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Why Medium Should Curate Responses
By: Timothy O'Neill
Tags: Médium, Writing, Responses As Posts, Medium, Creativity

You want an incentive to greater engagement in articles? Curate the responses. Curating responses would motivate people to leave thoughtful, sincere and edifying replies and help promote further tangents of discussion. By rewarding responses in this way you could also bring more traffic to the original article. And this might spur readers to invest more time in the comment section overall. Curating responses seems like a win-win. But how to make it work?

First, the algorithm would have to eliminate responses under the 100 word count and responses that a person has not tagged. A person tagging their response would show that they intend to submit it for potential curation. Then Medium would need to dedicate at least one person just to response curation. This might be an interesting job. You get something that is on topic, but also infused with the responders own unique take on the subject. This could lead down a number of interesting paths. The possibilities are endless.

What happens to a curated response? It becomes an Editor’s Pick in a new section on the home page: The Best Responses This Week. And it gets moved to the top of the pile under the article. And the article now has a star showing that it has a curated response. Wouldn’t that take away from the article itself? Not at all. In fact, it would boost the article’s legitimacy.

Would this lead to responders writing mini essays underneath articles? Hopefully. That would be a great addition to the discourse. Medium is a wonderful site that works on many levels, but if it lacks for anything it lacks incentive to engage. When you compare the number of articles published to the number of responses written it is clear that Medium hasn’t made it easy for us to talk to each other. Curated responses could help ameliorate this problem. Now people know they have something to gain from putting their best effort into responding. They might write more cleanly, more seriously and more impactfully.

Curation is a powerful tool and, if used wisely, it could create a new dynamic on the site. I’m sure the curation team is rolling their eyes at the utter unfeasibility of my proposal. Things are hectic enough as it is. But this is doable. I remember a man once said sometimes the responses can be better than the original story. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. I’ve had responses on my articles that have impressed me and thrilled me with the quality of their content and which I felt should be worthy of recognition.

So let’s do this. Let’s make it work. You know you’ve written a response that you were proud of and more than satisfied with. And you know you’ve received a response that stood out to you. It’s time to reward these responses and develop a more robust system of engagement.

Medium could use it.

I’d love to hear your ideas. And remember, make it count!
Simple — complex — simple
By: Jan Schultink
Tags: Data Visualization, PowerPoint, Presentation Design

This is the path that financial analysis usually follows. We start with a simple back off the envelop, then complicate things in Excel. In presentation design, the last step is crucial: bringing down that Excel model back to a simple calculation.







And that simple calculation is likely to be completely different from the one you started off with. Building the complex model has taught you how your business really works financially. And only when you understand that, can you go back to simple.







Most of the times, presentations stop in the middle. They throw the data output form the complex model at the audience. That is a sign that you do not understand it yet, and if you don’t get it, the audience will not get it for sure.
3 Actionable Insights From the Singularity University Global Summit EXPO Floor
By: Jason Ganz
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Singularity University, Social Entrepreneurship, Disruptive Innovation, Impact

Walking onto the expo floor at Singularity University Global Summit is an exhilarating and overwhelming experience. Packed with rows and booths of cutting edge companies, it’s like being a kid in candy store, except all the people in the candy store are way smarter than you.

Nevertheless, I braved the EXPO, and I couldn’t be more glad I did.

The people I met gave me some ideas that are going to stick with me for a long time. I was introduced to a wide variety of projects, from 3D printing in space to reshaping manufacturing using artificial intelligence to using virtual reality storytelling to drive empathy. There were even people working on using mushrooms to fight the effects of toxic radioactivity (seriously).

Each of these people worked in wildly different fields, but they all shared a common cause of harnessing the power of exponential tech to create a positive impact in the world.

And they had actionable insights to share with us. These will be useful to anyone trying to create an exponential reach, improve their business or make a change in the world.
1月の詩
Tags: 日本語, Japan, Poetry, 日本, Japanese

in Both Sides of the Table
Code Wars. My love and hate relationship.
By: Alex Duterte
Tags: Codewars, Coding, Programming, Flatiron School

When I first started code Wars I was just starting my coding journey. I just finished my Flatiron School’s prep work and was looking for more coding things to do. Laurie from admissions pointed me to code Wars. I loved it.

There are exercises called kata’s that you can do with varying difficulty and in different languages. To me, it felt like solving puzzles with code. The higher you level up the harder the kata’s get.

Kata Page with instructions, a place to enter your code, and written tests.

At first, I felt smart after I solved my first kata. Seeing all those tests turn green. I hit submit and was presented with a screen with other users solutions.

Other user solutions

What was this code? Was this even Ruby? I no longer felt so smart.
First, of it’s kind — Indian University held a virtual convocation with the virtual avatars of the graduating students.
By: Sahil Basra
Tags: Students, Lifestyle, Covid 19, Technology, Life

Covid-19 pushing the human race towards virtual reality and making it the new normal.

