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EPICURUS AND LUCRETIUS ON DEATH
Epicurus and Lucretius on how we may achieve happiness in face of inevitable death.
ARISTOTLE ON HAPPINESS AND VIRTUE
An essay on Aristotle’s understanding of the supreme good, its role in human affairs, and where it situates in a context broader than ourselves.
TROUBLESHOOTING PYINSTALLER
Roadblocks I encountered using PyInstaller with Windows and MacOS. As an extension of a casual request from work, I wrote a Python script.
UE4 UI OPTIMIZATION GUIDES
A collection of websites that contains optimization guidelines and inspirations for Unreal Engine 4 UI performance.
NOTES ON USABILITY ENGINEERING
Notes on Nielson’s Usability Engineering, including the definition of usability and usability trade-offs.
EXTREME PROGRAMMING NOTES
XP Programming focuses on delivering business value in every iteration.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGUES STUDY NOTES
Notes I studied from before the PL final exam in Fall 2021.
SPARK STREAMING OVERVIEW
A brief overview of Spark Streaming, an extension of the core Spark API.
THOUGHTS ON MAPREDUCE
Overview and a bit of relection on the Google MapReduce paper.
KANT'S CRITICISM OF THE FIRST PARALOGISM
Kant argues in the Transcendental Dialectic that the knowledge of the self as a substance as put forth by rationalists is in fact unreachable knowledge beyond human constitution.