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After Hip Replacement, Therapy At Home May Be Enough
By: Arpit Khemka
Tags: Hip Replacement, Exercise At Home, Hip Pain, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation

As reported by HealthDay News, research findings suggests that post-operative physical therapy-based recovery does not need to be supervised by professional therapist in outpatient clinic in order to be effective. Researchers have found that home exercise programs may work equally as well.

“Our research found that the physical therapy does not necessarily need to be supervised by a physical therapist [for hip replacement patients],” said the author of the study, Dr. Matthew Austin of Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital in Pennsylvania. “The expense and time required of outpatient physical therapy, both for the patient and the patient’s caretakers, may not be the most efficient use of resources.”

“Certainly, this study has demonstrated that patients do just as well with the less expensive patient-directed exercise program as they do with the formal [outpatient physical therapy],” said Dr. Wayne Johnson, an orthopedic surgeon in Oklahoma. “Patients may also find it more convenient to perform their exercise program at home to minimize the additional time and transportation cost, in addition to the health-care cost savings.”

You can read more about the preliminary study findings at HealthDay News.

Feeling hip pain and not yet sure if surgery is the right option for you? SimpleTherapy offers a pain recovery program for the hip that is designed to prevent the need for surgery.
Scotus and Cross
By: Maximus Confesses
Tags: Religion, SCOTUS, Richard Cross, Free Will, Divine Simplicity

Photo taken by Myself

Scotus and Cross

On the Problem of Contingent Objects and Free Will

A really helpful guide in understanding the subtle doctor is Richard Cross’ work Duns Scotus. In there, he gives his expert opinion as an analytic philosopher and as a historian. He can be critical, and he raises some good objections for those who wish to pursue the Schotistic route of understanding God.

One problem for the Scotist is in reconciling the following three propositions,

God knows the future by determining it Human beings are self-determining free agents A free creaturely action has two causes which are jointy necessary and sufficient: God and the creature [1]

Cross rightly observes that God knows about contingent objects (c-objects) by freely willing them [2]. This is how they have their existence in the intellect. However, if this is the case, and the doctrine of divine simplicity states that whatever is in God is identical to God, then how is this possible that a contingent object is necessary to an necessary being?

The response to such an objection would be to point out that God’s act of knowing/willing is different from the content which God knows/wills. Consider the cogito, ‘I think therefore I am’, this is an intuitive kind knowledge that I know infallibly, but because I am contingent, I know contingently. Likewise, since God knows the operation of his will infallibly, but because what it wills is contingent, he knows it contingently.

Cross anticipates such a response, saying “C-objects should be identical with the divine essence as God’s knowledge of them is” [3], that is, the content of God’s knowledge should be as identical to the divine essence as his knowledge is. However, If we wish to keep the analogy between God’s knowledge and the cogito going, there is the self, there is the apprehension of the self, and there is the self apprehended. That is to say (1) first there is the Essense of God and what it can do, — a self-existing being who has the powers to freely cause certain c-objects - (2) second there is the apprehending of the self, that is the will of God seeking to know the self and what it is causing, and (3) third there is the self as apprehended by the intellect, For God this is the divine intellect knowing the essence through the operations of the divine will - including what objects are freely willed (c-objects).

C-objects are identical to the powers of the divine essence in the first mode of being, however this doesn’t make them necessary as they are understood relatively to the powers of the divine essence — in much the same way that I can understand the power of the self to self-understand, by knowing the self. It is only when the will operates freely through the divine essence that these active capacities takes on some contingent facticity known by the intellect.
The Case for Using Custom Back Buttons in SwiftUI
By: Danny Bolella
Tags: iOS, Swiftui, Swift, Programming, Mobile

Backing Up Scenarios

Why would someone want a custom back button? There’s an argument to be made that most scenarios could be covered using what’s already available — especially using Bindings and Combine. Here are a few scenarios where I think it could be useful.

Scenario 1: Are you sure?

One possible scenario for needing a custom back button is wanting to perform an action on the current view before navigating. One such case is asking the user if they’re sure they want to navigate back (groundbreaking example, I know).

In this case, we can add an alert to our view that prompts the user about if they’re sure they want to navigate back. We’ll also move the dismiss call out of our back button and into the alert affirmative:

Lastly, we’ll want to trigger the alert through the back button:

// Add a new State to your View

@State var showAlert: Bool = false // Add the following trigger inside the Back button

// Note: we set to true, not toggle

self.showAlert = true

Scenario 2: Sync when I’m ready

If data is created or edited on the screen, there could be a scenario where we don’t necessarily want those changes to be bindable. Perhaps we would prefer the user to go about their experience, and only after they’ve signaled that they’re finished by hitting the back button, we begin to store/sync the data. Even massage the data before we do so.

The data would presumably already be available on the current view. It is a matter of simply adding the necessary code right in the back button before our dismiss .

