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By: Dolapo Ruth
Tags: Shopify, Facebook Ads, Traffic, Marketing, Organic

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By: Usman Adeolu
Tags: Traffic, Advertising

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By: Smriti Kushawaha
Tags: Website Traffic Tips, Website Traffic, Traffic, Website Traffic Growth, Website Traffic Increase

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Analysis of traffic at the intersections around Fullarton and Glen Osmond Roads
By: Ben Moretti
Tags: Data Science, Traffic, Community, Adelaide

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This notebook https://rpubs.com/morebento/fullarton_go_rd_intersections analyses some data from the intersections around Fullarton / Glen Osmond Road in Adelaide, South Australia.

Data is derived from the South Australian Government data portal

https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/traffic-volumes-on-top-40-intersections-in-sa

“A ranking of the top 40 intersections based on the number of vehicles passing through each intersection.”

I used R to select data for intersections surrounding the Fullarton / Glen Osmond Road intersection. Code and data are available from my Github repo https://github.com/morebento/adelaide_intersections

As can be clearly seen, for any of the surrounding intersection locations there is no increase in traffic throughput for the past four years.

Therefore any argument that there needs to be a widening of the intersection based on an increase in traffic is incorrect, based on the data from the SA Government.
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Issei Sagawa: The Japanese Cannibal Who Went Viral
By: Fatim Hemraj
Tags: Crime, History, True Crime, Paris, Murder

Issei’s cannibalistic desires began at a fairly young age after a dream in which he and his brother were being boiled in a pot, about to be eaten. Rather than be disturbed by this vivid and unusual dream, Issei began wondering what it would be like to taste human flesh. Issei’s desire to eat human flesh only grew when he began attending school. In the first grade, he found himself infatuated with a male classmate’s thigh. While he sat at his desk, he fantasized about what it would taste like.

Issei wasn’t attracted to women of his own race. The women who caught his eye were white, tall, and beautiful. However, it wasn’t a sexual desire Issei wanted to fulfill, it was a cannibalistic one.

Issei had been insecure about his stature ever since he was a young boy. At only 4'9" tall and with an exceptionally thin frame, Issei consistently referred to himself as a “weak, ugly and small man.” But, by age 24, he had come up with the perfect solution to his problem: he would eat the flesh of a white, tall and beautiful woman, and by doing so, he would become the same. He would become taller, he would be given the milky white skin he had always wanted, and he would become beautiful.

While walking down the street one day, Issei stumbled upon who he referred to as, ‘the perfect woman.’ Once Issei saw her, he knew he had to have her.

Issei followed the woman for some time and after learning where she lived, he returned late one summer night and broke into her home. He slowly crept into her bedroom where he found her asleep. Realizing he had no plan in place, Issei grabbed the closest item to him; an umbrella. He decided he would knock the woman unconscious with the umbrella, at which point he would retrieve a knife from the kitchen and slice off some of her flesh before fleeing. However, Issei’s ever-so-creative plan didn’t go as well as he had hoped.

He accidentally brushed the woman’s leg, she awoke terrified and began screaming. She pushed Issei to the ground and phoned the police. Issei was arrested and charged with attempted rape. Of course, he had no desire to inform the authorities of his true intention that night. Fortunately for Issei, his father had no shortage of funds. He offered a large sum of money to the victim in exchange for dropping the charges against his son, and she agreed.

A few years later, at the age of 27, Issei moved to Paris, France, to study literature at Sorbonne, one of the world’s most renowned research universities. By this time, Issei’s desire to eat human flesh had only advanced. He decided it would be easier to prey on sex workers, but surprisingly, his morals stood in the way, “Almost every night I would bring a prostitute home and then try to shoot them, but for some reason, my fingers froze up and I couldn’t pull the trigger.”

For the next four years, Issei successfully kept his cannibalistic desires hidden and buried, that was until 1981, when he met Renée Hartevelt.
My Semester Abroad
By: Anna Kizer
Tags: Traveling, Language, Culture, Paris

Here I am, a few hours away from the end of my semester abroad, and I’m not sure what to say.

I could tell you all about the incredible cities I visited — Barcelona, Paris, Rome — all the delicious food I ate — pizza bigger than my face in Milan, crêpes that line Paris streets like pearls, endless mouthwatering pinxtos in San Sebastian— all of the crazy adventures I had that would only ever happen on exchange— ending up in a hospital in a small town in Germany, running through tiny alleyways in Venice to eat famous boxed pasta, maneuvering myself straight from a club in Barcelona to a bus to my 6am flight and not really remembering how or if the flight happened.

