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What’s New in The Steem Blockchain Velocity Update [Hard Fork 20]
By: Rajat Dangi
Tags: Blockchain, Technology, Social Media, Blockchain Startup, Steemit

Steem Velocity Update — Hard Fork 20

This update was named Velocity, prominently it makes the Steem scalable and the most advanced freemium blockchain in the world.

Here is a partial list of what’s new in the latest update —

Resource Credits

The Old Way — Bandwidth Algorithm

Every action: post, comment, upvote etc. on the Steem blockchain is a transaction. Every transaction takes up some physical resources to complete.

In the earlier version it was assumed that all the cost incurred in physical resources for transactions are correlated to one resource type: Transaction size. Which means that the true cost of a transaction was not calculated precisely.

In that system, the less active users were compensating for the more active users. Under the old bandwidth model, a follow was underpriced because its computational cost to the blockchain is born over time, whereas a transfer is dramatically overpriced since it requires a lot of resources at the time of the transfer, but virtually none over time. Yet, under the bandwidth model, token transfers are 24 times more expensive than a follow. The RC system fixes this by accounting for a wider variety of consumed resources thereby creating more accurate internal pricing.

The New Way — Resource Credits

The resource allocation system efficiently allocates blockchain resources and accurately measures the true cost of running the Steem blockchain.

It introduced a new unit called Resource Credits (RCs). Every transaction costs a calculated amount of RCs. The system now assumes that all the physical resources are correlated to three factors: blockchain size, state size, and computational load.

Your RCs depend on the Steem Power your account holds. Depending on your Steem power you get a limited number of comments, upvotes, and transactions to perform on the blockchain. If you exhaust your RCs, they will recharge linearly in 5 days.

You can check your RCs on Steemd.com —

Votes and transfers require relatively few RCs, while comments consume far more RCs. This is based entirely on the amount of computational resources these activities consume.

Resource credit is the key change in this update. For detailed technical overview, please refer to this blog post by Steemit.

Subsidised Account Creation

The account creation on Steem costs less with this new update. The blockchain subsidised account creation reduces the cost from earlier 7 Steem to now 6.1 Steem. Now developers got new method to create new accounts using RCs.

Manabar

The way voting power is now tracked is via a “manabar”.

Your max mana depends on your Steem Power, delegations, and active power down. Mana regenerates proportional to your max mana and is updated whenever there is a change to your max mana or a vote takes place.

These are changes in HF20 that mostly affect the Steem users. Apart from this, there is a long list of all the changes made that you may read in this blog post.
Tango of Obsession
By: Dermott Hayes
Tags: Passion, Poetry, Obsession, Anger, Life

Welcome to Lit Up -The Land of Little Tales. Here you can read and submit short stories, flash fiction, poetry - in brief, your own legend. We're starting little. But that's how all big stories begin.

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CE QUI EST À TOI EST À MOI …
By: Les Digitaux Les Digitaux
Tags: Economics, Digital Marketing, Collaborative Consumption, Shared Economy

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6 Swifty Ways of Writing Code
By: Anupam Chugh
Tags: Mobile, Xcode, Swift, Programming, iOS

Use Maps to Safely Unwrap Optionals

Typically, we use the if let or guard let syntax to safely unwrap optionals in Swift. While that’s all fine, sometimes you wish there was a way without those brackets around — especially when you’re unwrapping a child property. Thankfully, we can unwrap optionals using the map operator.

Optional values passed inside a map closure are evaluated only if they contain some value, thereby ensuring it’s not nil .

Using maps for unwrapping is handy in optional tuples as well. Here’s a Swifty way to do it:
Green Energy Ohio & YellowLite Come to Photovoltaic Program at Richland
Tags: Institution Spotlight, Solar Energy, Feature, Prison, Solar Power

Over sixty residents of the Richland Correctional Institution attended a special presentation to discuss alternative energy. The event began with an announcement from Ms Baxter, Reintegration Unit Case Manager and PV staff advisor, “I just received word that each of the men who recently completed the ETA (Electronics Technicians Association) certification test passed.”

The room filled with applause as the graduates of the PV program received recognition for their achievement. Since 2015, the PV program at RiCI has become one of the prime programs offered through the reintegration unit, supporting a new vision in the growth industry of alternative energy. The unit received its certification as an approved ETA training site in 2017 and since then has graduated 16 current/former residents and has a waiting list of over 100.

Ms. Baxter welcomed all those in attendance, including Warden David Marquis, William Eleby, (Enterprise Development), and Roxanna Swogger, (Office of Reentry). Guest speakers, Jane Harf, (Executive Director of Green Energy Ohio) and Zach Schwartz (Community Outreach Organizer and Solar Consultant for YellowLite, Inc). YellowLite is the largest solar residential installer in Ohio, provided the topics for the event. The guests conducted a presentation that provided insight into the benefits of using alternative energy. Mr Schwartz informed the residents that YellowLite is providing solar energy panel installs to both residential and commercial customers throughout Ohio.