Scenario 3: Passing callbacks for more dynamic navigation

What happens if we have a view that we plan on navigating back to but from multiple different descendants? Upon returning to that view, we want to run some sort of process (and, as stated earlier, onAppear doesn’t count when returning to the parent).

If what we want to do mainly takes place in the parent view, it could be tedious and unruly to have each potential descendant be forcibly compatible for things it shouldn’t necessarily be aware of. The solution, then, is to pass a callback closure to be run in our back button!

This blinds the descendant from the complexity of whatever needs to be done and simply makes it the messenger and trigger.

A way of accepting and running a closure is as follows:
About Me — Jennifer Mittler-Lee. I moved to a new city and left behind a…
By: Jennifer Mittler-Lee
Tags: Life, Introduction, Self Improvement, About Me, Life Lessons

About Me — Jennifer Mittler-Lee

I moved to a new city and left behind a secure career in search of a slower lifestyle

Author and her partner in crime in June Lake, California

Hi everyone, it’s nice to meet you.

My name is Jennifer and I was born in St. Louis, Missouri. I always did well in school, particularly in writing and science, and was drawn to the medical field at an early age.

After high school, I weighed my options and found pharmacy school to be reasonably priced and of shorter duration than traditional medical school. Plus, I realized I was squeamish, and not seeing blood made pharmacy a win-win.

I graduated from pharmacy school in 2001 with a Bachelor’s in Science of Pharmacy and worked in both retail and hospital settings.

Slowly, healthcare began to change, with cost-effectiveness becoming more important than patient care or employee happiness.

To escape the chaos, I began to work the graveyard shift and actually loved it. I lived like a vampire for six years before the thought that it might be endangering my health made me consider other options.

I was envious of those people who managed to break free of those stressful nine-to-five jobs and find happiness and fulfillment working as bakers in Alaska.

But how could I? I was the financially responsible one. What about health insurance?

The author and her husband on one of their many adventures

My choice was made in 2020 when my husband and I decided to leave beautiful, but growing more crowded by the day, Southern California and move to a small town in Oregon.

The pandemic hit shortly after and the only hospital in town imposed a hiring freeze.

For the first time in my life, I didn’t have a job lined up and no good options appeared on the horizon.

I took a breath, reminded myself that I had the support of my husband and two cats, and dusted off a novel I started in 2016.

And I instantly remembered how much I loved writing.

I discovered Medium and thought it was a wonderful platform for writers like me with no official background. I have found a wonderful and engaging audience here and am able to share the wide variety of topics I am interested in.

In addition to Medium, I also write for Medika Life and am still working on that novel. Maybe someday, I’ll actually publish it.

In the meantime, I spend my spare time shopping for vintage clothing, perfecting pie crust, and attempting to learn Korean in order to better communicate with my Omma and Appa (mom and dad).

Oh, and health care? Turns out it was nothing to worry about.
Modern feeling
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Digital, Comics, Social Media, Cartoon, Drawing

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Watching The Rain
By: Dan Leicht
Tags: Poetry, Love, Family, Fiction, Short Story

Tom watched the rain out the window and couldn’t help but imagine Kristen sitting in the sunroom watching it cascade past every window. She’d eagerly grab a book at five in the morning if the rain ever woke her up.

A novel with a bookmark rested on the coffee table in the sunroom, her reading room, her early escape. The story would never be finished.
Vim 101: Efficient HTML Editing with Text Objects
By: Alex R. Young
Tags: HTML, Motions, Vim101, Text Objects

If you’re working with XML or HTML, then the at and it text objects are useful. You can remember at with the mnemonic "a tag block", and it as "inner tag block". The difference is that at includes the tags.

Consider the following example:

<p><a href="http://example.com/1">This is a link</a> and <em>this is an emphasis</em>.

<a href="http://example.com/2">This is another link</a>, which points to another page.</p>

If I position the cursor anywhere inside the <em> tags and type dat , it'll remove the text and tags, because it means "delete a tag block":

<p><a href="http://example.com/1">This is a link</a> and .

<a href="http://example.com/2">This is another link</a>, which points to another page.</p>

What’s probably more useful is replacing the text inside the <em> . Typing dit will delete the inner tag block, meaning the text content in this case:

<p><a href="http://example.com/1">This is a link</a> and <em></em>.

<a href="http://example.com/2">This is another link</a>, which points to another page.</p>

In most cases you don’t want to just delete the text, you want to change it. That’s where the “change” operator comes in handy. Rather than typing dit , cit is more useful because it'll leave the editor in Insert mode:

Editing text content using cit .

If I wanted to change the inner text of that anchor tag, cit would even work if the cursor was inside the href attribute, or the tag itself.

Changing inner tags from inside an element.

That’s the main difference between movement commands and text objects: movements (with operators) apply from the cursor to the point the cursor will move to, while objects are less dependent on cursor location.