Photo by Mohammad Shahhosseini on Unsplash

Yes you heard it right, Indian institute of technology, Bombay, held 58th annual convocation on August 23rd, but it was no ordinary convocation, it was the first time in history, where an educational institute held a Virtual-Reality based Convocation and, presented degree certificates to theVirtual Avatars of over 2700 graduates.

Getting into IIT Bombay is special, It’s number 1 college to get into, for all the tech geeks in India and they are proving why it’s special. During the pandemic, with all the restrictions in the place, they wanted to give the students the experience of walking onto the stage and receive the degree with the same enthusiasm and they achieved it by Creating Virtual Avatar of every single student, Faculty member, and Cheif guests and the event was telecasted live on DD channel, youtube, and Facebook.

Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash

It took them around 2 months to finish the whole thing, which includes creating the Avatars of all the 2700 students, and there was a virtual tour of the whole campus. Having some technology and using something innovatively are two different things and it was the proper use of a 10-year-old tech which is still growing and at a much faster rate now because of the unfortunate conditions.

Aren’t we humans amazing? even during these rough times, we are finding ways to celebrate life, our accomplishments, and no doubts, that all the students must have felt special after such an amazing experience, and being the first ones in the Indian history to attend the first virtual convocation.

COVID-9 has slowed down human life. It made us change the way we do things and live life. It has impacted every part of society. Because of the restrictions we changed the way to teach, and work but, virtual celebration on a video conference does not sound appealing, but the Faculty of IIT Bombay added a little flavor by their ingenious thought process and set up a new platform for other’s and I hope other Universities follow it and celebrate the success of the students and make them feel exceptional. I congratulate all the graduates and the Faculty who put in all the work to make such an arrangement.
Outcomes Versus Process- from Bryan Cranston
By: Ryan J. Pelton
Tags: Writing, Writer, Productivity, Creative Process, Creativity

Bryan Cranston from the iconic TV series, Breaking Bad, wrote in his biography, A Life in Parts, about a switch that happened in his career:

“Early in my career, I was always hustling. Doing commercials, guest-starring, auditioning like crazy. I was making a decent living… but I felt I was stuck in junior varsity. I wondered if I had plateaued. Then, Breck Costin [his mentor] suggested I focus on process rather than outcome. I wasn’t going to the audition to get anything: a job or money or validation. I wasn’t going to compete. I was going to give something. I wasn’t there to get a job. I was there to do a job. I was there to give a performance. If I attached to the outcome, I was setting myself up to expect, and thus to fail. My job was to be compelling. Take some chances. Enjoy the process.”

The danger for anyone working in the public eye is an unhealthy obsession with outcomes. A speaker who hopes her last talk will lead people to action and transformation. The entrepreneur hoping the presentation will lead to investment dollars. The mom that corrects a child desiring for better behavior. A writer hoping their novel makes a bestseller list so they can swim in boatloads of money.

Outcomes aren’t evil and wanting people to enjoy and find our work helpful isn’t wrong. Making a few bucks, some acknowledgement, and kind reviews, after our blood, sweat, and tears isn’t a problem.

But when outcomes become a hand around our artistic necks choking out the life and passion and authenticity of our work… Houston we have a problem.

Bryan Cranston mentioned later in his book what happened when he stopped obsessing over outcomes and focused on the process:

“Once I made the switch, I had power in any room I walked into… Which meant I could relax. I was free.”

What holds back a writer from finishing their first novel? An unhealthy obsession with outcomes. Will people like it? Are the writer police going to lock me up and throw away the key? What if the book doesn’t make sales? Did I waste my life?

All outcome focused.

But like Cranston said, his freedom came when he focused on the process, and not the outcomes.

The process is what Stephen King calls, the buzz. Money, sales, and accolades can’t compare to the buzz of writing. We wrote long before anyone gave a crap about our work, we wrote for the buzz, and joy of the work. The process was all that mattered. Why we get up early and stay up late.

Imagine the freedom we’d experience if we cared less about some comment on our article or blog? A bad review on Amazon?

What if we focused on the process? We did the work, made our thing, and put ourselves out there.

Art is too subjective and people too fickle to worry about outcomes. When we find ourselves trapped with outcome-thinking it holds us back from our best work.

Cranston is onto something. We find freedom when we show up, do the work, try to get a little better, push limits, and leave outcomes to the outcome-gods.
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Break up with him
Tags: Choices, Lifestyle, Decisions, Growth, Self Love

Lou, Eli. “Good riddance.” 2017. JPEG file.

Can you tell your friend that it is time to let him go?

Probably one of the hardest things to say; no matter how much you care about the person, saying these words can mean a thousand different things to the receiver.

Would you say it? Even if it jeopardised your friendship….?

Would you let your friend know that her hope is in vain? That her work is not being reciprocated and no matter how much she tries, he’s just not that interested in making it work in a healthy manner with her?