Ms. Harf, provided background on Green Energy Ohio (GEO) and discussed some of its nonprofit and corporate members. She explained that there is current growth in the alternative energy field which is fueled by the interest in new alternative energy technology. Ms Hart also stated the Photovoltaic program at RiCI is unique and provides a fantastic opportunity for individuals wanting to enter the solar panel industry. She identified some of the nearly 1500 solar PV systems currently in operation throughout Ohio. It was emphasized that there is tremendous employment opportunities for those who become certified, and learn all that they can.

During the Q&A portion of the event, participants inquired about new technology in alternative energy and additional certifications available. Harf and Schwartz spent nearly an hour fielding questions from the eager audience, answering each question with encouragement and interest. The event concluded outside in order to view the photovoltaic programs’ solar panel exhibit. One of the certified PV instructors at RiCI conducted a demonstration on how the PV program utilizes some of the donated panels and equipment. The participants also were provided an opportunity to present their resumes to Ms. Harf and Mr. Schwartz and discuss individual employment.
“Nature of Spirit” — If Only Alan Turing Could See Billy Porter Now
By: Heather M. Edwards
Tags: Oscars, Equality, Culture, Media, Politics

Billy Porter @ Getty Images, 2019

Gushing article after post after tweet are throwing rose petals at Billy Porter’s feet after he made the 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony look like a child’s imaginary tea party the Queen of England crashed.

And I wish Alan Turing could’ve been there. I wish the genius who saved 20th-century civilization could see 21st-century society celebrate a stunning gay man for stealing the most famous red carpet in the world and walking arm-in-arm with his husband while the paparazzi followed them like peasants.

Honestly, I haven’t watched the Oscars since “Hard Out Here for a Pimp” won Best Original Song. As Host Jon Stewart pointed out, “So, just to recap, Martin Scorsese — zero Oscars. Three 6 Mafia — Oscar winners.”

The Academy is clearly just one more organism whose true mission is its own survival. Though they are not the absolute metric on motion picture valuation the awards ceremony remains a major international stage with tremendous global visibility.

And it was a joy to see the media tripping all over themselves to cover the man of the hour. But the visionary glamour Billy Porter brought to the Oscars might have had him on trial and facing prison in an era not so long ago.

Alan Turing changed the course of WWII — pivotal in the Allies’ interception of coded German communication, he was a futurist with unmatched codebreaking skills and intuition. For those of you who didn’t see Benedict Cumberbatch’s beautiful portrayal of Turing in The Imitation Game, know that the brilliant computer scientist was also the man tried in court for his crimes — “acts of gross indecency.” In lieu of prison he “chose” to be chemically castrated to “cure” himself of the disease of homosexuality. A “disease” that still “afflicts” men and women today. But these people are now more free to live and love than Turing could have imagined. He died alone after eating half an apple and a dose of cyanide.
Societatea Vizualizărilor de Date
By: Elijah Meeks
Tags: Dvsintro, Data Science, Professional Development, Data Visualization

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Edie’s Three
By: Edie Tuck
Tags: Impressions, Top 3, Soulmates, Life Lessons, Communication

What’s The Difference Between A Soulmate And Twinflame?

I’ve always been a firm believer in past lives — that our souls travel through time, jumping from body to body, being reborn over and over again. I’ve also always believed that we don’t just have one true ‘soulmate’, but until I read this article by Suzan Dalia, I had never heard of the term ‘twinflame’. Reading this piece felt like someone was finally putting into words everything I believed about the subject.

If soulmates are souls that accompany each other throughout their various lives, then I believe I’ve found a few right here in Jon Peters, Daryl Bruce, and Kristi Keller. Read this article with an open mind, and an open heart.

Find All of the Exits

I love this short article, it reminded me that we have so much to learn from others — especially children — if we just choose to listen. Too often, we hush them and quiet their imagination, when we should instead delve into it with them. You might even remember a lesson or two, as Laura McDonell did — it’s actually really good advice to know where the exits are — even if there are no zombies!

On Making a Good Impression

We all have moments in our lives that we’re less than proud of. Instances when we know we didn’t present the best version of ourselves. First impressions are important — we only get one chance at it. Reading Nguhiden J. Gar’s story about a time she didn’t present her best self really made me realize how important it is to be self-aware. We all have our moments, our days — we’re human. But recognizing them is key — as trying to rectify those less-than-stellar impressions after the fact, can be difficult.
Thursday. A love affair
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Illustration, Comics, Thursday, Cartoon, Art

First thing in the morning: a glass of water and a cartoon by The Fluxus.

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Share your ideas — Social Media 101
By: Alok Tyagi
Tags: Personal, Enterpreneurship, Blogging, Internet, Organization Development

I find myself in more situations lately educating others or asking others to embrace social media as part of professional life. It has become a norm for start up companies where social media is part of life. However, in established companies it is a journey: some leap forward and others need hand holding to get the journey started.

I usually find 2 stumbling block for the folks who have not done it before:

1. Overcome their own inertia or fear what does it mean to share ideas on the whole world wide web.

2. Not knowing how to get started — particularly how to keep personal and professional life separate and private as one deem appropriate.

