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The Beginnings of Our Non-Profit
By: Irum Godil
Tags: Nonprofit, Help, Covid-19, Food, Groceries

In the aftermath of COVID, I was deeply saddened by its economic side-effects. I wanted to do something about it but was not sure if I had the time or bandwidth to do anything.

One day, when I connected with the refugee families that I was previously working with and other service-personnel such as my hairstylist, I learned that all of them had been gravely affected. They did not have enough money for rent and the whole situation had taken a huge toll on the local businesses.

At that point, I decided to take the plunge and applied for a domain for my Non-Profit (www.thereforyu.com).

Originally, we started out with basic cash-campaigns and Testimonials for fund-raising.

The next step was to build our eco-system, which involved recruiting more folks and expanding our Chapters.

When my colleague Aravind Bharathy, from India, asked me as to what we should do in this time, I socialized this platform with him. He decided to advertise similar efforts from India on the “Indian Chapter” of our platform.

Around the same time, my ex-colleague Mohsin Kalam on-boarded with us to lead the Chapter in Pakistan and navigate the efforts on the ground there.

In addition to directly helping folks economically, we really wanted them to feel valued. One strategy that we employed was to use their direct efforts, such as doing research and writing articles, for our website. This way, any help that we would give them would be a direct salary.

We tried to rebuild a tiny fragment of their broken self-esteem(s), which was of course a direct consequence of the massive layoffs.

Ultimately, when my company Microsoft, announced an extra Give-Matching for the registered charities, I knew that working in ‘Silo’ was not an option.

At that point, I directly paired up with a registered charity (Salaam Cultural Museum Medical Missions) and used my Seattle-Chapter Fundraiser only as a platform for advertising the causes, while at the same time pairing folks within my personal network to these causes.

This was our story until around early April.

Next Chapter: The Tipping Point in Seattle

(Disclaimer: The sole purpose of these articles is to create awareness of the needs of folks in this time and the opportunities available at our hands to help them. Our intention is no way to compromise their privacy or to brag about our efforts.)
New Year New You…wait what?
By: Nic Bronkall
Tags: Help, Life Lessons, Living With Purpose, Advice, Habits

What’s wrong with the current you? There’s nothing wrong with the current you. Sure there may be some things about yourself you don’t particularly enjoy. We all have those. Me? I’m a stubborn pain in the ass. I’ve worked on it over the years. I’ve gotten better. But I’m still me.

If it’s in your control then work to make your weaknesses your strengths. If you’re not concerned about it then why waste your time and energy on it?

One of the biggest things I’ve learned from this past year is we need to start controlling the narrative we tell ourselves every day. What you tell yourself today is going to directly affect your tomorrow. Where you put your time and energy is where your life will go. Today, start a different conversation with yourself

Is it easy? No. Shits going to be hard. But accept how hard it is. You have a purpose. We all do. Your job in life is to fulfill our purpose. A lot of people say I hate my job. Or I don’t have time. Or I have no reason to wake up in the morning. Or I can’t wake up early. Or I have no motivation.

Your job is your life. You should be motivated by knowing you’re in control. Your job is your life and you wake up every day going to work. Might as well wake up like you’re going to win the day. You will have loses but every great player does. You’re no different. Appreciate those challenges. Get through them. Learn from them.

But you’re not alone in your pursuit and none of us have our shit together. We are all just trying to figure it out. Trying to find our way. Thing is, you have to actually move. You have to actually do things in order to figure it out. Life doesn’t put what you need in your lap. It puts it 100 miles down the road, up a mountain, and down in the valley. You have to move. While moving towards what you need and what life has in store for you there will challenges and obstacles along the way. Don’t worry it’s just life testing you on how bad you want what you say you do.

It does this to everybody. The difference is what you do when you face those challenges. Do you step up or do you run away? Running away puts you further from what you want.

You owe it yourself and those around you to get better. To improve just a little bit every day

I don’t want a new you. I want you to be you. I want you to embrace you. Embrace and push your individuality. There is nobody else in the world like you. Don’t be trendy. Trust your heart. Trust whoever or whatever is supposed to find you will.

It’s the same you, you’re just finally doing the things you said you would.

Do better today than you did yesterday. Should be your plan every day.
A Balance of Warmth and a Burn
By: Tatyana S Thoughts
Tags: Help, People, Lovestory, Poetry, Moral

A Balance of Warmth and a Burn

It rises only to set again.

And it knows it’s going to set once more every time, yet it still shows up tomorrow.

It cares. It wants to brighten up everyone’s day everywhere, regardless of what’s happening down there.

Make it warm no matter how cold it gets.

War. Peace. Fights. Agreements. Death. Weddings. New beginnings or sad endings. It will still be there to shed light on what matters.

From way up there, everything seems so tiny. Everything. Your sorrows are little moments that will eventually vanish. And your happy times are tiny pushes. Magnifying things from the top makes life seem ridiculous. Now try magnifying and brightening it up, tough one there.

