“Fly high Vietnam” – the final project of Scratch programming by Annie (grade 5)

“Fly high Vietnam” (“Bay Cao Việt Nam”)

The final project of Scratch programming by Annie, a grade-5 student of CS001’s course trained by STEAM FOR VIETNAM

Click on the green flag to play or go to project here.

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Live spacewalk on ISS by astronauts on mission of installing new solar arrays

After more than 20 years, the International Space Station is getting new solar arrays, and you have the chance to watch it LIVE during a spacewalk! Tomorrow, June 16 at 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC), Shane Kimbrough of NASA Astronauts and Thomas Pesquet of ESA – European Space Agency will venture into the vacuum of space for ~6.5 hours to install and deploy two roll-out solar arrays on the space station.

Live stream by NASA.


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It All Depends on the way You Look At Things

Image: Little house on the beach by SmartMarmot

One day a rich father took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son:

– How was the trip?
– Very good Dad!

– Did you see how poor people can be? The father asked.

– Yeah!

– And what did you learn?

The son answered:
– I saw that we have a
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Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers

(Source: It's FOSS)


What do you do with your old computers? The one which once had good a hardware configuration but now potentially outdated.

Why not revive your old computer with Linux? I am going to list the best lightweight Linux distributions that you can use on old computers.

Some of the distributions mentioned here are also a part of the best Linux distributions for beginners. So, you might want to check that if you’re new to the Linux universe.

While our focus is on older computers, you can also use most of these lightweight Linux distros

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There are times there is only thing to do

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"...He says: Son can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes..."

It’s nine o’clock on a SaturdayThe regular crowd shuffles inThere’s an old man sittin’ next to meMakin’ love to his tonic and gin
He says, “Son can you play me a memory?I’m not really sure how it goesBut it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it completeWhen I wore a younger man’s clothes”
La,
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STEM teaching

S.T.E.M (Science – Technology – Engineering – Math) is new educational trend which integrates multidisciplinary knowledge and skills as one program for schools. My STEM teaching locates in two areas:T (Technology) and E (Engineering). Within these areas, robotics and programming are cross-cutting domains that underpin most other fields.

Teaching kids about robotics and programming is both difficult and easy. That’s because these fields require a large amount of multidisciplinary knowledge such as Mathematics, Physics, Mechanics, Materials … plus the ability of logical and abstract thinking. Yet because children’s brains have not yet developed these abilities, it is rather difficult to Read more... “STEM teaching”

Fixing C/C++ plugin installation error on Apache Netbeans 12.x

This error originated from recent new JDK 15 release which eliminated “Unpack200” bin from the package as C++ plugin hasn’t been available anymore under new “Netbeans Distribution” term.

If you encounter this, follow steps below to fix:

Step 1: Install JDK 11

Step 2: and reinstall JDK 15

Step 3: Open Netbeans 12 > Tools > Plugins > Settings, check on Netbeans 8.2 Plugin Portal box then click Close.

Step 4: Restart Netbeans

Step 5: Install C/C++ plugin

  • In Netbeans click Tools > Plugins > Available plugins you should see C/C++ Plugin package listed back, check it and click Install
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Installation guide for adding ESP32 to Eclipse on Linux

I assume you are already familiar with Eclipse on a Linux environment (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora…). There are several ways to work with ESP32 boards, the easiest approach is with Arduino IDE. And if you are using Eclipse for coding, you can add the ESP32 plugin easily by the following steps:

Step 1: Install Arduino IDE (in case you haven’t installed it):

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install arduino

Step 2: Launch Arduino IDE and install the ESP32 package:

  • Click on File > Preferences
  • Paste the following link into the text box Additional Boards Manager URLs
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Dracula the dark theme for Netbeans

If you are a professional coder who spends most of your working time typing and looking at the screen every day, you’ll then soon realize that your eyes feel much more comfortable when you look at windows with light text on a dark background, rather than looking at dark text on a light background. Additionally, today’s screen technology mostly uses LED technology which consumes more power in bright pixels. Therefore, displaying a dark background that takes up a large area of the windows will also help your laptop save a great amount of power.

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Christmas 1915

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1915 on Christmas Day
On the western front the guns all died away
And lying in the mud on bags of sand
We heard a German sing from no man's land
He had tenor voice so pure and true
The words were strange but every note we knew
Soaring or the the living dead and dammed
The German sang of peace from no man's land

They left their trenches and we left ours
Beneath tin hats smiles bloomed like wild flowers
With photos, cigarettes, and pots of wine
We bult a soldier's truce on the front line
Their singer was 
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Life is too short to procrastinate.

When you make delays over and over again to do something, or if you haven’t done something for too long, that would be hard for you to begin it. The longer you have delayed, the harder you could start it. If you still haven’t done it for even longer, you would be unable to start it anymore, and you would then merely forget it.

Don’t make delays. Life is too short for procrastination!

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