Tag: Notes

Language

• Burmese language
  Spoken language : Myanmar Sagar
  Written language : Myanmar Sar
  Burmese language processing
• Chomsky hierarchy of languages
• Classification
• Computer language
• Dictionary
• Font — Zawgyi (not Unicode compliant); Pyidaungsu & others (which are Unicode compliant)
• Grammar — Myanmar Thadda by U Pe Maung Tin
• Idiom
• Keyboard
• Language processing
• Natural language
• Natural language processing
• Programming language
• Proverb
• Syntax
  Abstract syntax
  Concrete syntax
• Semantics
  Axiomatic semantics
  Denotational semantics
  Operational semantics
• Pragmatics
• Spelling
  Spelling checker
• Thesaurus
• Typewriter
• Word processor

Leader

• Do not repeat the same mistake
• Ego-less leader
• Lead by example
• Make as many mistakes as possible (to gain experience)
• Pull (instead of Push)
• Servant leader

Learning

• Fun with Learning
• Life Long Learning
• Tips

Level

• Advanced : High
• A-level (GCE) : Advanced Level
• AP : Advanced Placement
• Basic : Beginner : Introduction : Low : Primary
• General Honors
• Intermediate : Medium : Middle
• O-Level (GCE) : Ordinary Level
• Special Honors

Library

• Private
• Public
• University
• National

Like

• Before Facebook introduced emojis, some users overused the “Like” button.
• I was puzzled to see Likes in an Obituary posting.
  Shouldn’t one be sad?
• Are some users clicking “Like” without reading if the posting is current or old, and if the contents are really likeable.

Literary Talks

• Myanmar
• Irrawaddy Literary Festival

Logic

• 2VL : Two Valued Logic
• 3VL : Three Valued Logic
• ALU : Arithmetic Logical Unit
• Fuzzy Logic
• Logic Theorist
• Logical constant
• Logical expression
• Logical variable
• Predicate : Predicate Calculus
• Proposition : Propositional Calculus

Lokathana, Venerable

• U Lokanatha (1897 – 1966) was an Italian Chemist in USA.
• He received a book (containing Dhammapada) from his supervisor for Christmas present.
• After reading the Dhammapada, he decided to quit his job and become a Buddhist monk in Asia.
• He spent his life practicing and preaching in Burma & going on Dhamma Duta missions to neighboring countries.
• My grandmother donated a monastery in Bawdigone, Rangoon.

Loss

• Loss of manuscripts
  Daw Khin Mya Mu
• Lossless compression
• Lossy comprehension
• Win-Lose
• Win-Tie-Lose
• Agony of some second place finishers
  Buzz Aldrin
  Post-doc in Physics at the University of Iowa

Malware

• Malicious software industry is responsible for losses (in down time, data corruption, identity theft) in the billions.
• According to one report, the industry is more profitable and safer than the drug dealing.
• The penalty of offenders for malicious software is “peanuts” (e.g. little or no jail time) compared to drug dealers (e.g. life imprisonment and death penalty) in most countries.

Mathematics

• Discipline
• Curriculum
• Development (Concrete Mathematics, Computational Mathematics)

Mechanical Engineering

• Discipline
• U Aung Khin
• U Ba Than
• U Kyin Soe
• U San Tun
• U Tin Hlaing

Medical Pioneers

• U Ko Gyi
• U Maung Maung Gyi
• U Ba Than

Memory

• Short term memory
• Long term memory
• Associative memory
• Memory Feats (Tipitaka Sayadaw)

Metallurgy

• Discipline
• U Thit
• Dr. Saw Pru
• Dr. Khin Maung Win

Mining Engineering

• Discipline
• U Soe Khaw
• U Soon Sein
• U Win Kyaing

Models

• Physical model
• Mathematical model
• Computational model

Movies

• Myanmar
• Foreign
• Myanmar Movies Centennial in 2020

Music

• Discipline
• Musical Instruments
• Computer applications

My Dreams

• Dream big; Others can fulfill
• RIT Alumni International
• Saya Pu Zaw Pwe / SPZP
• Oral and Written History

Myanmar

• Myanmar Sagar : Spoken Burmese
• Myanmar Sar : Written Burmese
• Word Processing
• Unicode compliance

National Foreign Language Center

• Projects
• Burmese Language Project (Reading, Listening)

News

• Breaking news — Stop Press in early newspapers
• Censorship
• Current news
• Does not stand for “North, East. West, South” or “Notable Events, Weather, Sports”
• Facts
  Fact checking
• Fake news
  Biased report
  Rumor
• Internet
• News Agency
  AFP
  Reuters
  UPI
• News Agency Burma (NAB)
  Burmese section
  English section
• News Media
• Newspapers
  Burmese Newspapers
  English Newspapers
• Noun (not plural of “New”, which is an adjective)
• Online
• Radio
• Reliability
• Television

Number

• Binary number
• Complex number
• Decimal number
• Exponent
• Fermat
• Hexadecimal number
• Hindu-Arabic numeral
• Imaginary number
• Index
• Integer
• Irrational number
• Logarithm
• Mantissa
• Negative number
• Non-negative number
• Notation
• Number Systems
• Number Theory
• Numbered lists
• Octal number
• Positive number
• Power
• Prime number
• Quotient
• Ramanujan
• Rational number
• Real number
• Remainder
• Roman numeral
• Signed
• Symbol
• Ternary number
• Unsigned
• Value
• Zero

NorCal RITAA

• The EC and BOD of Northern California RIT Alumni Association met (at least) quarterly for face-to-face meetings.
• The photo is taken together with spouses and supporters.
• The background vinyl displays our alma mater.

November

• Background
• Events

Obsolescence

• Technical Obsolescence

October

• Calendars
• World Teachers’ Day
• Saya U Ba Than’s birthday
• Halloween and Pumpkin Festival
• Ockoberfest
• Occasional (Thadinkyut and Deepavali)

Option

• One should be aware of “opt-in” versus “opt-out” options.
• Many do not read “fine print”.