Another common HTML editing task is changing the text within quotes. Vim has text objects that are perfect for this task: a" , a' , i" , and i' . If I moved the cursor inside of of the href attributes and typed ci" , the URL would disappear and Vim would enter Insert mode so a new URL can be entered.
Impeach Loudly Now
By: William B. Turner
Tags: Jerry Nadler, Impeachment, Politics, Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Nadler

Nancy Pelosi and Jerry Nadler should call a press conference for the sole purpose of announcing, loud and proud, that the House Judiciary Committee has started an impeachment investigation of Donald Trump.

Doing so would capture the attention of the public. The public was rapt with the Nixon impeachment investigation for months. They were rapt with the Clinton impeachment. They could tell that Nixon had committed serious crimes and needed to leave. They could tell that, however tawdry and inappropriate Clinton’s behavior may have been, impeaching him was an act of naked partisanship, such that his approval only increased during the event.

House Democrats insult the intelligence of the public by apparently assuming they cannot differentiate and will not see that Trump has committed numerous serious crimes and needs to leave. Explaining this point to the public is their job.

Pelosi has already been on a full court press to broadcast the many bills the Democrats have passed that will not get a vote in the Senate, thanks to Moscow Mitch. She could as easily explain why they need to impeach Trump.

Nearly every leading Democratic presidential candidate has called for impeachment. The people who expect to run against Trump want impeachment.

By refusing to comply with any subpoena from the House of Representatives, Trump has created multiple legal disputes, any of which may end up before the Supreme Court. The decision that Nixon had to comply with a valid subpoena should be sufficient legally to dispose of the Trump case. The later decision that the courts have almost zero role in impeachments would make it even harder for the Court to allow Trump to continue to defy subpoenas from the House, if the House is explicitly pursuing an impeachment.

Multiple highly credible observers have said that the Mueller Report reads as an indictment in all but name. Mueller himself said that the reason he did not indict the president was that the rules forbade him to do so. The clear implication is that he would have done so absent the rule. Indicting the President is pointless. If he deserves indictment, he deserves impeachment.

Throw in the issues in the case against him for violating the emoluments clause. An explicit reason for impeachment is bribery. The foreign emoluments clause is, at base, a prohibition on accepting bribes from foreign governments, which those governments clearly see using the Trump hotel in Washington, DC as.

Get creative. Even without the evidence the House has demanded via subpoena, there are ways to prove multiple cases against Trump. He has committed multiple crimes, many of which we do not yet know about.

Impeachment is the right course, morally, legally, and politically.
The Illustrated Interview: Jamaica Dyer
By: Edith Zimmerman
Tags: Jamaica Dyer, Comics, Illustrated Interview, Watercolor

Every week on Spiralbound we ask one of our featured artists: How do you make comics? This week we spoke (emailed) with Jamaica Dyer, of “The Balcony” and “Backpacking in Leavitt Meadows” (Check them out if you haven’t already! And see here for our full interview archive.)

So, Jamaica, how do you make comics? (Text from Jamaica, drawings by Edith Z.)
“Letter to a Lost Friend”
By: The Hairpin
Tags: Poetry, Featured Poet, Barbara Hamby

by Barbara Hamby

There must be a Russian word to describe what has happened

between us, like ostyt, which can be used

for a cup of tea that is too hot, but after you walk to the next room,

and return, it is too cool; or perekhotet,

which is to want something so much over months

and even years that when you get it, you have lost

the desire. Pushkin said, when he saw his portrait by Kiprensky,

“It is like looking into a mirror, but one that flatters me.”

What is the word for someone who looks into her friend’s face

and sees once smooth skin gone like a train that has left

the station in Petersburg with its wide avenues and nights

at the Stray Dog Cafe, sex with the wrong men,

who looked so right by candlelight, when everyone was young

and smoked hand-rolled cigarettes, painted or wrote

all night but nothing good, drank too much vodka, and woke

in the painful daylight with skin like fresh cream, books

everywhere, Lorca on Gogol, Tolstoy under Madame de Sévigné,

so that now, on a train in the taiga of Siberia,

I see what she sees — all my books alphabetized and on shelves,

feet misshapen, hands ribbed with raised veins,

neck crumpled like last week’s newspaper, while her friends

are young, their skin pimply and eyes bright as puppies’,

and who can blame her, for how lucky we are to be loved

for even a moment, though I can’t help but feel like Pushkin,

a rough ball of lead lodged in his gut, looking at his books

and saying, “Goodbye, my dear friends,” as those volumes

close and turn back into oblong blocks, dust clouding

the gold leaf that once shimmered on their spines.

— Poetry, January 2013

Barbara Hamby is the author of several poetry collections, including All-Night Lingo Tango (2009); Babel (2004), which won the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ Donald Hall Prize; and Delirium (1995), which won the Vassar Miller Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award. Her short story collection, Lester Higata’s 20th Century (2010), won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize/John Simmons Award.
Unknown Sender
By: Don Franke
Tags: SciFi, Science Fiction, Short Fiction, Microfiction, Centina

Don Franke enjoys speculating about how people might go about their daily lives in the near future. He currently publishes a sci-fi series called Reset on his Medium page.

