governing the USA.
It's pretty amazing that scientists say it's too dangerous and stop themselves. It kind of makes me wonder at what point will humans stop themselves before reaching Terminator. More about it: Mirror life A new report warns of serious risks from ‘mirror life’ Confronting risks of mirror life Scientists warn that 'mirror life' could destroy life on Earth. Read this before you panic
Ça fait du bien de rire comme ça. Let's go Alban!!
Capitalism doesn't care about people. Capitalism doesn't care about the environment. “[...] what we have are basically large powerful corporations working together with financial institutions, with very powerful governments to protect to protect their own interests and their wealth and power at the expense of the public interest. That is not a free market democratic system, that is an oligarchic…
Ça affecte tout le monde, même si on n'y participe pas. Cet hiver, je me suis promené constamment entre l'Arizona et la Californie, alors j'ai constamment changé d'heure. C'est important, parce que ça influence l'heure des réunions. Au début, je n'y pensais pas trop en me disant que ça fait partie des défis de la vanlife et de travailler avec l'heure de l'est. Maintenant qu'on s'approche du…
Something unexpected is happening in 2024: I'm meeting new people and I'm enjoying it. Wanting and enjoying meeting new people has not been a personality trait of mine since 2012. My enjoyment of 2024 started in January with Vanlife Pride. Those people were damn amazing and that led to an increase of 100 more people I follow on Instagram. Now, I'm meeting new colleagues virtually and trying to set…
2024 is not the same as 1824, but one thing that remains important is reputation. The way you think of a company or a person changes when they trick you, doesn't it? When it comes to UX, there is this thing called dark patterns and this is one of them that I just faced. I want to bring your attention to the buttons while knowing that my will is to cancel auto-renewal and the purpose of the page is…
I watched Clueless (1995) for the first time in my life and less than 10 minutes in, I already loved the movie. I am glad I watched it for the first time as an adult who cares about social issues, because if I saw it as a teenager, I would have dismissed it as just a regular movie. How is it that almost 30 years after the movie's release, all the social issues addressed in the movie remain barely…
The crazy thing about wildfires isn't how big they are, how frequently they show up, how early they show up, how many there are or how far they reach. The crazy thing about wildfires is that despite all aspects getting more and more intense over time, humans keep behaviours that scientifically make climate change more intense. Namely, those behaviours are: driving cars when you don't have to…
Ah. cette auto... Elle va me manquer. I don't get attached to things, but this car... This car will forever be associated with my summer 2022. Alas, the right thing to do, for the future I want, is to find a different vehicle. At the time I write this, I still own it, but I feel the end is nigh. At only 144 000 kilometers, it still has a very long life, but it won't be with me. It is absolutely…
It used to be called AAAAAHHHH. Then it became Boycotting. Then it became Cancelling. The next letter is D... Maybe the next word will be... Dropping? Then Eliminating. Then Fuck it/them/him/her. It's all the same crap. So many people talk about cancel culture like it was created in this century. The idea behind the word “woke” isn't new either. None of this is new. It's like painting an old house…
Kaleidoscope is a series which you can watch in any order. In fact, Netflix doesn't show the same order for everybody; each episode is a colour. At the suggestion of lead actor Giancarlo Esposito, I watched the white episode last and he is so right. There is no other episode that could serve as the “ending”. Other episodes can truly be mixed up, but if the white episode isn't last, I feel like I…
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash I am very much against self-care as it is currently pushed. Specifically, it currently pushes “me me me me me me” as if there isn't an individualistic problem within humanity and individualism without thinking of others is what I am really against. I have noticed at the turn of the year, advocates of self-care really take advantage of seasonal depression and the…
Beware of biases from artificial intelligence, because it is an intelligence. As such, it has biases that likely come from its “parents” (creators) and from what it has been exposed to. I asked it to make up a short story about phở (Vietnamese soup) and it gave a story with a character named Jake. I asked for another story and the character was Maria. I asked again and the character was Jenny.…
In a world where students can use artificial intelligence to write their homework, I think we can't come to any conclusion yet, without decades of study. On the other hand, there is one thing that I believe we can do immediately and that is to push and encourage to write well and to improve. In my example in the screenshot, I wasn't happy with the paragraph I wrote, so I used AI to give me a…
Ça fait 12 semaines que j'habite dans une petite auto. Here is what I know: the pursuit of freedom and independence is futile, stupid and foolish, on an individual scale as well as on an international scale. I am talking to you people who think you don't need anybody to do anything and to validate yourself. You need people, specifically, you need to figure out in what ways you need people and in…
Bonjour tout le monde! Le semaine dernière, c'était le début de ma première semaine de travail sur la route. C'était une excellente semaine marquée par la joie de vivre et l'accomplissement du travail comme si je n'étais même pas parti. C'était facile, parce que ce n'était pas mon premier séjour en Gaspésie. Le mélange de travail et beau paysage était vraiment spécial et demandait (demande encore)…
