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Fix Slow ActiveAdmin Index Pages With Large Datasets by Hiding Filters
By: Fatos Morina
Tags: Technology, Rails, Education, Programming, Ruby on Rails

Fix Slow ActiveAdmin Index Pages With Large Datasets by Hiding Filters

As our app grows, sometimes we have to refactor our admin interfaces too

Photo by Lukas Blazek on Unsplash

I was recently using Active Admin and came up with a particular case where the index page for a particular resource was loading really slowly. After trying to search up and down, trying to figure out what was the issue, I finally found that the issue was with a filter.

To explain it a little bit more clearly, let us suppose that we have a particular case where you have a project in which a client has many transactions and we have hundreds of thousands of transactions.

Now, due to the fact that we have a client with so many transactions, getting all these records each time you visit the index page of the client takes a lot of time. On the index page, you may have many filters, where a filter can be used to filter clients based on the transactions.

Due to the fact that we have so many records, we can simply hide this filter, so that we are no longer trying to filter clients based on the transactions. To do that, we can simply write:

Now we no longer have to wait so long for the page of clients to load.

You still can filter transactions for different clients by having a client filter inside the transactions’ index page.

You have considerably fewer clients and the transactions of results are also paginated, so this should still give you a way of filtering the results without having to compromise with the loss of this filter.

I hope that helps.
【EOS 生態週報】2019W10
Tags: Weekly Report, Eoshexagon, Eos Taiwan, Eos

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Why Spanking Your Kids Isn’t The Only Option
By: Glenna Gill
Tags: Fatherhood, Discipline, Spanking, Parenting, Motherhood

When I was five years old, I walked out of the entrance to the trailer park I lived in with my mom and dad. Without telling anybody, I decided to visit the Stop and Go convenient store, and I walked out onto the highway to get there. I wasn’t afraid. I just wanted to look at their comic books like every other time I went there with my parents.

That’s exactly what I did, inspecting each one carefully that I could reach on the shelf and then putting it back. When I found a comic I particularly liked, I asked a lady shopping at the end of the aisle if she would buy it for me. Surprisingly, she agreed and paid for it. She also gave me a ride home. I was oblivious to any potential danger. I really just wanted to read my book.

My panicked father was waiting in front of our trailer. I remember how he looked that day, furious and terrified, as he ordered me to my room. He took the comic book away from me, and it concerned me I might not get it back.

I stayed in my room a while, then ventured out to the living room where my father was still trying to calm himself down. I didn’t understand. I was fine and nothing bad happened to me. Why was he so upset?

When I asked him, he admitted how scared he was for my safety and how angry he was that I would walk away without telling him. I cried as he said he worried he would never see me again. The reality of what I’d done was hitting me full force, and the worst sense of remorse filled my tiny body. I told my dad I was sorry and meant it. He was still too frazzled to accept the apology but nodded his head that he heard me.

“I don’t get it,” I told him. “If I was so bad, why didn’t you spank me?”

“I wanted to,” he answered, “but I was so angry that I was afraid I would hurt you.”

Breaking The Cycle of Abuse

I didn’t realize it then, but it was a remarkable statement coming from a remarkable man. When my dad was young, spankings were the least of his problems. He was regularly beaten with coat hangers and tight unrelenting fists by both his parents, who were more quick to lash out in rage than to hug him and tell him they loved him. When he was an adult, he walked away and never spoke to his family again.

My beloved father was breaking the cycle, not willing to raise his child to fear him and not causing her physical and emotional pain. It would have been easy for him to spank me that day, but he didn’t want me to grow up like he did feeling scared of people and alone in the world. He wanted to be the person I came to with my problems, someone who would guide me and listen to everything I had to say instead of striking out furiously if he didn’t agree.
Lost in A Dream
By: Victoria Ponte
Tags: Poetry, Blue Insights, Poetry On Medium, Self, Dreams

Lost in A Dream

It begins in blackness

The color of my eyelids

With a flash

I see pink flamingoes flying

They fade into penguins waddling

Over the bright white snow

Just as quickly I am painting the bedroom

A new crimson color

After rearranging the furniture

As all the dogs I have lost suddenly appear

Mayhem ensues

And the only way out is

To awaken
The Romance Novelist Returns
By: Mark Starlin
Tags: Romance, Relationships, Microfiction, Writers Life, Centina

Justin built a fire, set the table, and cooked dinner. Janice had been to a writer’s retreat, and Justin hoped to set a romantic mood for her return.

“What’s this all about?” Janice asked as she came inside.

“I missed you.”

“Aww.”

She kissed him.

After dinner, Janice said, “That was a lovely dinner.”

“Not as lovely as you.”

“Sorry, I have a great idea for my novel. I need to write.”

“Can’t it wait?”

“No, it can’t.”

Justin grabbed his coat and headed out the door.