Thanks to J.A. Taylor and the Centina prompt ‘The Greatest Gift.’
Jenom pro pořádek
By: Martin Pánek
Tags: Eusoc, Politika, Notes

in In Fitness And In Health
Daha “Responsive” tema
Tags: Mobil, Responsive, CSS, HTML, Genel

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Why WarnerMedia’s Streaming Service Needs to Embrace Ads
By: Michelle Castillo
Tags: Entertainment, OTT, Television, Streaming, Movies

WarnerMedia is facing a pricing conundrum as it enters an already crowded streaming entertainment space.

The company is expected to launch its highly-awaited video service for between $16 and $17 a month, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The offering is expected to include HBO and Cinemax, as well as other franchise content including D.C. and Harry Potter TV shows and movies. It is slated for beta release later this year and should be fully operational by March 2020, the WSJ wrote.

The company is also reportedly mulling an ad-supported plan which would lower the cost of the service. It may be the smarter move.

While $16 to $17 is far less than most people pay for cable, the price point puts WarnerMedia’s service already ahead of the pack. Despite Netflix’s frequent increases, its most popular plan still is $13 a month. Disney+ will launch in November at a low monthly $7 rate. Hulu starts at just $6 a month.

The average American only subscribes to 2.25 streaming services, according to research from Ovum. Another study from Compare Cards found people were already spending $38 a month on online subscriptions. With more services coming to market, competition is getting fierce.

Investors are patient. Disney admitted people might have to wait until 2024 to see profits from its streaming services. But WarnerMedia would have to significantly lose revenue if it lowered the price point, particularly because of HBO. It would have to renegotiate contracts with cable companies, as well as lower the price for individuals signed up to HBO Go. Parent company AT&T ($T) also has the weight of the $85 billion Time Warner acquisition price on its books.

Allowing advertising would give WarnerMedia’s service another revenue stream, allowing it to drop its price to a competitive level. Americans can be receptive to advertising if it means cheaper ways to watch: About 70 percent of Hulu’s 82 million subscribers have its lower-priced, ad-supported plan. Companies like Walmart, Xumo, and Viacom’s Pluto TV are embracing advertising because they understand not all households have the disposable income to add every new service on the market.

On top of that, brands are clamoring for ways to get in front of streaming viewers. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, 247 million users streamed digital video in a typical month last year for a total of 192 billion minutes monthly. Digital video ad revenue reached $5.2 billion dollars just in the first half of 2018. The likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ don’t allow commercials, so those services that are ad-friendly are reaping the benefits. Roku, for example, posted an ad revenue of $134 million during its last earnings report in May, up 79 percent year-over-year.

WarnerMedia has the ability to attract a lot of these of these ad dollars with its premium content. And, in the process, the lower costs should allow it to score big with viewers too.
Evilstagram.
By: Michal Malewicz
Tags: Humanity, Social Media, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Social

Square 4

Evilstagram.

How instagram is turning out to be one of the most evil apps of all time. Wasting time, energy and spiralling into depression is only a couple thousand swipes away.

I know what you’re thinking.

He’s going to talk about that recent dark pattern in Instagram where they put an e-commerce component where your notifications used to be.

How evil!?

No. This is a dark pattern alright, but that’s not what I think the bigger problem is.

Instagram combined with “humanity” doesn’t work. As humans we’re vain and selfish and this narrative is pushed on that platform more than on any other. We “follow” rich people and watch their yachts, designer handbags and Ferraris.

I’ve seen an influencer (girl) at a SPA recently filming her entry into an outdoor Jacuzzi SEVEN TIMES. Great way to show spontaneity of her awesome life when it’s so choreographed.

Instagram creates a divide between the people, and an outburst of completely mindless, useless people sharing their “amazing lives” on the platform. There are “creators” who don’t create and consumers who definitely DO consume.

There is nothing educative or meaningful in this “content”. It’s just babble. Stupid, silly and designed in a way that you want more.

We’re living in a fake world, and accidentally tapping on a shopping cart instead of the notifications should be the least of your problems.

Just stop scrolling.
Android Text Styling with Spans
By: Amit Shekhar
Tags: Android App Development, Kotlin, Android, AndroidDev, Android Apps

Working with the smartest people in the world to change the way we learn. EdTech products: MindOrks | AfterAcademy | CuriousJr | https://amitshekhar.me

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The Prostitute And The Saint
By: Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
Tags: Religion, Karma, Prostituteandsaintstory, Ramakrishnaparamahansa, Sinandvirtue

RELIGION

The Prostitute And The Saint

Think of this story when you next watch news TV

Picture by Julia Kadel on Unsplash

A prostitute and a saint lived in the same lane.

