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22,692karma·6,478submissions·October 24, 2019
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Can you please elaborate what kind of decision to make on D? It's a general purpose programming language with excellent metaprogramming capability. As a comparison, has Python decided what it wan…
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Have you tried D language? The D language author is the same author of Zortech C++, the first native C++ compiler for 16/32 bit MS-DOS. Perhaps if you have any problems in compilation, he probabl…
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Perhaps we can go back in history a little bit further. The name Vietnam most probably based on Nanyue or Nam Viet a small little known kingdom created by Qin Dynasty deputy General, name Zhao Tuo or …
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Software Carpentry community [1] has a few very good tutorial guides and workshops for those who are new to R. Their main aim is for teaching basic laboratory skills for research computing. Others who…
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Check out ETJ English Channel and it's focusing on British English pronunciation: https://youtube.com/c/ETJEnglish …
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The newly launched Hyundai EV car Ioniq 5 supports charging and can provide electricity source to other electrical appliances including other EV. This feature is officially called Vehicle-to-Load or V…
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I am not convinced that Dr Wu's mask during the Machurian epidemic is closer to N95 quality than our surgical mask with various ASTM rated level 1, 2 and 3 standards. If you have any credible ref…
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Based on the design and capability, I doubt Dr Wu original mask back in the pandemic was even close to N95 mask in filtering the air probably closer to the surgical mask of today, if not worst. The N9…
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Obligatory story on Manchurian plague epidemic regarding how surgical mask come to be a standard requirement during the treatment of any airborne disease [1][2]. Mind you that the original surgical ma…
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Previous discussions regarding the issues on HN: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27140251 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27121918 …
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Very interesting read on a phenomenon that once was considered a myth. This reminds me of the Quranic story mentioning the rogue like ocean waves during the prophet Noah sailing thru the sea during th…
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Previous discussions on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26601841