Have you ever asked yourself why she’s still with him?

Or wondered how to tell your friend or close family member, why they should let the person they are with go?
What kinds of data work well with blockchain?
By: Steven Pu
Tags: IoT, Blockchain, Blockchain 101, Taraxa, Oracle

This was a question asked by the audience during one of our meetups.

Preamble

Blockchain technology is often touted to guarantee the veracity, provenance, and immutability of data in a wide variety of applications. But is this true? Or more precisely, is this true for all kinds of data? A similar question was posed at one of Taraxa’s meetups, and here we elaborate our thoughts on the subject.

What does “work well” mean?

While many metrics of excellence exist when it comes to handling or processing data, blockchain’s first application, bitcoin, has cemented a few interesting characteristics within the popular psyche — we describe a few here that are particularly relevant to the discussion.

Veracity is the truthfulness of the data, or how accurately it portrays the objective reality.

is the truthfulness of the data, or how accurately it portrays the objective reality. Provenance is the source and history of a piece of data, it tells you where / what / who generated the data and how it had been handled since generation.

is the source and history of a piece of data, it tells you where / what / who generated the data and how it had been handled since generation. Immutability is the un-changeability of the data, or that the data cannot be tampered with once generated.

Can blockchain technology guarantee these properties for all kinds of data?
How to value your Stocks & Crypto Portfolio on Google Sheets
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Valuation, Data Science, Google Sheets, Stocks

At first, when I created CRYPTOTOOLS, I wanted to have a private flexible way to analyze whale moves on the blockchain, value trades I had made, find arbitrage opportunities and compute statistics in Google Sheets. Then friends got interested, so I made it more efficient and made the code public for everyone. I hope you can benefit from my work. And for developers who wish to directly connect to my API, let me know. I will do the necessary to create an API documentation.

The objective of this article is to show how anyone can automatically retrieve stock & cryptocurrency prices, crypto balances from public blockchain addresses, lending and farming rates from different lending platforms, and stacking and rewards from Proof of Stake blockchains.

Custom Built-In Crypto Functions in Google Sheets

These are custom built-in functions that I have created on my own. You can use and replicate the code in any Google Sheets. Duplicate the following Open Sourced Google Sheet and make it your own. Or go to the Github repo, and upload the following codes CryptoTools + GeckoPrices into your script editor in Google Sheets. At the end of this Medium, I’ve referenced a “How to upload javascript code in Google Sheets”.

You can edit the template, just make sure you don’t override it and destroy the formulas. If you want to make the sheet your own, you will need to go in Files and make a copy.

I will be describing each of the functions, as well as their purpose and how to use them. To make it easier for users to get acquainted with formulas, I created a Google Sheet Template for testing:

CrypoTools Google Template for hands on learning.

Once you want to modify a cell on the GoogleSheet, you will get a notification message, like the one you can see above. Click on Ok to modify, please make sure not to override the formulas. If you want to make it your own, you will need to go in Files and click on copy with your Gmail account.

How to value your cryptocurrencies?

Get CoinGecko Cryptocurrency Prices

Coingecko is a real-time cryptocurrency price provider like CoinMarketCap.

The GECKOPRICE custom built-in function imports CoinGecko’s cryptocurrency prices into Google spreadsheets. The code is completely Open Source and connects directly to the API provided by CoinGecko. For those of you interested in getting the VBA code for Excel, here you go.

The price feed is received in a cell. By default, the data gets transformed into a float number so it looks more like a normal price feed.

GECKOPRICE Function

Syntax: GECKOPRICE(ticker, currency,[optional refresh attribute])

Example: GECKOPRICE(“BTC”, “USD”)

1st parameter: the cryptocurrency ticker you want the price from, example BTC. 2nd parameter: the fiat currency ex: USD, EUR, GPB etc… 3rd parameter an optional fixed cell for automatic refresh of the data, this parameter
Ontology Wallet Empowered with Changelly Exchange Option
By: Changelly Team
Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum

Hey there, crypto-heads! Do you ontologize your crypto? Cause if you dONT, the time is now, as Changelly and Ontology are here to announce partnership!

Exchange or Buy ONT for Fiat with Changelly

Changelly instant exchange widget was integrated directly into OWallet — Ontology’s official desktop wallet, so now its users can easily convert their Bitcoin, Ethereum and 100+ other assets listed on Changelly to ONT, Ontology mainnet coin. To implement an exchange the user only needs to choose the exchanged assets and enter the amount of the start asset, after which check the estimated amount of the final asset and press the “Exchange” button. The exchange feature also enables users to buy ONT for fiat. Now it is easier than ever to start conquering crypto-world with Changelly and Ontology!

“At Changelly we are always excited to become partners with true utility crypto projects. Which is why we’ve recently listed ONT on our platform and now are happy to provide Changelly exchange widget to OWallet. We consider this partnership as another crucial step towards mass adoption of Blockchain technology.” — CEO Changelly, Ilya Bere admits.