Well, it does that every day. It never stops doing that. If it’s not on that side of the world, it’s probably doing its thing on the other end.

Be that. Be the Sun that sees life from way up high, that knows it’s always a better day tomorrow, that understands that too much of it can burn and that the right amount is warmth. Brightly shining and ensuring everyone has a good day at the right time.

One more thing, it never asked anyone for anything in return.
The Quest (for a better internet) begins Tomorrow!
By: Anne Fauvre-Willis
Tags: The Quest, Staking, Blockchain

The Quest is upon us. Thank you to everyone who’s gotten involved in the competition, helped others troubleshoot, provided feedback to get to this point, etc. Now, after lots of prep, it’s game time! A few final steps below to get started…

If you haven’t joined yet, go here for details!

Running your node on The Quest

Action items before The Quest begins

Linked here is a copy of The Quest genesis document. If you’ve submitted an entity package, please review this and ping me and Reuven on slack if you see any issues.

Note that we reserve the right to make changes. We will announce any changes on the #nodeoperators slack channel.

What to expect when The Quest begins on January 15 at 00:00 UTC

If you’ve already sent us an entity package:

You’ll be in the genesis block and funded once the network goes live.

Within the first 24 hours of January 15 00:00 UTC we need you to redeploy your nodes with the published genesis document. Check the Current Testnet Parameters for more information.

Then…happy Questing!

If you haven’t sent us an entity package, but still want to join the competition

Awesome! You can still join at any time during the competition.

Just use these instructions to set up your node and you’ll get funded once the network goes LIVE.

You can also check out this video for a tutorial too!

What happens once the network is live?

Once the network’s live The Quest begins! You can earn rewards for attacks, most blocks signed, most staked and more. A bit more info…

Most Blocks Signed : This reward will be given to the top 5 operators based on blocks signed. This will be announced at the end of the competition.

: This reward will be given to the top 5 operators based on blocks signed. This will be announced at the end of the competition. Best Attacks: Best attacks is a qualitative reward but certainly one we will judge impartially. The goal of this reward is really to see if you can hack the system, steal someone’s tokens, cause a sybil attack, etc. Specific criteria we’ll consider when making our choice include: Impact to other node operators, Impact to network stability.

After the attack is complete, we ask you to write up your attack(s) (blog post, github repo, etc) and submit it via this form. The Oasis team will review and choose the top 5 attacks based on the criteria above at the end of the competition.

To learn more about the other challenges and rewards go here.

Final Questions? Join our Office Hours!

Tomorrow, we’ll host 2 special office hours. Join either for a live demo of how to set up your node or to get any other questions answered.
https://pyro.network/ + Telegram Contest
By: Macovei Claudiu
Tags: Deflationary, Ethereum, Staking, Contests, Cryptocurrency

PYRO.NETWORK is a series of innovative projects utilizing the deflationary ERC20 token PYRO.

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Technical Details

Initial supply : 1 BILLION $PYRO

Burn rate : 5%/ each transaction

Burn stop : When 1% from initial supply is in circulation ( at 10 MILLION )

STAKING

When users freeze their $PYRO token 2.5% from 5% burned will be distributed even to the all users who have $PYRO already locked

Staking into PYRO.NETWORK can be made if you have 1000 $PYRO in your wallet.

STACK with 1000 PYRO

Claiming $PYRO

You can claim 10,000 PYRO for every 1 ETH your address held in your wallet at block snapshot 8900000. You can only claim once per address and there’s a claim minimum of 100 PYRO (0.01 ETH held) and a claim maximum of 100,000 $PYRO (10 ETH held).

https://pyro.network/web-wallet/

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CONTEST

Right now there is a contest for 1 MILLION $PYRO going on Telegram at which you can join right now and start being part of this token community.

Join now this contest : https://bit.ly/PYRONETWORKCONTEST

TOP 3 INVITES WILL RECEIVE: 1 – 1 Million PYRO

2 – 350k PYRO

3 – 150k PYRO

You still have time to join and try to win because the contest will end on February 5, 2020.

LINKS

Twitter : https://twitter.com/PYRODOTNETWORK

Discord : https://discord.gg/XNNczK

Whitepaper : https://pyro.network/whitepaper/

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Hope you like this review , always DYOR

@cLEarnProject #cLEarn
The Current State of Smart Contract Upgradeability
By: Kaden Zipfel
Tags: Engineering, Smart Contracts, Ethereum, Blockchain, Solidity

Rudimentary Approaches to Upgradeability

Here we’ll take a look at some more approachable, yet less suitable solutions to smart contract upgradeability. Though these are not optimal approaches, they are at the core of what is used today.

Registry contracts

Registry contracts are probably the simplest approach to upgradeability, but in this case, with simplicity comes some serious flaws.

It works using two contracts: the registry contract and the logic contract. The registry contract exists only to point users to the current version of the logic contract. Whenever the logic contract is upgraded, the owner of the registry contract can update the address at which the logic contract is upgraded.

