The tutor watches American soap operas, whence he sometimes hears “statute of limitations.” Is there a similar construct in Canada? I watch Days of Our Lives. Kristen Dimera, freshly back in Salem a few years ago, explained that though she …

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The tutor offers a case study in statistics. Around here, forestry might be the leading industry.  Of course, I hardly ever see evidence of it; up in the hills is where the work is done. As I understand, one angle …

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The tutor has wondered about fibre ever since he heard about soluble fibre. Back in the early 90s, when I was in university so cut off from day-to-day culture (no TV, no money, no time), a few snippets still did …

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The tutor shares a nice tip that he finds very helpful:  listing the subdirectories only with the ls command. I write a lot of little programs to test built-in functions or show examples of their use.  Of course, as they …

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