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How Business Events will Change in a Post-COVID World
By: Sahr Ngegba
Tags: Post Covid, Predictions, Sahr Ngegba, Disruption, Business

COVID-19 pandemic has changed human behavior completely. People are doing things differently from the way they used to do before. New guidelines continue to be issued by governments; hence the post-COVID-19 world will experience tremendous changes.

The following are the new norm for events in the post-COVID-19 era:1. Hygiene will be a top-level priority.

Proper hygiene practices are going to be a priority in every venue holding delegates. Planners of such meetings will have to get a venue that adheres to appropriate hygiene protocols. With a high probability of another wave walloping countries, no one will risk the life of attendees.

2. Effective social distancing.

All events to be held are going to ensure that there is adherence to the social distancing guidelines. Event organizers will ensure both the guests and staffs are socially distant, and their behavior is in line with social distancing protocols. Most of the traffic is likely to be experienced in toilet areas, narrow corridors, and walkaways. Organizers should advocate for self-service check-in points, including registration desks and kiosks, to minimize congestion and contact. Most likely, venues will have many exits as an additional safety measure.

3. Intelligent catering.

A mechanism will have to be put when serving guests with drinks and meals. Organizers will no longer require people to queue to get food. Serving meals will be on disposable plates, and the number of delegates in the catering area will be limited.

4. Emphasis on contactless activities.

To encourage contactless activities, planners will have to embrace technology at the events. Contactless activities will be enhanced by delegates getting touch screen gadgets containing the event program. Guest may be unwilling to get printed badges from receptionists; thus, organizers will use facial recognition gadgets. Guests will not allow security to touch their bags or frisk them; hence the guard will use sensor beacons. Payments will also electronically and before the event.

5. Creating hybrid events to limit physical delegates.

Hybrid events involve two concurrent events happening simultaneously, one running virtually while the other physical event progresses. Many delegates will prefer not to travel and attend physical events, especially now they are used to virtual events. Organizers will also limit the number of attendees as there will be a hybrid event. Many will follow virtually, while few will be present physically in the actual venue.

Inculcating a new behavior among the delegates will be challenging, but event organizers should be patient. They should guide delegates in the new norm habits to ensure the event is safe for all attendees.

Originally published to sahrngegba.org
2021 The Year of the Comeback
By: Bob Pepe
Tags: Predictions, Pandemic, 2021, Life, Hope

2021 The Year of the Comeback

In an effort to save words, I will not go into the disaster that 2020 was. It was a disaster for everyone, no one was spared. It was an unmitigated nightmare.

Looking ahead to 2021 here is what I predict will happen

The US Economy will take a major dip. The reality of this pandemic will finally catch up to Wall St. Joe Biden will be proposing new ideas that actually help people but cost money and Wall St won’t like it. I think that we should look at it like we can buy shares at a discounted fair price and long term the economy will be just fine The Vaccine will work and the Pandemic will end and just like security at the airport after 9/11, somethings will be different permanently. Going to a sporting event will involve temperature checks, masks, less than full capacity and scaled back concessions. Shopping malls will continue to close as people will continue to see the value and just ordering stuff from Amazon and online sellers. The buffett will continue to be dead. It is a shame that it took the pandemic to finally kill that disgusting way of eating. Traffic will remain lighter than before as people and businesses will still allow people to work from home as it is just as efficient and much cheaper. That is a big win for the environment. Veganism will skyrocket. The benefits to their own health and the health of the planet will take hold. After seeing the world brought to its knees by this virus, more people will take their own health and the planet’s health more seriously. The cruelty to animals will also be acknowledged for the first time by many, due to the fact that we all got a hard lesson in the frailty of life. ALL LIFE. Electric cars are going to become much more in the forefront as more car manufacturers realize that this is the future and an opportunity to make much more money, which is always their number one goal Eastern Medicine will become more mainstream in America. Americans that have been hiding in their homes for a year and are now waiting for an answer from Big Pharma. Many people will take more of their health decisions into their own hands and realize that many of the problems that we face can be cured without the use of overpriced and dangerous pills. Restaurants and Hotels will continue to suffer as business travel will remain soft and many people have learned that eating at home can be just as fun and much cheaper than going out. Europe will lead the comeback and with the United States as their ally again, you will see great things happening in Europe from their economy to showing a united front against a growing Russian threat.

2021 is going to be a transition period to a new world. I am very optimistic for the future and hopefully that will be the final legacy of 2020
Pick a card — Good things coming to you — Tarot Oracle Reading
By: Prediction Daisy
Tags: Tarot, Predictions, Horoscopes, Astrology, Life

Photo by Daniel Mingook Kim on Unsplash

Topic: Good things coming to you

== Rules ==

Concentrate on what is on the mind and choose the deck of cards that most appeals to you

Ps. just predict to the overview only, not directly specifying who it is

Number 1

You will have a feeling of having to choose between what you have and what you dream about. You hope that you will be successful. There is a light in your heart. The problems you bear will be washed away. The suffering in your heart fades away. Although not all vanish, they’re less.

