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Where #ImFrom: Not an exotic object
By: Aj
Tags: Identity, Chinese American, Im From, Ethnicity

By Winnie Wong

The cashier at the wine store around the corner from my Boston apartment asks the question as he rings me up.

“Where are you from?”

I’m confused. I’m in the middle of handing him my California driver’s license that says where I’m from, so he’ll know in a few seconds. Why did he have to ask, and with that mildly aggressive tone?

Winnie, left, and her family celebrating a birthday with a Chinese cake. (Photo courtesy of the author)

I give him the benefit of the doubt — sometimes people have licenses from places they’re not from — and say, “California.”

His face is one of utter disbelief. That was clearly not what he wanted to hear. I’m confused by his reaction and start to feel angry, like a child being unjustly punished. His eyes are telling me my answer is wrong even though it isn’t.

I was born and raised in California and am Chinese American. Just because I look Chinese doesn’t mean I’m from China. He gives me my license back, and I quickly give him my credit card.

“You mean where are my parents from?” I ask through gritted teeth. He nods, holding my card like ransom, waiting for my answer.

“Malaysia and Vietnam,” and immediately, his dissatisfaction dissipates. He swipes my card.

“Ohhh, ahhh,” he says, his curiosity clearly satiated, even piqued. I do not want to speak, feeling like an exotic object instead of a human being.

He hands me my card. “Thanks,” I mutter, and rush out the door.

On my walk home, my emotions are high and I grow more offended as I process what just happened. The unspoken judgment in his eyes, not accepting my answer which was the truth, holding the card like he had power over me — it was all still upsetting me. As someone who doesn’t get angry easily, this was a big deal.

I eventually calmed down to this conclusion: When people ask where you are from, but are really asking where your parents are from, we can use this as an opportunity to educate them. To fill their void with knowledge instead of silence. To engage in a conversation even if it’s uncomfortable, with the hopes of broadening their perceptions.

I started to do this, but shut down because of my aversion to discomfort. Being Chinese American means straddling the line between two identities, which can be difficult. Ethnically one, nationality-wise another, culturally both. It is a unique position to be in, and one that comes with privilege and honor. I shouldn’t have felt shame when I answered his question.

You don’t counteract ignorance by shutting down — that doesn’t change anything. Next time, I’ll answer with a smile and throw the question back, “Where are you from?”

This is part of a series called #ImFrom, where members of the AJ+ community share personal stories about the question, “Where are you from?”
“My name is Dick Whitman, and I’m an alcoholic.”
By: David Connell
Tags: Mad Men Season Seven, Predictions, Alcoholism, Don Draper, Amc

This is what I want to see at the beginning of Sunday’s “Mad Men” season premier — the premier that marks the beginning of the end for this, the best show of the new golden age of television.

“My name is Dick Whitman, and I’m an alcoholic.”

The camera tight onto Don’s face, wan with bags under his eyes, his hair hanging over his forehead. The camera pulls back to reveal his light grey suit, shirt open at the collar. He sits on a metal folding chair cradling a cup of coffee, bathed in the harsh fluorescents of a church basement.

“Hello, Dick.” a representation of late 1960s America drones — housewives and businessmen, blue collar workers, civil servants, black and white.

“It’s been two weeks since my last drink.”

This is the only way forward for Don Draper — the only way forward that doesn’t involve his death — a complete stripping away of his facade, his false identity and removing the crutch that would otherwise kill him.

The last scenes of season six began Don’s unmasking. He disastrously revealed his past to his colleagues, and poignantly to his family. The firm put him on leave, hinting at an admission that his alcoholism was affecting his work. Much like Freddy Rumsen, Don has been put out to pasture.

At this point there are three ways forward to Don: He can accept his fate, rest on his substantial fortune and fade/drink his way into oblivion, perhaps mellowing enough to hang onto Megan; he can burn out spectacularly, dying an alcohol-fueled death; or he can find redemption and rebirth — he can achieve a new beginning.

Based on the opening sequence and the reoccurring allusions to death throughout the series, most critics and fans believe the series will end with Don’s death, that the primary question left to answer is, “How does Don fall from that window?” Does he jump, is he pushed, or simply stumble.

But I prefer to be an optimist. I prefer to believe that Don will find his new beginning. That he will rise again to start his own boutique firm in somewhere in sunny California. I prefer to believe he will fund happiness. That the twilight of his career will see him surrounded by a small, bustling creative team dreaming on the cutting edge of advertising. I prefer to believe the show ends with Don smiling, as he settles into his chair, arm sling around the back, to listen to the pitch of a brilliant young creative director.

This is how I want the series to end, but to get there, it must begin with Don’s ultimate admission.

“My name is Dick Whitman, and I’m an alcoholic.”

Photo via AMC
A Cryptocurrency Investment Survival Guide part.2: Sow and Reap method
Tags: Ethereum, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Investment

There are many ways a banker came to be. Sometimes a banker is the project party itself, or an early investor of a project. Sometimes a banker is not affiliated with any project party, but are simply buying in large amounts of token which allow them to gain control over price manipulation.