Andy Ji, Co-founder of Ontology, also finds this partnership very useful for the product and its users:

“Changelly has made it very easy for any developers to integrate with their Customizable functions. This will be very convenient for users since now they can easily exchange cryptos and using their changes in OWallet, which has made the whole process simpler and seamless.” — Andy says.

Check our Youtube tutorial on how to exchange ONT on Changelly:

About Changelly

Changelly is a leading instant cryptocurrency swap platform which acts as a mediator between trading cryptocurrency platforms and users, providing a wide range of digital assets for a seamless exchange. Changelly mission is making a frictionless exchange process for everyone who wants to invest in cryptocurrency. Changelly offers its API and a customizable payment widget for any crypto service that wishes to broaden the audience and implement new exchange options.

About Ontology

Ontology is a new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform. Ontology provides new high-performance public blockchains that include a series of complete distributed ledgers and smart contract systems. Ontology blockchain framework supports public blockchain systems and is able to customize different public blockchains for different applications. Ontology supports collaboration amongst chain networks with its various protocol groups.
Bitsnapp weekly #14 — Ethereum Constantinople upgrade has been delayed
Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Bitsnappweekly

Recap

Ethereum’s long-anticipated Constantinople upgrade has just been delayed after a critical vulnerability was discovered in one of the planned changes. The hard fork has now been set for block number 7,280,000, scheduled to hit on February 27th.

A U.S. Bitcoin ATM company, Coinme, has teamed up with international coin counter Coinstar to offer Bitcoin purchasing facilities in thousands of new locations. “Bitcoin is now accessible at your local grocery store via Coinstar kiosks, and this offering will make it even easier for consumers to participate in this dynamic new economy.”

In what seems to be one of the first major security breaches of 2019, New Zealand-based digital assets exchange Cryptopia was allegedly hacked this week. The platform reported the incident via Twitter on Jan. 15, mentioning “significant losses.”
The Shoulds
Tags: Noise, Poetry, Scrittura, Anxiety, Saturday Poetry Prompt

Like angry elves

inhabiting my cerebrum

they scatter and blather

a constant chorus of commands

You should

You must

Have to

Need to

The clamor elevates my eyes

like pointed toothpicks.

Resting restricted

Sleeping sidelined

Downtime denied

Shape up, you shirker! Move, you malingerer! Get going, you goof-off!

Again, I succumb to the ceaseless Shoulds.

Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash

© Dennett 2020
The Burg is LIVE!
By: The Burg
Tags: Community, Los Angeles, Politics, Apps, Startup

Download on iOS and Android now!

It has been a long, arduous process but we spoke it into existence, literally.

The idea was born a little less than 2 years ago when we were watching the reality TV show that was the 2016 Presidential Primaries. Politics consumed our social feeds and most of it was, to put it frankly, just energetic noise. We were blown away and decided to start a podcast to discuss this absurdity. The podcast may have failed (👀 more on that later) but it caused us to ask ourselves, why isn’t there a place where voters can speak with those they vote with? Why can’t we redirect some of this energy and get people involved in the issues that impact their daily lives AND that they could have a tangible impact on?

Our answer was building The Burg. Truth be told: politics works best from the bottom-up, not top-down & we decided to build a platform to reflect that.

We wanted to build a space for all things community:

1. where our real life communities could come together, organize, and stay informed 2. where being a voter was a sign of your integrity (rather than a ‘Twitter checkmark’) and you could congregate with the people you actually vote with 3. where local news was easily accessible and you could learn the ins-and-outs of your neighborhood, with your neighbors 4. where voters could find out who their local representatives are, engage with them directly, and hold them accountable.

We’re proud to say we talked the talk, AND we walked the walk (go go go download Los Angeles!!)
Series 5 — Random Facts & Data Posts
By: Juan Carlos Golindano Sosa
Tags: Economy, Fossil Fuels, Sustainability, Sustainable Development

There’s a high correlation between the size of the economic activity and energy consumption; at least, that was the postwar world’s dominating thesis.

Today, the only path for achieving the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement is reducing emissions by using fewer fossil fuels or increasing productivity in their use.

In the 1990s and the first two decades of the 21st century, developing countries have multiplied their oil and coal consumption and thus increased their greenhouse gas emissions.

In China, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh live more than 40% of the planet’s total population. The question is how to promote economic growth and inclusion while incorporating new energy sources, knowing that fossil fuels are the most accessible, cheapest, and most efficient option.
Komodo Pioneers Achievements 2018–2019: Full Report
By: Audo Kowitz
Tags: Komodo Pioneers, Komodo Platform, Komodo, Notary Nodes, Dpow

The first year as a Komodo notary node was a success. We maintained a stable notarization service with our Australian server throughout the election year of 2018–2019. Through the efforts of ours and of the other notary operators we were protecting dozens of Komodo Platform blockchains as well as a number of external blockchains. There were even a few 51 % attack attempts, but the security solution jl777 had pioneered proved itself and defeated those attacks.