Example from Consensys

This approach is disadvantageous because anytime a user wants to use the contract, they must first look up the current address. Failing to do so could potentially lead to fund loss. It is also very difficult to migrate data to the new contract, and thus this process must be carefully considered to avoid failure.

Proxy contracts

Proxy contracts are used to forward data and calls to the logic contract. With a proxy contract, users can always call the same contract address, and it will simply be forwarded to the current logic contract.

This approach works by making use of the DELEGATECALL opcode. DELEGATECALL is an opcode provided by the EVM for use in assembly. It works just like a normal call, except that the code at the target address is executed in the context of the calling contract. This means that values like `msg.sender` and `msg.value` are preserved. Essentially, DELEGATECALL allows the target contract to make calls on behalf of the callee.

Example from Consensys

Though this approach avoids the problems involved with registry contracts, it has problems of its own. For example, data storage can easily fail if managed improperly. If new contracts have a different storage layout from the previous contract, the data may be corrupted. This implementation also prevents you from receiving return values from functions, limiting its use cases.

Storage contracts

Like the previous approaches, this approach requires your logic contract, along with a secondary contract. In this case, the second contract is an eternal storage contract. This technique works by separating the logic and data. The logic contract can be upgraded anytime, and since the data storage is external, your data is protected.

Of course, this approach is also fundamentally flawed. If a bug or exploit is found in the storage contract, it cannot be upgraded without corrupting current data stores. The other issue with this approach is that the logic contract needs to make an external call to view or modify data, using extra gas.
Live Preview
By: Aneeq Attari Pubg Tv
Tags: Dark, Ringtone Cutter, Cute, Cutting, Ringtonesurce

This ringtone maker app is the best choice to make your own and favorite ringtones free from the music editor app. Mp3 Music Cutter Android Source Code is for Android devices. Mp3 cutter ringtone maker is a free music editor and song edit app that creates ringtone, alarms, and notifications sounds from your music file.

How I can make money from it?

Simple purchase app source code

Follow the guide and build your APK

Publish APK on your own Play Store Account

Start to make money from In-App Ads or In-App Purchase.

It’s the most fun, powerful, and creative crop music and tone maker app. Use this audio cutter to get a chance to make the best ringtone from your old songs. The editor supports MP3, WAV, AAC, AMR, FLAC, and most other music formats.

Make your own Mp3 ringtones, Notifications tone, Alarms is fast and easy with this ring tone maker app. O wahoo! A new thing is, you can set the starting and ending notes by sliding arrows along the timeline, by pressing start and end to record the point.

Click here.
HTC Desire 19S: The New Budget Smartphone in Town
By: Harikiran Singh
Tags: Smartphones, HTC, Android, Mediatek, Processors

HTC smartphone literally has millions of fans around the world. These smartphones are known for their quality products brimming with high-quality features.

And while many people HTC to have deteriorated from its original reputation, I think HTC has constantly maintained its reputation in the market and is coming up with some really good smartphones.

The latest of the rollouts is the new HTC Desire 19S which shows some really good features. It has been launched in some parts of the world and would soon launch in India too.

Here are some of the major features of HTC Desire 19S that you need to know:

Major Specifications of HTC Desire 19S:

Display: HTC Desire 19S contains a 6.2-inch IPS LCD screen with waterdrop notch display. It has a screen resolution of 720 x 1520 pixels and the display aspect ratio of 19:9. The smartphone is available in a beautiful Blue and Black colour.

Processor, OS, and GPU: It is equipped with MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core processor which is clocked at 2GHz for an amazing smartphone performance. It also contains Android 9 Pie as its OS and PowerVR GE8320 as its GPU.

RAM and ROM: The smartphone is said to contain 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage which I think may be a bit less for the smartphone users, especially for the gamers.

Camera: You get a 13MP + 5MP + 5MP triple rear camera with dual LED flash. It also contains a 16MP front camera to power your selfies and video calls.

Battery: The smartphone contains a 3850mAh battery fostered with 10W quick charging.

Other Features: It also has Face Recognition and Fingerprint Access and the security features.

These are some of the major features of HTC Desire 19S and converting the price from other currencies, the smartphone is deemed to be priced around 14k in India. However, this may not get good results at this price. What do you think?
Chronique d’un été, 1961 (Short film review)
Tags: Short Film Review, Photography, Reality, Documentary

Film still of Chronique d’un été (1961), online photo

One benefit of watching old movies is that, you got to know how people live in the old days. Yet I still feel distant from the characters.

Last night I watched Chronique d’un été (Chronicle of a Summer) (1961). It is a documentary of French new wave and it is older than my father. I learnt it in university and finally got a chance to enjoy it.

By simply asking the pedestrians “Are you happy?” on the street, anthologist Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin observe whether individual can BE genuine or real in front of the camera in summer, 1961. Later, the survey evolves into personal interviews. This technique, namely cinéma vérité (film truth), is widely adopted in movies and TV shows.