I am not an expert but I have embraced few things as part of my daily personal/professional life. Here is what I do:

a. Facebook: It is my personal family/friend group. This is where I keep up with what is happening in the life of my family and close friends. I usually share personal/family stuff here. I am particular about whose invitation I accept on Facebook or who I invite to be my friend. You can find me on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/alok.tyagi

b. Twitter: This is where I microblog on what is happening in my professional life. Usually, I share organization thoughts that are important to me. I accept everyone who want to follow me on twitter — except lately I am finding blocking some people who seem to have find a way to push porn on Twitter. You can find me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aloktyagi

c. Personal blog: This is where I speak my mind and share my personal/professional opinion on wide variety of topics — usually topics that are near and dear to my heart. You can find my personal blog at http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com

d. Company blog: This is where I represent my professional view as it pertains to the company I work for. You may want to check out your company policy. Some companies are restrictive on what you can say or not. Others are rather liberal and allows people to speak their mind. Anyway — it is better to know company policy as you blog on company site or forum. You can find my company blog at http://community.sagemas.com

e. LinkedIn: I don’t use it as much as others do. It is mostly my professional contact list and I usually use it to do quick reference check or know relationship when I meet someone new. I only accept LinkedIn requests from people that I know of or met recently at some conference/networking event. You can find me on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/aloktyagi

Anyway — there are various other avenues and some people use social media more than others. I suggest find your comfort zone and start the journey — whether to start on the personal end or professional end or both. What is important is to start the journey and be regular.
Making progress against our mission: Introducing the Pluralsight One Impact Book
By: Aaron Skonnard
Tags: Skills, Technology, Social Impact, Pluralsight One

At Pluralsight, we see first-hand every day how technology makes the impossible, possible. Technology skills give people power over their lives and careers. It’s why we founded our social enterprise Pluralsight One — to advance our mission of democratizing technology skills and create significant, lasting social impact.

Today, I’m excited to share with you our first-ever Pluralsight One Impact Book, which outlines our growth, progress and evolution. While this book is not entirely comprehensive, it will give you insight into major highlights and milestones from 2018.

Decades ago, when President John F. Kennedy detailed his vision to land on the moon, and that dream became reality only eight years later — the term “moonshot” was born to describe a huge problem, breakthrough technology and a radical solution. Democratizing technology skills is our moonshot, and Pluralsight One is on a mission to realize that dream.

Together, we have an incredible opportunity to unlock skills that create agency. We can promote lifelong learning, turn consumers into creators and help communities solve their toughest challenges.



And we can’t do it without you.

We believe in transparency and accountability, so we can reflect on our work, refine our solutions and accelerate outcomes. And, I’m extremely proud of what Pluralsight One has accomplished over the past year.

Thank you for supporting our mission and enabling the growth of Pluralsight One. We are at a tipping point in history — with technology poised to spark a movement towards prosperity or extreme inequity and vulnerability. We can tip the odds in the right direction.

Together, we are one.

You can view the full Impact Book here.
by Martino Pietropoli
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Humor, Saturday, Fashion, Drawing, Illustration

First thing in the morning: a glass of water and a cartoon by The Fluxus.

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Afternoon at Otter Lake. A poem about a camping trip
By: Trapper Markelz
Tags: Poetry, Free Verse

Photo by T L on Unsplash

A birch tree stands tall and alone,

surveying the sandy bottom

and all who spend a day

under its watchful eye.

Startled ducks step on themselves

running from imagined hostility.

Sunfish dart between shadows

looking for snails floating above

the mud tracks of lazy mussels.

A young couple slowly kisses

the sun, skipping thick stones

not meant for the task, quietly

contemplating what can’t be changed.
Stumbling into the Sweetest Season
By: Jane Woodman
Tags: Gardening, Fall, Poetry, Autumn, Free Verse

Stumbling into the Sweetest Season

for fall

In the author’s garden

This day shines with the glory of Fall!

Sun-splashed skin smells summerish

Springy sparrow spirits sprint sprightly skyward

Winter-warning weeds wrap and writhe (ha!)

But first, Fall, fresh-pressed from all of these!

Crystal air of Winter makes a photograph

Of Summer flowers and fruits still growing

While seeds jump early to the old ground

All becomes newish and anciently sings:

The cycle of seasons, the sweet grosbeak’s wings

The patchy young cardinals–Come now future Springs

To see the well pouring out all shining things!
A Gentle Explanation of Logarithmic Time Complexity
By: Jasmine Webb
Tags: Programming, Computer Science, Time Complexity, Algorithms, Big O Notation

What Is n?

“Time complexity is the computational complexity that describes the amount of time it takes to run an algorithm.” — Wikipedia

That’s a pretty wordy definition so let’s break it down.

I’ll go over four important categories of big-O notation. There are others like n log n and n factorial but we’ll leave those out for now.

Let’s say we have a list of five letters:

[a,b,c,d,e]

Since there are five of them, n here would be equal to 5: n=5 .

