programming
SQL is a very expressive and powerful language. Unfortunately, it has often been difficult to interact with database using SQL from object-oriented languages due to a mismatch of the data structures in the database versus the structures in the application programming language. One common solution to this problem where Object-relational
economics
The economy shapes much of our lives. It determines what job we can or cannot get; it determines what we can buy or cannot buy; it determines where we live; it determines what healthcare we can get; frankly there is little in our lives which is not influenced by the
life
Since the ancient times, we were interested in categorising people into categories based on their personality types. Hippocrates distinguished between the four fundamental personality types of sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic. More modern approaches identified different categories, such as Popular Sanguine, Perfect Melancholy, Powerful Choleric and Peaceful Plegmatic from the
habits
I found the system for habit tracking I adopted in July last year overall quite insightful and useful for keeping me on track for simple habits. I thus decided to continue following this system in the new year. Due to travel around Christmas and New Years it took me a
I think I was on a good track in respect to sticking to my habits in November. Alas, things didn't go so well in December: Habit Tracking December This December we were travelling first to New Zealand for a week and then to Taiwan. That made it very
death
The less time you know you have, the richer the experience of living becomes. And your whole perspective changes. All of the little, petty things fall away and you realize how truly wonderful it is to be alive, even if just for a moment. The way I see it — life
exercise
After having done very poorly on keeping to my habits in October, things have greatly improved in November. Here the overview for November: Habit Tracking November Some things to note: * Exercise: While in October, I was only able to do exercise twice due to being injured, I exercised eleven times
afterlife
By objective standards, our lives are rather drab and pointless. We are biological machines forged by billions of years of natural selection, programmed with the purpose to ensure the propagation of our genes. On a cosmic scale, our lives are insignificant and extremely short. There is little doubt that, in
exercise
Following my new system for tracking habits I have again kept track of various habits I try to follow. Here the overview for October. Habit Tracking October Overall, I didn't do very well, just like in September. Here my notes on the individual habits: * Exercise and Stretching: Since
compassion
I have already written about a practice centred on the powerful emotion of compassion. However, today I came across an interesting variation of a practice on compassion (in the book Happiness by Matthieu Ricard): one that reflects our own suffering onto others, and helps us heal from our own suffering.
open-source
In my previous three posts, I have developed a simple WebGL application using react-three-fiber and three.js. In this post, I am adding texture loading and proper lighting to the application. For reference, here the links to the previous versions of the app: * Version 1: Just being able to drag
open-source
I have recently been working on small example application using three.js and react-three-fiber. In the first two iterations, I first developed a simple draggable shape floating in space and then supported multiple shapes that can be moved on a physical plane. In this post, I am going to be