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Comment Re:What's wrong with Xi? (Score 1) 237

by eatsleeplim on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @03:35AM (#62054683) Attached to: In Naming Omicron Variant, Authorities Skipped 'Xi' and 'Nu'

Xi is a very common name in China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

You can see that Xi is number 23 on the list. But there are also a few others on the like that sound the same when spoken, such as multiple versions of Shi.

That's tens of millions of people in China alone.

It's not. Number 23 on the list you provided is Xie, and it does not sound like Xi at all! Neither does Shi too.

Source: I'm a native Mandarin speaker.

Comment Re:Science is not immune from hype (Score 2) 64

by eatsleeplim on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:36AM (#61262468) Attached to: How a Researcher 'Clinging To the Fringes of Academia' Helped Develop a Covid-19 Vaccine

This strikes a similar parallel to blue LEDs. LEDs have been around for ages. In 1970s the first blue-violet LEDs were invented, but weren't practical for use. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki invented high-brightness blue LEDs, and were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014. That's the tipping point, and I might argue it's the same case for Kariko.

Novell Bringing .Net Developers To Apple iPad 315

Posted by timothy on Friday January 29, 2010 @10:50PM from the odd-confluence dept.

GMGruman writes "Paul Krill reports that Apple's new iPad could be easier to write apps for, thanks to Novell's MonoTouch development platform, which helps .Net developers create code for the iPad and fully comply with Apple's licensing requirements — without having to use Apple's preferred Objective-C. This news falls on the footsteps of news that Citrix will release an iPad app that lets users run Windows sessions on the iPad. These two developments bolster an argument that the iPad could eventually displace the netbook."

Comment Re:4 Screens (Score 1) 460

by eatsleeplim on Friday January 29, 2010 @03:41AM (#30946760) Attached to: 2 Displays and 2 Workspaces With Linux and X?

I'm using 2 screens using AMD 780G (yes, it's integrated graphics) and KDE - and using fglrx. Wasn't too much tinkering to set it up. Also works similarly to the parent post: - single X Session, not using Xinerama, and maximize button stretches a single full monitor. - Able to stretch the window to full size across the 2 monitors too. - Multiple desktops to manage windows - blah blah blah. Yes, it doesn't work exactly as what the original poster asked for, but I do find the setup sufficient (at least for my needs anyways). Also, software like Yakuake to provide me a drop-down terminal (on one monitor) which works across the virtual desktops as well...

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