Bonjour tout le monde! Aujourd'hui est ma première journée de travail sur la route. Pour les personnes qui ne le savent pas (pratiquement tout le monde 😛), j'ai quitté Montréal vendredi après le travail et je passe les prochains mois à faire le tour de l'Amérique du nord (sur la carte, les points bleus servent de guides sans nécessairement être des destinations) tout en continuant de travailler.…
Jurassic Park (1993) was good on many levels, including feminism. It called out sexism by literally including the word “sexism” in a context of calling it out. It also had a girl tech nerd who insists on being called a hacker and she had her part to play in saving everybody. While I praise the effort, the movie isn't without issue: it's full of white men and the presence of characters who aren't…
Cette graine de partir a grandi énormément et rapidement. J'ai vraiment peur de mon «déménagement». J'ai l'impression que ça sera une renaissance et je suis un fœtus en ce moment; ma date de «naissance» est estimée au 27 mai. L'énorme différence est que je suis un fœtus avec une conscience qu'il va naître et je ne suis pas sûr si je veux une vie ou pas. Mon plus gros problème n'est plus…
I told a friend I didn't need to watch this because it's reality and I recognize reality. How do I know that? Because I addressed in my own life two huge things that help create a better environment for humans and all creatures: food and transport. Food, by stopping to eat meat. Transport, by starting to ride an electric unicycle. Then, I watched it and this quote by Leo's character really…
Season 1 was about #MeToo. Season 2 takes place in winter-spring 2020 in a USA in which Biden wasn't elected yet and is being declared a pandemic. That context is important to notice small scenes like the one where a racist idiot yells at an Asian person in the streets. While the previous season was about sexual harassment, this season is about everything else which is a lot. This season contains…
What I am typing is about the messaging of people who push “Do you”. When it comes to self-care, one of my issues is people pushing it don't talk about caring for others as one of the greatest element of self-care. The topic of aging is a little related in the sense that some people care in a way that uses a lot of plastic surgery and all sorts of treatments and there are those who care in a way…
Going through this article is like reading a sequel to the documentary The Social Dilemma. Year after year, there is really nothing good about this network and it feels a lot like if Meta is a leader of the metaverse, it will be universe full of hate, racism, sexism, misogyny, etc; basically, a 3D version of the negativity already present on Facebook. “When Trump's post about shooting looters was…
«Lundi, par exemple, certains individus ont jeté des bouteilles vers les policiers, ou ont allumé des feux d’artifice.» Reference/Trigger: L’utilisation d’irritants chimiques par le SPVM après les victoires du CH critiquée Reading this, combined with the heavy rain that just took place, gives me the idea that cops should wear a body armor during these events, especially cops on bikes. When they…
I encourage you to remember when you were a younger person before you could drive a car, remember how you went from one place to another. My hope is that you realize you never needed a car and you don't need one now, at least not every day; not even most days. Traffic isn't caused by anything other than those who are in it. If you go to the Old Port tonight with your car, you are a fool. By the…
In terms of storytelling, it's basically protagonists trying to survive while villains keep interrupting. In terms of entertainment, this movie is like watching your friends play the game, then they do an impressive fatality and you go “Holy crap! Daaaamn!” And they didn't hesitate with the blood, just like the games. However, there were scenes that could have been more disgusting. Every…
My multiple falls from my electric unicycle didn't just damage my body, but my phone is also a casualty. Last year, I starting planning for a new phone by creating a new goal in my financial app. Yesterday, my phone started acting app with its power button being oversensitive and just executing actions on its own, so the time has come to use that fund and buy a new phone. Why I chose the Google…
J'ai vu de loin un automobiliste klaxonner après un cycliste pour aucune raison sauf pour dire «Va plus vite» ou «Dégage de mon chemin». Je n'aime pas les automobilistes, particulièrement à gaz. Je n'aime pas les cyclistes non plus. Je n'aime pas les humains en général. Rien de tout ça ne m'empêche de penser envers l'automobiliste “What the crap is the matter with you!” Désolé les automobilistes,…
Dans la dernière année, j'ai porté énormément d'attention à la politique américaine et canadienne et ça me fait apprécier énormément d'être au Canada, dans n'importe quelle province. Si votre attention était similaire, vous pouvez observer qu'au Canada, peu importe le parti politique, tout le monde aurait plus ou moins agi de la même manière envers la COVID-19. En juste quelques mots, tout le…
Assis devant mon ordi avec les projets sur lesquels je travaille, mais je ne tape rien... À la place de taper, mon cerveau voyage dans le temps avec des souvenirs des beaux moments et des moments moins beaux, des moments majestueux et des moments simplementt horribles; et je me surprends à rire à voix haute... 😆 Malgré que j'adore la solitude, je dois admettre que beaucoup de moments qui font…
For my keyboard warriors out there, you already know how much time you can save by using a keyboard instead of a mouse. Small extensions like this one seem insignificant, but they save a lot of time.