This is just a beginning. Now we are about to enter another election cycle and the Komodo community will elect 30 new notary operators. We expect that Komodo Platform and its security service will gain more recognition in 2019 and 2020 as it is the only available and practical way to secure and protect small blockchains.

Pioneer Transparency Report

​Our team feels each notary node team should maintain full transparency towards the voters, especially if they made significant campaign promises.

To be a leading example we have published a comprehensive report about our achievements and the overall situation, including a treasury report.

Download our report and get access to a total of 20 pages of content.

Pioneer Campaign Promise

Komodo is about to have its third annual notary node elections, and Komodo Pioneers got one of the best campaign promises.

Our plan is to reinvest back into Komodo ecosystem.

We pledge up to 50 % of our notary node revenue towards activities that support Komodo ecosystems, such as events and meetups. We can also support other small scale initiatives, such as development projects.

An illustration of different price & funding scenarios.

The pledged percentage is smaller if the KMD price is below four dollars. That is to ensure sufficient funding to maintain stable notarization service, which is our core responsibility.

Situation Summary

​We are currently operating a notary node on the SH region.

Our SH node got auto-elected for next year because of its high-performance score.

We are campaigning to get a second node on the EU region, and thus operate a total of two nodes.

We are looking for a way to support the Komodo ecosystem.

We have a campaign promise to distribute part of the notary node revenue towards events, projects, and other initiatives.

The KMD price has been trading below 4 USD most of the election year, which means we have had limited funding.

We are accumulating KMD and thus far have saved 30 % of our revenue as long term capital.

We have had achievements worth celebrating.
How to Analyze Gamefully and Anthropologically
By: Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Tags: Gaming, Ideas, Learning, Education, Self

2. The goal(s)

“The goal is the specific outcome that players will work to achieve. It focuses their attention and continually orients their participation throughout the game. The goal provides players with a sense of purpose.” — Jane McGonigal, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Most would agree about the importance of goals, whatever we are up to, be it a game of a project, or a text we are supposed to read and learn from. And still, our brains often wonder what’s that good for what we are doing.

Maybe it is that collective agreement that goals are critical, which leads us to shy away from considering them often in the real-life world. Or resent them when we review them.

In games, the goals are not daunting, and instead, we consistently and voluntarily (more on this later) keep them in the focus of our attention.

Here is one of the possible tips of how you can rethink and redefine goals of whatever you do to make them sound fun and enticing:

“I recommend adopting the word ‘quest’ instead [of goals]. A quest instills notions of an epic journey; a journey that will be hard work, but provide you with a sense of accomplishment once completed. A quest will become a defining part of your hero’s story.” — Dr Zac Fitz-Walter in “Prioritise your main quest this year”

Thus, when you analyze something and try to learn from it, and have a difficulty finding out what it is good for, try to figure out what is the quest in it, what is your mission of it?

When reading a text from which you need to learn, try to uncover the quest of the author of the information you receive and your journey as the receiver of it. What are the missions of both of you? What or whom are each of you “saving” or helping with that?

Giving yourself a minute to think of the goals in such a fun way will provide you with a strong torch to illuminate how you can use the bit of information you received. And this is what learning also is about — to find out how what you learn can power you up.
3 changes needed to make your POS software GST compatible
By: Saravanakumar Cp
Tags: Pos, Point Of Sale, Gst Tax, Gst, Gst In India

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a new form of taxation on goods sale in India that would be enforced from July 1st 2017. GST will merge many individually applied taxes (Sales tax, Service tax, Excise duty etc.) into a single tax. All sales that happen will come under GST meaning that the POS software’s should be upgraded to meet the new requirement. In this blog I am going to talk about the changes required.

Let me start with a brief about GST. GST will have three types of taxes,

CGST — Central GST has to be paid to the central government.

SGST — State GST has to be paid to the state government.

IGST — Integrated GST for inter state sale.

Let me give an example here, a product is sold at Rs. 100 and GST on it is 12 percent. The government has determined that 60 percent of the GST is CGST and 40 percent is SGST. This is how the bill would look like.

Now that we have an basic understanding of GST. Let us look at how a POS software will become GST compatible

1. Multiple tax on product

The POS software should have the capability to add multiple taxes to a product and be specified what percentage of the product should be taxed by a particular tax type.

2. GST type specification Receipt

For a customer with a GST number, the name and GST number has to be printed on the receipt. For all receipts the appropriate tax type CGST, SGST or IGST has to be printed with the corresponding value.

3. Report

The report for tax to be paid for the month should have the CGST, SGST and IGST segregated. If the POS integrates with accounting software’s like Quickbooks.com or Tally, the taxes have to be mapped correctly for each bill.

With these changes you will be ready to bill with a GST compatible POS from July 1st. If you have any questions regarding GST we will be glad to answer. Click here to get your question’s answered.

