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    報道指教育局擬改通識科 棄評級、剔出核心科目 教協理事:為何拿通識科開刀? – 明報

    《報道指教育局擬改通識科 棄評級、剔出核心科目 教協理事:為何拿通識科開刀?》明報

    教協真係仆街嚟㗎喎,呢啲根本唔應該存在嘅嘢,而家將佢半廢除,

    為什麼不是所有科目都變?

    因為其他科目本身存在而且有存在嘅意義囉 :o)

    反而讀過通識科的學生,可將激進、極端、無理據事情梳理得更好,學生更有理性判斷力,強調這些能力對現時香港社會重要

    有好多能力都對香港社會好重要㗎,由寫電腦程式、砌光纖網絡,到掃街、通渠,社會上缺一不可,咁係咪全部都要識晒先有得讀大學呀?

    整個教育制度朝令夕改不是好事

    咁有錯都唔改就係好事?

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    Random thoughts on the controversy regarding the Facebook page "名校Secrets"

    [Context: Hong Kong Facebook users, age 13-<~30]

    In an era where everyone is talking about blockchains, I’m surprised no-one has proposed using a blockchain-based bulletin board as an alternative to the said page.

    It would work a bit like BitMessage (though my last usage of it was about 5-6 years ago, and no pun intended), but each message is a signed cleartext broadcast instead of an encrypted message, and perhaps with the added features of quoting and/or replying to previous messages, and/or adding likes/dislikes, similar in feature to PTT.

    There are two potential problems (assuming no 51% attacks), the first being a lack of (monetary) incentive for block-writers. I don’t suppose “SchoolCoin” would attract any monetary value, so such a BBS would have to rely solely on donated processing power (kind of like Tor relays). The second problem is spam/scam. Client-side spam filters can be implemented; note however that filter rule writers may be trying to censor posts.

    Implementing an effective like/dislike / upvote/downvote system may not be straightforward. A spammer or a censor with sufficient resources can easily abuse it for their benefit. Potential mitigation: IP-address-based scoring system which reduces the importance of votes if many votes originated from the same IP address? Tor/open proxies may be used to bypass this, and reducing vote importance simply based on IP address being an exit node is being unfriendly for privacy-minded users or users suffering from large-scale internet censorship. So perhaps we can weigh votes based on past contributions, or even based on the received votes of past posts (though probably more computationally expensive to calculate). A sigmoid function may be a good choice for weighing, so that enthusiastic users won’t be given too much importance. An alternative is to have a logarithmic upper bound.

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    Comment on John Paul Stevens's opinion to repeal the 2nd Amendment

    “There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.”
    — V, V for Vendetta (2005)

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    Comments on 2018 HKDSE Chinese questions

    16/3,第一題,5:00PM

    有人認為智能電話使人成為孤島,也有人認為智能電話是孤島間的橋樑。試談談你的看法。

    (考材附有一幅獨自坐在島上的插圖)

    (Source: https://www.facebook.com/Beacon.YYLam/posts/1975075409169941)

    It’s interesting how people see “smartphones” as a thing which “connects” people.

    I prefer to call them “portable computers”, which are able to communicate with each other iff a communication link is established.

    If I were to set the question, I would replace “smartphones” with “the advancement of telecommunication technologies and digital electronics”.

    22/3,第二題,6:30PM

    如果一天由24小時增加至27小時,增加三小時,你認為香港人生活會變得更好還是更壞?試談談你的看法。

    (Source: https://www.facebook.com/Beacon.YYLam/posts/1983487261662089)

    根據國際單位制(SI),”hour”(「小時」)及”day”(「日」或「天」)之定義均為秒的倍數,而秒則定義作銫133原子基態的兩個超精細能階間躍遷對應輻射的9,192,631,770個週期的持續時間,與地球自轉速度無關。惟人類及其他動植物的生活特性以日出日落之時間作基礎,故改變「天」之定義對人類生活絕無影響。人類只會再發明另一與地球自轉週期相約之單位,並於日常生活中改用該單位。

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    Log of noisy/disruptive behaviour at C Pearce Hostel

    2018-03-02T01Z Awoken by loud noises. Saw people gathering in the corridor outside C5 Pearce Hostel. Asked them to shut up.

    2018-03-04T23:25Z Loud noises. Few people in corridor, several (~10) in the room next to C5. Been told it is a party room. Asked them to quiet down, reminded a party participant that college regulations require parties to end before 23:30.

    2018-03-05T00:40Z Occasional loud screams and laughs could still be heard. Saw some of the participants (same people as those seen at 23:25). One of them promised to leave immediately.

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    男子北角涉刑毀私家車被捕 - RTHK

    乜嘢標題嚟…

    《男子北角涉刑毀私家車被捕》 RTHK 即時新聞
    #父涉姦兒子女友被捕

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    Nyaa Comments RSS Generator

    Currently, Nyaa.si provides no way to notify users of new comments. I have written a server-side (HTTP) script which parses the comments and constructs an RSS feed (actually an Atom feed, but people seems to uses them interchangeably).

    The script is hosted on https://nyaacomments.tk and the source code is available on GitHub.

    Usage instructions are available at the hosted URL.

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    Fact: HKBU's website blocks Tor exit nodes

    Screenshot of HKBU's website blocking Tor exit nodes
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    香港電台暑期實習職位

    乜而家讀電子電訊都要識AutoCAD…

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    煙花匯演配1812

    我有冇聽錯?煙花匯演配1812?反了? #VForVendetta

    P.S. 原來唔係第一次,我亦唔係第一個發現

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