Number 2

There will be someone to help you in difficult times. There is an honest friend by your side. You have a feeling of being protected by someone. However, be careful what you say, as it can hurt others.

Number 3

You are struggling with problems, please be patient and overcome them. After all, this difficulty will end. You will find brilliance and peace. Someone will bring you love and smiles. You have the sacred protection. Think about the sacred or mystical energy that you frequently respect. Pray they help you get through your obstacles.

Number 4

You who choose this group of cards will have many troubles. But in your distress, there is hope in itself. If you can’t stand the tired take a rest. Don’t care too much about others. The good thing you will find is peace from yourself.

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Prosper — первая некастодиальная площадка для ставок на ценовые прогнозы на платформе Avalanche
Tags: Predictions, Blockchain, Prosper, Cryptocurrency, Avalanche

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3 Predictions About Politics In 2020 That Missed The Mark
By: Sana Hashmi
Tags: Magazine, Journalism, Predictions, Politics, 2020

A look back at political predictions from The Economist’s “The World in 2020” issue and Fortune’s “2020 Crystal Ball”

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As the cliché goes “hindsight is 20/20.” However, despite a global pandemic, top magazines were surprisingly accurate when it came to their predictions about politics of the world in 2020. The Economist’s “The World in 2020” correctly predicted the increasingly fractured global response to Chinese telecommunications company, Huawei, as well as Donald Trump losing his bid for re-election. Fortune’s “2020 Crystal Ball” correctly forecasted the continuation of anti-government protests across the Middle East, such as the protests that took place this year in Lebanon and Iraq. Although most predictions were pretty accurate, here are 3 predictions that did not exactly pan out:

3) Fortune: Stacey Abrams as U.S. Vice Presidential Pick

Fortune predicted that 2018 gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams would be the vice presidential pick for Joe Biden. Although Kamala Harris was selected and became vice president-elect in 2020, Abrams still played an important role in the U.S. election. Voting rights organizations like Abrams’ Fair Fight helped flip Georgia from a red to blue state for the first time in 28 years.

2) Fortune and The Economist: Angela Merkel’s Leadership Crisis in Germany

Both Fortune and The Economist forecasted a bad year for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Economist predicted that the coalition between Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) “could easily fall prematurely” before the 2021 elections. Instead, Merkel’s coalition remained intact in 2020, in large part due to Merkel’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although she will step down as the leader of her party as planned, Merkel received praise in 2020 for her response to the pandemic by keeping a close eye on science and ensuring that the public was well-informed.

1)The Economist: A New Milestone for China

The Economist predicted in its “The World in 2020” issue that China would declare that it had reached its milestone of what it calls a “moderately prosperous society in all respects” by 2020, and become a force to be reckoned with on the global stage. When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged in Wuhan forcing the country to begin national lockdowns in early 2020, this changed. Although China has made a substantial recovery in the last few months of 2020 — the early part of this year — according to the BBC : “was the first time China’s economy contracted since it started recording quarterly figures back in 1992.” Instead, it appears that Chinese president Xi Jinping plans to announce China reaching this milestone in early 2021.
Mueller took two years and produced the most thorough investigation in decades.
By: Caleb Mars
Tags: Mueller, Predictions, Durham, Trump, Russiagate

Mueller took two years and produced the most thorough investigation in decades. It concluded with zero indictments related to Russian collusion. In contrast, Durham already has a guilty plea from an FBI lawyer for doctoring evidence presented to the FISA court. That supports one of the main Russia-gate allegations, that political partisans abused their official positions and lied to the Court to get legal cover to spy on the Trump campaign. I think we need to give Durham another six months and see what he comes up with.

My point was that, in advance, I predicted Durham would be appointed Special Prosecutor and he was. I also said there would be Federal investigations of Biden family corruption and, voila, a tax investigation of Hunter is subsequently announced. Look man, how many times did you and your favorite media talking heads predict Mueller would be indicting Trump or his whole campaign team for collusion or treason? I just find it ungracious you won’t concede I was right about these predictions.
Is Astrology a predicting tool or a Science of planning Life?
By: Defining Future
Tags: Predictions, Rudrasha Therapy, Mantra Healing, Wealth Management, Career

Defining Future

Do you believe in the Future? Are we interested and curious in knowing the future? Is Positive Hope a driver? Is knowing Future a reality or a Myth? Do stars really play a role in our life? Can we really predict the future? Can the pain of obstacles be reduced? Where has present living & happiness gone?

Delighted to introduce to the group of “Thought Leaders” turning to “Astrology cum Educationalists”, redefining the Intelligence of knowing & predicting Future. ​

‘Defining Future’ keeping Present in Mind…Change before the Change & not with the Change

We are the Alchemist, changing the school of thought of Astrology… Knowing and interpreting the future is a well-defined science and an art that comes only by the blessing of the ‘Supreme Power’.