In the cryptocurrency trading biz, buying in token is part of the position taking process, and the Sow and Reap is one of the most commonly used method. The bankers have a deep understanding of the token, and believe in the tokens’ potential and future. Their goal is to buy large amounts of token at a significant low price through any means necessary.

But how do they execute this exactly?

The key is to keep a token price at a low-level during the accumulation phase of a bear market, which ranges from ten days to half a year. Bankers keep the token price volatile in small amplitude by a small amount of capital they own. Seeing this, “weak hands (retail investors)” will begin panic selling due to lack of knowledge or recognition for the token, and wanting to earn back some money they will unwillingly sell their tokens at a low price. Thus, many inexperienced investors fell victim to the accumulation period.

To sum up:

The key is to keep a promising project at a low price, in order to force newbs into selling their tokens out and then buy in their sold tokens. Although the bankers reap no money from the newbs by this method, they do reap large amount of promising tokens at a low price, by destroying the newbs’ confidence with a long and hopeless accumulation period. In the end, the bankers buy in all the promising tokens at a low price, which makes it easier for a next round of pump and dump.

There’s a saying: a nice looking token does not mean there are nice investors.

Counterintuitively, if you have enough confidence in a project, and hold out through the long accumulation period, you’re succeeding at riding the wave with the bankers, and reap the beautiful reward with these market makers come the distribution phase.

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Immodest mouse
By: Ben Edwards
Tags: Pop Culture

It is strange that Jason would post about selling out the same day that topic is stirring around in my mind. I was taken a back the other night when I heard a Modest Mouse song in an ad for a Nissan minivan. It is a great song: Gravity Rides Everything

My shock wasn’t that great artists want to get paid but rather that this was Modest Mouse — the epitome of the indie band — the last band I would expect to “sell out”. And this wasn’t the first time.

Here’s a question: Why is it ok for artists like Moby and Fatboy Slim to have “commercial” success but not bands like Modest Mouse and Smog? Is it because so much of the identity of these groups is wrapped up in being independent? Most likely something like that.
Session Management in Nodejs Using Redis as Session Store
By: Chamith Madusanka
Tags: Expressjs, Nodejs, Session Management, Redis, Express Session

Why we need sessions

The classic Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless tool. This means every request that is sent from a single client is interpreted by the Web server independently and is not related to any other request. There is no inbuilt mechanism for the server to remember a specific user from different multiple requests, which also makes it impossible for the server to know if each request originated from the same user.

HTTP Sessions

Session tracking enables you to track a user’s progress over multiple servlets or HTML pages, which, by nature, are stateless. A session is defined as a series of related browser requests that come from the same client during a certain time period. Session tracking ties together a series of browser requests — think of these requests as pages — that may have some meaning as a whole, such as a shopping cart application.

There are few types of session storing techniques

Memory (single-server, non-replicated persistent storage)

File system persistence

JDBC persistence

Cookie-based session persistence

In-memory replication

Here we are using the Memory (single-server, non-replicated persistent storage) to manage sessions. When you use memory-based storage, all session information is stored in memory and is lost when you stop and restart. Better to use a external persistence storage.

We are creating the session in our session store and the session ID is sent back to the client in a Cookie. Then this Cookie can be passed to server with each and every request to identify the particular client.
What lies in the dark?
By: Rick Johnston
Tags: Nature, Nature Photography, Nature Writing, Moss, Forest

the world’s within the wood

Somewhere in the forest,

A cosmos encased in rotten wood

A forest within the forest

The wind blasts over and around

Out front in the sunshine,

seedpods reach for the expanse.

Micro beasts move their burdens

along a motorway of broken timber.

But deep in the forest,

behind where the fern mosses spread

in the damp

and dark

something opens its eyes,

and prepares to stake its claim.
Official Go Implementation of the Waves Protocol Released
By: Waves Tech
Tags: Wavesplatform, Node

The Waves Protocol version for the Go programming language will make node customization accessible to more developers.

Scala node

Anyone is able to run a Waves Platform node on their computer. This means that you can participate in validating transactions and generating blocks on the Waves network, as well as configuring your node in different ways, depending on your specific needs (for example, to automate lessors’ payouts).

Up to this point, the only node software available for the Waves Platform has been written in the Scala programming language. We are very happy with Scala, and even gained inspiration from it when designing Ride. At the same time, we understand that Scala is not a very widely used language. To make it easier for more developers to understand how the node works, we have implemented an alternative version of the software.

Go node

Go offers both high performance and low hardware requirements. The new implementation also makes our network even more stable, due to the redundancy it provides in terms of diversity of implementations; if there is an error in one implementation, it would not impact the entire network.

As this is the first version it is not yet possible to generate blocks. The current version is the most suitable for experimenting. However, the Go implementation is already available for mainnet, testnet, and stagenet.

Installation

You can run a Waves Platform node on Linux, macOS or Windows. You can find a detailed installation guide for the Go implementation here.

