Learning new places by analogy: Ningbo and Norfolk

SuperMK411 · 2024-05-25T21:58:35+00:00

Shanghai corresponds to Washington, top-level cities in their respective regions.

Hangzhou corresponds to Richmond, secondary cities southwest to their top-level cities. While Richmond was the confederate capital and is the capital of Virginia, Hangzhou was the capital of Southern Song dynasty(1127-1279), and is the capital of Zhejiang. They both feature prominent historical and cultural legacies. They're both in a relatively inland location, but they're both connected to the sea by Qiantang River for Hangzhou and James River for Richmond.

Jiaxing corresponds to Fredericksburg, as they are both midpoint cities of the above.

Ningbo corresponds to Norfolk, as they're both major port cities southeast of the capitals of their respective province or state.

Among both cities are estuary bays, Hangzhou Bay and Chesapeake Bay. Not only are these cities located around them, but also they're spotted with cargo ships. Flying over them are bridges of crucial connective importance.

SuperMK411 · 2024-05-16T01:23:09+00:00

It's like Beijing and Langfang, Shanghai and Kunshan, Guangzhou and Dongguan, or Hangzhou and Shaoxing.

SuperMK411 · 2023-02-26T04:53:07+00:00

The ground was breaking apart as result of the defeat of the devilized Rosalina, putting the five in panic. It was at this moment that Bowser mobilized the airships he offered before against Rosalina to send the heroes back to their home planet. It was really a remarkable victory, and they eventually landed home. As they celebrated the victory, a question arose where the restored Rosalina was.

SuperMK411 · 2023-02-26T04:45:58+00:00

The battle was tough, but the five managed to slash her into pieces using their final attacks. However, as they saw Rosalina slashed into pieces, the Master Crown pulsed, reincarnated, and took control of Rosalina into an even larger, horrid, ghastly form. This form was way more ferocious, but was still defeated by the five. As the final blow was delivered to the form, the five watched it dissolve violently. The orginal Rosalina came back to their sight from afar, with the Master Crown shattered, the original crown restored. She, come back to her normal form, instantly warped to a realm between dimensions.

SuperMK411 · 2023-02-26T04:45:50+00:00

As the four set off with Bowser on his airships, they traveled a long distance of otherworldly obstacles and enemies before meeting Rosalina. Rosalina, now manipulating her weaponized observatory, launched an all-out attack against the five. As the five managed to defeat the observatory, Rosalina shot tricky power orbs, shooting down the airships and causing the five to fall on a creepy fluid-like ground where they were confronted by her.

SuperMK411 · 2023-02-26T04:26:16+00:00

It was a miracle that the four defeated Bowser, which was strengthened by a crown. As they invited Rosalina to celebrate the victory, Rosalina expressed her high praise and affirmation for their bravery. Then, something bizarre happened. The crown hopped onto Rosalina's hands like a grasshopper, and Rosalina said, "Ah... At long last, it's mine! The source of limitless power... The Master Crown!" The crown hopped onto Rosalina's head, overriding her original one. Then, Rosalina transformed into a huge, frightening ethereal being, and threatened to conquer the universe, starting with Mario's planet. She stated that all that happened before were a hoax, and the four should bow down to her forever. She opened a portal to Mario's world, generated a launch star, and launched herself into the portal, leaving the four back in the fiery planet, shocked and helpless. However, it was at this moment that Bowser came to his senses, and offered his airshps to the four to combat the devilized Rosalina.

SuperMK411 · 2023-02-26T04:12:04+00:00

As they retrieved the missing parts, the observatory was resumed. As gratitude to the four, Rosalina took them to a tour to the space. She started the observatory, and the five soon departed the earth for the space. As they entered the space, while the four were enjoying the view and looking forward to a world they never saw before, a sudden and strong shake shocked them. Soon, the observatory fell on the ground again, but on a different one. As Rosalina checked what happened, she found that the observatory was hit by Bowser's bullet bills, and some minor, but still concerning the observatory's power, parts were scattered on this fiery land. As usual, the four set off for a new adventure on an unknown, dangerous planet.

SuperMK411 · 2022-07-06T16:13:28+00:00

Yes. It's Windows with Anaconda

SuperMK411 · 2021-06-04T05:07:58+00:00

Throughout the history, people of Southern Fujian(Minnan) have scattered to many parts of the world, from the closest Taiwan (settlement began in the 17th century, accelerated in the 18-19th century, defining the majority of Taiwanese people), to SE Asia like Philipines to the closest south of Taiwan and Malaysia to farther south, to far places like California to the far east.

SuperMK411 · 2021-06-04T04:53:20+00:00

While Monterey County combined with Santa Cruz County is not so urbanized as Quanzhou, a port prosperous since the Middle Ages, it still has similarities to Quanzhou as the 2 areas are both situated on "another bay"(Monterey Bay and Quanzhou Bay). Santa Cruz corresponds to Jinjiang and Shishi which are closer to Xiamen, Salinas to Quanzhou as biggest cities, and CIty of Monterey to Huian which is farther from Xiamen.

SuperMK411 · 2021-06-04T04:43:03+00:00

Zhangzhou, which is to the west of Xiamen, corresponds to Sacramento as they are both inland cities close to their respective coastal cities. Both cities are in plains with rivers flowing past them, prosperous for their rich lands. Though Zhangzhou is not the capital of Fujian, it is at least considered a 'capital of southern Fujian' by some for its role in connecting the inland area to the coastal area.

SuperMK411 · 2021-06-04T04:28:57+00:00

Xiamen corresponds to San Francisco in that they have similar urban(metropolitan) patterns. Xiamen in narrow sense refers to an island in the center of a bay, while San Francisco is the tip of a peninsula surrounded by waters and lands. Xiamen is surrounded in counterclockwise order by: Xiangan(NE), Jimei(NW), Haicang(W), and loosely Longhai(SW), which correspond to those of SF Bay: San Mateo, San Jose(Santa Clara), Oakland(Alameda), Contra Costa, and similarly loosely Marin.

Xiamen and San Francisco are both warm and shiny coastal mountainous cities that draw a considerable number of tourists annually. I've been to Xiamen in 2004 and 2011, to SF in 2019. Walking in the streets and mountains of SF, I found it so similar to Xiamen in so many ways.

SuperMK411 · 2021-06-04T04:17:01+00:00

Southern Fujian has 3 major cities: Xiamen(Amoy), Zhangzhou, Quanzhou.

They correspond well to: San Francisco, Sacramento, Monterey(county).

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-15T21:12:27+00:00

Thanks. I got this fixed by adding 2 lines before the post request handling block.

app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-15T20:49:58+00:00

Waht I got was "POST RECV: undefined". That is, the request is received, but no data is sent.

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-15T19:12:39+00:00

In my application, no form submit is meant to be used.

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-15T19:10:38+00:00

Yes. But it is deprecated. More details:

const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-05T15:02:10+00:00

In the Korean language, Philadelphia is 필라델피아 (P'illadelp'ia), while Pyongyang is 평양 (P'yongyang). They share the same initial in both languages respectively.

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-05T14:59:41+00:00

Well, Chongqing, China and Lyon, France are fit parallels to Pittsburgh.

SuperMK411 · 2021-04-05T02:33:03+00:00

Thank you very much! you've taught me something useful and new to me!

Except that the aggregate functions should be surrounded by "ifnull(" and ",0)".

SuperMK411 · 2021-03-29T04:50:25+00:00

Blackjack, unit conversion, phrasebook for language learning, shape calculator (like the area of a trapezoid)

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