We are helping People & Students to find, follow & adopt their destined path of Present and Future, finally leading a Happy, Smiling and God Loving journey throughout Life…

When we study astrology we reject simple-looking techniques that in one shot can help in defining the purpose of life & aligning the same as per the last two wheels which are Destiny & Challenges. Knowledge will come through experience & deeper studies giving you a clear picture of the “Life Cycle & Purpose of the Soul” in the present life.

“Vedic Astrology” is the mother and all other types of astrology study are the subsets of this. During my teaching sessions to learned astrologers, the most common question& difficult answer to be given is on “Accuracy of the timing of Events”

The predictive principles used in Vedic astrology are full of alternatives and if properly applied at times, miss precisely the nature and time of the event in question. I have personally faced this issue as knowing Vedic Science takes years to understand. After 26 years of learning, at times I feel that it’s still which is something left to be learned. This is the beauty of our ancient science

As per my Astrology journey, I suggest every astrologer to learn three sciences of Astrology which are Vedic, KP & Naadi.

Astrology is not a predicting tool but a tool to plan one’s life as per defined destiny. A strong k knowledge of Mother Science which is Vedic along with KP Astrology & Naadi is the perfect blend for knowing one’s Destiny and Challenges faced thereon. It helps perfectly in reducing the pain of coming obstacles if any by choosing the right path at the right time.

“Building & Helping Humanity”… Leading Change

Redefining the intelligence of Astrology Predictions | Numerology | Business Success | Career Growth | Relations
2021 Blockchain Predictions
By: Matthew Le Merle
Tags: Predictions, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Unicorns

Our annual predictions for the year ahead are now available in a free webinar

Every year we publish our predictions for the year ahead in November. December always seems to be a rushed month and this year will be no exception since we will be holding closings for Blockchain Coinvestors and the Securitize coinvestment. Please contact us if you want to know about either at mlemerle@fifthera.com.

Last year our 2020 Blockchain Predictions turned out to be spot on with only one exception. Indeed, the world moved far beyond our expectations, and we will show just how much this is true in the upcoming webinar for the 2021 Blockchain Predictions (see below for webinar registration details).

Perhaps the most exciting development of 2020 was the very large increase in the number of Blockchain Unicorns — enterprises and projects with values in excess of $1 billion. The list is now at 31 (perhaps 32 if Bitmex survives). There is some art in deciding which of the Blockchain projects to add to this list, so join the webinars if you want to understand the logic for what we included and what we did not.

We are excited to be current or past investors in more than 20 of these.

So here are our 2021 Blockchain Predictions. Please go to www.blockchaincoinvestors.com to listen to our free webinar to learn more about each of the ten predictions.

With all of the world’s challenges we believe next year will be a good one for those companies and projects focused on moving the world towards a digital future including digital monies and assets.

Isn’t 21 always a lucky number?

Thank you for reading and have a wonderful Thanksgiving if you are in the US, and stay safe wherever you are.
How I made a Neural Net that generated $100/Hour.
Tags: Predictions, Cryptocurrency, Algorithmic Trading, Bitcoin, Neural Networks

So how can we do predictions if factors such as News and People’s Emotions are involved?

The idea behind it is simple. Instead of going for longer time scales such as a week or even months, the idea here is to do “High Frequency Intraday Trades” i.e., doing quick trades in a matter of mere seconds or minutes.

The model I have created here tries to predict price movements for every minute so that the model’s performance doesn’t drop due to any news based uncertainties. The model serves as a trend predictor/follower instead of being the entity that sees the future of a stock after 1–5 years or months. The good thing about the model is that it doesn’t follow the market noises, and it does make steady decisions by a trained Neural Networks, so the worst case scenario will be that the model executing 30 trades in a span of 1 Hour resulting in huge Brokerage/Transactional charges.

The features I have used here is the stock’s Opening Price in a time window of 5 units i.e., 5 minutes here for training using a technique called Sliding window.

Sliding Window Technique

After a few Preprocessing techniques, data is fed into an LSTM (Long Short Term Memory) network to predict the outcome of the next minute.

For now the idea I have explained above is still in development phase, and the model generates $100 an hour on a virtual environment where live ticks are fed into the network for predictions. The live ticks data was used from yfinance and I considered to use BTC-USD just for its volatility. Some of the results generated,

Model Predicting on real-time data

Model Metrics
Tech Trends 2021: เปิดโลกเทรนด์เทคโนโลยีปี 2021
By: Sorranart R.
Tags: Predictions, 2021 Trends, Technology

Plan and Policy Analyst @ Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission, Thailand / Reader / Tech Lover
General Predictions for Ten-ish Notable Entities: December 14, 2020
Tags: Predictions, Astrology, Galactic Center, Solar Eclipse, Mundane Astrology

Four-ish people I expect to be directly affected:

1. Deepak Chopra — updated results here

I expect a flare of news of his legacy, with a spotlight on how his spiritual perspective has had a world-wide influence, inviting others to consider deeper ideas for the ultimate benefit of humanity.

