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@pyrrho@mastodonapp.uk
2024-08-02 11:34:38

In 1979 my father-in-law Tom Norcross went to Hong Kong with his family to coach fencing. He was there for 15 years. Part of the brief was to set up a self-sustaining fencing programme. Unlike other expat coaches, he learned Cantonese and grew the talent of local coaches as well as fencers.
My wife's family are proud that he contributed a small part in the success of Hong Kong's recent fencing gold.
scmp.com/article/57596/obe-giv

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2024-10-05 09:00:42

Yeah, from what I've seen, this checks out. Brain fog is real & seems permanent.
COVID-19, even once, can be hugely detrimental & maybe unrecoverable.
"Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores"

The latest version of the #Unicode standard adds legacy computing symbols. The attached image shows some of them.
unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode

New Unicode symbols for legacy computing use cases.