“Reality” has been a hot research topic in documentary in the history of cinema. I “experienced” the reality in Chronique d’un été because some interviewed individuals are so genuine and expressive in their own words. I feel the same when the interviewee shared his struggles in daily life being a (factory) worker yesterday. The WWII has just been over 20 years as the pain and loss of father is alive in French Jewish writer Marceline Loridan-Ivens’s heart. We are still one of the witnesses in the course of Algerian War (1954–1962), commenting the pros and cons of war. Mary Lou, the neighbour or a friend of mine, was troubled in her twenties. In those days, when we talk, you still look me in your eyes attentively……

I feel utterly connected to these people as if they are my friends, and wonder if they are still alive or not. Mary Lou is elder than my grandma and I wonder my grandma’s live in the 1960s. It is hard to believe that some are dead already (and some are still alive, oh my gosh).

Thanks to the invention of photography and videography, we are in contact with people in the past, or someone we loved and lost. It is the way I explore genuineness of documentary.

The film had had unconscious impact on me that I decided to collect the footages of my 4-year university life and showcased them wholeheartedly in a self-documentary (I only share with my friends). I think I will keep on explore reality in photography and videography as it always touches me and it is part of my life.
And the People Could Fly: January Collection Highlight at the High
By: High Museum Of Art
Tags: Filmmaking, Documentary, Art History, Film, Photography

In recent years, the American South has become the nexus of film production. On commission from the High Museum, Alex Harris began photographing this wave of filmmaking that swept through the South, focusing his attention on the many independent productions that were underway from Louisiana to Virginia. As a native Southerner, Harris is interested in how his home is seen, imagined, and created through cinematic storytelling. And the People Could Fly, Columbia, South Carolina, shows actress Jasiatic Anderson smoking a cigarette on an outdoor patio. Harris photographed the scene on the set of writer and director Roni Henderson’s film And the People Could Fly in Columbia, South Carolina.

Alex Harris, (American, born 1949) And the People Could Fly, Columbia, South Carolina, 2018. Pigmented inkjet print. Commissioned with funds from the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust and the Picturing the South Fund, 2015.473

This piece is part of the exhibition Our Strange New Land: Photographs by Alex Harris, which is the latest chapter in the ongoing Picturing the South project, for which the High Museum commissions artists to create original bodies of work that offer new perspectives on the South’s social and geographical landscapes.

Gregory Harris, the High’s Associate Curator of Photography, discusses And the People Could Fly, Columbia, South Carolina, in the video above. If you’d like to learn more, join us on February 8 for Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Alex Harris at the High.

Come see this work on the Lower Level of the Wieland Pavilion in our special exhibition Our Strange New Land: Photographs by Alex Harris, on view through May 3, 2020. This is just one of more than seventeen thousand artworks in our rotating collection. It’s all here for you!
Satan & Adam- Now on Netflix
By: No Rest For The Weekend
Tags: Documentary, Entertainment, Entertainment News, Film Reviews, Movie Review

Review by Jason Godbey, Creative Director, Behind the Rabbit Productions

Here’s a review for one you may have missed.

Satan & Adam is a documentary about Adam Gussow and how he met and came to play the blues with a man who calls himself Mister Satan. The story begins in 1986 when a young Adam then a recent college grad gets dumped by his girlfriend and ventures uptown to the Harlem section of New York City. There he meets Mister Satan, a one man blues band playing on the street. Adam, a harmonica player, pulls out his mouth harp and asks to sit in, and with that their relationship began.

We later find out that Mister Satan is really Sterling Magee, a legendary guitar player who once played on Ray Charles’ Tangerine record label for acts like Little Anthony and the Imperials. After becoming frustrated with the establishment, Magee dropped out of the mainstream music industry and became a street performer in Harlem.

Adam is our point-of-view character. We follow him as a stranger in a strange land, a middle class white guy who decides to quit his job and play the blues on the streets of Harlem. Magee is the mystical sage, the real deal who’s seen it all. He’s the Yoda to Adam’s Luke Skywalker if Yoda were a blues man and Luke carried a harmonica instead of a light-saber. The two have real chemistry both as friends and as musicians, and their relationship is the heart of the film. The documentary is unflinching in its look at their unlikely marriage, their triumphs and failures.

We track the pair from their meeting in ’86 to the present. There’s archival footage of them playing on the street, recording, and touring over the years. This film will keep viewers guessing and offers quite a few surprises through it’s superb use of editing.

This documentary has everything you’d want in a movie, twists and turns, emotional moments, and compelling characters. Satan & Adam is a testament to the universal language of music and how it can bring people together. It’s a story of second chances and serves as an inspiration to anyone who is still pursuing their dreams late in life. If you’re in need of some hope and motivation to start your year or you just love the blues, I highly recommend it. Satan & Adam is now streaming on Netflix.
Introducing Quarantine Sessions
By: Faculty Ny
Tags: Quarantine, Personal Story, Documentary, Stories, Storytelling

For the past year and a half, we’ve travelled the world and gathered stories for our clients. We interviewed lava surfers and ministers of European Parliament, salmon fishermen and rum producers, and so many others. Our mission was to bring the world to life through in-depth storytelling.