Each day, the prostitute would look at the saint and tell herself, oh, what a good man he is! He reads the Vedas and the Epics. He spends his time doing the God’s work and in prayer.

Meanwhile, the saint would look at the prostitute and shake his head at her profession and her lifestyle.

When they died, the prostitute went to heaven and the saint went to hell.

God said that sins and virtues were in the thinking, not in the doing.

Each got the afterlife they thought about for the other.

Don’t dwell on the mistakes of others, unrelated to your duty.

Thinking about them spoils your own karma, because it makes you angry, lazy or useless.

This is a story by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa.
Under Your Gaze
By: Rebeca Ansar
Tags: Poetry, Women, Self, Feminism, Culture

no

I cannot

become the cockroach queen

conform

so you confer the validation

of your most carnal needs

I cannot

cut and contour

this body that is my home

seeking to meet the conditions

of acceptable beauty

I cannot

strut around charmingly

under your gaze

with my receptacle heart

breaths laborious

pressed down

under your gaze

bones will give out

under the burden of this weight

you decided is the duty of my days.
Fall in Love With a Stranger
By: Øivind H. Solheim
Tags: Poetry, Relationships, Loneliness, Togetherness, Love

I look out into the world

I see many

I see everyone

I see no one

I want to see someone

I want to find someone

I want to fall in love

I want to love someone

Want to fall in love

want to find, discover

a stranger, an unknown person

one who is there

Want one that I do not see right now

one that soon

will see me

and I her
10 Tips and Shortcuts You Should Be Using Right Now in Xcode
By: Mike Pesate
Tags: iOS, Xcode, Shortcuts, Programming, Tips And Tricks

10 Tips and Shortcuts You Should Be Using Right Now in Xcode

A collection of shortcuts and tips that will help you master Xcode and write code faster

Image source: Author

Over the course of my career as an iOS developer, I’ve picked up a few habits that make working within Xcode much easier and faster. Most of them revolve around making good use of the great variety of shortcuts that are already in place but that we might not be aware of, or even have forgotten exist.

That is why I’ve gathered a few of my favourites to share with all of you.

Let’s begin!
Just 15 Photographs of Majestic Horses in Iceland
By: Jack Shepherd
Tags: Photography, Horses, Outdoors, Animals, Nature

Liga Liepina is a photographer with a unique specialty: Beautiful horses roaming majestically around stunning Icelandic landscapes. Her love of photography began as a teenager, when she and her family would travel to Iceland and she was given the responsibility of taking family photos with a small digital camera. “I’ve always had a special place for photos in my heart,” she told Tenderly. “I’ve always thought how important it is to capture memories and to be able to look back at them.”
2020 WA Legislative Session Weekly Update — Final Week
By: The Office Of Superintendent Of Public Instruction
Tags: Washington State, 2020legupdate, K 12 Education, Education, Washington Legislature

Except where otherwise noted, content by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. All logos and trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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I Put The Fun in Functional Addict
By: Hogan Torah
Tags: Ideas, Lists, Humor, Addiction, Satire

Absurdism at it’s most absurd. Am I a duck? That depends on how much money you got. I bet you don’t have enough. That’s a shame because I’m an amazing duck.

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buck(le) up
By: Barbara Sliter
Tags: Broken, Renew, Chalkboard Espresso, BlackLivesMatter, Buckle

Tapestry by B.E. Sliter

Join together…

Make anew

what is broken!

Written in response to the prompt “buckle” by Fierce Force 💃🏼.

Thanks to Harper Thorpe, Kathy Jacobs and the entire Chalkboard team.
มืออาชีพ. อะไรคือตัวชี้วัดความเป็นมืออาชีพ?
Tags: Leadership, Work, Professionalism, Self Improvement

A member of Mutrack and Inthentic. I lead, learn, and build with vision, love and care. https://piyorot.com

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Earth Sounds
By: Lisa Bolin
Tags: Poetry, Nature, Earth, Poetry On Medium, Life

~thanks for reading~

Also published on Instagram.

Lisa writes poetry, stories, creates indoor gardens, sings, and reads from her place of abode in a Finnish archipelago. She still calls Australia home. You can keep in touch via Northern Notes.

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Blockchain Report — 5/2/2018
By: Christopher Durr
Tags: Blockchain, News, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Bitcoin

Summary: Ethereum Under Regulatory Scrutiny; South Korea Aims To Create Cash Free Society With Cryptocurrency; HBO Show Silicon Valley Talks About ICOs And Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum Is Under Regulatory Scrutiny

Ethereum Logo

According to CNBC, Ethereum fell in price after a report came out stating that regulators were exploring whether or not Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies like it should be treated like securities. They are examining whether digital currencies should fall under the same rules as stocks.

In the view of some regulators, Ethereum’s Initial Coin Offering in 2014 was an illegal securities sale. Others view Ethereum and other digital currencies as a new asset class that cannot be regulated by the same rules as stocks.

