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[New Project] advr: an R package for the scientific research on trace gas advection flux density

Carbon dioxide (CO~2~) is one of the key green house gases which play an important role in the global climate change. In academia, the sources and sinks of CO~2~ are estimated with the flux density, e.g. the amount of CO~2~ passing through a unit area in a unit time. Estimates of net ecosystem CO~2~ exchange have been attracting a lot of attention. The research on the advection flux takes care of the contribution of the advection term to the CO~2~ balance.

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[New Project] steemr: an R package to download, play with, and visualize Steem data

When I became active on steemit.com in July 2017, the first thing for me to do was to find an R package to process Steem data. As an R user and package developer, it would have been amazing if I could easily download my posts, my operations, my communications with others on Steem, and analyze the data with the power of R language.

Unfortunately, I found nothing.

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[Task Request] Starting layout of the mindmaps

As an R package, mindr is used to convert markdown files into mindmaps, and vice versa. It can also convert tibble dataframes into mindmaps. A brief introduction can be found in one of my previous posts: mindr: an R package that creates a markdown post out of a mind map. Thanks to the support from utopian.io!

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[Task Request] Heteronym problem

Heteronym is a common lingual phenomenon in the most languages. Wikepedia:

A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that has a different pronunciation and meaning as another word but the same spelling.

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中文段首加空格和增加段落间距 (steemit markdown)

原文链接: steemit, cnsteem, chainbb, busy, markdown  有朋友在 steemit 的 cn-reader 的微信群里问了一个 markdown 中文排版的问题:如何为中文段首增加空格,以及改变段落间的间距。这个简单:使用中文的全角空格。   一般的中文输入法都有上述设置界面。点一下弯月符号(或快捷键shift+空格)就变成满月,这就是全角。此时按空格键,就会输入一个汉字宽度的空白。所以,段首输入两个全角空白就行了。  不过,如果是紧跟在非普通文本(全文第一段,插图,代码等)后面,这种方法会失效,那么可以在全角空格前面加上个<br>就行了。  一般来说,在markdown编辑器里输入全角空格后再换行,就会多插入一行空白。下面我们用这种方法输入一行空白。    但连续几个空行 steemit 就不支持了。那么可以输入: <br> 也同样是插入一个空行。输入几个<br>就插入几个空行。下面,我们插入两个空行。  <br>其实是 html 语言的代码。“全角空格”是html界的魔法占位符。善用“全角空格”这个小魔法,就可以实现诸如 对 齐 等其他功能。  要想使用复杂的格式,就需要复杂的命令或按钮来排版,容易偏离对内容的关注。而 steemit 使用的 markdown 语法,在内容和形式之间达到了最微妙的平衡,让你用最简单的指令,实现日常99%以上的排版需求。  不过,markdown 也尊重其他1%用户的特殊需求。原则上,markdown 支持 html,所以,要想对你的帖子的格式进行复杂排版,那么就学习 html 吧,少年!  中文段首空格原本是用来印刷时方便划分自然段的。在网络时代,自然段完全可以通过段落间距看得出来,所以段首空格丧失了原本的意义。不过,作为对纸质书和印刷时代的怀念,用一下段首空格,不失为一种情怀吧。

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R package beginr released on CRAN

beginr is a collection of useful functions for R beginners. It might be helpful to R experts as well.

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R package bookdownplus 1.0.2 released on CRAN

bookdownplus is an extension of bookdown. More enhancements. Less operation.

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LaTeX equations in micrometeorology

Right click your mouse on an equation in this post - Show Math As - TeX Commands, and I get the LaTeX code of the equation immediately.

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