Constant time or O(1)

If your program wants to remove one letter from your list like this:

[a,b,c,d,e] => [a,b,c,d]

Its time complexity is simply 1 because it doesn’t matter how many letters are in the list, it will always take just one operation.

O(1) is the best possible time complexity! Data structures like hash tables make clever use of algorithms to pull off constant time operations and speed things up dramatically.

Linear time or O(n)

If your program does something like duplicate all the letters like so:

[a,b,c,d,e] => [aa,bb,cc,dd,ee]

For each letter, the letter is duplicated. The program goes through one at a time.

You could say that its runtime is Order n because the number of operations it has to do is proportional to how many letters are in your list. Does that say anything about how fast it will run in practice? Not really.

Your input could be two letters or it could be twelve billion. It could be running on an old laptop or a super computer and take a very different amount of time to run.

If the program is adding each number to itself three times instead of two, it will still be O(n) because even though your program is doing more operations per input, how much more is constant per input.

O(n) is a decent time complexity and you often can’t avoid it.

Order n squared or O(n²)

Now, say you want your program to add every member of the list to each other.

[a,b,c,d,e] => [abcde, bacde, cabde, dabce, eabcd]

Since for each item in the list you have to also go through the whole rest of the list, the number of operations your program has to do is the number of inputs (or n) times itself (n squared).

If your list has two letters in it, your program will take four operations to run. If your list has four trillion letters, it may never finish running!

O(n²) is almost never an acceptable time complexity and you can usually avoid it with a clever algorithm of some kind.

Logarithmic time or O(log n)

matplotlib xkcd style graphs!

Looking at this figure, you can see how each of the four runtimes scale.

The orange quadratic spikes up super fast while the green constant stays the same no matter the input. But what about that blue logarithmic line? That looks almost as good as constant time!
Graveyard of Dreams
By: Binit Acharya
Tags: Literatura, Poetry, Life, Poem, Hope

Graveyard of Dreams

A poem

Photo by Tomáš Malík on Pexels

He's looking for a glimmer of light

in complete gloom

he keeps digging for a diamond

Not knowing it's just a grave for another dream.

He finds love in hate, goodness in greed.

For him a wall is a gate

But, the world has other plans indeed.

The abyss is beautiful to him,

Says universe is not a lonely place

So many souls together swim in infinite space.

He thinks stars are just dead humans

Knows which one is whom.

But everything is in movement

And all we do is hitch a ride through time

Everything goes to a ditch

A ditch so sublime.

The only crime he’d done was hope

Hope for a better day,

But to his dismay,

Wishes are not granted, they are always taken away.
‘Axis’ for November 15, 2020
By: Thomas Whitfield
Tags: Singleness, Axis, Pie, Comics, Grammar

Artist, rockstar, recovering designer, and general all-around do-gooder; that’s me. Please add to this that I am intrepid, dogmatic, and fastidious.

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Christmas Coal
Tags: Christmas, Humor, Comics, Poetry, Holidays

Christmas Coal

Your Actions Have Consequences…

We always talk of Santa

Like he’s a jolly guy,

In a big red suit he “Ho ho ho’s”

With a twinkle in his eye.

He gives children all sorts of toys

from the generosity of his soul,

but the question no one wants to ask

is, “Where does he get the coal?”

Well, he has elves in his workshop

who make toys and live just fine.

But deep beneath, are the unlucky few

slaving in a dark coal mine.

Their overseers crack sharp whips.

They all will get black lung.

They swing a pick till their hands bleed.

It isn’t all that fun.

So children I implore you,

This year, please behave!

For if you don’t more elves will go

to mine coal in a cave.
To Hell With Balance
By: Nilofer Christensen
Tags: Lifestyle, Work Life Balance, Women In Business, Life Lessons, Women In Tech

To Hell With Balance

There’s so much more to life

Gotta be free now, gotta be free now, gotta be free. Photo by the author.

I detest the word “balance.” It implies a sense of serenity, control, and ubiquitous calm. A nirvana we should apparently all be striving for. If that is the benchmark, then we are all setting ourselves up for failure. I might as well start searching for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — and then keep all the gold I find for myself.

So if not balance, then what? What should we strive for in our personal and professional lives?
Take Wing
Tags: Personal Growth, Inspiration, Creative Writing, Poetry, This Happened To Me

I want to write the words I wish were written for me. For those dark moments I kept to myself and insisted on standing alone — even though I never really was.

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UI/UX Design: The Biggest Mistake Designers Make About Usability
By: Nick Lawrence
Tags: Ui Ux Design

Understanding Usability

So what exactly is usability?

Essentially, usability is a user’s ability to use the solution that you have designed for them in a way that delivers the desired results for that user.

Great. What’s there to misunderstand?

The issue here is that usability often becomes synonymous with the word “good,” in our minds. Run usability test, pass? Good, solution is good.

Here’s the rub though:

“Usable” does NOT mean “good.”