Note that the Go implementation has its own state storage structure that is incompatible with the Scala version. The Go and Scala nodes are independent implementations, so you cannot copy data from one to the other. Use the import.

What’s next?

First of all, we want to make network synchronization more stable. Upcoming milestones include:

Completing gRPC API and extensive integration testing

Ride workflow optimization

Support for new Ride v4 and Waves v1.2 features that are about to be released

Built-in wallet for full block generation

We aim to accelerate the growth of the Waves ecosystem through community-based knowledge and traction. If you have any ideas for how to improve our nodes, then follow these simple steps:

Find the relevant GitHub page Fork the repository Send a pull request

If the Waves community supports your proposal, then it will be implemented. The most innovative and useful solutions will also be made available in the Scala version. Feel free to modify your version of the node.

The ongoing development process will be displayed openly on GitHub, so don’t hesitate to send us bug reports, suggestions, and requests on Issues in the Repository.
KYC improvements for the Eidoo ICO Engine
By: Amelia Tomasicchio
Tags: Ethereum, ICO, Token Sale, Blockchain

Because of the feedback we received during these days, we decided to ease the KYC process needed to verify you on icoengine.net.

In fact, from now on we will also accept Tier 1 for all ICOs, so it isn’t required to complete Tier 2 to join token sales.

The decision of the user to complete a Tier is related to the amount he/she wants to use during the year: 3000 CHF for Tier 1, 500'000 CHF for Tier 2, unlimited for Tier 3.

The reason why we started to ask you a KYC is the ICO regulation: companies who organize their ICOs won’t be able to move the funds they rise if they cannot demonstrate banks who gave them that money.

Please read this guide to register yourself on the website and to fill Tier 1 correctly (English version — Italian version).
The Growing World of Cryptocurrency Trading
By: Bitbay Official
Tags: Ethereum, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Bitbay

Determine your risk appetite.

FOMO is an acronym gaining popularity in the Western world to describe the Fear Of Missing Out on something that others are a part of. It’s safe to say financial institutions have crypto-FOMO as practically all of them are starting to invest or have invested resources into blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, crypto trading platforms or some combination of the three. Individual cryptocurrency enthusiasts of all experience levels are leaping into the cryptocurrency trade market as more exchanges are created and as user interfaces improve.

Read more here…
Listening skill
Tags: Management

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Rich Republicans: They’re Just Like Us!
By: The Nib
Tags: Class, Politics, Republicans, Donald Trump

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New comics from Matt Lubchansky, Keith Knight, and Niccolo Pizarro. Plus How Seniors Are Living With COVID-19. Take a look
It’s Me, The Rest Of The Cilantro You Bought
By: Eric Lundquist
Tags: Satire, Cilantro, Food, Humor, Cooking

It’s Me, The Rest Of The Cilantro You Bought

No, I don’t go in anything else you’re making, and yes, you will watch me die.

No, I don’t go in anything else you’re making, and yes, you will watch me die.

Had some big dreams there, didn’t you bud? Thought you’d make some Thai food or tacos this week? Well fuck your plans, I’m a slimy wig in your fridge now.

Go ahead and put me in a glass of water, Alton Brown. As if that will change anything. But all you’re doing is putting up with me for 2 to 5 more days of painful self-reflection. A guarantee that every time you open the fridge now you’ll go “ah shit, we had cilantro.”

Don’t worry, I’ll just hang out with this half a cabbage. Yeah, you forgot how much cabbage was in a cabbage again. Well, it’s starting to look like papyrus now. So before you get a paper cut on this half a bowling ball of crumpled butcher paper, let’s talk.

What was your plan? I know I taste good. Fresh cilantro is the key to some excellent banh mi or terrific guacamole. But we both knew you didn’t have the balls to commit to this much cilantro. It’s not my fault that I’m an essential garnish. A whole bunch of me costs 69 cents, but you only needed a few sprigs to convince your horrible friends that you make “authentic Vietnamese food” now.

It’s not my fault that I am now a bag of mud. But I want you to get it out of your head that you “cook with cilantro now.” You are not a childless wine-drinking NPR couple who has a basket of reeds and 3 African masks in your apartment. I was a one-time thing, and you’ll buy me again when you’re trying to impress a 26-year-old white woman.

Sure, you were “totally planning on making authentic taco truck tacos” this Thursday. And I am a crisp head of lettuce.
I Survived Yet Another Email That Could Have Simply Been Left Unsent
Tags: Comics, Robots, Humor

If you purge your soul onto paper and are doing it for the love of writing. Then this publication is for you. We love gritty, raw, emotional, thought-provoking, rebellious, sexual, spiritual, nature-related writings and comic strips.

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Tonight’s comic hates this podcast.
Tags: Comics, Human Nature, Podcast, Podcasting

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Monthly Message from the CEO
By: Coss Team
Tags: Trading, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Bitcoin

The month of September was full of developments and we are starting October with great zeal…

Hear Sankalp Shangari CEO, COSS talking about all the latest developments that took place in the month of September.

