About Me O Mnie
Hello! I'm a 21 year old uni student, currently right at the end of my "social informatics" undergrad program. For a loooooooooooong WHILE i've been interested in the way people interact with computers - I spent quite a bit of time in the peripheral rabbit hole, to the point where I made my own keyboard layout (!!! it's extremely useless BUT neat!). Peripherals are not all I'm interested in though, for a while there I was really into handheld video game consoles (and how they've evolved overtime), which, once again is very useless, but also quite neat! I love linguistics, too, and specifically the part of linguistics that relates to learning languages. I know Polish, English (C2-ish?), enough Ukrainian to have read a book in the language back in 2024 (袥邪芯胁邪泄 by Kateryna Kulyk), and have been flirting with a little bit of Italian recently. I'm also on the way to publishing a scientific article on language acquisition in video games, which should be out by the end of 2026. I used to be a MASSIVE Nintendo fan (a big mistake) and have played basically every single Pokemon and Zelda game that exists. I still love these franchises, especially the atmosphere of some of these games (completely agree with Internet Pitstop on YouTube as far as atmosphere in gaming) If you want to know more about my professional work stuff, here's my LinkedIn, you won't find that type of stuff on this website.
Hejka! Jestem 21-letnim studentem informatyki spo艂ecznej AGH (chocia偶 ju偶 w艂a艣ciwie ko艅cz臋 1 stopie艅). Od kiedy pami臋tam by艂em bardzo zainteresowany tym, jak ludzie wchodz膮 w interakcj臋 z komputerami - mega du偶o czasu sp臋dzi艂em czytaj膮c o urz膮dzeniach peryferyjnych, a偶 do momentu kiedy zrobi艂em w艂asny uk艂ad klawiatury (!!! jest to bardzo bezu偶yteczne, ale r贸wnie偶 fajne!). Urz膮dzenia peryferyjne to nie wszystkie rzeczy oko艂o-cz艂owieko-komputerowe, kt贸rymi si臋 interesowa艂em - przez d艂ugi czas ciekawi艂em si臋 przeno艣nymi konsolami (i tym, jak zmienia艂y si臋 na przestrzeni czasu), co, znowu, nie jest mo偶e najbardziej u偶yteczne i produktywne, ale mega mnie interesowa艂o. Innym moim zainteresowaniem jest j臋zykoznawstwo, a w szczeg贸lno艣ci ta cz臋艣膰 j臋zykoznawstwa, kt贸ra odnosi si臋 do uczenia si臋 j臋zyk贸w obcych. Znam polski, angielski (C2), przeczyta艂em po ukrai艅sku ksi膮偶k臋 w 2024 (袥邪芯胁邪泄 Kateryny Kulyk), a od jakiego艣 czasu zacz膮艂em powolutku prac臋 nad w艂oskim. Je艣li wszystko si臋 uda, to do ko艅ca 2026 b臋d臋 mia艂 opublikowany artyku艂 naukowy o przyswajaniu j臋zyk贸w obcych w grach wideo. Kiedy艣 by艂em BARDZO du偶ym fanem Nintendo (by艂 to b艂膮d) i w tamtym okresie przeszed艂em w艂a艣ciwie wszystkie Pokemony i Zeldy, jakie tylko istnia艂y. Wci膮偶 bardzo lubi臋 wraca膰 do tych gier, szczeg贸lnie ze wzgl臋du na ich klimat i vibe (ca艂kowicie zgadzam si臋 z Internet Pitstop, je艣li chodzi o klimat w grach) Je偶eli chcesz si臋 dowiedzie膰 wi臋cej o moich rzeczach zawodowych, to tutaj jest LinkedIn, tutaj tych rzeczy nie ma.
Komputer Computer stuff
Po wielu latach pr贸bowania odej艣cia od Windowsa wreszcie mi si臋 to (chyba) uda艂o. Nie podoba mi si臋 to, 偶e MS Windows staje si臋 po prostu coraz gorszy - szczerze nie chc臋, 偶eby ktokolwiek wpycha艂 mi do gard艂a Copilot, ani 偶eby m贸j system operacyjny korzysta艂 z moich danych w wi臋kszym stopniu, ni偶 ja korzystam z mojego systemu operacyjnego. Wci膮偶 mam gdzie艣 w komputerze system Windows, ale nie u偶ywam go w艂a艣ciwie nigdy (jest tylko w razie potrzeby, gdybym jakich艣 program贸w nie m贸g艂 odpali膰 na Linuxie). Obecnie korzystam z CachyOS ze 艣rodowiskiem Gnome. Pr贸bowa艂em COSMIC, ale by艂 zbyt nowy i troch臋 rzeczy na nim nie dzia艂a艂o. Pr贸bowa艂em r贸wnie偶 KDE, kt贸ry by艂 ca艂kiem git, ale nie podoba艂 mi si臋 wizualnie. Poza tym kiedy艣 u偶ywa艂em tiling window managera (swayfx), ale szczerze nie mia艂em si艂y konfigurowa膰 dos艂ownie wszystkiego od podstaw, i wola艂em lekko dostosowa膰 Gnome do swoich potrzeb. W sumie bardzo polecam Linuxa - zdecydowana wi臋kszo艣膰 rzeczy dzia艂a, nawet gry dzia艂aj膮 na karcie Nvidii (kt贸r膮 mam), a je艣li chodzi o gry multiplayer z antycheatem kt贸re nie dzia艂aj膮 (np Valorant), to tak w艂a艣ciwie to jest plus Linuxa, 偶e nie mog臋 na nim gra膰 w Valorant.