Several different definitions have been given to cryptocurrencies by different regulatory bodies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has labeled cryptocurrencies as commodities, not securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that it views cryptocurrencies as securities. This March the SEC stated that it was looking to apply securities laws to cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets.

The Wall Street Journal reported that because people who put money into Ethereum’s ICO expected a rise in asset value, Ethereum resembles a security.

South Korean Central Bank Says Cryptocurrency Will Create A Cash-Free Society

View of Seoul, Korea

According to Coin Telegraph, South Korea’s Central Bank recently announced that it is considering cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications to reach its goal of a “cashless society”.

The Bank of Korea announced the official launch of its cash-free society pilot in a report yesterday, and the report stated that the bank has been exploring how blockchain and cryptocurrencies can be used — for example, using blockchain for payments.

The main goal of the project is to reduce the cost of producing physical currency — it is estimated that South Korea has spent the equivalent of $47 million to issue physical currency. South Korea plans to be a cashless society by the year 2020, according to the KoreaTimes

Upcoming HBO Show Silicon Valley Episode Will Explore ICOs And Cryptocurrencies

Cast of HBO show Silicon Valley

A promo for the upcoming episode for the HBO show Silicon Valley was released April 29th, and it revealed that the episode will focus on Initial Coin Offerings and cryptocurrencies — the name of the episode will in fact be “Initial Coin Offering. The show focuses on a fictional startup called “Pied Piper”.

The promo shows Gilfoyle suggesting to Pied Piper’s CEO Richard to create a “Pied Piper Coin” to raise money as oppose to raising funds through a venture capitalist.

In traditional Silicon Valley fashion, the show appears to poke fun at ICOs, with Richard going up to a friend and saying “You did 36 ICOs, did they work?” and his friend telling him “It’s not always about the money. Sometimes it’s about the wisdom,” implying that he lost his money funding and/or creating dubious ICOs.
Waves and ICOs at Startup Village in Skolkovo
By: Guy Brandon
Tags: Fintech, ICO, Crowdfunding, Blockchain, Bitcoin

Sasha Ivanov discusses blockchain crowdsales at Russia’s largest conference for technology entrepreneurs and start-ups.

On 7 June Waves enjoyed a presence at a major event for tech start-ups in Skolkovo as Sasha Ivanov explained to the audience how the ICO could revolutionise crowdfunding (see video — starts at 3:05:10).

During a broader discussion about the impact of blockchain technology for start-ups, he discussed the case of Kolionovo: a farming collective that recently raised half a million US dollars with a crowdsale hosted on the Waves platform. (Mikhail Shlyapnikov, Kolionovo’s founder, followed Sasha and talked more about the practicalities of the endeavour.)

New financial instrument

In the course of the question-and-answer session, Sasha explained to the audience how ICOs work. Digital tokens are sold to investors, and can be traded on online exchanges for other cryptocurrencies. Successful businesses increase the value of their token — which effectively represent a new kind of financial instrument. And, whilst this idea was originally confined to the crypto world itself, it is now being extended to the real economy.

Different business models are possible but there are broadly three types of ICO token: credit obligations, equity tokens and in-app currencies. One way or another, positive cashflow for the business will increase the value of these tokens and give investors ROI.

ICOs are interesting because they enable a direct relationship between a business and its community. Supporters not only invest in the product but test it and give feedback. This additional activity probably triples the nominal value of the investment. On the investors’ part, it allows anyone to become a venture capitalist.

ICO ‘bubble’

ICOs are a very large market right now — Basic Attention Token, for example, recently attracted the equivalent of $35 million in ETH in less than 30 seconds. Many different and promising use cases are being explored. Kolionovo is one of the first real examples of an agricultural use case; holders of the token receive discounts on the business’s products and services. It is not a technical project, and a great example of how anyone can fund their business with an ICO. ZrCoin is another real-world application: an industrial project for the production of synthetic (environmentally-friendly) zirconium. There are real estate and IT projects. And, over the last month, MobileGo, which took a record $53 million for the promotion of cryptocurrency in the online gaming sector.

It is likely that the ICO sector is experiencing a bubble right now, but this simply reflects the potential and stage that blockchain crowdfunding finds itself at — just as the dotcom bubble heralded the coming-of-age of the internet itself.
Neblio Partners with Kind Ads (June 25 2018)
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin

Neblio Partners with Kind Ads

As part of Neblio’s vision to help companies and entrepreneurs easily transition to blockchain we are happy to announce that Neblio has partnered with Kind Ads (KIND).

Kind Ads is a blockchain advertising platform that serves user-friendly ads without taking any middleman fees.

Kind Ads will show users more relevant ads through channels like email marketing and push notifications so users can browse the web without being bombarded by irrelevant ads.

Kind Ads recently raised ~$20M in funding and their token (KIND) should be listed on cryptocurrency exchanges in the near future.