SlickPOS is already GST enabled, try us at slickpos.com.

This article was originally posted on my own site.
Gillian Armstrong
By: Rene Hirsch
Tags: Gillian Armstrong, Movies, Female Directors, Ratings

in Both Sides of the Table
Aug. 28th Bybit Analysis: BTC is at Key Resistance Level
Tags: Eth, Market Analysis, Bybit, Bitcoin

The price volatility goes higher as expected in our last analysis, the BTCUSD being at key resistance level of 6800 area now. As the first cryptocurrency, BTCUSD is leading all the rest cryptocurrencies. Which means the ETHUSD is likely to go up also.

Instead of seeing it as a trend reversal, we should see this bounce as an opportunity to short them. Since ETHUSD didn’t rebound as BTCUSD did, we can long it before go short it,

ETHUSD

We can make two setups for ETHUSD. First, long it in current price, ST at 274 and TP at 315. Then ,if price reaches to 315–320, short it, ST at 350 and TP at 260.

BTCUSD

BTCUSD has triggered our setup in last analysis, we can keep holding this short position.

Where to Find Us:

Website: www.bybit.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Bybitofficial

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Bybit_Official

Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Bybit/

Medium: www.medium.com/bybit
Finding Answers
By: Bridget Webber
Tags: Stories, Short Story, Poetry, Fiction, Poem

Light-seeking,

you travel far.

Maybe,

you climb a mountain,

and hope to get closer to the sun.

But when you descend,

you are the same person,

still.

And you know nothing.

Then,

you might catch a train.

Journey to a foreign land.

Expect to meet a buddha on your path.

And there he’ll be,

speaking in riddles,

and you’ll be none the wiser.

Until,

one day when you quit looking,

you’ll sit next to a river,

and a fish will jump from the depths.

She won’t speak,

yet,

you’ll find all answers of the universe in the arc of water flipped from her tail.
Why Life-Long Learning Is Now Critical To Your Success
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Careers, Learning, Education

Why Life-Long Learning Is Now Critical To Your Success

More than ever it will be your ability to learn that separates you from your peers

Photo by Canva

If 2020 has shown us anything it’s that acquiring new skills and knowledge as rapidly as possible will be more important than ever before if you want to thrive going forward.

The world was already changing quickly before this year but it feels like the pace of change has been quickened beyond anything we could have foreseen.

These shifts have created many opportunities but also, of course, a significant number of challenges as business and working models adapt and evolve.

All of these factors demand that we are more flexible and adaptable than ever before in order to progress in this new world order.

To be able to do so the most important skill you could have in today’s economy is the ability to learn new ideas rapidly and turn them into concrete action.

More than ever it will be your ability to learn that separates you from your peers regardless of the sector you operate in or your level within that space. It’s clear that companies recognise this and are trying to help their workforces cope. Research by LinkedIn Learning found that 51% of learning and development professionals aim to initiate new skills programs for their workforce.

What’s Causing The Fractures

As more advances in automation lead to increased proliferation of technology in various fields, many existing jobs may well be under threat. Whilst these advances in areas like artificial intelligence and robotics may well lead to increased productivity and economic growth they are very likely to change how jobs are done and what jobs are actually available.

The advent of robotics and artificial intelligence may well mean that a number of jobs that exist today will not exist in the years to come. Indeed research by global consultancy McKinsey estimates that only 5% jobs that exist today cannot be done by machines in their entirety.

That means pretty much all jobs that exist today will have some level of automation involved.

Think about that for a second.

That pretty much means whatever job you are in today and no matter how highly skilled you believe it to be, it will still likely be impacted by automation.

This may not necessarily mean that your job disappears but it will more than likely mean you will need to adapt quickly if you want to keep it. Even if your job role sticks around, it’s likely there’ll be less of that type of job available. With automation it’s likely jobs will be done faster and with fewer errors leading to less of a need for that role.

Whatever the case agility in learning will be critical as employees will need to constantly upgrade their skills.
Poetry in the Sculpture Garden
By: Nikki Tate
Tags: Travel, Nature, Poetry, Art, Sculpture

What could be better than a sculpture garden nestled into the folds of an undulating landscape?

How about poetry embedded into the nooks and crannies of a garden, words folded into the intoxicating blend of art and the natural world?

Moss Meadow — one of 56 poems by David Mark Jenkins scattered throughout the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park. [Nikki Tate]

That’s exactly what the smart curators of the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park have done and the result is marvelous.

David Mark Jenkins is an island resident, a zoologist, and a poet. Over the past fifty years he has written over 12,000 poems, 56 of which can be read and enjoyed during a visit to the sculpture park.

These poems have also been collected in Thought Catching: A Journey Through San Juan Islands Sculpture Park, so if you miss a couple during your visit to the park you can catch up on them later.