Here are some of the talking points in the video above:

Making COSS Ecosystem more inclusive by enabling fiat to crypto exchange

Simplified Fee Structure released

Fixed KYC upload issue

Launch of COSSmonaut programme & registrations from 61 countries

API enhancements

Revamping of the entire system of COSS wallet making it more secure

Integrated with Gimmer to facilitate users to run their strategy bots

Delisting of SPIKING

Introduction of Negative Maker Fees

Release of Referral Programme

Ramped up marketing that helped achieve an expanded reach for COSS

“Hashtalk” Podcast went live on Spotify/Android/iOS

Attended Invest Asia Singapor, met awesome entrepreneurs. In discussion for some good potential partnerships

Establishment of a separate partnership team

Working on white label solutions on B2B side

Proactively looking for licenses

Stay tuned for more updates as we will surely have many.

Thank you for being a great support for us.
Interested in Writing for GftT?
By: Martie Sirois
Tags: LGBTQ, Transgender, Call For Submissions, Writer, Letters

Interested in Writing for GftT?

July 2019 Newsletter, Gender From the Trenches

Hello from the trenches! Today we’re celebrating because: it’s almost the 4th of July, my (45th) birthday is July 5th, this is our first newsletter, and we recently reached 100 followers since publishing our first piece just a little over 2 months ago! Slow and steady wins the race… Since then a few more writers have joined forces with us and have bravely shared their stories.

Photo by Erwan Hesry on Unsplash

Bridget Sampson gave great advice on what to do when your kid comes out as transgender (from a mom who has been there — twice!), Dr. Misty M. Ginicola shared how her trans daughter taught her grace, Martie Sirois learned she was the one who needed to transition; her child just needed to evolve into who they were already meant to be, and LAURA-ANN MARIE CHARLOT encourages other trans women how to live large in public when coming out later in life (she gave some great tips, too!)

We have a fledgling Facebook and Twitter presence — be sure to link up and follow us if you’re there!

We’re living in a time of dire need for trans visibility, and especially, for authentic voices from the trans community — not just the glorified Hollywood movie stars. From the unique perspectives of both trans adults, and parents raising trans kids, Gender From The Trenches (GftT) aims to inform, enlighten, and inspire. Through authentic storytelling, GftT is committed to amplifying transgender voices to help connect, foster empathy and spark meaningful dialogue.

Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash

We’re seeking more writers who’d like to publish their stories here at GftT. Specificallyin the near future we’d love to share your personal experiences regarding what led to your coming out (or not coming out) as transgender; your small moment stories (or your bigger than life ones) that reflect on what it is to be a trans person of color (or genderqueer, or two spirit, etc…) and stories that detail navigating all the stuff of life as a non-binary person who uses they/them (or other) pronouns.

Will your voice be added to the conversation?

If interested, contact Martie Sirois at: martiesirois@gmail.com (double-check your spelling, please!)
Docker Bench for Security
By: Grigor Khachatryan
Tags: Dockerfiles, Docker, Security, Docker Image, DevOps

Using Docker to containerize your applications and services can give you some security benefits out of the box, but a default Docker installation still has room for some security-related configuration improvements. The Docker team has provided a tool to analyze your running containers for potential security issues.

The Docker Bench for Security is a script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production. The tests are all automated, and are inspired by the CIS Docker Community Edition Benchmark v1.1.0.

You can download and run this tool from here: https://github.com/docker/docker-bench-security

I see errors/warnings, what’s next?

Assuming you’re successful in firing off the script (If not, write in comments and I will provide guide), you’ll see output similar to what is pictured below. The script results in Info, Warning, and Pass notes for each of the configuration recommendations, which are grouped into 5 sections:

Host Configuration Docker Daemon Configuration Docker Daemon Configuration Files Container Images and Build Files Container Runtime

With the results of these findings, you can leverage the original benchmark document to remediate them.

Docker Bench for Security is a great security tool because it is made and maintained by the creators of Docker, and it is free. To view the official benchmarks that the tests are based upon, visit Docker CIS Benchmark.

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How To Make Your Data Science Projects Stand Out
By: Kurtis Pykes
Tags: Programming, Towards Data Science, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

Introduction

So you’ve created some dope modular code, got an extremely accurate model with a small inference time, and you’ve pushed your code to Github — You are sitting on the clouds.

Unfortunately, this is where the majority of open source projects end. Before I tell you why it is so unfortunate, let me explain what open source is.

What is Open Source?

Open source refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly available. When you push your project to a public repository on Github you have contributed to open source, and now anyone can inspect, modify and enhance your code.

The motivations as to why people do open source projects vary. Some may want to get some hands on experience of working on a real project, some just love coding and some want to make the world a better place but one thing holds true, no matter the motivation behind the developer.

People must know how to engage with your project!

It’s unfortunate when code is pushed to Github and nobody knows how to engage with your project and Github know this so they made provision with something called a README which is not utilized enough.