A shovel is a usable solution that will pass a usability test for helping a user dig a hole.

The problem is that while it makes digging a hole easier, digging that hole is still incredibly painful for the user, especially as it gets wider and deeper.

The same thing happens with your solution. The user will use it, derive results, tell you it works, and that they “liked,” it and think it will “work,” but I guarantee if you’re getting those answers, you’re more than likely asking the wrong question.
Crypto Airdrops Thursday 19 July
By: Atnet, Airdrops, Trading
Tags: Airdrop, Chiliz, Bitcoin, Privcy

Crypto Airdrops Thursday 19 July

One mild warning and one correction from last time ✌️

Correction: On Tuesday we said SEMUX doesn’t trade on an exchange. That was not true: $SEM trading is open on Bisq (P2P, formerly Bitsquare) and on Stocks Exchange as the BTC pair.

PRiVCY 7th Airdrop / $PRIV

21 July 2018, rounds run until 20 October 2018

PRiVCY is a new PoW/PoS privacy coin with cheap tx fees, integrated with TOR and Stealth Addresses. Airdrop runs in rounds, the earlier you get in the more coins you get. Token is promised to trade on Crex24 ASAP. The coin was shilled by John McAfee and is getting listed on a new cryptotrading outfit, the Cryptaldash. Warning: You need to install the proprietary wallet.

✅ join

📊 rules

The AVINOC airdrop is still available too ✌️

🚀 TO WRAP IT UP☀️

_______ Show some love — clap for us _______

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#PutinAtWar: Russian Jet Crashes Off Syrian Coast
Tags: Syria, Putinatwar, War, Security, Media

On May 3, 2018, photos surfaced on social media, which allegedly showed a Russian military plane crash into the Mediterranean near Syria. On the same day, articles followed from the Moscow Times, RT, and other Russian media outlets reporting on the incident.

A Russian fighter jet reportedly crashed off the coast of Syria near a Russian airbase, killing two pilots in what appeared to be an accident. @DFRLab took a closer look at the available imagery and reports to ascertain if the claims were true.

Background

According to the article from RT, a Russian military jet crashed off the coast of Syria’s Latakia. On Thursday morning, a Russian Su-30SM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-C) went down in the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Khmeimim Airbase nearby. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense:

Pilots fought to take the aircraft under control till the last minute.

Twitter user @MGhorab3 was one of the first to post imagery of the crash. The two pictures embedded in the post provided a views of the crash site immediately after impact from two different angles.

The post did not contain a lot of information, but did mention the port city of Jabla as the location where the pictures were taken. As the location was not mentioned in the Russian media articles, we checked if the location of the photos could be geolocated. Both photos, according to a reverse image search, were not previously posted and are likely genuine.



As the port city of Jabla is small and its coastline is not long, it was relatively easy to find the locations from which the photos were taken.
A Trumpensian “12 Days”
By: Sherry Mcguinn
Tags: Humor, Satire, Just Desserts, Trump, Holidays

SATIRE

A Trumpensian “12 Days”

Just desserts

Image by Sandy Qumbayah, Flickr.Com

On the first day of Christmas, Melania said to me,

“Oh hell no, don’t you grab my pussy!”

On the second day of Christmas, Ivanka said to me,

“Okay, Daddy, you can grab my pussy!”

On the third day of Christmas, Jared sent to me,

Three stale bagels

Two oily latkes and

a card that says “Get outta jail free!”

On the fourth day of Chrismas, the Sock Puppet sent to me,

Four monogrammed Bibles

Three MacDonald’s gift cards

Two of my own golf balls and

a card that says “Get outta jail free!”

On the fifth day of Christmas, Baron sent to me,

Five “fuck you” notes

Four Slovenian curses

Three soiled masks

Two whoopee cushions and

a card that says, “When you’re locked up, I’ll be free!”

On the sixth day of Christmas, Lyndsey sent to me,

Six “fuck me!” notes

Five cans of hair spray

Four chocolate crullers

Three whistle-blowers

Two Maga hats and

a card that says “Get outta jail free!”

On the seventh day of Christmas, Stormy sent to me,

Seven full-on bush shots

Six worn-out Trojans

Five “fuck you” Tweets

Four “Hair Club” gift cards

Three blessed virgins

Two plain-clothes vice cops and

a card that says “You’d better take a plea!”

On the eighth day of Christmas, Michael sent to me

Eight homemade butt plugs

Seven pairs of flip-flops

Six plastic combs

Five dollar bills

Four Diet Cokes

Three bags of Lays

Two tubes of toothpaste and

a card that says “Pretty soon you’ll be with me!”

On the ninth day of Christmas, Rudy sent to me

Nine doctors’ notes

Eight cases of Lysol

Seven Calzones

Six bottles of Red

Five Cuomo quotes

Four dead goldfish

Three MAGA jockstraps

Two dead voters and

a card that says “Get outta jail free!”

On the tenth day of Christmas, Tony sent to me

Ten Evil Eyes

Nine “Bah Fungoos!”