Secondarily, I expect that he has been seriously mulling on how to authentically relate with others, in pursuit of divine connection, while maintaining safety and trust. Where does spiritually fit in with The Great Reset and our post-covid world? How do vaccines fit in the global spiritual narrative? He has an innate sense of the need for sharp strategy when it comes to discovering philosophical truths and I look forward to what opinions he has to share. I expect that he is either (a) getting ready to share an idealistic vision on ~January 5, or (b) will have a vision presented to him through a sibling, peer, or extended family member on this day. Regardless, I expect widespread social acceptance of what he has to offer us on ~January 5.

2. William, Duke of Cambridge — updated results here

I expect confusing news about his health or personal status, along with concerns about how his personal resources are structured. Whatever occurs for him on Dec 14th, I see that as a clearing of the way for whatever will be presented to us all on December 21st. Perhaps he will share wealth with his siblings/extended family, or perhaps he will receive wealth from them.

3. Nicolas Cage — updated results here

I expect dramatic news of his health or personal status, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was traditionally unfortunate news. I am expecting him to put a higher value on fueling his core values, especially in regards to children, love affairs, creative projects, his solitary world, or a combination of the four.

4. Demi Moore — updated results here

I expect the media to report on how her reputation or career is tied with the restructuring of one or more of the following topics: an important long-term friendship in her life, a certain activism group she’s been committed to, or a long-term dream she’s been building.

4½. Ashlee Simpson — updated results here

Her birth data isn’t of the highest quality, so I will give her a half position in my list based on that fact. Still, I will venture to say that perhaps Ashlee will be in the news for similar topics as Demi: restructuring of (a) an important long-term friendship in her life, (b) a certain activism group she’s been committed to, and/or (c) a long-term dream she’s been building.
Inventory Insighter
By: Indresh Kumar
Tags: Automotive, Predictive Analytics, Predictions

Simple Beginnings

The first step that Higu came up with was pretty straightforward — segment the SKUs on the basis of their historical demand volume, and the variation in this demand. Something along these lines:

Simple SKU classification on the basis of volume and variation in demand

Standard deviation is a good enough metric for “variation” in demand. Check out below inbuilt module in Python.

Equipped with this intelligence, a strategy can be formulated as:

Allocate maximum capital to high volume low variation models Allocate minimum capital to low volume high variation models

Further, inventory can be maintained at two different level

Cycle stock: the predicted demand per SKU based on historical demand Safety stock: stock to be maintained based on the historical average and the standard deviation as explained by WikiHow here

Enter: Genetic Algorithms

Higu was sort of happy with the above results because it introduced some method of madness and helped optimize turn over ration and stock availability at some pilot locations.

But he still faced the larger challenge of implementing this globally, which means factoring in local variables like:

Dealer specific high volume SKUs which are low volume for the region Location specific seasonality in demand Introduction of new models with no prior historical demand data

To develop a model for each SKU, for each region, for each seasonal variation and down to the dealer level is daunting task. This makes the above model un-scalable and unreliable.

To overcome this challenge, Higu and team thought of implementing Genetic Algorithms. These algorithms aim to optimize for a given constraint by “evolving” just like genes do over generations.

Genetic Algorithms are one of the branches of AI that is used for okay-ish imperfect but quick solutions:

AI => Heuristics => Genetic Algorithms

Here is a working example that can be run using Python

In Higu’s case this method was applied to get the best possible turnover ratio under a constraint of limited capital. Over a few “generations” the script learnt how to get the maximum possible turnover within this constraint.

The exact implementation is a little outside the scope of this blog, but Higu says it was able to get good enough recommendations for most of the cases very quickly. He ran the algorithm with inventory as the “chromosome” while trying to optimize for turnover ratio.

Conclusion

Inventory optimization has a direct and strong impact on revenue and profitability of automotive or similar manufacturing sector businesses. We saw how Higu and team was able to pull this off using relatively simple statistical model, and some AI methods to get business insights which can be applied in real world scenario.
What does 2029 look like in 15 words?
By: Clément Bourcart
Tags: World, Self, Predictions, Future

What does 2029 look like in 15 words?

Exciting, futuristic, revolutionary, polarized, extreme, beautiful, automated, fast-paced, complex, purposeful, mind-boggling, mindful, unexpected.

What does your world in 2029 look and feel like?
Jupiter’s Transit in Capricorn and its Effects on Zodiac Signs
Tags: Jupiter Transit, Predictions, Moon Sign, Zodiac Signs, Capricorn

Jupiter’s Transit in Capricorn and its Effects on Zodiac Signs Mypandit.Com ·Dec 11, 2020

All hail planet Jupiter! The largest and the biggest benefactor of success, knowledge, prosperity, accomplishment, fortune and spirituality, Jupiter will be making a transit in November 2020.

This November 2020, Jupiter will make transits in Capricorn and it might affect your zodiac sign.

