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Design

Modular Design: The Key to Efficiency and Consistency

Design does more than pursue visual beauty; it plays an important role in maximizing information communication and the user experience. In this process, the concept of a 'module' h

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Library & information science

Afraid to Ask: Library Anxiety

Library anxiety is the discomfort, worry, and fear people feel when they need to find and use materials in a library, and the urge to avoid asking for help that comes with it. This

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General knowledge

It Always Takes Longer Than Expected: Hofstadter’s Law

Hofstadter’s Law says that it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take the law into account. This piece covers its origin in Gödel, Escher, Bach, its recursive struc

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Logistics

The Heart of Modern Logistics: Everything About Forklifts

In modern society, logistics is like the vast bloodstream that keeps cities and nations moving. Millions of parcel boxes move every day, container ships come and go around the worl

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General knowledge

Reaching an Answer by Rough Estimate: Fermi Estimation

Fermi estimation breaks an unknown quantity into numbers you already know, roughly estimates each piece, and multiplies them to get the order of magnitude. This article covers the

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Education

The Secret of Learning That Lasts: Desirable Difficulty

Why is what we learn easily so easily forgotten? This article explains desirable difficulty, as described by Robert Bjork, covering its meaning and origins, learning methods such a

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Information technology

Programming (Coding) Syntax Overview - Commonly Used Syntax

Programming (coding) is a language used to give instructions to a computer, and it requires following specific syntax. To this end, this material will cover various syntax elements