Eight finger kisses

Seven pissed-off Capos

Six lessons in “class”

Five poisoned Calzones

Four of Birx’s scarves

Three death count updates

Two blue ties and

a card that says “Lock him up and throw away the key!”

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the two dum-dums sent to me

Eleven bottles of “Man Tan”

Ten requests for pardons

Nine (dead) endangered sheep

Eight (dead) endangered tigers

Seven (dead) endangered deer

Six (dead) endangered lions

Five (dead) endangered sea ducks

Four (dead) endangered waterbucks

Three (dead) endangered leopards

Two spoiled grandkids and

a card that says “Get outta jail free!”

On the twelfth day of Christmas, “Sleepy” sent to me

Twelve eviction notices

Eleven travel bags

Ten maids a packin’

Nine Russians hackin’

Eight counts of Treason

Seven counts of Fraud

Six hungry lawyers

Five orange jump suits (XXL)

Four Weight Watchers points

Three blue masks

Two pieces of the Wall and

a card that says “You lost, piss up a tree!”
Tips from AIT desk | 20.06.18 | 1.1
Tags: Trading Tips, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Trading Ideas, Trading

Experienced traders find trading ideas and strategies multiple times every day. It doesn’t matter if you trade once an hour, or once in a blue moon. Now we post #AIT_TIPS so that you could use them for saving your time, money and expanding horizons.

We have had a look at Ardor, scalable, feature-rich blockchain with a child chain system.

“Like” this post, if you want us to share this statistic.

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E3 2019 Predictions with Daryl Baxter
By: Mitchell F Wolfe
Tags: Super Jump Podcast, E3 2019, Gaming, Events, Podcast

E3 2019 Predictions with Daryl Baxter

Super Jump gears up for the big event

Can you believe we’re already on the eve of another E3? All indications suggest that this year’s show will be another huge one. In this very special episode of the Super Jump Podcast, Mitchell Wolfe and friend-of-the-show Daryl Baxter put their heads together to come up with predictions for each major E3 exhibitor. Discussing our hopes, dreams, and fears is always a lot of fun ahead of an E3. Also, Mitchell accidentally calls Daryl “Dylan”! Multiple times! It’s truly embarrassing!

All this and more on this week’s episode of the Super Jump Podcast!

Check out Daryl’s work at https://darylbaxter.com/. We especially recommend his brilliant podcast, PAL Keys.

If you only want to hear this episode without dealing with a pesky podcatcher, that can be done here:

If you’re like me, however, and you LOVE pesky podcatchers, you’re in luck! The Super Jump Podcast is now available on iTunes and any podcatcher that picks up iTunes podcasts. Just search for “Super Jump” or follow this link to our iTunes feed. If you use another kind of podcatcher and we aren’t yet on its directory, you can still use it to listen to us. All you have to do is manually enter in the following URL:

Our theme and transition music is by Jamatar, who can be found here at his Bandcamp page.

Finally, if you’d like to write in to an episode of the Super Jump Podcast, you can do so at podcast@superjumpmagazine.com. You may be read on the show!

In our third season, we’ve been exploring a wide variety of gaming topics on the Super Jump Podcast, with the fun, enthusiasm, and positivity that we apply to the magazine itself. We really hope you enjoy the show as we continue into our third season — please take the opportunity to rate us on iTunes too, as it will really give us a boost.

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[Cryptography] DAG vs Blockchain
By: Ersin Taşkın
Tags: Distributed Ledgers, Distributed Systems, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Bitcoin

2018–01–28 22:45 GMT+03:00 Ersin Taskin wrote:

Pow, pos, dpos, etc. all have the same problem when it comes to security. When you are in the ocean, you cannot anchor to something made of or convertible to water. If you anchor to an iceberg, the attackers just melt it. In a financial system you cannot anchor to anything made of or convertible to money. Pos, pow, etc suffer because stake is made of money, electricity is convertible to money. So all the cryptocurrencies are vulnerable to a super-rational attack involving enough stake/power. I call this the AR Theorem (Anchorlessness-Robustness) in my paper. I show that you cannot achieve both Anchorlessness and Robustness at the same time. I define Robustness with components like efficiency, super-rational attack resilience, etc. Funnily, we have an anchorage that we amazingly ignore. An anchorage you cannot buy, bribe, corrupt. An anchorage that everybody on this list trust. An anchorage that can be used to randomly create and use secret keys that secures the system. It is right there next to us. We just don’t see it because we don’t raise our heads. And we keep paying an amazingly huge technical debt to get vulnerable and poor systems:) This is a manifestation of the importance of skepticism, the fuel of science. Zero tolerance to fanaticism. We, the scientists, should never give up being skeptical about the things that we believe the most. That is the essence of paradigm shifts, which brought humanity here, whose frequency needs to increase.
She Waits for Ann Landers
By: Alan Asnen
Tags: Poetry, Generations United, Feminism, Silence, Advice