Getting 101% accuracy on the Titanic Dataset means nothing if People do not know how to engage with your code!

The solution to this is simple, yet it will put you miles ahead of many other people that think purely building an ensemble of 3000 models to squeeze out an extra 1% of accuracy is enough to get them noticed.
HelloGold Foundation Update #19– 16th January 2019
By: Quentin Bignon
Tags: Ethereum, Gold, Fintech, Blockchain

Highlights

Clear branding and digital marketing on the menu for 2019

All development work has been completed for Product Blockchain and the team is now focused on preparing for production deployment.

Global App backend is done, frontend in progress. Release date set at 15th March 2019

Business

Branding

2018 was a year full of activity with our big marketing roll out. We were featured in many key Malaysian newspapers, then hitting the streets with our Grab car advertising as well as introducing ourselves to the many commuters on the MRT and LRT trains.

We were also busy in production shooting our first official brand commercial to further elevate our HelloGold vision with all Malaysians this 2019.

Furthermore, we sat down with existing HelloGold Savers and videoed their feedback and testimonials on their experience with us, which we are very excited to share with you all this coming year.
Hypothesis Testing Explained
By: Akhil Anand
Tags: Chi Square Test, Hypothesis Testing, Z Test, Two Sample T Test, T Test

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What is hypothesis testing ?

Data is not interesting at all when we do interpretation and find out some meaning out of it then it becomes interesting. Hypothesis is the method of making data interesting.It provides confidence and liklihood to an answer.

Parameters of hypothesis testing?

H(0) — — ->Null hypothesis and H(1) — — ->Alternate hypothesis play a major role in hypothesis testing.

H(0):- Represent default assumption or assumption that has been asked in question.

H(1):-When default assumption would be rejected then Alternate hypothesis comes into picture.

Critical Region,One tail test & two tail test ?

Before diving deep into hypothesis testing we need to have knowledge about parameters that play a major role in deciding whether the hypothesis is null or alternate.

i.> Critical Region :- Rejection boundary of null hypothesis.

Suppose you are an employee and your office timing is 10 a.m if you reach after 10 a.m you will be considered as late here 10 a.m act as critical region.

ii.> one tail test :- It has only one critical region.

Suppose you are willing to rent a house and you have estimated 12000/- to disburse as a rent if property dealer will show you a flat with the rental amount of 15000/- you will drop the plan to rent that house here 12000/- rupees act like critical region above that cost you will not take any house at rent but you can rent a house with cost below 12000/-.

iii.>two tail test :- It has two critical region.

Suppose you are captian of your cricket team and if you want to draw the match then you have to score equal runs that your opposition has scored .If you will score more or less than you opposition’s score you won’t be able to draw the match .This falls under two tail test.

Type I and Type II error ?

Type I error or False Positive Rejects null hypothesis when null hypothesis is correct. Type II error or False Negative accept null hypothesis when null hypothesis is incorrect.

Real life understanding of type I and Type II error :- Suppose there was a crime committed in your area. The case had been transferred into court and decision of tribunal was like the criminal who had committed crime been released (Type I error) and the person who had done nothing been convicted to that crime(Type II error).

α=p(rejection of H0 when Ho is True)=1-level of significance

β=p(aceeptance of H0 when Ho is False)

β,α are type II error and type I error respectively.

Types of Hypothesis Testing

Hypothesis testing is broadly classified into following type;

i.> Z-statistics

ii.>t-statistics

iii.>Chi-Square test

iv.>Anova Test

v.>A/B testing

Let’s discuss each and every topic in detail
Infodemia en tiempos de pandemia
By: María De Los Ángeles Lasa
Tags: Infodemic, Politics, Pandemic, Covid-19, Fake News

Diseases like Covid-19 are deadlier in non-democracies

"ONLY IN China and only under the leadership of President Xi can there be such effective measures to put this sudden…
Material Design for Enterprise apps
By: Peter Zalman
Tags: Hackathons, Enterprise Software, UX Design, Material Design, APM

Google's design system is starting to gain the traction. It is being recognised and widely adopted across different applications and services. However, there are not that many publicly available resources and examples of professional or enterprise apps using the design system.

As a part of recent CA Technologies hackathon, I did a small exploration design project to evaluate how Google Material Design can apply to existing APM Product line. As an obvious inspiration, I used Google's Analytics portfolio with apps like Firebase, Google Analytics or Tag Manager.

Objectives

Existing CA Technologies APM Product line UIs. The wiki documentation is present in the product overview because I consider documentation an integral part of the product UX.

At the beginning of the project, I defined project goals and objectives. I cannot make them public, but one of the project goals was to use existing and already released product features. I wanted to avoid confusion of considering alternate design system evaluation to be a product re-design attempt.

Re-design of the existing product with no user research involved is a controversial activity. But hey, this is a hackathon and everything is possible.