“Where are you going? It’s freezing out.”

“Not as cold as in here.”
3 Cryptocurrencies to watch on exchanges: LND, HYC & MITx
By: Jason Cameron
Tags: Cryptocurrency, ICO, Blockchain

All cryptocurrencies mentioned in my posts go through my initial analysis process which you can find in my free guide: ‘7 Step Analysis To Quickly Spot High-Quality ICOs & Cryptocurrencies’. Get My Free Guide Here.

The purpose of this blog post is not to provide a review of the projects — there are enough of those out online, this post is just to share my thoughts and opinion after taking a look and researching the projects.

I’m also not a techie, so this won’t be my angle, if you’re looking for a technical explanation of the project, again there’s loads of those out there online too, so you will be better off looking elsewhere. As an investor, this is where I will be coming from in this post, keeping the content simple and concise on what I like, or don’t like about the projects mentioned.

In no particular order. Here are 3 I’ll be watching on exchanges.

Lending Block

I think this team is very strong and will have the connections to make this project a success. I think the majority of the fundamentals are solid with a couple of weak spots but the low cap compared to similar projects makes up for it. However, I’m really not liking the 100% bonus with only a 30 day lockup so I’d prefer not to risk the ico in this market, even though the market may improve by the time this token lists on exchanges in May — this can’t be guaranteed so I’ll wait. Additionally, with a lot of regulation surrounding this space and no clear confirmation of compliance, I’d rather wait to see how they navigate this.

Morpheus Labs

Strong team and network, with credible backing. But pre/private sale bonuses are too big and they have a market maker set up which could suffocate short term growth. I really like the idea and think it will have value. Seems undervalued in my opinion but the bonus structure prohibits me from getting in at ICO.

Hycon

I like the fact this is a Korean blockchain as I believe it there will be a lot of growth from here. Positioned itself uniquely compared to ICON and have strong partnerships and customers already including a government deal. I also like the fact that private sale bonuses were not huge and there is a lock up of 3 months. However, the cap is really high and I’m not 100% confident only 10% available for sale and such a large allocation to being mined however I could also see the benefit in that. I’d prefer to watch this on exchanges to see how it performs.

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Accidental Homeschooling: Week 15
By: Sarah Cords
Tags: Education, Mathematics, Homeschooling, Holidays, Parenting

Accidental Homeschooling: Week 15

How did teachers ever control these kids before the holidays?

Photo by Magda Ehlers from Pexels

I’ve always kind of known and joked about the fact that it must be nearly impossible to educate children during the entire month of December. They’re busy thinking about their large and ever-shifting holiday wish lists, they’re constantly hopped up on sugar, and they just generally are in the mood for anything but math.

Which is unfortunate, because I think we’re behind in math.

The first-grader’s math is coming right along; let’s hear it for addition and subtraction from 0–20 and different shapes — that’s math I understand. The fourth-grader’s math, though? I’m a bit at a loss as to where to start. I’m also not sure what to do in the middle, and I’m really not certain how we’re going to end up.

Part of the problem is that I feel we can’t fully commit to one method or another. I am trying to keep him up with the math curriculum used in our public schools, because the hope is that next year, fall 2021, classes will be held in person and he can go back to school. However, the curriculum used in our school is only sold TO schools, and the entire annual program can be found in eight binders that cost about $1500.

Yeah, I’m not paying that.

So I am trying to fudge my way through. We have some student workbooks that are similar to what he used last year, and thank goodness for Saint YouTube, where other teachers are posting some of the virtual math lessons they’re offering in this curriculum. This would be fine, but sometimes I am not quite able to reverse-engineer the strategies they want to teach. But we do the best we can.

I’m torn. I want him to stay familiar with the curriculum and the vocabulary in use in our school system, but I also want him to learn some parts of math that I think are useful. Like, you know, the times tables. I have no problem thinking about multiplication in different ways and different “arrays,” but let’s face it, sometimes it’s just nice to KNOW that 7 x 5 equals 35 and 9 x 8 equals 72 (and so on and so forth). So then I start trying to show the fourth-grader a few of those strategies, and a few that we’re learning at Math Antics, and meanwhile I’m trying to help this easily frustrated kid realize that it doesn’t mean he’s STUPID (as he berates himself, loudly) every time he gets a math problem wrong.

It’s kind of a lot to do, especially when we’re all hopped up on sugar.

But, we’ll get there. And it is the holidays. Time to relax.

So this week we hosted some Zoom parties with friends, and we all ate too many chocolate Santas in our respective homes while we showed each other what we’d been building with Legos. I largely left them to their parties, but every now and then I did listen in, and enjoyed the perennial allure of talking about “what I want for Christmas.”