Funds raised by sales of the poetry collection are used to support the sculpture garden. Art feeds art, which feeds the souls of hungry visitors. [Nikki Tate]

The poems are gems on their own, the product of a passionate relationship between the poet and the natural world. A keen observer (Jenkins’ scientific background informs many of the pieces), Jenkins says the poems arise from his unconscious, often when he’s spending time in the natural world.

Change by David Mark Jenkins [Nikki Tate]

Reading a Poem in the Place of its Origin Adds a Rich Layer to the Experience

Reading the poems in situ (they are presented on signs throughout the park) adds another dimension to the experience of the art and the outdoors.

One imagines the poet has observed, absorbed, reflected and created these deceptively simple pieces in a similar environment to where they are consumed.

Reading while gazing out over the pond or across a field of grasses provides a unique depth of experience that’d different, richer, and truly three-dimension than is possible when reading a book and having to conjure the landscape later.

The book is available for sale (proceeds go to the sculpture park) and reading the poems later is a fine way to keep memories of a glorious afternoon alive. The poems help both the art and place stay alive in the imagination long after you’ve headed for home.

A note from the poet… [Nikki Tate]

If we were all surrounded by the work of poets every day, we’d experience the world in a different — richer — way. The same could be said for surrounding ourselves with art. The power of the two combined should not be underestimated…

If you enjoyed this story, you might also enjoy this story about the San Juan Sculpture Park:

Many places integrate poetry into the community in one way or another — poetry on public transit, for example. What about where you live? What’s the easiest way to get your poetry fix?

If you like writing about art and would like to be a contributor to ALL-ART, please leave a comment below and we’ll add you as a writer.
Echo is coming to Laravel 5.3
By: Eric L. Barnes
Tags: Laravel, News, PHP

Laravel Echo is coming to Laravel 5.3 and is designed to be an improvement over the current event broadcasting system.

In this video, Taylor steps through the features by demoing a little to do app. You can see the full source code to the demo on GitHub.
HANNA: Season One
By: Jeffrey Bricker
Tags: Culture, Television, Amazon, Review, TV

HANNA: Season One

A young girl raised in the forest evades the pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is…

If you’ve seen the promotional material for Hanna, Amazon Studios’ latest original series, you’re likely expecting lots of Jason Bourne-inspired elements. And those are certainly present throughout this eight-episode run of the action drama. What the promos don’t tell you is that Hanna is as much a YA drama as it is an espionage thriller. That’s a peculiar mix, although perhaps not a surprise because of the age of its young heroine. But it results in a series that’s as uneven and awkward as your teenage years.

The series is the work of British writer David Farr ( The Night Manager), who co-wrote Joe Wright’s 2011 film adaptation of the same name. Comparisons to Wright’s film are inevitable, as the TV show contains the same story beats and plotline. Those unfamiliar with the material won’t notice this repetition, of course, while those who are will likely find everything terribly predictable…

What’s been added to expand the 111-minute film into an eight-hour TV series is mostly filler, through an expansion of Hanna’s teen drama. That may work for those fascinated with the plight of modern teenaged girls, but most audiences are likely to be annoyed by the extended intervals into Hanna’s struggles with friendships and her misguided love life. It’s simply not the story you tuned in to watch, and these new elements don’t add much depth to the lead character. They just underscore her young age.

The teenage drama dominates the middle episodes of the series, disrupting what might otherwise have been a crisp and suspenseful thriller. The YA melodrama feels like the kind of obligatory character development in B Movie horror films, where the audience is given a breather in-between the scared and violence. It’s hard to care about Hanna the teenager when so much is of the real story centres on Hanna the super-soldier.
How to Thrive in the Workplace
By: Tom Kuegler
Tags: Work, Freelancing, Money, Leadership, Life

This weeks featured stories

First up, is this brilliant read from Ayodeji Awosika, on social intelligence, building relationships and so much more!

“Social intelligence is much more powerful, which is why you see some people who aren’t rocket scientists, yet move up in the world because of their ability to build relationships.”

Read here — The Single Most Underrated Trait a Person Can Have

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Jake Daghe rounded off his excellent 15-Minute Survival Guide, with his latest on why we have to stop comparing and competing with our team mates.

“ Your current ability and future potential may be mitigated and potentially devastated if you do not address these two tensions: comparison and competition.”

Read here — How to Stop Comparing and Competing With Your Teammates

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Wonder what it’s like to be in the top 1% of student loan debt? Ilya Frid tells all.

“Yes, I have a lot of loans, but I’ve lived a comfortable life throughout my 20s, and I have the pleasure of doing what I love every day. That’s worth the investment.”

Read here — I Have $500,000 in Student Loan Debt

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We love this piece by Shannon Hilson, in which she reflects on what she has learned in her 40s, that would have helped her in her 20s.

