Serhei Makarov serhei

Places to See

'Doors Open' exercises in May -- keep an eye out!

https://janeswalk.org/canada/toronto/ May 3-5
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/doors-open-toronto/ May 25-26

Historical

Black Creek Pioneer Village https://blackcreek.ca/ -- https://goo.gl/maps/B4URu1bXpXQ2 -- outdoor museum with reenactments of the life of European settlers in Ontario; season starts late April
Unionville Village http://www.unionvilleinfo.com/ -- https://goo.gl/maps/WSbaH3G6qVT2
Niagara-on-the-Lake https://www.niagaraonthelake.com/ -- https://goo.gl/maps/fjNJubARB892 one of the best-preserved 19th century cities in North America; worth stopping by if you can arrange a trip to Niagara Falls

(1) Hash table supporting different key types (using a union type)

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=blob;f=runtime/map.h;h=0a1dfff5ff087f43d53b83c0908814c986811873;hb=HEAD#l62

(2) "Subclassing" a struct by declaring a struct with the same fields and additional data at the end:

parent struct hlist_node - https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/95381debd9ee8787256c3cdb92d2b167efa4b863/include/linux/types.h#L189
child struct - https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/c6dd78fcb8eefa15dd861889e0f59d301cb5230c/fs/mount.h#L27
- the hlist_node data is embedded inline at the start of struct mountpoint
docs - https://static.lwn.net/kerneldoc/core-api/kernel-api.html

In memory:

Good Parks in Toronto

For taking advantage of that 'up to (several) people can meet outside' rule or just spending time in fresh air. I'll gradually gather a list of places to meet people for conversation. Criteria: on the subway, or not too far from it; not too crowded on weekdays; ideally some takeout or coffee nearby.

Central Area:

Chorley Park. Long walk from Summerhill Station or short bus ride from Rosedale Station. Not crowded on weekdays. Directly above the well-known Don Valley Brick Works. Nearby coffee on a quiet shopping street.
Ramsden Park. On the subway (Rosedale Station). Saw that meetups were hosted there.
Christie Pits Park. On the subway (Christie Station), relatively more crowded. Went to a meetup there. Next to Koreatown (many sit-down restaurants, for when those are allowed to open).
Not checked yet --

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	Derived from http://damieng.com/blog/2008/02/08/humane-theme-for-textmate-and-xcode

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