0Psychedelic Graphics
2025-03-27 •
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0Pinocchio and the Monolith
2025-03-09 • magic modular monolith pinocchio
The text describes the author's journey from losing the magic of technology to rediscovering it through building a monolithic codebase. The author's encounter with Pinocchio leads to a new life and reigniting the engine deep withi...
0Psychedelic Graphics 3: Jellyfish
2025-03-05 • animation blender visual effects
The article is part 3 of a series on creating psychedelic-looking visuals, especially for animation and games. It focuses on applying techniques in Blender to beautify animations and apply effects to video files. The author explai...
The text is part 2 of a series on creating psychedelic-looking visuals, especially for animation and games. It provides definitions of custom functions and tools for creating visually stimulating graphics. It explains various tech...
0Psychedelic Graphics 1: Rolling Hills
2025-01-22 •
The text is part 1 of a series on creating psychedelic-looking visuals for animation and games. It explains how to make something psychedelic using basic techniques and combining them to make more complicated ones. It discusses us...
0Psychedelic Graphics 0: Introduction
2025-01-22 •
The text is an introduction to a series on creating psychedelic-looking visuals for animation and games. It covers the basics of graphics programming, UV mapping, painting textures, UV coordinates, colors in graphics, and the stru...
0How Do I Compete? (Honest Question)
2024-01-25 •
The text is about the fear of competition and the struggle, and the author's personal experiences with it. The author discusses how the fear of fighting and competition has affected various aspects of their life, from applying to ...
0MAPLE
2021-01-25 •
The text is a personal account of the author's experience staying at a monastery in 2020, the Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth (MAPLE). The author describes the process of deciding to attend the retreat, the ...
0Trauma: Looking Away from the Lion
2021-01-24 •
The author discusses his fear of flying due to a past traumatic event and the methods he used to reduce his fear, including speaking to a therapist and seeking reassurance about the safety of flying.
0Friends, Not Critics
2020-09-28 •
The text discusses the balance between precision and simplicity in communication, and suggests that sharing with friends rather than critics can lead to more meaningful and effective communication.
0Bootstrapping Empathy
2020-09-18 •
The text discusses the importance of empathy and how to develop it by imagining others in moments of love and vulnerability. The author shares a personal experience in Kuwait and examples from fiction to illustrate the power of em...
0The Path to Greatness
2020-09-13 •
The text discusses the concept of front-loading life for compounding experience, the false compromise of sacrificing the present for the future, the fear of seeking financial independence, the importance of being important, giving...
0Some Matter More Than Others
2020-09-11 •
The text discusses the impact of buying power on how individuals and society value other people. It highlights the difference in perception of objects and experiences in lower cost of living countries compared to richer countries....
0Pay Attention to Attention
2020-08-11 •
The text discusses the importance of attention as a resource and the impact of external factors such as news media and corporate branding on our attention. It highlights the negative effects of misinformation and the constant bomb...
0Coming to Terms with George Floyd's Death
2020-07-26 •
The text discusses the death of George Floyd and the aftermath, including the actions of Derek Chauvin, the reactions of people, and the broader issues of racism and social inequality in the United States.
0Principles
2020-07-18 •
The text discusses Ray Dalio's book Principles, focusing on his moral philosophy of 'evolution', radical truthfulness, and the 'machine' concept. It explores the usefulness of these ideas for individuals and society, while also qu...
0Life As Science
2018-10-30 •
The author discusses the concept of treating life as a science, and how he applies a practical framework for experimenting on himself to seek deeper knowledge about himself and what he is capable of. He shares some of his most imp...
0Wrapped Up In Archetypical Roles
2018-04-07 •
The author reflects on the archetypical roles people tend to play in relationships, such as The Mentor, The Fool, The Prude, The Child, and The Enthusiast. He discusses the limitations of these roles and suggests acknowledging the...
0The Ungrateful Software Engineer
2018-04-05 •
The text is about a software engineer at Twitter who realizes he has become ungrateful for the opportunities and success he has at the company. He reflects on the hard work and effort put in by others to make the company successfu...
0Nuanced Reality
2018-03-28 •
The text discusses the complexity of social issues and the need to empathize with different perspectives. It presents opposing statements on social movements and privilege, highlighting the need to understand the nuances of realit...
0Gutturals
2018-03-10 •
The author discusses their struggle with hearing their own voice on camera and in recordings, feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable with it. They reflect on a change in perspective after listening to a podcast and teaching a class...
0Experiences of The Many
2018-03-07 •
The author discusses the limitations of traditional search engines for finding accurate and meaningful information, and how site-wide search on platforms like Reddit, Hacker News, and Stack Exchange has helped in finding reliable ...
0Honest Dating
2018-03-04 •
The author shares his experience and rules of thumb for finding a romantic relationship through dating apps. He emphasizes the importance of getting to know a person beyond their appearance and shares his own profile as an example...
0Mental Sieves
2018-03-04 •
The text discusses the concept of mental sieves, which refers to the difficulty of understanding and retaining information without a proper framework. It emphasizes the importance of investing time to learn the basics of various t...