Read about Jupiter’s transit and its effects on zodiac signs.

Jupiter will transit from Sagittarius Sign on 20th November 2020 ( 13:23) and will remain there until 6th April 2021 (00:33) in the Capricorn zodiac sign. Jupiter being a prominent planet in Vedic Astrology may put a huge impact on zodiac signs.

Let’s see Jupiter’s transit predictions for all the 12 zodiac signs.
My Predictions for the Next Decade — Consumer Software & Hardware
By: Luna Lu
Tags: Consumerism, Predictions, Software, Venture Capital, Hardware

As a VC investor, I am constantly doing sector deep-dives across the tech industry. For a change of pace, I thought it would be fun to take a step back, look at the broader picture, and ask myself: “What would the world look like in ten years? What are the major, thematic changes we will see in consumer and business behaviors?” As I write down my thoughts, I realized that some changes are taking place faster than we could imagine — I started writing my predictions in early 2020, and over the course of the year I have had to rewrite many sections because of the way that Covid has changed our world and its future trajectories. At the same time, however, some things won’t look so different in ten years than how they are today…

So here are my predictions on how the software and hardware that are so present in the everyday lives of consumers will evolve in the next decade. I look forward to 2030, when I get to look back and maybe have a chuckle or two about how things have turned out.
Can You Predict the Future?
By: Charlotte Allison
Tags: Goals, Personal Growth, Predictions, Achievement, Spiritual Growth

Hint: It’s up to you. You can be your own fortune teller.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting you to where you want to be tomorrow.

The actions you take today are creating your future.

Yes. Fortune tellers are fun at carnivals and fairs. The fortune teller might even tell you what you want to hear; (and for a hefty price at that, I’m sure).

But the only way to reach your goals is by taking actions each day that are in alignment with those goals.

Even if your goal seems far off from where you are today; you need to start somewhere and set foot in that direction.

It does not have to be a major leap. This is one mistake many people make. Thinking they must make big decisions and take giant steps forward to reach their goals.

When in truth, it’s a series of small actions that will help you reach you goals. Small actions each day add up to big achievements. Even one baby step in the direction of your goal is helping you to inch one step closer to that goal.

It’s too much to think about the whole enchilada all at once. If you start to think about how difficult it will be to reach you goal, it will start to seem unachievable. Feeling overwhelmed with how much it will take to reach your goal, can stop you from even beginning.

This is something I’m learning myself. That it’s little actions every day that add up. I can’t just jump in there and grab the whole thing at once. That would be too overwhelming for anyone.

I have heard this said many times: How do you eat an elephant?

Answer: One piece at a time.

That is how it is with reaching your goals. One little piece at a time.

For example, let’s say you want to earn a PhD. That goal may seem impossibly far away if you don’t even have a high school diploma. In this case, the first baby step would be to get your GED. Then you would take each step as necessary along the way.

It’s the same with any goal you want to reach. Even saving money. If your goal is to have a large sum of money; putting a little bit aside each week or month will eventually accumulate into that large sum.

Be your own fortune teller. Create the future of your dreams by taking baby steps each day.

You can start by writing down your goal. Writing down your goal is an important step because it makes your goal more real and concrete.

Then make a list of small steps you can take each day to reach that goal.

Work at it daily. Just a little bit each day will lead you to the big goal.
Predicting Doomsday With The Poisson Distribution
By: Gato Quantico
Tags: Data Science, Predictions, Statistics, Simulation, Technology

Predicting Doomsday With The Poisson Distribution

Asteroid approaching Earth (Source)

Imagine you are working for NASA and you are given the extremely important task of estimating how many asteroids could hit Earth in one year. Now, thanks to a 19th century scientist, you are going to be able to predict when the next meteorite is going collide against the Earth and, hopefully, save mankind! But how?

One of the most commonly used distributions in statistics is the Poisson distribution named after the 19th century scientist, Simeon Denis Poisson.

It can be used to model most things that comply with the following rules:

It only works with discrete data (k -> integer; 0,1,2,3 … n)

Events occur independently

The time between occurrences is independent of anything

Two events cannot occur at exactly the same time

To represent the data using the distribution we use the following formula, where lambda is the average times an event occurs (e.g mean of 2 meteorites a year) and k is the number of meteorites that could fall on Earth (X-axis on the plot). In this article, I won’t explain why this distribution is just a special case of the binomial (really good stuff here) but I can recommend you a link if you are curious! And just before we continue remember that e = 2.71828 … !