As part of our partnership, Kind Ads will give a 50% discount to the first 10 Neblio-based projects that run an ad campaign on their platform, up to a $15,000 discount each!

Neblio projects after first 10 will get a 25% discount.

This strategic partnership will allow companies building Neblio-based projects to easily promote their project in a cost effective way, and is another building block in the blockchain ecosystem we are creating.

If you are interested in working with Kind Ads regarding your Neblio-based project, please contact us.

Yuval
APIS Masternode EarlyBird Report #8
By: Sophie Ha
Tags: Finance, Blockchain, Notice, Eng, Cryptocurrency

APISplatform

Official publication for APIS, the world-first masternode…
The Best Film and TV of 2020
By: Lucien Wd
Tags: Shithouse, Kajillionaire, Normal People, Movies, Best Films Of 2020

Perhaps the theatrical cinema experience did die in 2020 (and we hold our breath for its grand resurrection), but film certainly didn’t.

I saw less than ten new releases in a theatrical setting this year, but the best of the releases offered at home were as high a calibre as in almost any year.

What has emerged is a further blurring of the line between what is film and what is television, as when everything is watched on a TV either way it’s hard to differentiate.

Thus, for the first time in my now nine years compiling my Best Films of the Year lists, I have combined feature-length and episodic releases into a single list, though it’s heavily skewed towards the former. The TV that impressed this year was certainly as filmic as you can imagine: miniseries with a single creative vision and aspiration far beyond standard serialised offerings.

Some film/TV I have not yet seen that may or may not have made this list if I had: Nomadland, Minari, The Father, Another Round, Promising Young Woman, Soul, The Queen’s Gambit, Small Axe, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Disappointments that I saw, but didn’t make the list: I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, Rialto, Palm Springs, The Nest, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run, On The Rocks

Alright, it’s time to jump into my list, in descending order, here are the 15 best film and miniseries of 2020….
10 Must-Read Books for Software Engineers
By: Simon Holdorf
Tags: Programming, Technology, Careers, Software Development, JavaScript

10 Must-Read Books for Software Engineers

Getting better as an engineer is as much about reading code as it is about writing it

Photo by Ria Puskas on Unsplash

Besides all the great offerings of the modern world — podcasts, videos, blogs, etc. — reading a good book is still something many people don’t want to miss. I have read many good books covering tech-related things, such as software engineering, for example, and am still reading to learn new patterns and best practices.

Finding great books for software engineering is not an easy task because the ecosystem changes so rapidly, making many things obsolete after a short time. This is especially true regarding books that rely on a specific version of a programming language.

However, there are evergreens available, books that deal with meta-topics, design patterns, or general mindsets.

The following collection consists of some of the most popular, most-read books available. Books that are still relevant today and that are often recommended by senior developers to junior developers. I know that time is precious, especially for software engineers, but if you manage to read some of them it will definitely help you and your career. Note that this list is in no particular order because all of these books are equally recommendable.

Note: None of the links below are affiliate links.
Elixir Ecto put_assoc vs cast_assoc
By: Cory O'Daniel
Tags: Web Development, Elixir

TLDR; If the thing exists, use put_assoc. If you’re creating it, use cast_assoc.

Ecto has two nifty methods for working with associated records in a changeset.

put_assoc/4 is used when you already have an associated struct and you want to assign the association in your changset.

cast_assoc/3 is used when you want to create the associated record along with your changeset. This might be what you are looking for if you are coming from Rails and looking for ‘accepts_nested_attributes_for’

By default cast_assoc/3 will use changeset/2 in your associated model, but you can specify a different by passing the :with option.
NEL First Bi-weekly Report of October
By: Robbie Wang
Tags: Report, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Upgrade

Happy NEO MainNet launch 3-year anniversary!

Neoray2.0

Updated the latest framework and neon

Fixed an issue that the display position of the current execution code block skews during debugging.

Fixed problems that AVM information is missing when debugging code

ThinSDK upgrade

Refactored part of the code

Upgraded the construction transaction, public and private key’s conversion to address, contract call and other functions to adapt to neo3

Added the function module that directly calls the node and nel-api (not yet completed)

NELScan explorer NEO3.0 version

Fixed the problem that under the neo3 TestNet, using the search box to search for information under the details of the address, transaction details, etc. will jump to the information details of MainNet.
Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel Shares how to Fulfill God’s Plan for Your Life
By: Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel
Tags: Religion, Worship, Christianity, Love, Life

For many people, God’s plan seems like a mystery that no one can ever unravel — because of this, most go through life hoping they fulfill God’s plan in their lives, or end up giving up altogether and hoping everything works out.

According to Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel, president of Hear the Lord Ministries and the overseer of God’s Remnant Assembly, discovering and fulfilling God’s plan in your life is possible. It does take patience and perseverance and faith, but you can live out God’s plan for your life. Here are some ways he suggests you can do this.

