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1. Chinese Python: “Translating a programming language”
   5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2009-11-30
2. Starting data analysis with R: Things I wish I'd been told
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-10-14

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1. houshuang · 2015-08-28

   Just wrote something on [sending errors by emails]( http://reganmian.net/ ). The full code is here: https://github.com/houshuang/survey , including my job module https://github.com/houshuang/survey/blob/master/lib/job_work... . The code worked well for me, mostly because it registers errors and retries (I had problems with rate-limiting of Amazon SES), however it's not parallel right now. I will probably rewrite it…

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   on “Phoenix 1.0”
2. ingve · 2014-11-23

   Submitted Starting data analysis with R: Things I wish I'd been told as a story · 116 points

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3. fxj · 2019-10-25

   This is valid python3, try it out. 數字 = 23 運行 = True 假 = False 整數=int 輸入=input 印出=print while 運行: 猜測 = 整數(輸入('輸入一個數字: ')) if 猜測 == 數字: 印出('恭喜, 你猜對了.') 運行 = 假 # 這會讓循環語句結束 elif 猜測 < 數字: 印出('錯了, 數字再大一點.') else: 印出('錯了, 數字再小一點.') else: 印出('循環語句結束') 印出('結束') See: http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/11/21/chinese-python-translat...

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   on “قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic”
4. sailormoon · 2009-11-30

   Submitted Chinese Python: “Translating a programming language” as a story · 26 points

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5. fxj · 2019-10-25

   there is chinese python. http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/11/21/chinese-python-translat... I bet there are IoT devices out there that use it already. For example: #!/usr/bin/env zhpy # 檔名: while.py 數字 = 23 運行 = 真 當 運行: 猜測 = 整數(輸入('輸入一個數字: ')) 如果 猜測 == 數字: 印出 '恭喜, 你猜對了.' 運行 = 假 # 這會讓循環語句結束 假使 猜測 < 數字: 印出 '錯了, 數字再大一點.' 否則: 印出 '錯了, 數字再小一點.' 否則: 印出 '循環語句結束' 印出 '結束' which translates to: #!/usr/bin/env python # File name: w…

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   on “قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic”
6. houshuang · 2014-10-14

   Submitted Starting data analysis/wrangling with R: Things I wish I'd been told as a story · 10 points

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7. houshuang · 2013-07-25

   This is very neat. I think this kind of time tracking can be very useful, especially for people in professions that are very self-directing, and provides a mix of short-term and long-term projects. I'm a PhD student and I've been playing around with setting up my own systems ( http://reganmian.net/blog/2013/03/16/unobtrusive-time-tracke... and http://reganmian.net/blog/2013/03/29/time-tracker-one-week-o... ). A bunc…

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   on “10 Months at Harvard, Quantified”
8. steveklabnik · 2014-02-04

   Submitted Chinese Python: Translating a programming language (2008) as a story · 10 points

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9. houshuang · 2013-01-16

   Let me know if you want to discuss further - I've lot's of ideas, but not able to make most of it happen by myself. For example, here are a bunch of (unfinished) notes about an open alternative to Google Scholar, and open social API to share citations/notes, etc. http://reganmian.net/wiki/ideas_for_scrobblr

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   on “In memory of Aaron Swartz: a collection of PDFs from PDFtribute”
10. houshuang · 2013-09-30

    Submitted Fun with Julia, Metaprogramming and Sublime Text as a story · 5 points

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11. houshuang · 2013-01-15

    As long as these PDFs are exposed publicly (and linked to, which a tweet with or without #pdftribute will take care of), they will mostly be indexed by Google Scholar, which does a decent job of extracting metadata using heuristics etc. Of course, it would be much better if people started embedding machine-readable metadata in PDFs (totally possible, see for example http://code.google.com/p/pdfmeat/ ), and if there…

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    on “In memory of Aaron Swartz: a collection of PDFs from PDFtribute”
12. ph0rque · 2011-03-25

    Submitted Open Courses done right: Saylor Foundation as a story · 5 points

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13. meric · 2015-05-04

    The first solution that came into my mind, type using strokes. Here is a list of 11 strokes: http://www.121chineselessons.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/... Every word's strokes has a pre-determined "correct" order. Once you list out the word's strokes, there are only a a couple of possibilities of characters left. A blog post on `Chinese Python`. http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/11/21/chinese-python-translat...

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    on “Names of the chemical elements in Chinese”
14. houshuang · 2014-10-04

    Submitted Supporting idea convergence through pedagogical scripts and Etherpad APIs as a story · 4 points

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15. csande17 · 2026-03-14

    It's been tried with Chinese Python back in the early 2000s: http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/11/21/chinese-python-translat... It never really took off. I think because computers already require users to read and type Latin letters in lots of other situations, and it's not that hard to learn what a few keywords mean, so you might as well stick with the English keywords everyone else is using.

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    on “Show HN: Han – A Korean programming language written in Rust”
16. houshuang · 2014-04-16

    Submitted Creating Anki cards for Russian Coursera MOOC with stemming and frequency lists as a story · 4 points

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17. houshuang · 2013-02-12

    Here are a bunch of screenshots of my self-built academic productivity system - focused on reading PDFs, taking notes, extracting to a wiki, working on notes etc. http://reganmian.net/wiki/researchr:screenshots

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    on “Show HN: your personal, self-built productivity tool”
18. soundsop · 2009-02-17

    Submitted English-Chinese dictionary based on Wikipedia as a story · 4 points

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19. houshuang · 2013-02-13

    I'll be following this post, since I'm in the same situation (well, in the middle of a graduate program, having done quant classes with SPSS, which I could never grow to like, and now discovering and learning R for my research). There's a lot of great free resources out there - I've been going on a bit of a resource hunt, and gathered lots of links here: http://reganmian.net/wiki/R . Totally unsorted dump at the mom…

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    on “Ask HN: What are some best resources for learning R?”
20. houshuang · 2015-09-03

    Submitted Sending and receiving email with Elixir as a story · 3 points

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21. houshuang · 2015-02-20

    Submitted OpenEdX and LTI: Pedagogical Scripts and SSO as a story · 3 points

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22. houshuang · 2013-10-02

    Submitted Likert-graphs in R, embedding metadata for easier plotting as a story · 3 points

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23. ingve · 2015-08-26

    Submitted Email notifications about errors in Elixir as a story · 2 points

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24. houshuang · 2014-03-10

    Submitted Parsing massive clicklogs, an approach to parallel Python as a story · 2 points

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25. houshuang · 2013-10-14

    Submitted Blogging with Nanoc: Easy workflow for embedding images as a story · 2 points

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26. ingve · 2015-05-19

    Submitted Fun with terminal and Vim macros as a story · 1 points

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27. houshuang · 2013-04-08

    Submitted Impressions from the first Coursera conference as a story · 1 points

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28. houshuang · 2013-03-28

    Submitted Show HN: Quickly insert links in Markdown based on Google Chrome history as a story · 1 points

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29. houshuang · 2013-01-26

    Submitted Making Open Access articles much more visible, automatically as a story · 1 points

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30. houshuang · 2013-01-26

    Submitted Tag-extract: A tool to automatically restructure text/outline using tags as a story · 1 points

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