We loved this work. We loved knowing that our passports were always in our backpacks, that our next meal might be in a different country, that our favorite beer was always the one we were about to try. And that, without fail, we’d learn some amazing things along the way.

And then everything changed.

Suddenly the world seemed so far away. But the stories are still here. So we decided to reach out to our favorite storytellers — people who once lit up the crowds of New York, Los Angeles, and beyond. Now we’re bringing their worlds to you in our favorite way: with beautiful graphics, rich audio, and their words.

Our first story comes from our Creative Director, Aaron Wolfe. He’s a Moth GrandSlam winning storyteller who’s been featured on the Moth RadioHour, Risk!, The StoryCollider, and WGBH’s Stories From the Stage.

Sign up for our newsletter and never miss an episode of Quarantine Sessions.
SQOOP — How to install in 5 Steps in Windows 10
By: Shashank Singhal
Tags: Hadoop, Data Science, Big Data, Data, Installation

4. Configure SQOOP

Once we have configured the environment variables next step is to configure SQOOP. It has 3 parts:-

4.1 Installing MySQL Database

If you have already installed MySQL Database or any other Database like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server and DB2 you can skip this step and move ahead.

I will be using MySQL Database as SQOOP includes fast-path connectors for MySQL.

You can refer How to install MySQL from HERE.

4.2 Getting MySQL connector for SQOOP

Download mysql-connector-java.jar and put it in the lib folder of SQOOP.

Fig 11:- Putting MySQL jar in SQOOP lib folder

4.3 Creating Users in MySQL

The next important step in configuring SQOOP is to create users for MySQL.

These Users are used for connecting SQOOP to MySQL Database for reading and writing data from it.

Firstly, we need to open the MySQL Workbench and open the workspace(default or any specific, if you want). We will be using the default workspace only for now.

Fig 12:- Open MySQL Workbench

Now Open the Administration option in the Workspace and select Users and privileges option under Management.

Fig 13:- Opening Users and Privileges

4.3.1 Creating SQOOP User in MySQL

Now select Add Account option and Create an new user with Login Name as sqoop and Limit to Host Mapping as the localhost and Password of your choice.

Fig 14:- Creating SQOOP User

Now we have to define the roles for this user under Administrative Roles and select DBManager , DBDesigner and BackupAdmin Roles

Fig 15:- Assigning Roles

Now we need to grant schema privileges for the user by using Add Entry option and selecting the schemas we need access to.

Fig 16:- Schema Privileges

I am using schema matching pattern as %_bigdata% for all my bigdata related schemas. You can use other 2 options also.

After clicking OK we need to select All the privileges for this schema.

Fig 17:- Select All privileges in the schema

Click Apply and we are done with the creating SQOOP user.

4.3.2 Creating Hive User in MySQL

We need to create one more user hive in the MySQL.

in the MySQL. We can follow the same steps as above(4.3.1) for creating the new user.

4.4 Granting permission to Users

Once we have created the 2 users sqoop and hive the next step is to Grant All privileges to these users for all the Tables in the previously selected Schema.

Open the MySQL cmd Window. We can open it by using the Window’s Search bar.

Fig 18:- MySQL cmd

Upon opening it will ask for your root user password(created while setting up MySQL).

user password(created while setting up MySQL). Now we need to run the below command in the cmd window one by one.

grant all privileges on test_bigdata.* to 'sqoop'@'localhost';

grant all privileges on test_bigdata.* to 'hive'@'localhost';
Top 5 Big Data Frameworks Java Developers Can Learn in 2021
Tags: Hadoop, Spark, Programming, Java, Big Data

Top 5 Big Data Frameworks Java Developers Can Learn in 2021

5 Big Data Framework which is worth learning in 2021 with links to relevant resources. javinpaul Follow Jan 16 · 7 min read

Hello guys, if one of your goals is to learn Big data in 2021 but you are not sure where to start and which Big Data framework to learn then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best Big Data online courses, and today, I am going to share the 5 best Big Data Frameworks which you can learn in 2021.

Given the ever-increasing abundance of data, Big Data Analysis is a very hot and valuable skill nowadays.

Both Fortune 500 and small companies are looking for competent people who can derive useful insight from their huge pile of data and that’s where Big Data Framework like Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Flink, Storm, and Hive can help.

Companies like Amazon, eBay, NetFlix, NASA JPL, and Yahoo all use Big Data frameworks like Spark to quickly extract meaning from massive data sets across a fault-tolerant Hadoop cluster, and learning those frameworks and techniques can provide you a competitive advantage.

5 Essential Big Data Framework For 2021

This is the list of the top 5 Big Data Framework you can learn in 2021. Each of these frameworks provides different functionalities and knowing what they do is very essential for any Big Data Programmer.

1. Apache Hadoop

If you have heard about Big Data then you might have also heard about Hadoop clusters. For many people, Apache Hadoop means Big Data and why not, Apache Hadoop is probably the most popular Big Data Framework out there.

