Libations
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Work Overload
I’m definitely the type of person who likes variety in the things that I do. Recently, it feels like I’ve been basically doing the same thing non-stop. Aside from my regular job, I’ve been working on a few other software projects. Some relate to issues my friends are having that they think programming can help…
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Smartphones
The fact that I use a smartphone every single day made me forget how truly foreign these things are. Recently, I bought a phone for both my grandma and my mom. While my mom has not been particularly interested in learning how to use one, my grandma has shown a lot of engagement. My grandma,…
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‘Ugh’ Fields and Skipping School
I was reading an article about ‘ugh fields‘ today. The article discusses the consequences of negative conditioning and how activities that we push back tend to get pushed back even further. The more you keep delaying something, the less you want to do it. From my own experience, I’ve noticed this type of thinking in…
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Learning
For me, learning has always been a background activity; I passively end up acquiring the skills I need throughout life due to circumstance. When I was tripping with my friends recently, one particular friend has some interesting things to say about education, and learning. Her passion was learning new things, which fit nicely with the…
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2020/08/28
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any new updates. I can’t say that much has really changed within the last few weeks, though. Right now, I’m staying with my grandmother for a little while since I wanted to keep her company. The time here also gives me a chance to try find tenants for…
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Banff
Recently, I went on a trip to Banff that has been the unluckiest travels I’ve yet to have. Everything about the planning for the trip was jank. A couple friends and I planned to go exactly one week before our departure date. At that point, it was already July, reaching two-thirds of the year, and…
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Moving
Within my 23 years of existence, I can count on one hand the number of homes I’ve lived in for an extended period of time. The one place I’ve called home for over 20 years is my tiny apartment in Downtown, Vancouver. Recently, that has changed. So, there’s a thing in Chinese culture where getting…
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Building for Scale
Building things such that they are scalable is one of the core tenets of software development. To begin with, a lot of the value of software comes at its ability to automate tasks and handle copious amounts of I/O that would fry a human brain. Recent events have made me painfully aware of the importance…
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2020/06/14
Sometimes it feels as though the simplest things ever are also the most enjoyable. Over the weekend, I was able to accomplish a lot of small things that I’ve left unattended. They’re somewhat meaningless on their own, but it’s satisfying nevertheless to be able to finish everything on the back-burner. The current living situation I’m…
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Rites of Passage
Rites of passage have been activities which bind communities together, providing a shared experience for members within its society. I’ve been getting into reading recently and stumbled upon this paragraph. For at what other time in history did a society’s young undergo a searing rite of passage with which the previous generation was utterly unfamiliar?…
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