“I’m not a huge believer in regret as far as life goes. I do believe strongly in learning as much as you can from your experiences. That’s a process that won’t ever stop for me”

Read here — 8 Life Lessons I’ve Learned at 40-Something That I Wish I’d Known at 20-Something

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Getting clients as a freelancer can be a struggle. Luckily, Marvin Marcano〽️〽️ details his process, from plan to pitch to performance.

“A little extra research and going the extra mile sets you apart from the hundreds applying for the same job. More importantly, if you overdeliver, you can turn that one client into two or three.”

Read here — A Simple Change to My Email Pitch Landed Two Freelance Writing Clients

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Finally, Jonah Malin talks about getting a marketing job without experience, from the application process to building a portfolio.

“Generally, people blame it on a lack of experience or missing agency background. I can tell you from my journey that neither of those things matters if you are patient and committed to learning.”

Read here — How to Land Your First Job at a Marketing Agency With No Experience

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You Don’t Need to be Shiny and Optimistic to Inspire Others
By: Gillian May
Tags: Writing, Authenticity, Life Lessons, Optimism, Self

Like many others, I enjoy reading online stories that explore the thoughts, struggles, learning, and ideas of others. It means a lot to me to find inspiration from the fallible and winding journey of other writers.

Although I can appreciate the pep-talk type posts that are popular these days, I’m not really inspired by them.

It’s not that they don’t add value, it’s that I can’t really find the human experience in them.

Don’t get me wrong, there are many of these posts that I’ve found super helpful. When someone writes a pep-talk that presents something new or tackles an issue in a unique and thoughtful way, I enjoy reading it.

But what really matters to me is when a writer opens up about something they’ve struggled with, and then shares how they got through it. This speaks to me of universal humanity that can be a guide for us all.
20 Serious Self-Care Practices You Don’t Know You Need Yet
By: Cathy B. Glenn
Tags: Culture, Self Care, Self Improvement, Power, Change

(14) Find your self-coaching voice. We could all use a life coach, especially now. If you can’t afford one of those, be your own coach. How would you like a coach to talk to you? How would your coach calm you down when you’re frustrated or angry? How would your coach show you how to rise when you’re down? How might your coach ease you back to calm, happiness, peace when your mind won’t stop? What would your coach sound like? Be that coach.

You could actually write these things out, or have a conversation with someone about it. Cultivate that coaching voice, and invite it in when you need some support. This takes practice, but with time, your self-coaching can be as effective as mine has been for me. Your coach will always hold space for self-care practices that maintain your forward momentum.

FRESH! (15) Embrace change. We’ve all been changed as human beings by the last four years. There is no way around that. Humans in hostile environments adapt, in a variety of ways. Whatever ways you’ve adapted and changed, be mindful of the change, and don’t waste energy denying and resisting your changes and those who’ve changed around you: embrace it and them.

The hardest thing about change — especially radical personal change — is that all those humans who only know who you were have to change to understand who you are now. And, change is hard, for everyone. For some, embracing a brand new start with brand new humans is the healthiest way forward.

Humans who can’t see who you are project onto you what they used to know about you. Those projections freeze the changed human in the past, and the acknowledgement and affirmation necessary to support the healthy growth of the radically changed person is missing. It is also a debilitatingly painful experience when you’re invisible to those humans you need most to see you. To survive and protect the considerable emotional labor change requires, many of those who have changed choose to create new lives.

It seems counterintuitive to suggest that anyone should embrace something that makes us feel out of control and uncertain, where nothing seems familiar. Why embrace something that threatens a loss of face, makes us question our competence, creates more work, ripples through everything, and brings up old resentments? Change can be painful. But it IS. There is no way around that. Acceptance is the first step. Then…

Remember that “Change is not an event. It’s a psychological experience.”
Altı üstü filtreme, ne kadar zor olabilir ki?
By: Tuğba Işık
Tags: User Experience, Kullanıcı Deneyimi, Filtering, UX, Ecommerce

in Both Sides of the Table
Installing Apache Spark on Ubuntu
Tags: Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Ubuntu

Installing Apache Spark on Ubuntu

Install Java

Check Java Version

java -version

Else install java

First, update the package index by in your terminal typing:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install default-jdk

Install Scala

sudo apt-get install scala

Type scala into your terminal:

Scala

You should see the scala REPL running. Test it with:

println(“Hello World”)

You can then quit the Scala REPL with

:q

Install Spark

Next its time to install Spark. We need git for this, so in your terminal type:

sudo apt-get install git

Download latest Spark and untar it

sudo tar xvf spark-2.3.1-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz -C /usr/local/spark

Add Spark path to bash file

nano ~/.bashrc

Add below code snippet to the bash file

SPARK_HOME=/usr/local/spark

export PATH=$SPARK_HOME/bin:$PATH

Execute below command after editing the bashsrc

source ~/.bashrc

Go to the Bin Directory and execute the spark shell

./spark-shell

The web console is also available at below highlighted url

To Start both master and slave node execute below command

./Start-all.sh

The web ui will be available at 8080 port