My wish for you this week is that all your numbers for the year add up, no matter which curriculum you use, and also that all your holiday wishes come true. Now kick back and eat a chocolate Santa.
Krill Gains Powerful ROA Management Based on BGP Routing
By: Alex Band
Tags: Bgp, Software Development, Rpki, Open Source, Rust

All of this information is also exposed to the Prometheus endpoint, allowing you to set up a dashboard with Grafana and configure alerts.

A simple Grafana dashboard conveying the same information

Best Practices Applied Automatically

The ROA suggestions that Krill does are based on best operational practices, as described in RFC 7115. This RFC advises operators to be conservative in the use of the maximum prefix length (maxLength) in ROAs. For example, if a prefix will have only a few sub-prefixes announced, multiple ROAs for the specific announcements should be used as opposed to one ROA with a long maxLength. Krill will guide users towards applying these best practices.

Liberal usage of maxLength opens up the network to a “forged origin attack”. ROAs should be as precise as possible, meaning they should match prefixes as announced in BGP.

In a forged origin attack, a malicious actor spoofs the AS number of another network. With a minimal ROA length, the attack does not work for sub-prefixes that are not covered by overly long maxLength. For example, if, instead of creating a single ROA 10.0.0.0/16–24, you issue 10.0.0.0/16–16 and 10.0.42.0/24–24, a forged origin attack cannot succeed against the announcement of 10.0.666.0/24.

BGP Data Sources

To display BGP information, Krill 0.7.1 relies on the route collector information from the RIPE NCC Routing Information Service (RIS), which is currently refreshed once every eight hours. In future releases we will extend Krill so that it can use near-real-time data, or even a local feed with your own BGP information instead. Still, for many users of the hosted RPKI systems offered by the Regional Internet Registries, Krill’s new user interface and guidance offer a huge leap forward.

Other features on the roadmap include the expansion of the monitoring and alerting features, for example allowing you to “mute” BGP announcements that are intentionally Invalid or NotFound. We will also let you tag ROAs to assign them a certain purpose or customer.

Other Goodies in this Release

For users of recent Debian and Ubuntu releases we now offer pre-built packages with our releases. Installation instructions are available in our documentation on Read the Docs.

All of the new functionality in Krill 0.7.1 is has been translated into the six languages that we now offer: English, Portugese, Spanish, French, Greek and Dutch. Our thanks go out to everyone in the community who contributed a translation!

If you would like see your preferred language in Krill and feel confident about describing Certificate Authorities, Trust Anchors and Relying Parties in your local language, do not hesitate to send a GitHub pull request on the Lagosta user interface project.

As always, please keep the feedback coming on the mailing list, GitHub and Twitter as we work our way towards Krill 1.0 and beyond! ❤️🦐
“What It Means When Childish Gambino Says ‘This Is America’”
By: Jess Brooks
Tags: Hip Hop

“Created by guns, overflowing with guns, America had always been a sort of rhetorical weapon, its greatness a cudgel applied to recalcitrant people of color at home or abroad. What the Trump campaign and election signaled was an abolition of all alternative Americas, the permanent reduction of the nation to a weapon directed at people whose skin is not pale…

Jubilant black culture abounds not only in resistance to the lethal violence directed at its makers, but also in complicity with it: when Glover stages the murder of a black guitarist and a black church choir, it’s not a white policeman pulling the trigger, but Glover himself, and after each killing he resumes his dancing with the same livewire energy and his rapping with the same assured flow, as if nothing had happened. If black culture affirms itself, accurately, as a testament to its makers’ capacity for grace, invention, and vigor in the face of an inhuman social reality, Glover’s own affirmation contains a shadowy admission that such makers cultivate their own agony in the act of representation.”
What The Love Is A Romantic Orientation?
By: Sexedplus Dan
Tags: Romance, Comics, LGBTQ, Sex, Sexuality

Sexual orientation and romantic orientation often align. For example, a person may be homosexual and homoromantic. They want to have sex and they want to date people of the same gender as themself.

But sometimes sexual orientation and romantic orientation do not align. For example, a person might be bisexual but heteroromantic. They may enjoy having sex with multiple genders, but they only want to have romantic relationship with one gender.

Many asexual people, who are not sexually attracted to people of any gender, do still want romantic relationships. They want to date and have long-term intimate relationships, and they may want to do this with people of specific genders. So it can be particularly helpful for this community to be able to talk about romantic orientations.
How To Create A Split Headers Table In Angular Material
Tags: Angular, Programming, Front End Development, Web Development, Angular 4

How To Create A Split Headers Table In Angular Material Atit Follow Dec 21 · 3 min read

I always used to prefer something like a newspaper which give enough information in a shorter span of time. Here, I create tips for day to day Angular development.

You might be doing angular development for a long time but sometimes you might be not updated with the newest features which can solve your issues without doing or writing some extra codes. This can cover some frequently asked Angular topics in interviews.