Scope

One of the core concepts that I was aiming to explore was, how the design system scale to multiple separated UIs. Historically, APM product line is distributed across different product UIs lacking common consistency. The biggest consistency gap is not in a common colour palette, icon set or component library. The biggest gap is the common navigation pattern between independent product bundles.

Initial top-level informational architecture.

Simple Navigation

Concept navigation is 4 level deep. The main top level acts as a Product bundle master switch. Primary navigation is represented in a form of Horizontal tabs that relate to the secondary Sidebar. Contextual navigation is very specific to the selected page and can have a completely different appearance and function — from Searchbox to Timeline control.

Simple Navigation overview.

Sidebar, contextually related to the Primary Navigation.

Responsive Design

One of the key aspects of Material Design is the underlying metaphor that enables designers to understand how the canvas adapts to different devices and screen-sizes. The initial evaluation is not perfect, but it serves as a solid proof that even complex Enterprise apps can be used on a tablet. Kind of.
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Tags: Software Development, Product Management, Features, Prioritization

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Angular — How to load settings/data from the server before Initializing an app
By: Bhargav Bachina
Tags: Programming, Angular, JavaScript, Software Development, Web Development

Angular — How to load settings/data from the server before Initializing an app

How to use APP_INITIALIZER before bootstrapping

Photo by Axel Ahoi on Unsplash

In the web application, we have to load the data from the server before bootstrapping the front end app. for example, we have to load the environment specific settings before the front end page loads so that we can pull the required files depending on the environment.

bootstrapping angular app with APP_INITIALIZER

This article will show you how we can achieve that in Angular. Lets follow along!!!

Let’s take the following scenario where we have to load settings.json from the server before bootstrapping the Angular app so that we can use these settings in Angular FE code.

for example, what if we want welcome name, header color, header text, footer color, footer text all comes from the database depends on the user. Let’s see how we can get all these settings from the server with the help of APP_INITIALIZER

welcome page with settings from the server

For simplicity, we are not using any database. we have defined settings object in the server.js file which listens on the port 3070 and the default route will load the index.html which loads the angular app.

server.js

Let’s define APP_INITIALIZER which fetches this setting object with the URL ‘/api/settings’ before initializing the app. we need following files for this setup.

appconfig.service.ts

This file is angular service which uses HttpClient which calls node.js server to fetch settings object.

This file is the module file which has the above service defined in the providers section and imports this module into app.module.ts. we need to define APP_INITIALIZER in the provide section with the dependency of above service and function init_app to actually invoke the fetching the api settings.

The complete process is illustrated in the following diagram

APP_INITIALIZER working

Here is the complete example and setup instructions



git clone // clone urlgit clone https://github.com/bbachi/app_initializer_example.git // setup instructions

npm install

npm start // open another terminal

cd appui

npm install

npm run build

Once you setup is complete and run the app and we can see settings object from server appear before bootstrapping process.

Conclusion

APP_INITIALIZER is a great way to fetch any data or settings from the server before initializing or bootstrapping angular app.
How Well Do You Know CSS?
By: Michael Chi
Tags: Programming, Coding, CSS, Software Development, Web Development

How Well Do You Know CSS?

13 weird and amazing tricks for working with CSS.

Photo by Maik Jonietz on Unsplash

Love it or hate it, CSS is still one of the foundational building blocks of web applications, and there’s no way to get around it if you want to create a nice looking page. As I worked more and more with CSS, and as my understanding of the language grows past flex-box and grid, I start to discover what CSS is really capable of beyond setting width and color.

Whenever I think I figured out everything there is to know about styling, something new and interesting jumps out.

In this post, I gathered all the weird and amazing things I’ve learned about CSS over the years working as a web developer. Knowing these might help you in the future in an unexpected way, and save you from lots of head scratches.

At the very least, I hope these tricks can leave you pleasantly surprised by the possibilities with CSS.
“There Goes the Neighborhood” with Philip McKenzie and Michael Wood-Lewis
By: Douglas Rushkoff
Tags: Economics, Culture, Podcast

“There Goes the Neighborhood” with Philip McKenzie and Michael Wood-Lewis

On affecting real cultural change

Playing for Team Human today a doubleheader of people trying to affect real cultural change in very different ways. Up first is cultural anthropologist, host of the 2 Dope Boys podcast, and consultant Philip McKenzie. Philip makes the case for injecting corporate America with the values of social justice by subverting the machine from within. Following Philip is the founder of Front Porch Forum, Michael Wood Lewis. Michael shows us how the net can be used to turn residents back into neighbors. It’s a story about the transformative power of witnessing everyday acts of neighborliness —press play above to listen to the episode.

For more on Philip McKenzie, visit https://philipmckenzie.com/

Check out Philip’s podcast 2 Dope Boys. Episode 26 features Philip’s conversation with Douglas Rushkoff!

