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The numbers and data guy of #HKTwitter. Iโ€™m active on Bluesky but, trust me, Iโ€™m here
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I draw line charts, so give the people what they want

Long live vim, the GOAT text editor. Been using it since Version 1, and ever since (and itโ€™s available on every Mac)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/bram-moolenaar-creator-of-the-beloved-vim-text-editor-has-passed-away/

Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers

The open source software legend left us on August 3 at age 62.

Ars Technica

Most prolific institutions of high quality health science research publications, 2022 (Nature 2023 annual tables):
1 Harvard ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 Natโ€™l Institutes of Health ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 U Toronto ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
4 JHU ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
5 UCSF ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
6 Mayo Clinic ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
7 U Michigan ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
8 Yale ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
9 U Penn ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
10 Oxford ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

In top 100:
41 HKU ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
70 CUHK ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2023/institution/all/health-sciences/global

2023 tables: Institutions - health sciences | Annual tables | Nature Index

The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. Updated monthly, the Nature Index presents research outputs by institution and country. Use the Nature Index to interrogate publication patterns and to benchmark research performance.

Hong Kong departures and arrivals, ImmD, July 2023

Arrivals 10,325,620
Daily average 333,085 (June: 286,134)
HK Residents 6,736,711
Mainland visitors 2,974,524
Overseas visitors 614,385

Departures 10,362,934
Daily average 334,288 (June: 291,472)
HKR 6,810,793
MV 2,932,064
OV 620,077

Hong Kong national security police have issued arrest warrants for eight self-exiled activists, offering a HK$1 million bounties for each of the wanted people. Five other rewards are currently listed by police for cases involving murder, rape and arson. In full: https://bit.ly/3pB11Es
Hong Kong national security police issue HK$1 million bounty each for 8 self-exiled activists

Hong Kong national security police have issued arrest warrants for eight self-exiled activists, including former lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok. The Force also offered HK$1 million for each of the wanted people. The announcement came a week after an editorial in state-owned newspaper Ta Kung Pao cited Article 38 of the national security law, [โ€ฆ]

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
For those who need ideas for a good bottle of wine to serve for dinner tonight, Cityโ€™super has a 2009 DRC Grand Cru for US$31,900

- Lung King Heen (Four Seasons)
- Yum Cha
- China Tang (Landmark)
- Lai Ching Heen (Regent)
- Social Place
- Maximโ€™s Palace (City Hall)
- Mott 32
- Tim Ho Wan
- Cuisine Cuisine (Mira)
- Luk Yu Teahouse
- Duddellโ€™s

(Bloomberg: The Top Dim Sum in Hong Kong, Picked by Star Chefs) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-03/best-dim-sum-in-hong-kong-11-restaurants-dishes-picked-by-celebrity-chefs

The Top Dim Sum in Hong Kong, Picked by Star Chefs

From classic roast pork puffs to striking charcoal black custard buns, here are the best bites in the city.

Bloomberg

IMD World Competitiveness Rankings, 2023
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark (-)
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland โ†‘9
3 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland โ†“1
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore โ†“1
5 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands โ†‘1
6 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan โ†‘1
7 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ HK โ†“2
8 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden โ†“4
9 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA โ†‘1
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE โ†‘2
11-20: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3226268/hong-kong-must-improve-competitiveness-amid-declining-global-ranking-city-leader-john-lee-says

Hong Kong must regain competitiveness, help elderly poor: John Lee

Chief Executive John Lee says city โ€˜on the right trackโ€™ to win against other cities, must widen scope of poverty alleviation efforts to elderly singles and couples living alone.

South China Morning Post

Hopped on to see that my crossposter from hellsite to Mastodon doesnโ€™t work anymore! Iโ€™ll be investigating other crossposting alternatives.

Incidentally, I am on Bluesky and T2. Feel free to add me, my handles are pretty easy to guess: @kjoules.bsky.social and @kjoules

RT @theonion
Panicked King Charles III Flails Wildly After Getting Head Stuck Inside Coronation Crown https://bit.ly/3HJ7m6W
Panicked King Charles III Flails Wildly After Getting Head Stuck Inside Coronation Crown

LONDONโ€”Crashing through the stained glass window of Westminster Abbey in a desperate attempt to free himself, a panicked King Charles III was seen flailing wildly Saturday after getting his head stuck inside the coronation crown. โ€œHelp! Help! Get me out of this godforsaken crown this instant!โ€ said the king, who triedโ€ฆ

The Onion