Here I am coming with a new series to cover some tips which helped me in my day-to-day coding.

We do work with the table to display different kinds of data in the table. We might see some requirements where we might need to split the headers and group the data.

How we can achieve this? Is Angular Material Table supports this?

Yes, the Good news is Angular does support the colspan and rowspan features which helps to split the headers.

Let’s check step by step to create this table.
Growing Back into Myself
By: Kelsey Baum
Tags: Poetry, Creative Writing, Colors, Finding Yourself, Peace

The colors coddled me in ways darkness could not,

sweet sensations began to make my heart sing.

I rapidly realized that the rain had passed,

as flowers flourished beneath my feet.
PNG 2020 National Budget Data Visualization — Expenditure
By: Neo Malesa
Tags: Papua New Guinea, Budget, Data Visualization

PNG 2020 National Budget Data Visualization — Expenditure

Visually presented, easy to understand.

This is a data visualization of the Papua New Guinea National Budget 2020 Expenditure using data from the Department of Treasury’s published document. The visual format is easy to read and helps the reader quickly comprehend numbers in the budget.

This piece focuses on Budget 2020 Expenditure. It features only sankey diagrams and summary tables. I published a piece earlier in January for Budget 2020 Revenue.

While working on this, I learnt the rounding of numbers in some places in the budget document affects numerical sums and visualizations. It’s a mistake I found in earlier budget data visualization work. For example, a figure like K1,000,299, when expressed in the thousands to one decimal place, is stated as K1,000.3 instead of the full K1,000.299. Adding numbers that are rounded up or down may give a different sum which will confuse you. It would be more accurate if the figure was stated as K1,000.229, to 3 decimal places.

For this, I was able to identify complete numbers in detail tables so I managed to iron out all balancing errors.
Afraid
By: Terry Mansfield
Tags: Humor, Fear, Poetry, Poem, Life

Hi! I’m Terry Mansfield and I Specialize in Eclecticism

Here are some things about me you probably don’t know (and maybe don’t even care to know; sorry about that).
A Poem By John Freeman
By: The Awl
Tags: John Freeman, Poetry, The Poetry Section

A Poem By John Freeman

On Love

If wind asked permission

we might wait and listen

as if night stopped its blue

curtain and wheat bent without scattering

its hope of what happens in the dark,

and happens by accident.
Immigrants voting for Trump also…
By: Arijana Ramic
Tags: Humor, Trump, One Liners, Elections, Satire

The Foreigner Blog explores the comedic side of being an immigrant, children of immigrants, and diaspora. Our experiences are often clouded in dark and painful realities, but here we find the light and the levity. Welcome!

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5 Things to Keep in Mind to Be a Great JavaScript Developer
By: Ivano Di Gese
Tags: Improvement, Angular, Js, JavaScript

1. The Application Context

JavaScript can be used to develop almost anything, really. There is a big variety of contexts where JavaScript can belong, and it typically defines the way you use and apply this technology to that purpose.

Yes, the language remains the same and the syntax as well, but once you know the common patterns and key concepts, you must be able to master the context and the frameworks you need to realize your product.

If you use Electron, you must be able to handle installations, dependencies, and hardware support. If you use Ionic, you need a good knowledge of mobile device hardware, layers, and display screen resolutions and portability, as well as key differences that separate iOS from Android. So even if the language is the same, frameworks and tools change a lot, and the first thing you have to keep in mind is your application context in its entirety. You can see yourself how different JavaScript is when applied to mobile software, desktop software, and simple DOM scripting.

Here’s a little recap of what you can realize using JavaScript:

Desktop apps: using Electron

Hybrid mobile apps: using Ionic or others like OnsenUI

Web apps (front end): using jQuery, Vue, Angular, React, and more

Network services and daemons, Web apps (back end), Microservices, and almost anything: using NodeJS

Games: using Unity

Embedded apps: using dedicated tools
Integrify: Your gate to software development skills and employment
By: Eyas Taha
Tags: Finland, Programming, Software Development, Jobs, Integrify

Things are progressing in a fast pace and we’re thrilled about it!

We are excited to announce that our first programming cohort started on 4.12.2017 right after Slush.

We received hundreds of applications and interviewed 100+ applicants.

The applicants were very good and it was painfully difficult to select only 10 participants for the upcoming program.

However, if you were not among the first 10 to start our program, no worries, we are planing to start a new program in the beginning of next year around February/March.

So regarding applying to our program

We offer a boot-camp style of learning experience. The program is a full-time commitment organized Monday-Friday from 09–17. The first six months consist of classroom teaching by extraordinary teachers following with a 6 month internship at one of our partner companies. Our curriculum is designed to consist of very practical coding skill with numerous real life cases to really get into the art of web development.

On the technical side, we are focusing on modern open-source front-end technologies such as JavaScript, React.js, Redux/Flux. In essence, technologies that will get you started and are very much sought after by the current market.