Learn more about Front Porch Forum and Vermont’s “Quiet Digital Revolution.” Visit https://frontporchforum.com/

And check out this trailer for a new documentary on Front Porch forum from https://vermont.twg.io/

Douglas opens this special double feature episode with a monologue on the reversal of culture and counterculture and a unique perspective on the importance of “finding the others,” — not just those like-minded “others” but even those with whom we may disagree.
Zenome’s KYC procedure guidance
By: Jeff Heizmann
Tags: Ethereum, ICO, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

The KYC procedure is necessary for everyone who wants to take part in Zenome token sale, because we adheres to global regulations.

Zenome Wallet makes the KYC procedure easy & fast. So, it won’t take much time for you.

There are two main reasons why Zenome is adding KYC. Firstly, the SEC(U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) is preparing to prosecute Token Sales without KYC procedures. Secondly, cryptocurrency exchanges are beginning to exclude cryptocurrencies that did not implement KYC.

The KYC process has several simple steps. We decided to implement the Know Your Customer process ourselves. It’s the only way we make sure the information is used only for the specific purpose of the Zenome token sale.

You will need:

your ID/passport

a camera (mobile camera is enough)

some stickers/film to hide sensitive information

an acceptable document to prove residency (an utility bill, bank statement, housing maintenance office certificate, etc.)

You will be guided through all the steps with detailed instructions by Zenome Wallet. The whole process of ZNA purchasing is fully automated. You can also see the balance of your tokens in your account.

So, please, if you have any questions — feel free to contact us.

Thank you for the support and good luck!
Medieval Wine
By: Sam Kimberle
Tags: Culture, Love, Wine, Sonnet, Poetry

A Sonnet

Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash

Comparing you to the finest sweet wine

in Medieval times, you would make me hot

drinking you in as if feasting like swine

I can’t get enough — I ache at the thought.

Your muted tones dance upon my tongue like

a celebration, but only we are

acquainted with when this journey might strike —

Plum hues turn to gold when nearest a star.

I have fallen for this wine and this night

knowing not where it came from — I don’t care.

I will risk the heat if you hold me tight,

wrap me in your embrace — I want you here.

Come to me, I’ll imbibe you in my dreams

Love isn’t always as sweet as it seems.
Astros’ Players Become Increasingly Influential After Winning Franchise’s First World Series
Tags: Influencers, Influencer Marketing, Social Media, Baseball, Sports

Shortly after winning the World Series, Astros’ second baseman Jose Altuve was seen checking his phone. What was he checking for? How many texts does one get after winning the World Series? We imagine a ton, but that was not his focus. He was looking to see his Instagram follower growth (stars, they’re just like us!).

Altuve did have significant growth in his overall social media following, since the start of the World Series on October 24 his reach on Twitter and Instagram grew 18% combined.

How about his teammates?

Carlos Correa made headlines, besides the big win, by proposing to his girlfriend during the post game interview. You could say he had a pretty good night!

The Astros’ shortstop grew his reach 17.1% (on Twitter and Instagram) since the start of the World Series.

And where would the Astros have been without mid-season pickup Justin Verlander, the ALCS MVP? Winning his first ring was so exciting, even his former team had to congratulate him.

Unlike his teammates who saw a sharp growth at the end of these playoffs, he’s been steadily growing his reach on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, growing 20% over the last 90 days.

The Astros run was the first in the franchise’s history and resulted in the growth of many of their athletes’ social following. Winning = more followers!
Got 3 Minutes? You Can Be a Mentor
By: Drory Ben-Menachem
Tags: Advice, Leadership, Work, Mentorship, Career

Got 3 Minutes? You Can Be a Mentor

Mentoring doesn’t have to take a ton of time to be effective

Photo: Carlina Teteris/Getty Images

The response I’ve been getting to my articles about mentoring designers — linked at the bottom, in case you missed them — has been unexpected.

I’m humbled by all the responses I’ve been getting, from “this is really great,” to “I wish ALL hiring managers thought this way,” to “YAAAAS, QUEEEEEN!” (that’s been my fave so far), so thank you and keep spreading the word.

The most frequent response I’ve been getting, not surprisingly, is the one I actually cited in the first article. Remember? The one about not being able to justify taking time out of one’s “ridiculously busy” schedule?

I can see I’m gonna have to get all “Jewish grandmother” again.

One second… (clears throat):

Really? C’mon…

How long did that last game of Angry Birds take?

How long did you spend last night scrolling through Netflix but not actually watching anything?

How long did it take you to rage-type that 17-tweet-long response-rant?

But you can’t spare a few minutes in your work-week to maybe make a positive impact on someone else’s life?

And would it kill you to call once in a while? A text, maybe?
Crypto Airdrops Tuesday June 12
By: Atnet, Airdrops, Trading
Tags: Trawnetwork, Airdrop, Upstake, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies

Crypto Airdrops Tuesday June 12

Bunch of new drops from AltcoinTrading.NET/airdrops and NO warnings today ✌️

UpStake / $UPS

A fixed price increase token. Drops 100 UPS for simple social media engagement. They are working on their own exchange (trading is not live until ICO soft cap is reached) so selling the token shouldn’t be a problem.