Deep Call unto the Deep

Every search for purpose and meaning starts from deep intercession unto God. Finding out what God’s plan is for your life isn’t any different. Take some time to seek the face of God, examine your priorities, what matters to you, and what your goals and aspirations are. Try and find a common thread in all this. Once you find your goal, this goal could point to the direction God wants you to go. Remember, says Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel, no journey is ever a straight line so you may change direction down the line, even if you are still heading to the same destination.

Discover Your Potential

God has put a tremendous amount of potential in every person. There is a treasure inside of everyman. Discovering this potential is the next step in fulfilling God’s plan in your life. Although the potential God has placed in us is in many ways limitless, it is not meaningless. God has a purpose and use for all the potential in each person, and in many cases, it is to benefit someone else. So, as you explore and embrace your potential, remember, God gave you so much so you can give as much.

Write Down Your Vision

Now that you have a goal and an appreciation of the potential you have, it’s time to get to some details. Do you have a vision? In many cases, God will reveal his plan for your life by sowing a vision in your heart. This could be a desire to serve in a certain capacity, or to lead, or to become part of a movement. Whatever it is, says Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel, your vision will often be the roadmap towards God’s plan in your life. Remember to do this prayerfully, as you ask God to reveal what the vision and mission for your life is.

Zoom In

Finally, passionately pursue the three steps that are in line with the three pointers above. It’s great to have a goal, potential, and vision, but without an action plan, you’ll be unable to start the journey (or continue it) with clarity and focus. These pursuits could be related to your job, your current relationships, your ministry, your business, or anything else that you are involved in.

Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel’s Final Thoughts

Once you are locked in, focus on being a faithful steward in all that you do. When it comes to God’s plans, they are more of a slow cook than a quick fry. Be sure to stay on course even when you feel like you are going in the wrong direction, says Dr. Akintayo Emmanuel, because it often so happens that this is when God is leading you in the right direction.
Fast.ai Practical Data Ethics series
By: Risto Hinno
Tags: Privacy, Data, Fastai, Tech Companies, Ethics

“This class was originally taught in-person at the University of San Francisco Data Institute in January-February 2020, for a diverse mix of working professionals from a range of backgrounds (as an evening certificate courses). There are no prerequisites for the course. This course is in no way intended to be exhaustive, but hopefully will provide useful context about how data misuse is impacting society, as well as practice in critical thinking skills and questions to ask.” (source)

Course syllabus could be found here.

This is list of lessons and my notes:

Lesson 1: Disinformation . Video, notes

. Video, notes Lesson 2: Bias & Fairness . Video, notes

. Video, notes Lesson 3: Ethical Foundations & Practical Tools. Video, notes

Video, notes Lesson 4: Privacy and surveillance. Video, notes

Video, notes Lesson 4 (continued): Privacy and surveillance: towards solution. Video, notes

Video, notes Lesson 5.1: The problem with metrics. Video, notes

Video, notes Lesson 5.2: Our Ecosystem, Venture Capital, & Hypergrowth. Video, notes

Video, notes Lesson 5.3: Losing the Forest for the Trees. Video, notes

Video, notes Lesson 6: Algorithmic Colonialism, and Next Steps. Video, notes

Thank you fast.ai team for learning opportunity!
New hire in Korea, Dana Ryoo
By: Nicholas Adams Judge
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Seoul, Korea

RootProject is excited to announce the hiring of Dana Ryoo as the new Community Manager in Seoul. RootProject has been rapidly expanding in Korea and looking to bring more staff into Seoul as we continue to build out our pilot cities. Dana joins us with experience in building community partnerships and supporting cross continent collaboration. She will be an extremely valuable members of our team as we continue to grow in the Korean market and beyond.

Dana attends the Minerva School at KGI where she studies operations and finance with a minor in economics. Dana traveled between seven countries during her four years and is fluent in multiple languages. Dana conducted community building and built partnerships across Korea specializing in opportunities unique to Seoul and the global audience. Most recently, Dana worked in with Gluwa, a crypto currency platform in the office of the CEO supporting relationships in the Seoul and San Francisco offices.

Dana will be focusing on translations, site updates, social media materials, and community management as RootProject launches in Seoul. With her community partnership experience and contacts, Dana is primed for success far beyond the initial launch of Seoul as a pilot city.
What shame can do in your head
By: Lucas Panek
Tags: Poetry, LGBTQ, Queer, Love, Poesia

I know you love me

Still, sometimes I wish

everything could be easier

And we just could hold hands

with pride

But I know you’re afraid

of what people will think of you

Their judgments are stronger than my love

Just I know what shame can do in your head

You lose who you are into your fears

And then we are not us anymore

I become a frustrated version of myself

And you, a paranoid of yours

The worst of hate is not the violence

that thrives together

But is what we do to ourselves

Depriving our hearts of feeling the love

Our hands of sliding through a thrilled skin

Our souls of living the happiness of finding a perfect mate

Nevertheless, loving you is the only path I wanna follow