We are now open for applicantions for the next batch starting around February / March 2018. The program will take place in Helsinki.

Intensive and accelerated program for employing skilled programmers in the Finnish job market

You are encouraged to apply if you are:

1. Highly motivated and truly want to become a software developer

2. Skilled logically

3. Have a good command of English language

4. Have a university degree or equivalent

If you have a background/experience in software development or coding languages preferably HTML5, JavaScript, Python, PHP, SQL — it would be considered a major plus.

The whole focus of the program is to provide a fast-track to the world of software development and employment in Finland. Our partner companies are excited to hire and recruit our graduates — so there will be plenty of opportunities to kick-off your career in Finland.

If this resonates with you please send your CV in English to eyas@integrify.fi

with the subject line (Program Application). Name the attachments (firstname_lastname_CV) and cover letter (firstname_lastname_CoverLetter)

We will contact the suitable candidates for interviews.

Note: we are currently processing applicants living in the city of Helsinki

Good luck!

Eyas Taha

Head of HR & Operations

www.integrify.fi
How to Live a Life of Grace
By: Lisa Beth Wright
Tags: Faith, Religion, Relationships, Christianity, Life

I’ve learned a lot about grace this year. Grace in action is simple, beautiful—and costly. Grace occurs when a person does something for you that you cannot do for yourself, knowing that you cannot repay them.

As Christians, we are beneficiaries of unimaginable grace. None of us can repay that sacrifice. It is a gift. We are to extend that same love to others.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16, NIV)

Humans make grace a lot more complicated. We hide behind ritual and liturgy. We say, “I’ll pray for you,” and go on with our day. We have busy lives and little time to spare.

Or perhaps we pray for a person but lose interest when healing is not immediate. “Well, I guess they didn’t really want to be better or they would be well by now.”

But what about grace? Do we have room for compassion when people aren’t progressing according to our schedule? Or will we blame them for their perceived failures and walk away?

It’s hard to stand beside someone in the middle of a storm. It’s uncomfortable and messy. And it will cost us something. Are we willing to pay the price? And what is the cost if we don’t?

I don’t want to live a life where I never get involved. Even if it’s messy, I want to love people. I may not get it right all the time (I won’t), but I have to try.

Grace says, “I am with you in this situation, and I will help you do what you cannot.” Grace in action is about being there for someone who cannot do anything to pay you back.

What is grace?

Grace is when a friend brings their lawnmower over to mow your yard. They offer their time and effort because you have a broken mower, you can’t afford a new one, and you have an injured back.

Grace is when you forgive the person who wronged you before they even ask. Grace says, “What you did was unforgivable, but I forgive you anyway.”

Grace is helping a friend with their resume and writing them a recommendation letter when they can’t find a job. It’s taking time to teach them to play the mandolin at no cost.

Grace is staying on the phone with a friend who is having an anxiety attack until they calm down. It’s listening while they sob and holding space for their feelings.

Grace is giving a friend a ride who needs to have their car serviced so they don’t have to sit at the shop all day.

Grace is helping a feral cat who is pregnant, even when you know that the best you can offer her will not be enough.

If you want to live a graceful life, it will cost you something. It will cost you time. It may cost you sweat, tears, and inconvenience. But to whom much is given, much is required. Let us seek to love each other well, no matter the cost. Remember, the world will know we are Christians by—our love.
Cryptocurrency News Roundup | June 16— Jun 22
By: Pete C
Tags: Crypto, Cryptocurrency, News, Social Media Roundup, Bitcoin

Overstock.com Generating Significant Cryptocurrency Sales Revenues

Jonathan Johnson, Chairman at Online retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), recently addressed the Heritage Foundation, disclosing recent figures for the company;

“We have somewhere between $68,000 and $120,000 a week in cryptocurrency revenues; people buying sheets and toasters using bitcoin or ethereum or other coins,” he said.

“We pay a processing fee for credit cards, and we employ about 40 people in our fraud department. That’s a cost of doing business with credit cards.

“When we take cryptocurrency, we have a very small transaction fee with Coinbase, much smaller than our credit card processing fee, and we have no fraud prevention department. It’s like a cash transaction. For us, that is a much cheaper way of doing business,”

Overstock began operating in 1997, initially offering merchants a portal to offload their surplus and returned merchandise. The company has since expanded their platform to add support for retailers to sell brand new products and to manage inventory supply.

The continued trend towards acceptance of cryptocurrencies at point of sale for online retailers is a significant step on the path to mainstream adoption for the burgeoning technology.
7 Powerful ways to connect your creative team to purpose
By: Susie Hall
Tags: Design Leadership, Inpiration, Aquentinsideout, Purpose Driven Business

Design leaders today face a hidden risk that can have a huge impact on their success. While the news is filled with furloughs and layoffs, an even bigger risk is lack of engagement from those left behind. Low staff engagement leads to loss of creativity and productivity, at a time when maximizing quality output is critical.

