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Bayt al-Hikmah 2.0 -
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Welcome traveler! I am Faizal, a language enthusiast with a passion for sharing knowledge. Inspired by the historical Bayt al-Hikmah, I aim to create a platform that connects people with the beauty of languages and cultures.
Also, a tribute to UTUS (IYKYK)

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FaizaLingo is a future project dedicated to offering resources for language learners, starting with Japanese and expanding to many more languages. Stay tuned for exciting updates!

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🆕31st December 2024:

FaizaLingo (Japanese) app is now free to download. For Windows user only.

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Anata ga inakute sabishii desu...

Assalamualaikum and peace be upon you!

Friday. Finished Duolingo Japanese Kanji Section 4, Unit 14: Express feelings

For those who are not learning Japanese, you might wonder the meaning of the title. This is how you would write it in Japanese:

あなたがいなくて寂しいです

Now you can translate that, can you? 😉

Note: Some people might pronounce sabishii as samishii...it means the same, it's just more nasal. Just like how some people will pronounce "ga" particle as "nga".

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The Way of Life

Assalamualaikum and peace be upon you!

Tuesday. Finished Duolingo Japanese Kanji Section 4, Unit 8: Discuss religion

No wonder the title is "The Way of Life". Based on the Arabic word for religion:

الدين

which "the way of life" suits more than the word "religion" (from Latin "religiō" meaning piety/superstition/conscientinousness), at least the modern sense of religion.

So let's dive into the kanji that we have learned since 28th September 2024 (took us 4 nights to finish this!)

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Shumi wa Zannen Desu (?!)

Assalamualaikum and peace be upon you!

Thursday. Continuing the same unit from last week. LOL (zannen desu ne 😏).

The title is so random. Based on the two characters that I learned to write today:

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Audiobook
LibriVox - Free public domain audiobooks.
Computer Science
The Missing Semester of Your CS Education - Fills gaps in practical computer science education.
The book of secret knowledge - A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools & more.
paper-reading - 深度学习论文精读 (Deep Learning Paper Reading)
The Odin Project - Empowers aspiring web developers to learn for free.
TryHackMe - Teaches cybersecurity through labs & real-world scenarios.
Deep Learning Book - From the book Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow.
A Byte of Python - Free Python programming book.
OSINT Framework - Resources/tools for OSINT, helping users gather publicly available data for research, investigations & cybersecurity.
LLM University - Learn about Large Language Models (LLM).
PyTorch for Deep Learning - Learn important machine learning concepts hands-on by writing PyTorch code.
Free OpenCV Course - Official Certification by OpenCV.
Free Programming Books - Programming Notes for Professionals books.
FreeCodeCamp - Offers coding tutorials & courses for beginners to learn web development, programming & data science.
Sololearn - Learning to code got simplified. Learn the latest technology with interactive, hands-on courses.
Mimo - Learn to code. Build a portfolio. Get hired.
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MIT OpenCourseWare - Free course materials from MIT.
Wikibooks - Free open textbooks.
OpenStax - Free, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks.
Wikiversity - Open learning resources and research.
Khan Academy - For every student, every classroom. Real results.
OER Commons - Public digital library of open educational resources.
edX - Free and paid online courses.
Open Yale Courses - Free online courses on various subjects.
Coursera - Online courses from top universities and companies.
Merlot - Peer-reviewed online teaching and learning materials.
OpenLearn - Free online courses and resources from The Open University.
LibreTexts - Free, peer-reviewed textbooks and other educational resources.
PhET Interactive Simulations - Free interactive science & math simulations for teaching & learning.
Forum
Stack Exchange Network - A Q&A website on topics like programming, maths, cooking, language, etc.
General Knowledge
Internet Archive - Digital library of free books, music, & more.
Learn Anything - Discover and learn about any topic with Learn-Anything.
Open Library - Free online books.
HathiTrust - Digital library partnership for academic content.
Library Genesis (LibGen) - A resource offering free access to books and articles (legally controversial).
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Tor Onion Education Directory - A resource linking to educational materials and research papers.
The Imperial Library - Offers a wide range of free books on various subjects.
Europeana - Search, save and share art, books, films, and music from cultural institutions.
Open Culture - Free cultural and educational media.
OSGeo - The Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
OpenStreetMap - A collaborative project creating a free, editable world map.
OpenSeaMap - Provides free nautical charts and a worldwide database for sailors.
Open Food Facts - Open database of food products with detailed information.
Open Source Ecology - Industrial machines, farming equipment, and sustainable living technologies.
Open Source Pharma - Platform for open-source drug discovery.
PubChem - Open-access database of chemical compounds.
ClinicalTrials.gov - Open-access database of clinical trials.
SOCR - Interactive online resources for statistics education.
GeoGebra - Interactive mathematics software and resources.
Google Dataset Search - A search engine for finding datasets across the web.
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arXiv - Open access to scientific papers.
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals.
CORE - Aggregator for open research papers.
BioRxiv - Preprints for biology research.
ScienceOpen - Research papers and networking platform.
PubMed Central - Free access to biomedical literature.
Sci-Hub - Provides access to academic papers and research articles (legally controversial).
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ScienceDirect - Search for peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
PLOS ONE - Inclusive journal community advancing science for societal benefit.
figshare - Open-access repository of research data and papers.
Zenodo - Open-access repository of research data and papers.
SSOAR - Open-access repository of social science research and publications.
Zotero - Free tool to help collect, organize, and share research sources.
Open Access Button - A tool to help users find free, legal research articles.
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Duolingo - Learn languages interactively.
BaBaDum - Learn words in 21 languages through games.
LEARN GERMAN | DW - Free resources for learning German.
Tatoeba - Collection of sentences & translations.
Jisho - Japanese-English dictionary offering kanji search & learning resources.
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Project Gutenberg - Free classic literature.
Perseus Digital Library - Digital library of classical texts and translations.
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