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Sayantani Mitra says she now scrolls through listings on Facebook Marketplace "for hours". A 28-year-old from Oxford, prior to the pandemic she "would buy everything from charity shops, whether that's furniture, clothes, or bags and accessories". But with lockdowns closing High Streets last year, her hunt for second-hand bargains switched to listings websites and apps. Ms Mitra also now uses eBay and sites Vinted and Vestiaire, which both specialise in people selling pre-owned clothing. But she says that Facebook Marketplace is her "first place to go" because it focuses on sellers who live nearby. "There's a thrill in finding something unique on there," says Ms Mitra, whose purchases over the past year have included a fridge freezer, plant stands, and a dining room table. The boss of home decoration brand Jurande, she adds: "It's convenient as I can collect from nearby. I have literally collected from around the corner." Facebook does not release standalone financial details for Marketplace. It is in fact free for non-business users to put up a simple sales listing, as the firm makes it money from users simply being on its ecosystem and seeing all the advertisements on the site. However, Marketplace's user numbers have soared during the pandemic. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg recently revealed that Marketplace now has more than one billion global users. This is up from a reported 800 million in 2018, for a service that was only launched in 2016. At the same time, eBay says it saw a surge in the number of people in the UK selling second-hand items last year. It found that more than two-thirds of UK users said they had started selling pre-owned goods in 2020 to earn extra cash during the pandemic. Ebay says that two second-hand fashion items were sold via its UK website and app every second in 2020. "What we saw was a lot of people in their homes surrounded by their stuff, and looking at it every day and thinking 'what don't I need?', or realising they could make a bit of money out of it," says eBay's UK head of consumer selling, Emma Grant. "Also, it was a time when people became money conscious. There's also been a surge in sustainable shopping, even beyond the people wanting to do the right thing, of finding joy in unique [second-hand] items." For some people, such as 27-year-old Lapoze McTribouy, the pandemic has helped turn a hobby of selling second-hand clothing into a career. She had been selling via pre-owned clothes website and app, Depop, on-and-off since 2013. But after being put on furlough last year, and then losing her job, she started to focus more on selling vintage clothing. "I'd wanted to take it more seriously, and take it full time," says Ms McTribouy, who lives in London. "It was the right time." She now sells about six items a week, many of which can fetch up to £150. "I live off this now," she says. "It hasn't been an easy process though. People think you make money straight away, but I'd have months where I'd have to rely on my partner. But then others were, I'm like, 'we've got extra income'." Ms McTribouy scouts charity shops, eBay and other vintage sellers for stock. "It's not just selling - you can put your creativity into whether that's the styling, or the background [you want an item of clothing to have]." Depop reportedly now has more than 30 million global users, of which 90% are under 26. A UK business, it was bought last month by US ecommerce firm Etsy for $1.62bn (£1.2bn). Etsy's chief executive Josh Silverman called Depop "the resale home for Gen-Z consumers". While selling second-hand goods online has surged over the past year, there also appears to have been a big rise in people giving away things via websites and apps since the pandemic. Olio is a UK app that allows people to give away surplus food and household items to people living near them. It reported a six-fold increase in the number of non-food items added to the app since March 2020. Tiphaine Berger, a 38-year-old IT worker from York, says she has seen this boom first hand. "Before the pandemic there was just one other person in the area on Olio," she says. "But it really boomed in the first lockdown because charity shops were closed. That was when people started donating, and getting rid of stuff. "I use Olio because I hate waste. We de-cluttered and got rid of a lot of glasses and cups, then received plant pots, lamps, lights, picture frames, a new set of cushions." But has all this online selling and donating had a negative impact on the UK's physical charity shops? Have they seen fewer donated items? Oxfam says that, thankfully, it has not, as many people still want to help good causes. "All of our High Street shops were closed during lockdowns, and were not accepting donations," says Lorna Fallon, Oxfam's retail director. But the public has been really supportive and we have seen higher-than-average levels of donated goods since shops re-opened. "We also launched a successful, free postal donation service in March that allows supporters to donate items without visiting a shop. Our supporters know that when they donate items to an Oxfam shop they are helping people to escape poverty and survive humanitarian disasters." Mintel fashion analyst Tamara Sender says that the big increase in the buying and selling of second-hand clothing online has been led by young people who "in particular have suffered the financial consequences of the pandemic", and thus "they have become thriftier". She adds that, pleasingly, charities are now increasingly being integrated into this new online world. "Depop has opened a British Heart Foundation online shop on its marketplace," she says. "And [another second-hand clothing seller] Asos Marketplace has also added products from numerous charities to its site. New Tech Economy is a series exploring how technological innovation is set to shape the new emerging economic landscape. "As people increasingly buy second-hand fashion online, there is scope for more charity retailers to work with fashion brands to capitalise on the growing appetite for pre-loved fashion." Cancer Research UK is one of the charities on Asos Marketplace. It also has collections on Depop, eBay, and Vestiare. "Our online sales rose by 11% over the last year, and we're expecting to increase our online income by £1.5m in the next two years," says Josephine Mewett, head of retail operations at Cancer Research UK. "By donating pre-loved items and shopping with us, people are not only doing their bit for the environment, but also helping fund life-saving research to beat cancer."