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For years they have not spoken

her husband is angry

she cannot quite understand

each day it is good morning

without a response

the coffee is ready

the eggs are prepared

and nothing but silence

she waits for Ann Landers

How long can this happen

how long can they both wait

does he wait for Ann Landers

or some other silence

The traditions we live by

are so overwhelming

handed down by generations

who struggled before us

yet barely survived

they promised us everything

and delivered so little

only enough to give us

Ann Landers and decades of silence

Silence is terror

and terror continues

terror is violence

and violence continues

silence and terror

terror and violence

we wait for Ann Landers

to solve all our problems

Alan Asnen copyright 2019
Sass finally introduced a new module system and nobody talks about it
Tags: UI, Sass, Software Development, Front End Development, CSS

Namespaces

One of the biggest downsides of the old module system is that it is merely impossible to know where a given variable, function or mixin is coming from. As @import only uses a single global namespace developers must always pay attention to not accidentally name two variables the same and override one value with another. Let’s take a look at the following code:

No namespaces in the old Sass module system

Sass will use the latest import that it can find to resolve references to the $color variable. All imports reside in a global namespace. So now take a look how this plays out when the @use rule comes in:

Namespaces in the new Sass module system

It becomes much clearer now where the definition of the color variable is coming from. The namespace is determined by the basename of its URL. You can also rename it using the as syntax: @use “buttons" as btns and then refer to a variable as btns.$color . And if you really want to stick with the old horrors of a global namespace, you can also include files in the global namespace via @use “buttons" as * . At least, Sass will now produce an error if multiple modules expose variables or functions with the same name.

Lastly, @use offers a more explicit way of configuring imported library styles using a with clause. Let’s say you are importing some awesome library that defines some variables using the !default keyword. You can then configure that library with the following syntax:

Configuring libraries using the with-clause

The with clause will only allow variables that are actually defined in the imported module and only if these are defined with the !default keyword.
Be left. Be radical. Be Zen…
By: Paul Mason
Tags: Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party

Be left. Be radical. Be Zen…

Some notes on the current British political situation

This is a short document about the current political situation — the Tory meltdown and the potential move to create a centrist party. If you agree with it please share it with other left-wing and progressive people, discuss it and act on it.
Use Combine to Write More Readable Swift Code
By: Zafar Ivaev
Tags: Mobile, Xcode, iOS, Swift, Programming

Use Combine to Write More Readable Swift Code

Get rid of completion handlers and closure properties

Photo by Aditya Joshi on Unsplash

In this article, we will learn how to make our Swift code more distinctive and efficient by using Combine.

Without further ado, let’s get started.
Enabling Economic Opportunity for Small Businesses During COVID-19
By: Denisse Dubrovsky
Tags: UX Design, Internet Business Tools, Design Thinking, Enterprise Design, Product Design

When I came to Facebook over three years ago, I joined a team whose charter really spoke to me: building products that empower small- and medium-size businesses to be successful across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

The more than 180 million small businesses who use our tools are global and diverse, from a decades-old family-owned bakery in San Francisco to a one-woman jewelry shop in Manila. We know these businesses often don’t have the resources of larger companies, be it time, money or marketing expertise. We also know that they are the thread that keeps their communities together.

In January 2020, my team of content designers — working hand in hand with UX researchers, product designers and engineers — planned out all the ways we would help empower small businesses this year. And then COVID-19 entered the world stage. We all watched as, country by country, the effects of the necessary shelter-in-place orders started to impact small businesses globally. Suddenly, our work was exponentially more urgent, wide-sweeping and vitally important to get right.



People around the company came together with ideas for new features and products we could design and build that would help small businesses. The Events teams made it possible for yoga instructors and artists to bring their businesses online and charge entry to live classes; the Travel teams helped tour companies and boutique hotels quickly communicate service and refund changes to customers; and the Local teams helped neighborhood businesses quickly mark themselves as open or closed, as offering delivery or takeout, or as having temporary hours.

It was powerful to see groups from across the company — including us on the small business team — come together to help keep our customers’ doors metaphorically open. The energy around this work renewed our enthusiasm and belief in the real-world impact our team has, especially in moments like this. At the same time, there were plenty of challenges in handling the influx of information since a whole slew of projects and features were being worked on simultaneously by so many teams across the company. We consider ourselves the champions of small business products at Facebook, so we knew if our team was feeling overwhelmed, there was a risk the people using our platform were too.

To focus on creating the best user experience we could, we leaned in to process and principles. Design best practices matter more than ever in a crisis, so we focused on consistency and grouping related information together.
Sorry, Wrong Number
Tags: Humor, Life, Cartoon, Comics

Written by

Almost famous cartoonist who laughs at her own jokes and hopes you will, too.
Case study: A design system that evolves like a language
By: Ashim D Silva
Tags: User Experience, UI Design, Design Systems, Design Language, Case Study

The challenge

Design for daily use

Paytm Insider is rapidly scaling and evolving as a business, from its history in live event ticketing, to movies, sports and interactive video and games.

For marketing, we wanted the large amount of daily work producing banners and emailers to be simplified, with improved consistency — empower all levels of designers to produce work that fits the brand well and is ready for release with minimal oversight.

