Wisdom I Pondered This Week
- “When there is silence, one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.” — Lao Tzu
- “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” — Jane Austen
- “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” — George Burns
- “We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.” — C. JoyBell C.
- “All good things are wild and free.” — Mary Davis
Things I Learned This Week
- Margarine (人造奶油/植物奶油) is a butter substitute made primarily from vegetable oils or animal fats, often used in cooking, baking, or as a spread.
- Lenny Face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is a text emoji symbol created with different types of unicode characters and text symbols.
- 凌晨是指午夜 12 點至 3 點,拂曉是指午夜 3 點至 4 點,黎明是指 4 點至 6 點,清晨是指 6 點至 8 點 [Dawn → Sunrise → Sunset → Dusk (Twilight is the time period between dawn and sunrise, or between sunset and dusk.)]
- 《龍與地下城》(Dungeons & Dragons = D&D = DnD) 是世界上第一個商業化的桌上型角色扮演遊戲 (TTRPG = Tabletop Role-Playing Game = Pen-and-Paper Role-Playing Game),也是近代 TRPG 的開山始祖,對後世的各種遊戲,特別是 RPG 有非常深遠的影響
- In English, zero is followed by a plural form. For example, two books, one book, zero books.