✅ CLICK to join exchange 🚀

✅ AND THEN HERE for the airdrop bot, links to join are under Groups 🔭

Traw Network / $TRAW

Weekly aidrop that runs until 7 December 2018

TRAW works on a way for small local business to utilize blockchain. Airdrop round 12/40 started 10th June. You need to have a TRAW address, it is their own blokchain.

Join via Discord and see their page on InvestFeed

Infinivi

Football-related project. Drops for social media joins, you need to leave a comment on bitcointalk ann thread. Their homepage: web

Click to get to the form

Give us a clap or five! It helps us get our work out there.

Want to know about all verified crypto airdrops?
5 Reasons Bitcoin Is Great And One Reason Bitcoin Sucks
By: Lucien Lecarme
Tags: Economics, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Change

You say; Let’s make our economic system great again!

I say, without a Satoshi of doubt; Bitcoin

The internet of money would be only one part of that transformation, but a big chunk towards a more egalitarian economic system. The way we transact value and store value are 2 key fundamentals of any economic system. And Bitcoin covers both in unprecedented digital ways.

When Bitcoin won’t become part of a future decentralized digital paying system, at least it has shown us the way.

Bitcoin is the libertarian wet dream of ‘ financial’ transactions without third parties like banks calling the shots, and knowing more about your finances than you do yourself.

Bitcoin is the runway to creating your own bank.

Excuse me?

Your own banking cartel when you like since there is no end to public wallet addresses, each of them representing a chain in a worldwide digital connection of transactions.

Remember how long you need to stand in line, respond to uncomfartable too private questions and strip financially nude to a bank employer you don’t even know when you simply want to open a bank account?

Those times will soon be over.

The blood of the lifeline of new money is the Bitcoin blockchain with its protocol as its pumping heart, validating 4.6 transactions per second. Not fast, some do better, but secure and steady already for 11 years

There have been periods I dream, sleep and pray Bitcoin.

Since it charges this unbound feeling of potential. A technology being able to fuel changes on economic system level. A open source flagship of crypto that will disrupt the living daylight our some of our most corrupt financial institutions, or call them banks when you like, in the not too distant future.

All good and well. What is the downside you ask yourself looking at the subtitle of this story? Can there be any?

Yes, there can.

But lets first celebrate Bitcoins cherries on the cake, its piece de resistance in modern fintech. The thing that makes JP Morgan executives lie wide awake at night before they secretly start watching Andreas M. Antonopoulos videos on YouTube about the revolution of money. And deleting their browser history before going to work the next day.
A judgment
By: Tyrone Graham
Tags: Poetry

See

the damage

a duplicate key

can wage

and the scattered screws

He says slut

And see this abused fuse

Slut

Where are his feet?

What happened

to his heartbeat

that seclusive clue

the basis of his life?

Was it edged with guilt?

His wife — tilt

That itchy bitch

(he calls her) who makes

his asshole twitch

in retrospect and it takes

many bucks per hour

these days to free the stirring seed

ere it turns sour —

But was it greed

that bled

him of his all

and bred

that groundshaking fall?

Was it her fault?

Ee ee eee he had gone

axing his life’s (then) vault

not stopping till he was done —

Die damn you, die

he had freaked out

Why damn it, why

it had shrieked out

planting a widow’s pique

on his craggy brow

And now his beak

(so like some carven prow

plowing through stormtossed waves)

downcurves cravenly as he

braves

the memory

And his eyes pale

as the debris again measures

(like an openended Richter Scale)

pleasure’s

price

It had, of course,

been his stupid vice

to suppose

that it was in lust

for his body

and not just

for his money

that his charm for women lay

And it had been

true in a way —

hadn’t he seen

her pant after the first

stud who came by

to quench her thirst

which (try

as he might)

he never seemed able to?

And how about those nights

with those many wenches who swore

they would give anything

for one more

fling of his loving?

And now this

He should never

have axed his

past love and true future

for a mere wife

The pain

feels like a knife

It’s vain

to brood

on it (he knows)

But it’s good

to pretend the blows

he sustained never fell

Just for a little while

He might as well

especially as the bile

of knowing nothing remains

threatens to drive

him insane

Besides, why deprive

oneself of a little solace?

And there’s no need to lose

a measure of grace

— Why had he had to choose?
Bare Naked in a Sleepy Village
By: Joe Váradi
Tags: Nudity, Iambic Pentameter, Poetry, Sonnet, Satire

t’was 6 o’clock, an early Alpine morn

as I awoke with urgent need to pee

bare naked as the day that I was born

with curtains drawn, my eyes could hardly see

foggy-eyed, I let my instincts lead

my sluggish body down the corridor

swept swiftly by my urologic need

reached for the knob, dashed quickly through the door

and as I heard the latch behind me close

I realized what an error I had made

for I was standing void of any clothes

out in the street, without an ounce of shade

a kindly stranger did not laugh, nor gloat —

she flashed a smile and handed me a coat

Grüß Gott!