After many years of trying to quit Windows I think i've finally managed to do it. I really don't like how MS Windows is just getting worse and worse - like look, I really don't want Copilot being shoved down my throat, and I hate how Windows uses my personal data more than I use Windows as an OS. Like, I still have it somewhere on my PC, but that's only in case I ever come across software I NEED to open but can't on Linux, and 100% of my daily computer use is on Linux. Which, right now I'm using CachyOS with the Gnome Desktop Environment. I tried COSMIC, but it was waaaay too new and some things didn't work on it, and I also tried KDE, which was good but honestly felt very bland and boring. Besides that, at some point in the past I tried tiling window managers (swayfx), but like, honest to God, configuring EVERYTHING on your own and not even having a notification daemon out of the box was so annoying, that i'd rather just slightly adjust Gnome to fit my needs. I do recommend Linux - the vast majority of things "just works", even most video games work on my Nvidia GPU, and, honestly, as for the video games that don't work (such as Valorant), it's a selling point for Linux that you can't play Val on it.
Gry wideo Video games
Gram w艂a艣ciwie od dziecka, ale mam kilka wspomnie艅 zwi膮zanych z grami, kt贸re s膮 dla mnie szczeg贸lnie spoko. I nie m贸wi臋 tutaj o jakich艣 sukcesach w grach kompetetywnych, bo nawet je艣li uznamy bycie top 1 na 艣wiecie za sukces, to z mojej perspektywy to wspomnienie po prostu znik艂o i nie ma ju偶 dla mnie 偶adnego znaczenia. To, co ma znaczenie, to wspomnienia zwi膮zane z konkretnymi sytuacjami - pami臋tam, jak gra艂em w swoje pierwsze Pokemony (Pokemon X) przez 艣wi臋ta Bo偶ego narodzenia, i jak tu偶 po Wigilii 艂apa艂em Mewtwo, oraz jak bardzo ten proces u艂atwi艂 Venusaur. Pami臋tam r贸wnie偶, jak podczas swoich matur ogrywa艂em po raz pierwszy Tears of The Kingdom - gr臋, kt贸ra wzbudzi艂a we mnie zainteresowanie Zeld膮, i gr臋, przez kt贸r膮 nast臋pne dwa lata po艣wi臋ci艂em na granie we wszystkie Zeldy, kt贸re tylko mog艂em znale藕膰. Pami臋tam wreszcie, jak po raz pierwszy w wieku 7 lat gra艂em w Minecrafta w wakacje i budowa艂em swoj膮 pierwsz膮 baz臋 wewn膮trz minecraftowej g贸ry. Jedno podsumowanie, kt贸re tutaj mam, to to, 偶e moje ulubione gry wideo to nie najlepsze gry wideo, w jakie gra艂em - to gry wideo, w jakie gra艂em w najlepszych sytuacjach.
I've been playing video games ever since I was a small kid, and I do have some specific memories that I particularly cherish. And look, I'm not talking about some incredible achievements in competitive games, cause even if we consider being top 1 in the world a success, from my point of view that memory just disappeared and doesn't matter to me at all. What matters, however, are memories related to very specific situations in my life. I vividly remember playing through my first Pokemon game (Pokemon X) during christmas, and how right after Christmas Eve I was trying to catch Mewtwo - Venusaur, my absolute GOAT, made it so easy. I remember playing Tears of The Kingdom for the first time during my high school finals, and that game was SOOOO GOOD, that it singlehandedly made me interested in Zelda game and it was why I spent the next 2 years trying to play every single Zelda game I could find. And then, I also remember first playing Minecraft when I was 7 - that's when I built my first Minecraft base inside a mountain. I have one conclusion from all this - my favourite video games are not the best video games I've played, but instead the video games I played during very memorable parts of my life.
Muzyka Music
Generalnie to im d艂u偶ej 偶yj臋 na tym 艣wiecie, tym bardziej podoba mi si臋 rap, i nie wiem, co z tym fantem zrobi膰. Ostatnio sporo s艂ucham Taco, w szczeg贸lno艣ci "LATARNIE WSZ臉DZIE DAWNO ZGAS艁Y" i podoba mi si臋 to, 偶e przy ka偶dym przes艂uchaniu znajduj臋 jakie艣 nowe smaczki. Ale tak ca艂kowicie szczerze to muzyki s艂ucham bardzo niewiele, w艂a艣ciwie tylko kiedy jad臋 autobusem, wi臋c i na rap nie po艣wi臋cam du偶o czasu.
The more time I spend on this planet, the more I like listening to rap, and I'm not sure what to do with this condition. Recently I've been listening to quite a bit of Taco Hemingway, especially his newest album - "LATARNIE WSZ臉DZIE DAWNO ZGAS艁Y" and the thing I like the most about it is that every single time I listen to it I can pick up on some new things I didn't pick up on before. Although, to be perfectly honest, I listen to music very little, basically only whenever I'm taking the bus home or to uni, so I don't spend that much time on rap either.