On December 5th, 2020, I hit an unexpected pothole while riding my electric unicycle which caused a loss of balance; my legs bounced on the pedals and fell on the ground in front of my wheel which hit my right leg hard enough to cause my tibia and fibula to break. Somehow, my big toe on the right foot broke as well. This post is merely a chronological account of the healing process week after…
For some reason, YouTube suggested this video to me. Maybe Google knows I live alone between there is always only one living dot living at the coordinates where I am. At the same time, we are in a pandemic, so why would it suggest me to go to parties... Anyway, I am no stranger to going out alone. A lot of people know this about me and it's quite fun to just bump randomly into people you know.…
District 31. Je viens de voir par hasard ma première pub de la série à vie. Dans cette pub, un homme noir est emprisonné par des policiers blancs et je me demande pourquoi. Je me demande spécifiquement pourquoi c'est cette histoire qui a été choisie. Je n'ai jamais vu un seul épisode et une seule pub de cette série et cette pub ne laisse pas une bonne impression. Les chances que je vois CETTE pub,…
Week 9 day 2. A week and a half ago, after seeing me walk with a cane, a friend who has first hand experience of tibia/fibula fracture thought I had the genes of Wolverine. It is now the beginning of week 9 and I can mount and unmount my electric unicycle without holding on to anything. However, my ankle can't bend without pain, so my motorcycle boot is quite useful because it limits range of…
With online education on the rise, exacerbated by the pandemic, we can see that the cost of university is merely for a diploma—a piece of paper, because whatever we want to learn, we can do it for free through YouTube or articles written by passionate professionals. We can also do it at a cost on reputable websites like LinkedIn Learning and Skillshare. This was true before the pandemic and its…
Avec l’éducation en ligne, on voit clairement que le coût payé n’est que pour un diplôme—un morceau de papier, parce que peu importe ce qu’on veut apprendre, on peut déjà l’apprendre sur le web gratuitement avec YouTube ou des gens passionnés qui écrivent des articles ou bien en payant sur des sites comme LinkedIn Learning et Skillshare. C’était vrai avant la pandémie et son arrivée l’a encadré en…
There are individuals, teams, organizations trying to help people who have mental health issues. How about individuals, teams, organizations who research people without mental health issues to prevent and help mental health issues? I'm asking because I want to volunteer to help. I want to be studied, because if there is a brain you can't, or very difficult to, bring down, it's mine. I don't care…
Pay it forward. I don't believe if I do something for you, it means you have to do something for me and vice versa. I believe in paying it forward. When you do something for others, don't expect them to do anything for you, just hope they will do something for others. Let go.
Depuis le début de la pandémie, je vous encourage à éviter les compagnies de livraisons de bouffe. Encore une fois, je vous encourage à éviter les compagnies de livraisons de bouffes. Allez directement au restaurant. Je l'aurais fait pour vous gratuitement si j'avais deux jambes, mais bon... Gotta heal first. Dans ma situation présente avec une jambe fracturée, je préfère demander service à mes…
“Agent Orange will win.” I wish I posted that in 2016. I wasn't surprised when he did. When people don't take something seriously, they fail. In 2016, his candidacy wasn't taken seriously, so the population failed. In 2020, COVID-19 wasn't taken seriously early enough, so the human world failed. “Human world”. That's important, because the world is actually thriving.
Quand on écoute tous les partis, qu’on soit pour ou contre Trudeau et Legault, tous les autres chefs auraient appliqués plus ou moins les mêmes mesures, de la même manière que tous les leaders de la planète appliquent plus ou moins les mêmes mesures. Ça me rassure beaucoup, parce que ça signifie que les complotistes et/ou les simples gens contre les mesures sanitaires n’ont personne (aucun leader)…
The sad thing is, even after yesterday, many people will still deny the existence of white privilege. And as someone who doesn't live in the USA, I will hear a lot of “it doesn't happen here”. You should read the book “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo. I would even say that you should shut the crap up as long as you haven't read that book. “You boarded up your businesses and sent out your…
J'ai peur de ce qui peut arriver au Québec dans un futur proche, pas à cause de la COVID-19, mais à cause des humains. Vu de l'extérieur, ce qui fait peur par rapport à ce qui se passe aux États-Unis, c'est que les gens qui causent tout ce chaos sont un mélange de conspirationnistes, de gens qui pensent que la pandémie est fausse, qui pensent que les mesures sanitaires et les médias sont là pour…
“The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society. It becomes a case of either you’re with us or against us. And if you’re against us, you deserve to be ‘canceled.’ “It’s important that we’re exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion, but what we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the…