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JavaScript’s internal character encoding: UCS-2 or UTF-16?

Does JavaScript use UCS-2 or UTF-16 encoding? Since I couldn’t find a definitive answer to this question anywhere, I decided to look into it. The answer depends on what you’re referring to: the JavaScript engine, or JavaScript at the language level.




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PBKDF2+HMAC hash collisions explained

It’s trivial to find colliding passwords when hashing with PBKDF2-HMAC-anything. This post explains why that is.




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Asynchronous stack traces: why `await` beats `Promise#then()`

Compared to using promises directly, not only can async and await make code more readable for developers — they enable some interesting optimizations in JavaScript engines, too! This write-up is about one such optimization involving stack traces for asynchronous code.




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JavaScript engine fundamentals: Shapes and Inline Caches

This article describes some key fundamentals that are common to all JavaScript engines — and not just V8, the engine the authors work on. As a JavaScript developer, having a deeper understanding of how JavaScript engines work helps you reason about the performance characteristics of your code.




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Staff on edge over reports on corp facility

At a time when transparency and awareness of threat from coronavirus is crucial to ensure safety of people, conflicting reports about a corporation facility operating after a few officials were tested positive are making employees uneasy.




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Experts to help TN govt get economy back on track

The Tamil Nadu government has constituted a committee comprising of economists, industrialists, bankers and educationists to assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the state. It will present a report to the state government in three months.




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Pfizer to outsource some drug production, focus on coronavirus vaccine

Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.F) said on Tuesday they have begun delivering doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidates for initial human testing in the United States.




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Porters at Jabalpur Railway Station face financial crunch amid lockdown




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COVID-19: Delhi HC disposes of plea seeking relief for Rohingya refugees, directs petitioner to approach nodal officers




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We are strictly monitoring the railway tracks, tunnels: Goa Police




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JNU releases tentative academic calendar for Monsoon session, set to return to classes by June 25




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IYC starts helpline across country to facilitate inter-state train travel of migrant workers




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COVID-19 crisis: Chhattisgarh CM writes to PM, asks for Rs 30,000 crore package for state




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Over 1.7 lakh register online for return to U'khand; 23,794 brought back so far




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Jogi has heart attack, is stable




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No contacts, disposable plates: How Delhi hotels are hosting foreign evacuees




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AMU's academic session to begin in August




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Special train to ferry Himachal residents stranded in Goa




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225 migrant workers from Bihar reach Telangana to work in rice mills




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First evacuation flight from Kuwait lands in Kochi




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Students, teachers face problems as books, stationery unavailable




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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, others on plea to stop Haryana govt from restriction activities on essential services




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India Inc launches 600 hotel rooms as quarantine facilities




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How some companies bounced back after 2008 financial crisis




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Facebook to allow employees to work from home till end of 2020




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Facebook redesign goes live with dark mode and easier navigation




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Microsoft providing free repairs for Surface Laptop 3 screen cracks




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Immediate stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh crore needed to overcome Covid-19 impact: CII




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Bal Bharti Academy NGO launches social platform to fight against COVID-19




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ICMR partners with Bharat Biotech to develop Covid-19 vaccine




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Establish manufacturing units in Bihar: Nitish

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asked state’s chief secretary Deepak Kumar to take necessary steps to create employment opportunities for returning migrant workers as per the outcome of their skill survey.




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Quantification of the mixed-valence and intervalence charge transfer properties of a cofacial metal–organic framework via single crystal electronic absorption spectroscopy

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01521K, Edge Article
Open Access
Patrick W. Doheny, Jack K. Clegg, Floriana Tuna, David Collison, Cameron J. Kepert, Deanna M. D'Alessandro
Gaining a fundamental understanding of charge transfer mechanisms in three-dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) is crucial to the development of electroactive and conductive porous materials.
To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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Covid-19 toll in Bengal 79; TMC attacks Centre, Governor




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West Bengal reports 92 coronavirus cases today, tally reaches 1,548




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Bengal minister Hakim attacks Centre, Guv over train accident




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KMC Mayor to act as caretaker Board of Administrator for four weeks: Calcutta HC




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TMC leaders hit out at Shah, say West Bengal has seven-stage programme to bring back people




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Chennai's Koyambedu market continues to impact TN Corona count




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Stranded people reach Jharkhand's Hatia from Tamil Nadu




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Proposed amendments to Electricity Act take away state powers: TN CM




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Two women command AI Express flights on evacuation mission




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Tamil Nadu approaches SC challenging Madras HC order of closing liquor shops




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Tamil Nadu govt forms high-level committee, headed by former RBI Guv, to assess impact of COVID-19




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Tamil Nadu CM urges PM to place amendments to Electricity Act in abeyance




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2 special flights from UAE with over 350 passengers reach Chennai




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Taliban reaches out to Shias

Ahead of intra-Afghan talks, the Sunni insurgency asks Shias to join the fight against the ‘invaders’




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Venezuela charges two former U.S. soldiers with terrorism, conspiracy

They allegedly took part in a failed bid to topple Maduro




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Coronavirus | Trump praises Texas Governor for rolling back restrictions

‘I am not sure we even have a choice’




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Fatty acid binding proteins appear to guide intestinal adaptation

Response to partial removal of small intestine analyzed.




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Covid-19 testing capacity scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan also flagged the large prevalence of non-smoking tobacco usage in some of the states and the problem of spitting in public places.