Poisson Distribution

Scientists, since the invention of the computer, have been using programs like the one below to calculate the probabilities of events, to decrypt/encrypt messages or to even analyze genes! Thus, let’s take advantage of this marvellous tool at out disposition. Now, if you want to try this code out, you will first need to install Octave, which, by the way, is completely free! After that, you will only have to insert the commands below and voilà!

poissonFunc = @(k,lambda) (lambda.^k).*exp(-lambda)./factorial(k)

plot(0:1:10,poissonFunc(0:1:10,2),"o-")

xlabel("x")

ylabel("Poisson Probability")

P(Meteorites=x) (Plotted using Octave)

We now know that the probability of not getting any meteorites this year is of 0.14 (0.0000000028925 if we want to survive for a decade!!!). But just a fair warning, before you go off to predict the next Doomsday, what this

distribution models is not exact and can vary a lot depending on the situation. It is always useful to see if it fits well with past data before assuming it is correct!
A Simple Prediction for the Future of “.webm”
By: Chill Panda
Tags: Profile Pictures, Predictions, Blog, Webm

A Simple Prediction for the Future of “.webm” Usage and How Twitch Users Have an Opportunity to Play Part in Its Fruition

The Twitch Panel

One day, it will be worldly recognized, that .webm is an acceptable format for your profile photos.

The key then, in this scenario, is to take full advantage of the motion capture possible within .webm video file formats.

Add a little pizazz (intermittent image movement animation)

Add some glamour (Twinkle animations)

Add a splendid surprise…

Something like a 3D animation roaring from the ground that is your webpage, or by webpage I mean Twitch profile page, which allows .webp for images in your panels.

Not just limited to .webp but offers a plethora of animateable possibilities

With .svg and .avif in the mix, who’s to say what’s possible?

Only your imagination, it seems.
The Coming of Fire
By: Paul The Messiahi
Tags: Prediction, Book Of Paul, The Modern Fire

The Coming of Fire

The Fire?

Old Reasoning:

I always wondered if the Fire that was written in the Bible was a massive volcanic eruption. Maybe it is a meteor fireball that will hit Earth soon.

Another Fire

Or was it something that made the God of old mad again?

A man-made sun is a mock to the Programmer so I am now sure that this will be the hint for the next event to come.

Well, we can’t stop human innovation and evolution but a mock is always 1 in the code of the Programmer. He will again debug that mock to clean his code for sure.

China’s Fire Idea has an effect of neither good or bad for humanity

Is the artificial Sun so hot that it can burn us all hotter than the Son’s Sun by tenfold? Did you get the clue this is heresy for the Programmer of things?

OK let’s go the Logical reasoning for now.

We Modern Apostle can Reason too

Modern Reasoning:

Ten times hotter than the sun is a risk soon if that accident happened or some wild rogue human wants to burn the World with him because of crab sarcacity. Well, the accident is not an accident, after all, I think it will happen for a reason. The divine punishment?

Nothing is quite an impossible right.

We just have to predict those things and warn the human race.

Noah’s Flood was kinda scientific and mysterious to me too I think because of the non-stop rain if that indeed happened. I think it did happen tho.

The old wise men of Earth said it will come again the flooding of Fire this time. So what event can trigger such a scenario?

Major Accident?

Evil Rogue Human?

This kind of experiment can trigger the Lesser or Greater Fire.

I just hope it won’t but we can’t ignore it.

Mars will be the next home for those who want to survive the coming Fire.
What 3 Top Futurists are Predicting for 2021 and Beyond
By: Elizabeth Dawber
Tags: Predictions, Work, Future, Social Media, Business

Rich Karlgaard

Forbes publisher, futurist, award-winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author. Economic and business innovation thought leader. Clients include IBM, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Capital One. richkarlgaard.com

A boom in entrepreneurship

If the past is anything to go by then 2021 will see ‘survival entrepreneurship’ accelerate.

Back in the 1970s, business was bad; the stock market crashed, gasoline prices quadrupled and presidents resigned. But entrepreneurs thrived in this decade as we saw the rise of Microsoft, Apple, FedEx, Oracle, and Charles Schwab.

The current pandemic has seen unimaginable unemployment rates, especially amongst youths. This will lead to many starting their own businesses from the ashes of a post-Covid world. Expect to see the billion-dollar companies of the future formed within the next few years.

Say goodbye to unicorn startups

There are more than 500 unicorn startups (a privately owned startup valued at $1 billion or more) around the world, however, their success largely relies on a rising stock market.

Private investors typically hedged their bets on the fact that unicorns had potential not that they would necessarily make a profit. But, in a post-Covid world with a falling stock market then investors are likely to beat a hasty retreat.

Without funding, unicorn startups will become what their name always suggested: just another myth.
How-to guide: Adding liquidity to Balancer pool
By: Thomas Kal
Tags: Defi, Staking, Predictions, Open Predict

Balancer is a decentralized exchange and liquidity pool protocol. In addition to allowing anyone to trade ERC-20 tokens, Balancer also allows token holders to act as liquidity providers for their favorite ERC-20 tokens by contributing to liquidity pools. This guide will walk you through how to become a Liquidity Provider (LP) on Balancer using the OPT/USDC pair.