For product, we wanted to reduce decision making around font sizing, margins, etc. to improve consistency across apps and create a shared language between design and development. Give both team building blocks for prototyping new features or updating older parts of the app.

Fast learns, slow remembers

Pace layers divide types of design work by their resistance to change

From the beginning, we wanted to make sure the system was ready for change. Big decisions like brand colours and fonts might remain more fixed, while fast moving components like ads and new features would need to be nimble enough to experiement and set new standards.

Borrowing from architect Frank Duffy’s ideas about the layers of a building, we divided design work into the pace at which they were likely to change. Deeper layers change slowly and need more consideration while higher levels change with the season and can be trendy.

Moving the centre needs more effort and involves more stakeholders since it forces everything around it to change as well

Core branding

Design can be broken into grammar (colours, fonts) and vocabulary (components, modules)

Rather than start with a set of use cases, we wanted to give ourselves rules to work with. The core layer then is a system, not a library, and can be used to handle any new case thrown at it.

We worked with our branding agency to develop the basic building blocks: a colour palette, fonts and patterns that can be combined in a variety of ways.
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Tags: Work, Behavior, Professionalism, Life, 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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Why You Should Conduct Front-End and Back-End Tests
By: Harsh Patel
Tags: Programming, Backend, Software Testing, Testing, Frontend

Releasing a new product or an update can be stressful because you’re excited about your release but at the same time, you feel nervous about potential bugs or issues that can arise at any moment. To prepare yourself, you need to thoroughly test your application to ensure minimal to no problems with a product launch or at any point afterward as that would jeopardize your customers’ trust in you.

Testing can be either front-end or back-end or both, depending on your release. Testing is an integral part of the release process. Before we dive into the importance of front-end and back-end tests, let’s take a brief look at the two forms of testing: manual (where you do everything yourself) and automated (where you write code/scripts with tests that can run through a command or in a CI/CD process).

Manual Testing and Automated Testing

Manual testing is where no automated software used and it’s purely performed by a dedicated tester. This is the most initial testing technique to find critical bugs in your product.

Automated testing is different from manual testing because automated testing is done with an automated tool, less time is needed for testing and more time is needed to create test script/code, at the same time you also need to increase the test coverage.

Now, let’s look at front-end and back-end testing, and why they are critical for development.
Blood and Romance
By: Ngang God'Swill N.
Tags: Blood, Forgiveness, Flash Fiction, Love, Life

Blood and Romance

There is no reconciliation with the dead.

Photo by Mathilda Khoo on Unsplash

I remember the sparkle in your eyes, down by the fall where first we spoke, it had the beauty of a thousand stars kindling the night sky. Sweet words rolled off your tongue, robed in promises of serene security and drenched in finest honey; and I fell for all that you promised, fell for you. My heart skipped a beat to sync with yours, and danced to your rhythm in wild romance and the eternal kind of bond; for when our lips met, we shared more than a kiss. We sealed a soul pact.

Because I had trusted your sincerity, I saved a piece of my soul in everything that you were; every word, gesture, and truth deep within you. You were my literal completion and the weight of your absence threatened to wrench my heart from my chest; that’s why I never healed from your lies, that’s why I never could walk pass the incessant pain and betrayal you lavished our journey with.

I can still hear the screeching sound your apologies made as they scarred my heart forever. The senselessness of your explanations still haunts my dreams and burn my face with tears even as I struggle to wash this blood off my hands; why won’t it come off! This is the only escape from a soul pact; to set the other free. I should have believed your words as before, chart a new course to better days; but there is no reconciliation with the dead.
Bounty Global Reputation Task — Steemit
Tags: Blockchain, Airdrop, Bounty Program, Cryptocurrency, Steemit

Last week, we launched the first Bounty Global Reputation Task — sharing bounty.global to Bitcointalk. Congratulations to Bradley Burdette for getting extra reputation scores.

For those who haven’t or are not able to participate in the first round, we’ve listened to your feedback. So in round 2, the task is — write a post about bounty.global on Steemit.

Rules:

Write a post about bounty.global on Steemit (at least 100 words) Once posted, please submit your post link via email to support@bounty.global Winners will be picked based on post quality, comments, views and shares. As long as your post is good, we won’t limit the number of winners. The task ends on 23:59:59, September 4, UTC All rights are reserved to Bounty Global

What is Reputation Score?

Your reputation score measures how much you’ve contributed to different project communities through bounty.global. It applies to every bounty that you join. The higher your reputation is, the more reward you’ll earn from each bounty.

If you have any question, feel free to leave a comment below or reach out to us at support@bounty.global
Part One of ‘The Great Flamarion’ (1945)
By: Debbi Mack
Tags: Movies, Mystery, Public Domain, Mst3k, Film Noir

Next up on The Saturday Matinee, we have Part One of The Great Flamarion!

Not to be confused with The Flying Wallendas! Although–spoiler alert!–the Great Flamarion does do a sort of high-wire act, at one point. 🙂