Apache Hadoop is a framework that allows distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers using simple programming models.

It is designed to scale up from single servers to thousands of machines, each offering local computation and storage. It’s based upon the popular Map Reduce pattern and is key for developing a reliable, scalable, and distributed software computing application.

If you want to start with Big Data in 2021, I highly recommend you to learn Apache Hadoop and if you need a resource, I recommend you to join The Ultimate Hands-On Hadoop course by none other than Frank Kane on Udemy. It’s one of the most comprehensive, yet up-to-date course to learn Hadoop online.
You Are Marmite And So Am I
By: Rachel Extance
Tags: Life Lessons, Personal Development, Authenticity, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

Janine Coombes on stage at #2020Sorted. Photo by the author.

How do you feel about people not liking you? I’ve never felt particularly likeable. I’m geeky. I’m not easy to get to know. And I spend far too much time in my own head. One of the remarkable things I’ve discovered in the last couple of years is how many other wonderfully geeky people there are out there, who also thought they didn’t fit in.

One of the hardest parts of running my own business is standing up in front of people and saying: “Look at me! I have something for you.” Whether it’s posting on social media or talking to people face to face, putting myself forward feels awkward. What if people don’t like what I’m saying?

I saw Janine Coombes speak at #2020Sorted yesterday. She is the genius behind The Secret Marketing Show which brightens up many a LinkedIn feed.

As you would expect, she gave a very funny and insightful talk about building an audience through friendship. But the section of her talk I took away (apart from LinkedIn being like standing in the kitchen at parties) was this:

“We’re told to turn up on social media as ourselves. Be authentic. Be Marmite. But when they say ‘be Marmite’ they’re not saying be something else to be Marmite, they’re saying you’re already Marmite. Some people like you, some people don’t like you.”

Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash

This point was emphasised by Rob and Kennedy later on. Kennedy told a story about how he had sworn in an email and someone had replied saying they were offended.

Kennedy wrote back and explained that: “I’m really sorry that you were offended but I’m going to be honest, if you don’t like the use of profanity here, you’re gonna really hate it in my content and in my products. If we don’t get along, if you don’t like the way that I use slang about emails, like if we ever met in real life, you’re not going to like me either.”

I’m embracing my Marmite status (not literally, that would be sticky). I’m going to be showing my face more, talking more about how I see things, and not worrying about who is switching off.
Decoding the Code of Integrity
By: Supria Dhanda
Tags: Ubuntu, Leadership, Authenticity, Intergrity, Ethics

We live in a world where machines are being programmed to make decisions, and digital impressions are valued over first impressions. As much as we are progressing forward, there are concerns over privacy of data and violation of trust. The onus is each one of us to do the right thing instead of sweeping it under the rug.

Warren Buffett rightly said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

Instead of learning it the hard way, why not imbibe it in every strata of our organizations that will have a viral effect of getting replicated in the processes and our way of being. Recent studies show that millennials want to work for a company they can trust and have a meaningful impact. This makes me question of how we could go about achieving it.

Does having rules of ethics help?

In the organizational context, the policies that are formulated are one part of the equation, it is important that it gets translated to our interpersonal situations. For that, set the right example by acknowledging the right behavior and empower people to report about those who fail to align by providing a secure channel. Remember to communicate, communicate and over-communicate how important it is to do it the right way!

Is it easy is to identify those with strong ethical compass?

A rule of thumb that has worked for me is to look the beneath the layers of who the person really is, especially in the face of adversities. I believe that building the right culture is not the responsibility of the leaders in an organization but is also that of employees.

Recently at my session on ‘Staying Authentic in a Digital World’ at Grace Hopper Conference, I was asked if integrity and authenticity are synonymous? Being honest to oneself requires you to be outspoken when you need to be! Every decision you make requires you to be self-aware by taking a step back and thinking through it without jumping into snap judgements.

How do leaders play a part in shaping it?

One-word answer to that is trust. It is the foundation of how we lead, which gets defined by our actions as that of:

· Leading by example

· Creating a safe place to express

· Being transparent in communication

When leaders talk only about the results and do not address “how” to achieve it, employees can misunderstand the message. It is crucial for employees to hear from their company’s leadership on their commitment to ethics and integrity, which creates the foundation for an ethical culture.

Aren’t humans prone to make mistakes?

Absolutely! Sometimes, when people are scared of making mistakes, they make blunders. It is, thus, imperative to create avenues of dialogue and course correction. This reminds of a beautiful African ideology, Ubuntu, which translates to humanity towards others. It is the belief that one belongs to a great whole of understanding but not retaliation or victimization. There is no future without forgiveness.

~ Until next time,

Supria Dhanda
When You Decide To Get ‘Real’. ― Anne Lamott,
By: Susan J Hilger
Tags: Writer, Freedom, Authenticity, Storytelling, Coaching

I wake up in the wee hours and something is burning inside of me, an idea or a memory or a thought. By the time my morning pour over brew is ready, new thoughts have already occupied my mind. It’s tricky, right? To hold on to those brilliant sparks we have, or to rewrite that memory by the time the caffeine has set in, now you are fully awake.