For leaders trying to do more with less, the focus must be on “getting the work done”, but employees who fear being laid off need more than a project to work on. They need to feel connected to a purpose larger than their next paycheck — or they’ll start looking for a new place to get that check.

Our InsideOut Design Leader community tackled the challenge of Connecting Teams with Purpose during our May roundtables in LA, SF and Chicago and shared ways they are bringing staff along on their journey to what’s next.

First, Make the Kool-Aid

Some industries have a clear path to purpose, like healthcare or other essential businesses where products and services are literally saving lives. But many firms are struggling to articulate their value in the current situation. That doesn’t mean there’s no Kool-Aid.

One leader suggested that, no matter the industry, that there’s no better time to build a clear case for “This is Who We Are and Why We’re Here”. After a team discussion, they documented and made visible a written purpose to remind staff of their value.

The mission statement of the company can be a timely and relevant touchpoint, or, if more compelling, the immediate purpose of their daily work can inspire and engage. Looking back at company history can also be a great way to show what’s possible.

Another leader pointed out that financially hard hit companies should use transparency and urgency to bring staff into the fold. If the highest purpose is to help as many customers as possible in order to stay in business, well, that’s a pretty powerful reason for staff to give their best. But leave your employees out of that discussion and risk them feeling powerless and afraid.
Blockport announces STO launch date 31st of March, and releases white paper 2.0
By: Kai Kaïn Bennink
Tags: ICO, Blockchain, Security Token, Cryptocurrency, Sto

For those who haven’t yet heard, we are planning to tokenize a portion of our company’s shares — granting investors an opportunity to become shareholders of the Blockport company.

STO launch date

The start of the sale of Blockport Securities (BPS) is planned for:

31st of March.

How can you participate?

European investors (from most member states in the EEA) and accredited investors from the US are able to participate in our STO.

NOT: For the first round, only limited spots are available.

More information will be published over the coming days and weeks about the steps that are required to participate in the Blockport STO.

For now, you can register to receive these updates on our STO page.

Register for STO updates

The new Blockport white paper 2.0

Over the past several weeks, our founding team has been curating and writing a completely updated white paper. This will provide our user- and investor-community with a deeper look into the Blockport vision, mission and strategy.

The white paper 2.0 also describes known concepts like social trading and our hybrid-decentralized architecture in more detail. Plus, we’ve added plans for new features and utilities that support the expansion of our BPT ecosystem.

Read the new White Paper

About Blockport

Blockport is launching its first equity-based fundraising round through a Security Token Offering (STO), launching on the 31st of March 2019.

Learn more about the Blockport STO.

Blockport is an Amsterdam-based, fiat-to-cryptocurrency trading platform that strongly focuses on usability and social trading features to provide a secure, efficient and enjoyable experience to its users.
InterValue Officially Partners with BodyOne, the World’s First Blockchain Fitness Ecosystem Project
Tags: Cooperation, Sports, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Technology News

InterValue Officially Partners with BodyOne, the World’s First Blockchain Fitness Ecosystem Project

InterValue has entered into a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with BodyOne, the world’s first blockchain fitness ecosystem project. According to the terms of this partnership, the 2 parties will jointly build a new ecosystem of blockchain-based fitness applications.

BodyOne was founded by Li Wei, the founder of Jade Bird Fitness, a Chinese well-known fitness brand. Li Wei has been active in the fitness industry for 20 years. In 2000, he opened China’s first five-star chain commercial fitness centers. He is known as the “father of Chinese fitness centers business”. Li Wei knows the pain points of the fitness industry. He and BodyOne will use blockchain technology to solve them. The combination of fitness industry and cryptocurrency incentive mechanism, can cure the lack of fitness, and laziness. In addition, it will create a way to implement the China’s national policy regarding strategy.

Technical support is fully provided by InterValue. As the world’s first practical blockchain 4.0 project to support large-scale applications. This project will work together with BodyOne to create a blockchain fitness ecosystem. InterValue will provide BodyOne with technical support in all aspects of smart contracts, general equipment and security. BodyOne, a brand new blockchain application project in the fitness field, has been at the forefront of the industry in the implementation of blockchain technology. In addition, it aims to build the next blockchain development path which will lead to the empowerment of the whole industry.
Weekly update #1
By: Live Stars
Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Weeklyupdate, Bitcoin

The time has come to share the latest news with you. Bounty tokens have been distributed yesterday to all participants who have completed the KYC. Tokens have been sent to the addresses specified in the bounty program spreadsheet.

Beta version functionality is getting wider. Here is the list of latest important updates:

* E-mail confirmation both for users and models.

* Password restore functionality for users and models.