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DreamPower 系統開發

DreamPower在網路系統開發方面擁有豐富的經驗。我們可以將項目從零開始規劃，直到項目完成，並協助常規維護。這包括一系列嚴謹的流程管理：系統規劃、原型創建、系統編程、測試和維護。

我們的IT技術專長、各行業知識、標準的製作流程和高效的溝通使我們能夠滿足客戶的特定要求。

我們專長的項目包括：語言學習系統、計費系統、課程管理系統、遊戲編程等，我們正致力於融合AI、VR、Chatbot 等嶄新的IT技術，提供高效的一條龍解決方案。

關於我們

我們具有豐富軟體產品開發/管理經驗，致力於為客戶提供網路軟體解決方案。

我們能夠很好地與國際客戶溝通和一起工作，理解他們在網路應用的痛點，並使用我們在網路開發的經驗，為客戶提供專業和具成本效益的解決方案。

我們的使命

科技發展，一日千里，我們期望與本地IT專才一起打拼，吸收國內外經驗和知識，共同開拓國際視野和市場。

徽號設計

我們以公司英文簡稱DP(Dreampower) 設計了我們的徽號，它比喻我們與合作夥伴以及團隊肩並肩合作無間，橙色代表力量（power），帶有向前邁向國際的涵義。

市場機遇

在4G網路以及即將到來的5G時代，並在covid-19疫情下，許多企業和公司，特別是中小企業急迫需求電子化和網路化經營。我們在香港有許多教育機構的渠道，我們發現許多國外和香港的客戶對於台灣優質的服務和產品以及相對廉宜的價格非常感興趣。

許多中小企業很難負擔高昂的電子化費用，我們憑此提供高性價比的軟體服務，可以找到許多商機。

經營模式

根據市場需要開發產品 => 尋找客戶 => 為客戶客製化

全球IT人才短缺，我們必須透過最少的資源去開發更多的產品，快速應付客戶迫切的需求。我們開發了一些標準化的電腦程式與系統，根據客戶的要求進行客製化，在短時間內滿足客戶的要求。

產品開發 / 週期

我們通常提前6個月根據市場情況開發一些產品，並致力讓這些成為標準化技術。

我們預計每年開發2-3種產品，開發時間3到6個月，每種產品維持2-3年壽命週期。

由於開發產品需時，在公司成立以前我們已經開始計劃有關產品，並且在香港通過渠道找到了客戶，我們計劃在完成了現有客戶客製化項目後，將開發一些新的產品，包括virtual teacher, chat bot, ar 等。我們正在積極地尋求本地IT 人才的支援開發這些項目，特別是提供機會給年青的專才，共同學習和成長。

公司營運項目

自COVID-19疫情爆發後，我們在留意網路授課的商機，有很多家長和學生需要在家裡學習，我們特別開發了以下網路學習輔助工具

1） WBS

2）ADS

TCS

推廣渠道

我們設有公司網站 Facebook, 並使用Direct Marketing 方式直接銷售我們的產品。直接營銷的手法包括使用 Mass Fax 以及 mass Email。這種渠道的好處是我們可以以比較低的成本直接將我們的產品內容介紹給我們潛在的客戶，例如我們在香港定期作Mass Fax Campaign,每次發1000張傳真和1000個電郵，客戶看到我們的宣傳可以發訊息給我們查詢。

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今日星期五所以就推多少少functional programming in javascript。

first class function

function in javascript can be treated as normal variables and adding parentheses can activate the function

function喺javascript可以當係一個普通嘅variable。只要喺variable後面加返個括號()就可以activate個function

example: function hand(){ console.log("hand") }

function handbro(){ console.log("handbro") }

function bro(){ console.log("bro") }

const functions = [hand, handbro, bro]

functions.forEach(f => {f()}) Output: hand handbro brobro

除此之外我哋可以拎個function當係一個普通嘅input，入落其他嘅function parameter。同樣地，我哋喺個parameter加返個括弧就得。

example: // changing handbro function function handbro(hand, bro){ hand(); bro(); }

handbro(hand, bro) Output: hand bro

forEach vs map forEach 只係抽返每一個array入面嘅element出嚟(應該類似python嘅in operator) map 實際係抽每一個element 入落一個function，合一個新嘅array(應該類似python/Haskell嘅 list comperhension)

Higher Order Function

higher order function 就係可以return function。

example: function handbro(hand){ return function(bro){ console.log(hand, bro) } }

handbro("hand")("bro") handbro 第一個括弧係畀第一個function，而第二個括弧係畀第二個function(即係return嗰個function)。咁我個人嘅理解就應該好似scoping，第一個parameter 係喺outer scope，所以第二個function可以拎嚟用。 Output: hand bro

今日係咁多如果有錯請下面comment矯正返我。