One idea that surfaces for me is that we all win from sharing and hearing each other’s stories. Since I first discovered how critical this piece is to our happiness, I’ve also noticed the idea is showing up everywhere. So many great authors and inspirers now encourage all of us to open up and share our gifts, our story, our experiences.

Why is this so freaking important, why am I standing here saying this, why do I need to devote a third of my book to this topic?

Here’s the thing, friends. Our stories are a part of who we are, and these experiences shape our perception. How we view every situation, relationshop, job is through this lens shaped by our own personal tales. This is one reason.

Another value in this, people hold onto their stories. They keep them bottled up and they live inside like acid wanting to burn their way out. Sometimes they believe their tales are useless, that nobody wants to hear them. Other times they may be embarrassed, afraid, uncertain and keep their truth inside these secret stories.

Once you begin to share, you notice people begin to relate, to light up. This starts that fire again. How many times have you heard someone begin to tell their tale, and you’re already thinking, “yessss, me too”. A sense of comfort sets in, a sense of fitting in and belonging. Belonging, there’s that word Brene Brown chose so wisely in ‘Braving the Wilderness.”

And finally, my favorite reason for us to open up and tell our tales: vulnerability. You start to take chances, knowing you can unleash your true voice and self, get real with the world.

When you get uncomfortable, you get real. This is freedom in the truest sense of the word.

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”

― Anne Lamott,
One reason I follow you is that I trust you to tell it as it actually is even when it doesn't make…
By: Barbara Radisavljevic
Tags: Writing Tips, Authenticity, Success On Medium

One reason I follow you is that I trust you to tell it as it actually is even when it doesn't make you look successful. What you write has the ring of authenticity. I don’t always agree with you, but I’ve always respected you. I have also followed some of the people who I’ve come to believe are like the ones you describe here, and it didn’t take long to see through them. You’ve hit the nail on the head.

I now take the advice of those “experts” with a grain of salt. Much of what they say is common sense one could discover without them. Because they are motivated by profit doesn’t mean their advice is always bad for a new writer to consider. We all need to start somewhere on a new site and we do try to understand what has worked for others. At the same time, we need to filter that information to discover what will work for us.

The problem is that these “gurus” try to keep getting new milk from teats that have dried up. There are only so many ways you can keep repeating the same thing before people tire of it and move on. I prefer to spend my reading time on learning something new or getting to know other writers better through the fresh experiences they share. And so I keep following you.
Enlightenment
By: Holli Reckin
Tags: Education, Spanish, Authenticity, Gmwp, Assessment

Enlightenment

So, the thing about enlightenment is, it makes me question everything I’m doing. Like, everything. All the time. Always. Although, I’ve actually known throughout my entire career that assessments need to be meaningful and authentic. I always strive to create real-world contexts in order to assess my students’ proficiency in a relevant way. But the problem I’m having lately is that my definitions of meaningful and authentic are changing.

Take the health unit I designed my third year of teaching for Spanish level 2. We did a project where students need to describe an ailment to a doctor, and another student, the “doctor”, will give that person medical advice. To my 25-year-old self, this was perfect. It was a relevant context, it had meaning, sickness is something we all experience, and therefore, should be able to articulate in our second language.

Okay, but wait a second. When will my students need to give advanced medical care to speakers of Spanish?

“Our kids are never going to be doctors in Peru!” I recently exclaimed to my colleague.

Arriving at this conclusion took me an embarrassing amount of time. But it’s true, isn’t it? And it begs the question, what other absurd tasks have I been asking of my students?

I’m also forced to ask myself, what do they really need? Do they really need to be giving medical advice to someone who describes (using different forms of ser and estar and a variety of vocabulary from page 15) their medical ailments? Obviously not. The beauty of teaching a non-core class is that I have the autonomy to decide exactly what I get to teach. Awesome, right? The truth is, it’s a blessing and a curse. Like I said, it causes me to second-guess myself every step of the way. I’m constantly asking myself why am I making my students do this? What do they really need to be able to do in the target language?

Photo by Alessandro Bianchi on Unsplash

But maybe that’s not such a bad thing. I mean, I’m driving myself crazy, sure. But aren’t reflection and questioning the mark of a good teacher? Don’t effective teachers always wonder what it is they could be doing better? And finally, after an entire semester of reflection, I arrive at my driving question that will inspire the remainder of my work in the Teacher Inquiry and Writing Institute. What can I be doing to better prepare my students for interactions with speakers of Spanish? It seems like such a simple question, but one that took me months to finally ask myself. And one that will be transformative in enlightening both me and my students.
The Email That Landed Me Interviews With the Most Successful People in My Country
By: Brian Pennie
Tags: Learning, Leadership, Authenticity, Entrepreneurship, Change

The Email That Landed Me Interviews With the Most Successful People in My Country

Source: That’s me talking about “tactics for life” in Eir, Ireland’s largest telecommunications company, all because of that email

I wanted to learn quickly, and I wanted to learn from the best. Through my talks in schools and universities, I also wanted to equip future generations with the tools and tactics they needed to cope with modern life.