* Two-factor authorization

* Manual and automatic password restore

* Logging

* Model photos, administration functions for photos and albums, photo verification and approval.

* Admin and model are now able to ban users from watching by IP.

* Model can ban users by user id. (Banned users can’t contact models or watch their broadcast.

* Model tips and earnings statistics.

+ started bug-fix process and front-end is being improved.

Token Burn event will take place tomorrow. Tokens will be publicly sent to a non-existent address. This will be verifiable on etherscan.

Exchanges — we have been through verification process by Kucoin, and after we were checked and queued for listing. A month has passed and now we are getting no reply from Kucoin administration. HitBTC have requested expensive payment for listing, which we believe is too much. Currently we are reviewing all possible options of a starting listing. Later, with coinmarketcap listing, volume increase and project development we will be aiming for other exchanges, too.
Marrying You is Easy.
By: Lisa Martens
Tags: Breakups, Poetry, Relationships, Poem, Marriage

Marrying You is Easy.

A Poem.

Photo by Samantha Gades on Unsplash

Marrying you is easy, slippery

like being hunted by a tiger.

It happens

before I realize. Marrying you

just requires a little bit of attention

and looking down —

Overlooking the person I want to be. Marrying you is like

letting pains go unchecked

ignoring symptoms

Bills go unpaid.

It’s simple.

Marrying you is easy. It’s expected. It’s an obligation,

a check box. It’s what I’m supposed to do

so it’s not very hard. It’s encouraged.

There are apps for it.

I get some free applause. I get presents. I get to spend money

without any guilt.

Marrying you is to admit

you never hurt me or to

accept that it was somehow an

acceptable level of hurt. Marrying you is

to pretend I am a part of your

character development and

nothing more. Marrying you is to be

boring to you. To be boring as a sacred duty,

because my actions now reflect your identity.

Your career.

Marrying you is the easiest thing

I’ll never do.
Illusions Pushed Aside-Haiku Series
By: Greg Prince
Tags: Personal Growth, Self, Haiku, Inspiration, Poetry

Treasures gather slow

Dust turned into live resolve

Dreamer awakens

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Getting down to brass tacks. The essentials. Putting food on the table. Where am I at? Where are you?

Money doesn’t flow. Food not on the table. Fuel not in the tank. But I won’t be broken. Yet, I have shattered to pieces in the best way.

To understand and trust in falling down so to be learned in the ways of getting up again. To ask important questions. To become vulnerable while remaining strong.

Who am I? What am I? What purpose and meaning do I give and live for?

Spinning in circles no more fallow grounds must be revitalized for fresh sowing. Will we gather for the battle? Will I? Will you fight for your needs?

Let desperation, drive, and hunger give you power.

Sprout and grow again.
2019: Singapore’s Warmest Year On Record
By: Chua Chin Hon
Tags: Global Warming, Climate Change, Data Science, Data Visualization, Singapore

In plotting a similar chart for rainfall instead of average temperature, we can see a similar bucking of the mid-year trends. In the years 1989, 1999 and 2009, total monthly rainfall tended to pick up after June, when the Southwest Monsoon arrives.

But in 2019, monthly rainfall fell to new lows for the months of July to September. December 2019 was the rainiest of the four years being compared, but that late surge was not enough to compensate for the other drier months in the year. As we saw in Chart 3, 2019 is the third driest year in Singapore ever.

A NEW NORMAL?

2019 did not break any single day weather records. For instance, the highest maximum daily temperature recorded in the last 37 years was 36°C on March 26 1998. In the 2019, the highest maximum daily temperature recorded was on March 12 when the mercury hit 34.8°C at the Changi climate station.

Likewise, the heaviest daily downpour of 2019 involved just 92.2 mm of rain (on October 27th). This is less than half of the record established on Jan 30 2011 when 216.2 mm of rain fell.

But on an aggregate level, it is clear from the charts above that Singapore’s weather patterns have entered a new normal of higher temperatures and less rainfall. This won’t just result in greater personal discomfort, but will have considerable policy implications as well.

For one, we can expect energy consumption to rise as families use fans and air-conditioners more often and for longer periods. The drier weather means Singapore will have to rely more on reused water and desalination plants to meet its needs, which in turn further raises energy usage.

Heading into a new decade, it is unclear how much the pace of change in Singapore’s weather patterns will accelerate in the coming years. But to paraphrase author Ernest Hemingway, undesirable changes tend to happen “gradually and then suddenly”.
Tether, Going Opposite the Market
By: Team Remiit
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Tether, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Token Economy

Tether, Going Opposite the Market

-By Jay Jung (Lead Economist)

The cryptocurrency market, which continuously declined due to continued decrease in the financial market caused from the impact of the US interest rate increase and the decline in the bid rate of the US Treasury Bond has rebounded today. Bitcoin rose 4.26%, and Ethereum also climbed 4.66%.