How to Add Liquidity to the OPT/USDC Balancer Liquidity Pool

Head over to Balancer by clicking on the link below to access the OPT/USDC liquidity pool:

https://pools.balancer.exchange/#/pool/0xd3d14de568990854705c40221f75efbad8c0c981/

1. To start, you’ll need to click the “Connect Wallet” tab at the top right of the page. This will allow you to log into your in-browser Metamask account which you’ll use to interact with Balancer.

2. You can select from your Portis, Coinbase, Fortmatic, or WalletConnect account; however, we’ll continue using Metamask.

3. After you log in to your Metamask account, you just need to confirm the connection between Balancer and your Metamask account. In the screenshot below, “Account 2” represents your wallet. Ensure that you are in the “Main Ethereum Network”. Proceed by choosing “Connect”.

4. Now you can click on the “Add Liquidity” tab at the top right of the screen, and the pop-up window will present you with the option to contribute “Multi asset” or “Single asset”.

5. If this is your first time adding liquidity to a Balancer pool, you will be asked to set up a proxy contract. If you only have either OPT or USDC tokens (not both), click on the ”Single asset” tab. Assuming you have OPT tokens, you can enter in the amount you want to contribute to the pool before clicking the “Setup proxy” button.

6. You will need to confirm the transaction via your Metamask account. Once your transactions are confirmed, you can then proceed with supplying your tokens. Repeat the process of confirming the transactions via Metamask. Once completed, you will become a Liquidity Provider to the OPT/USDC pool on Balancer.

Congratulations! You are now a Liquidity Provider. As an OPT-USDC LP, you will receive a weekly BAL token and a bi-weekly OPT token rewards on top of earning the trading fee generated by the pool.

Website: https://openpredict.io

Twitter: https://twitter.com/optprotocol

Community Chat: https://t.me/openpredict

Telegram Announcements: https://t.me/openpredictannouncements
How to claim 250 free tokens for PlotX
By: The Captain
Tags: Captain Bitcoin, Eth, Bitcoin, Prediction, Btc

PlotX is a decentralised prediction market for crypto traders.

Captain Bitcoin is partnering with https://plotx.io/ to drive the adoption of prediction markets.

Captain Bitcoin users can claim 250 tokens to use on the PlotX platform worth $12.50 at the time of writing.

The most effective way of claiming these tokens are using https://metamask.io/ for both desktop and mobile.

Getting started on desktop -

Login to Captain Bitcoin using the Metamask plugin Go to rewards page and click on ‘Sign up now’ Claim tokens

Getting started on mobile -

Important note : this is a little trickier than expected due to the unique system we use to verify users.

Users must use the same wallet they have used to sign in to Captain Bitcoin to claim the tokens.

Users can only claim these tokens using the Metamask wallet application on Android and must have ETH to pay for GAS to claim.

Captain Bitcoin does not support Wallet Connect at this point.

Download https://metamask.io/ wallet Menu > Browser > www.captainbitcoin.io > sign in (you don’t need to watch any videos to claim) Rewards page > click on ‘Sign up now’ for PlotX Claim tokens

Don’t forget to tell your friends.

Note — If you see a 403 FORBIDDEN message, please use VPN and select a different country.

Earn an extra $2 in CAPT by Tweeting a screenshot of your prediction @capt_bitcoin and @TryPlotX : please make sure your ETH address is visible.
Nate Silver Makes Predictions About How I’ll Spend My Time Today
By: Ginny Hogan
Tags: Predictions, Election Day, Nate Silver, Humor, Self

Nate Silver Makes Predictions About How I’ll Spend My Time Today

Photo: Basak Gurbuz Derman/Moment/Getty Images

I’m pretty sure a “confidence interval” is actually just a window pollsters use to climb out of if their predictions are wrong. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight himself is a man of many predictions, and just in case he doesn’t have his hands full already with predicting the election(s), he decided to throw out some guesses as to what I’ll do with myself today.
Now Create Your Own Prediction Challenge & Invite Your Friends
By: Era Swap Foundation Oü
Tags: Decentralized, Predictions, Era Swap Ecosystem, Betdeex

Now Predict & Win, along with creating and running your own predictions on https://www.betdeex.com/ as well invite your friends to join and predict on it!

Download 1DAAP & Access BetDeEx on your Smart phone, along with multiple DApps of Era Swap Ecosystem : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eraswaponeapp

About Us: Era Swap Ecosystem is a multi-purpose ecosystem — one that has everything the user needs in their day to day life. Users can access multiple products, services, and global marketplaces through this single decentralized ecosystem. https://eraswap.life/
My Positive Tech Predictions for 2021!
By: Ben Steele
Tags: Predictions, Future, 2021, Tech, Technology

1. Rise of a Public Cloud playing Green

Never has it been so easy to provision workloads in the public cloud. It got me wondering, right now we use serverless and other times we run with dedicated compute that’s been provisioned.

Unless you are spending time scaling the later, you will have capacity which isn’t doing anything and burning energy (forget cash 😂).

What if your public cloud workload got an energy rating, like your fridge?!