Then it popped into my head. It was a no-brainer. Inspired by Tim Ferriss’s book Tribe of Mentors, I needed a tribe of my own. I set out to contact the most successful people I could find. I thought it best to start in the corporate world, so I reached out to over 30 of the most influential CEOs in my country.

When I figured out how to get their emails, I then had to decide what to write. I’ll be honest, I didn’t put that much thought into it. I simply spoke from the heart.

With a subject line called “taking a punt,” the email went like this:

Dear Xx Xxxxxxxx, My name is Brian Pennie and I am a PhD student studying the neuroscience of mindfulness in Trinity College Dublin. My journey has been far from conventional however. On October 8th 2013, I experienced my first day clean after 15 years of chronic heroin addiction. I am not quite sure why or how, but on that day I gained a completely new perspective on life. During the last four years I have been fortunate enough to meet some amazing people who have helped me to successfully navigate my new life. These experiences and chance occurrences have had a huge impact on my journey towards becoming a fully funded PhD student in Trinity College, published academic writer, lecturer in UCD, personal development coach in both private and commercial settings, and a guest speaker for mental health awareness in schools and colleges around the country. As a ridiculously enthusiastic and passionate learner, I have decided to take a punt and reach out to some of Ireland’s most successful people. Although I have learned a great deal thus far, I would love to gather further information from Ireland’s best. My goal is to learn skills and techniques to enhance my own personal development, and to pass them on to future generations through my scheduled talks. I would be privileged if you could spare some time (email, Skype, or maybe even a coffee) to share your insights on how to be successful in this complex world. Kind regards, Brian

The response rate was a staggering 81.2%, and I got interviews with everyone who responded. I then used the same tactic to contact successful people in music, sports, and the entertainment industry. Following advice from one of my interviewees (thanks Hugh), I then asked each person to introduce me to another successful individual in their circle. Then, the momentum really flew.
Reality Capture Alignment Settings, Tips, & Fixes
By: Azad Balabanian
Tags: Photogrammetry, Drone, 3d Scanning

Image Raw processing

If you captured the dataset in its RAW format (available with DSLR’s/drones), you should take advantage of the ability to adjust processing settings to reveal details in the images that were not visible.

By doing so, you might reveal some details and features that previously did not have enough contrast with their surrounding pixels to be considered a feature.

Using a RAW photo processing software (Lightroom, DxO Photolab, etc), process the entire dataset with these settings:

Typically, I don’t reduce the highlights by -100, but this photo was a bit overexposed

Reduce Highlight value

Increase Shadow value

Adjust Exposure if necessary

Export the full image dataset with the same adjustments into a folder called “_geometry” which you’ll use for the Alignment and Reconstruction steps in Reality Capture.

You can export a 2nd set of processed images that are “color corrected” which you can use for Texturing. I typically bring the highlights and shadows back to towards original positions, adjust the white balance to my liking, and export them to a folder called “_texture”.

Reality Capture has a great feature that lets you use different processed versions of the images for different steps (called Image Layers). This is great because you can use this processed dataset for the alignment and reconstruction steps (aka, the geometry layer), but use a secondary color corrected dataset for texturing (texture layer).

Check out this section of my video tutorial discussing the Image Layers feature in more detail.
There’s About to Be a Lot More Serial Killers in the World
By: J.J. Pryor
Tags: Politics, Internet of Things, Drones, Technology, War

The Origins of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The military history of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) goes back further than you might think. In 1849, Austrian forces had the water city of Venice surrounded. But their progress was slow and Captain Ludwig Kudriaffsky had an idea to fasten their surrender.

Burning balloons.

Note, these are probably not suitable for your child’s next birthday party. As for a gender reveal party — if you want to follow recent idiotic trends — then maybe.

Fast forward to WWI when British Archibald Low created the world’s first remote-operated airplanes. While the guise was to use them for anti-aircraft target practice, the real purpose was to attach big fat bombs on their front before kamikazing into enemies.

While these planes were never employed to do so, their development went far. He even went on to create the world’s first guided rocket in 1917. While the UK government wasn’t too excited about his spiffy new tech, the Germans seemed to be aware of the potential mass damage they could cause.

So much so that they tried to assassinate him twice, and failed.

In WWII, the V-1 rockets were largely based on Archibald’s designs, at least initially. Fortunately for the Allies, these were only deployed near the end of the war in June of 1944.

Even still, the Germans managed to launch 9,521 of the mechanical beasts into the UK from France’s invaded shores. Of these, 2,340 managed to hit London, killing at least 5,475 people and causing over 16,000 deaths.

Thankfully they weren’t deployed at the beginning, or that number would be drastically higher.