There are many reasons for this rebound, but the most likely cause seems to be the favorable news that Nasdaq is building a platform for the disclosure and trading of security tokens issued by blockchain start-ups. Until now, tokens listed through ICOs were only traded via private exchanges. However, it is announced that Nasdaq is negotiating with a start-up “Simbiont” to build a platform to trade those tokens, which is thought to be the reason for the rebound of the crypto prices.

However, we can observe an unusual phenomenon: Tether price fell 2.38% amid rising Coin Market Cap’s top ten cryptocurrencies. Tether is a coin that is pegged at 1:1 with US dollars. According to Tether’s terms of sale, you could find that the Tether Foundation does not guarantee Tether’s conversion to the dollar. Despite this limitation, Tether was able to maintain its stable value without a sudden change in price thanks to the pegging of the dollar. However, the characteristics of the Tether as a safe asset as the dollar pegging was reversed in this upswing. In other words, if the stock market rises, the investors reduce the portion of the bonds in the portfolio and increase the shares of the risky assets. Likewise, crypto investors have also reduced the proportion of Tether holdings, which is a relatively stable asset. It is thought that this phenomenon caused the price drop of Tether.
Free Smiles
By: Tre L. Loadholt
Tags: Pets, A Cornered Gurl, Dogs, The South, Life

We’re all moved in and settled now. There’s so much space and not only am I trying to get used to cleaning this bigger space, Jernee is trying to figure out how to properly “protect it.”

My mom will be here the weekend after next for one full week *breathes in deeply*. She is adamant about decorating the guest bathroom and buying a few knick knacks here and there. I will not argue with that. I know better not to.

This has been a topsy turvy few months and I can finally settle in and focus on a few things brewing. Jernee is also quite happy to have me at a slower pace too. So, in case you needed a smile — here’s one, no charge. ❤

Peace and blessings, beautiful people.
My Favourite Data Science Interview Question
By: Joseph Allen
Tags: Data Science, Editors Pick, Towards Data Science, Recruiting, Data Science Training

Hiring a Data Scientist

My Favourite Data Science Interview Question

One question can elicit so much more than a simple answer.

I have recently spent a lot of time thinking about the way we hire in technology. I focus on Data Science. I often ask myself what a good data scientist looks like in an interview process. Data Science skillset:

Data Analytics Data Visualisation Data Engineering Machine Learning Project Management Software Engineering

Where Software Engineering is the foundation, and all others are pillars. As an industry, we should be splitting these responsibilities, but we aren’t there yet. As we need such a broad skillset it’s difficult to cover all pillars in depth in an interview process.

The purpose of an interview question is to reveal a candidates aptitude for a job. There is little use in the ability to regurgitate misunderstood facts. The interviewer needs to dissect a candidates personality and approach to work. A good question should reveal skill in the above pillars. Any skill level candidate should have the possibility of giving a good answer.

The industry seems divided on the necessity of Software Engineering and DataOps in their Data Scientists. A Data Scientist can’t deliver value in a silo without a software engineer to bring their ideas to fruition.

As such my favourite Machine Learning and Data Science interview question of all time is:
Token burn
By: Live Stars
Tags: ICO, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Bitcoin

Token distribution is over. Our gratitude to everyone involved.

Today, 28.03.2018, we have burned the tokens that were neither sold during our token sale nor included in bounty program pool, Live Stars foundation or developer rewards.

As we have mentioned in our previous posts, the final amount of tokens that should be left accessible after all the distribution has ended is 54 722 997.

However, as you might know, in November our Parity multisignature wallet (0x94bd4150e41c717b7e7564484693073239715376) was attacked and the funds on it are frozen. The tokens stored on this multisignature account include 14 050 114 LIVE tokens, which are now inaccessible just as Ether on this account is. Those tokens will be burned after the address becomes usable again.

The final amount of tokens that got burned during this event is 131 226 889. This can be verified here: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xfaee06047a79464f95a2b397e83aabbe8a1355086bd8e39f63aff7e8c379d67d
Everybody with Internet Access and Credit Card is Welcomed to Join DomRaider ICO
By: Domraider Team
Tags: Domraider, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Token, Drt

We are delighted to announce that you can now purchase tokens via bank card (both credit and debit).

Take advantage of this new payment method to purchase DRT and jump into DomRaider ICO.

Democratize BlockChain

During its ICO, DomRaider has tried to communicate on various support and medias not only to spreads the word but also to evangelize and explain the purpose of Initial Coin Offering, what is blockchain and how it can help to build a new ecosystem. Another great exemple of our wish to democratise blockchain landscape to uninitiated people is our White Paper or our video.

By doing that we wanted to make it accessible to everyone. This is why we have added this new payment method to make it easier for everyone to purchase DomRaider Tokens.