Whilst I free type; it also makes me think this will inevitably play into a serverless first mindset where you only pay for what you use. The same would apply to energy. That’s not to say you would be ignorant of designing serverless workloads. For instance you still assign resources to a lambda, but then do you need to even call it? Could we see a shift to “green patterns” or green availability zones in the public cloud.

I live in the West of Ireland and right now AWS are buying wind turbine capacity to offset their data centre power usage. BUT this doesn’t necessarily directly power the data centres, but offsets it. Is this good enough? (Maybe ive gone down a rabbit hole here 🙂)

2. Multi Cloud Swings and Roundabouts

I work in technology professional services; personally I would ask anyone adopting a multicloud strategy outside of a vendor product to justify where there business case is for multi cloud. BUT with the public cloud providers outside of AWS maturing I can see a pivot for this to open more.

3. Drone delivery to your garden

In the West of Ireland we are seeing drones now trialing delivery services in Oranmore, Galway. Once drone technology can move outside point to point deliveries, I think we will see a rapid rise in drones operating localised delivery services.

4. Global talent pools

I’m privileged to be working for a fortune 100 company that’s trying to go global. I also work with a team that’s distributed across Ireland and Poland.

I’ve been working remotely now for 5 years and I believe it doesn’t matter where in the world you are if you can get the job done. In a thriving market technology professionals, talent will start to look outside of the large technology centres and start to think about global talent.

5. Evolution of remote working

As companies dump their commercial footprints in 2021. I think we might see more structured options around remote working. If the new norm for technology working is asynchronous working patterns, might we see a new suite if tooling to support a market for these new ways of working?

Will business travel crash as a result of 2020? Which could surely a good thing for those of us with families. The days of the CEO landing in for the day and everyone having to be at their desks is surely over.

I mean who would have thought the office 2020 Christmas party would be remote!!!
Value Network project history — a lookback to 2018
By: Value Network Defi Products
Tags: Blockchain, Markets, Defi, Prediction

Everything starts from the past, so does the Value Network project.

It is crucial to take a little look back because it can tell you a little more about our background, vision, and priorities.

In early 2018, on top of altcoins’ hype, I looked at the market and tried to check for any valuable and promising ideas. Looking at it from 2020, it looked easy, but at the moment, in the mass of hyped projects, it wasn’t so.

One of the ideas I loved was the idea of crypto-backed loans — very similar to loans for the liquid assets that banks, financial institutions, and individuals are using every day in the fiat world.

Need proofs? Here are some artifacts from back in the days:

Whitepaper (2018) — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y79hJ-GmQC3sOHDpmhClDZ193zyf6H8xNepo6_BeAmU/edit?usp=sharing

Demos (on Russian) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bAT6xyJy-w and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U62itS5eDMw

Presentation (2018) — https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vAAYKZ-FFdbhkyyJeIvP4tJcz83IGU_N/view?usp=sharing

The initial liquidity of the token was one of the main problems we’ve faced and the reason to freeze the project these days.

And I was thrilled to see this problem solved through placing tokens of the projects on DEXes like Uniswap and Sushiswap. So do in Value Network 2020, we’ll put the token on DEXes (planned date — till the end of 2020) to let the community decide on its price in the future.

The MVP of the Prediction Markets platform will be released till February 2021.

The description of our token economy will be in one of the next posts.
IoT based Plant Watering System and Plant Health Prediction
By: Appleton Innovations
Tags: IoT, Predictions, Internet of Things, Irrigation, Agriculture

What is Soil Moisture?

Soil moisture is the water stored in the soil and is affected by precipitation (rain), temperature, soil characteristics, and more.

The amount of water that can be stored by a soil and its availability to plants both depend on soil type.

Plant Health

Too little moisture in soil can result in yield loss and plant death.

Too much moisture in soil causes root disease and wasted water. The yield of the crop depends primarily on amount water availability to the crop.

Plant health status is related to amount of moisture in soil.

Plant Health Status Prediction

Plant Health depends on Temperature, Humidity and Soil Moisture. Supervised Machine learning algorithm can be used to predict weather plant is “healthy” or “Not Healthy”.

Project Objectives:

Analyze sensor readings and decide when to irrigate the plant

Predict the health status of the plant

Project Aim:

The aim of this project is to design a smart watering system for prediction of of plant health. The project design involves analyzing the moisture content, temperature of surrounding in which the plant grows to decide whether to release water or not from the water pump. The senors data will be displayed in graphical form on dash board. This data is further used to predict the plant health and send a notification to the farmer. This design automates plant irrigation.

Components Required for building this project

PH Sensor

Temperature sensor

Humidity Sensor

Soil Moisture Sensor

Flame Sensor

Water Pump

Software used

Arduino IDE

Adafruit IO

IFTTT

SMTP

Machine Learning Algorithms

Python

Real time Implementation

Real Time Implementation

Dash Board for Data Visualization and Control

The project designed thus conserves water while irrigating the plants whilst avoiding the compulsion for continuous human supervision