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How to Use Git Submodule

March 28, 2025 · 1 min read · Page View:
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Git

Git submodule1 is a feature of Git that allows you to include a Git repository as a subdirectory of another Git repository. It is often used to manage dependencies between projects.

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Live Streaming infra and protocols

March 24, 2025 · 3 min read · Page View:
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Video | HTTP | RTMP | HLS | Live

In our daily life, you may always see the live streaming on the internet, such as the live streaming of the video conference, the live streaming of the sports event, the live streaming of the online course, etc. And sometimes you even start your own live streaming, but we all get used to just clicking the button on the screen to start the live streaming, do you know what is happening behind the scene?

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Random Variables

February 28, 2025 · 8 min read · Page View:
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Math | Probability

This article introduces the common distribution functions both continuous and discrete. Besides, the basic knowledge of conditional distribution such as total probability and Bayes’ Theorem is also introduced. The most important part are the Normal Approximation and Poisson Approximation of the Binomial Random Variable.

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Further Understanding of Proc

February 1, 2025 · 3 min read · Page View:
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Linux

The /proc in Linux is a kind of Pseudo file system (also known as Virtual File System), what it saves is a series of special files that store the current running state of the kernel, and the user can check the hardware info and the runnning processes via the files, even adjust some files to change the state of running kernel. The files in /proc will be refresh in RAM, so the files’ size is 0 bytes.

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The Iftop

January 30, 2025 · 1 min read · Page View:
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Linux | Network

I frequently use ifconfig and cat /proc/net/dev to examine network information. However, today, my cloud server crashed unexpectedly. I reached out to the cloud support for assistance. The engineer utilized iftop to analyze the situation. After the issue was resolved, I started to consider using this tool. Now, let’s take a closer look at this powerful utility.

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