Session 3: Functions, Modular Programming, and Data Structures 🖥️💡

Total Duration: 60 minutes ⏳

Goal: Students will understand functions, modular programming, and basic data structures (lists, dictionaries, and arrays) in both Python 🐍 and C++ 💻. They will apply this knowledge by building modular programs and manipulating data structures.

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Customizing Color Variables in NexT Theme

  1. Refer to Custom File Documentation
    Visit the official NexT documentation on Custom Files to understand the custom file setup.

  2. Find Color Variables
    Open the themes/next/source/css/_colors.styl file in your Hexo project. This file contains the default color variables used throughout the theme.

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Narrative Focus and Epiphanies in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Think of the typical heroic epics—like the story of Joan of Arc. These tales are elevated to a near-sacred status, yet the memories most cherished by the heroes themselves often vanish into the river of history, forgotten and overlooked.

The anime Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End adapts the manga by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, weaving a tale that begins where most epics end. (Plot summary: After a ten-year journey, a hero’s party defeats the Demon King. The story picks up long after, exploring life in the aftermath of such a legendary adventure.)

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This is an upgrade to my previous post: Rethinking Social Networks | Untitled Dream

From Social Network Idea to Universal Framework: A Journey into Decentralization

Sometimes, the best ideas start with a specific goal in mind and end up taking on a life of their own. I started working on a decentralized social network to tackle some big challenges: keeping conversations rational, protecting privacy, and reducing harmful behavior without relying on a central authority. But as I worked through it, I realized this design could go way beyond just social networking. Here’s how it all started as a concrete idea, got distilled into its core elements, and ended up as a flexible framework for decentralized interaction.

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Rethinking Social Networks

A Decentralized Approach to Moderation

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way content moderation works on social media. The current system feels distant and biased, with radical and irrational information that feed battles over trivia. So, I’ve been playing with an idea: What if we took a decentralized approach to moderation? Something that fosters trust and rational communication while cutting down on the extreme, harmful stuff we all encounter online.

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Observe Ancient Egyptian Birds in Shanghai Museum

The Nile River’s fertile plains created an environment teeming with avian life, making birds an integral part of the Egyptians’ spiritual and material world. In this document, I will walk you through some of the most important concepts of Ancient Egypt about birds, with picture I took in the exhibition On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt in Shanghai Museum.


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