I could tell you about how much this experience changed me but that would be a lie. I only learned more about who I am, things I value, love, hate. I only met people who will forever have an impact on the way I think, other people whose words have left their mark in my memory. I will only never be able to forget crying in the streets of Rome in disbelief at how the world really is, only to be lifted up by Romans (they still call themselves that) who struggled to find the english words to remind me that the world is not always like that, that not all people treat me differently because of the way I look.

I could tell you about how I will always carry these experiences, people, words with me; that even if I wanted to, I couldn’t forget dancing lindy hop in a tiny cavern too packed and too hot, singing dicke titten kartoffelsalat with Germans twice my size without knowing what I was saying, having a lovely picnic sur le quai de la Seine with friends amidst laughter, finally figuring out the Paris metro, ordering dinner in three different languages, meeting Philip from Holland and figuring out where Holland is (hint: it’s not a city, and it’s not in Denmark), using poetry to immortalize a french boy who studies helicopters and rationalizes love instead of seeing him again, and somehow simultaneously laughing and crying with friends upon learning from a random chinese podcast that 最好的结局不是在一起，是不忘记. I won't.

I could say all these things, but instead I will say that being on exchange surrounded by so many cultures taught me to value even more my family, my Chinese heritage, my American nationality. I learned that I am not of a culture but a bridge in between, that we are all just bridges in between — or a wall if we so choose.
Birth of Thermodynamics — Clapeyron
By: William Nuttle
Tags: Paris, History Of Technology, Eiffel Tower

Benôit Paul Émile Clapeyron was one of the three C’s, along with Carnot and Clausius, who created thermodynamics and gave engineers the conceptual tools needed to power the industrial revolution with steam. Clapeyron was among a “lost generation” of French engineering graduates who launched their careers at the time of Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat and the Restoration of the French monarchy. Suddenly, the path to promising careers in the military and government service was closed. Frustrated, Clapeyron joined fellow Polytech alum Gabriel Lame in Russia to train engineering students there and help establish a modern system of transportation infrastructure in that country. At this time, English engineers were experimenting with steam-powered railways. Clapeyron and Lame remained in touch with their colleagues in France, who were also trying to figure out what role this new technology might play in a national transportation network. In 1830, political changes in Russia brought Clapeyron back to France, where he joined a loose association of engineers responsible for designing and building the first railroads in France.

Even while he was caught up in the frenzy of railroad building, Clapeyron continued his research and teaching on a broad number of topics in the area of applied mechanics. One of the most important questions facing engineers and industrialists, early in the 19th century, was how much mechanical work can be produced from a ton of coal. Sadi Carnot, son of Lazare Carnot, took the first step by outlining guiding principles in a pamphlet published in 1824. It was Clapeyron who translated Carnot’s theory of an ideal heat engine into terms that practicing engineers could apply. James Watt introduced the practice of plotting steam pressure versus volume inside the cylinder over one cycle of the piston. This helped engineers understand and refine the operation of steam engines. Clapeyron used the same approach to interpret Carnot’s theoretical results, and this led engineers to understand how by adjusting the timing of the steam intake and exhaust to the cylinder would increase the power produced from one ton of coal by 50%. Later, Rudolf Clausius, a German physicist, brought the work of Carnot and Clapeyron to completion by articulating the Second Law of thermodynamics.

Benôit Paul Émile Clapeyron is one of the 72 engineers named on the Eiffel Tower.
Top Places to Visit in Paris
By: Elizabeth Gail Madison
Tags: Paris

Paris is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. This is partly thanks to its wonderful melange of fascinating attractions that promise to enthral even the most jaded of visitors. If you are looking to visit this beautiful city any time soon, the following are some of its must visit sights:

Les Catacombes

Les Catacombes is Paris’ most macabre site. It is a maze of underground tunnels featuring skulls and bones, and was borne from an 18th century decision by the city’s administration to store dead bodies in them to curb the problem of overflowing cemeteries. The route to the sight begins at a small building in Colonel Henri Roi-Tanguy and spans 2km. To help cope with the uneven surface and loose rocks, sturdy shoes are highly recommended.

Musée des Arts et Métiers

The Musée des Arts et Métiers is the place to be if you love a hint of science and history in your travel itinerary. It was built in 1794, and is the continent’s oldest technology museum. Today, it hosts approximately three thousand machines and technological instruments displayed on three floors. Some of its highlights include the monoplane by Louis Blériot, which he built in 1909, and Foucault’s first pendulum unveiled during the Paris Universal Exhibition held in 1855.

Musée du Quai Branly

Few museums in Paris inspire travellers the way the Musée du Quai Branly does. It is a cultural museum that is dedicated to showcasing indigenous art from different cultures and has a display platform divided into four sections, namely, Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas. The collection includes a wide array of weapons, masks and jewellery.

The Eiffel Tower

No visit to Paris is complete without checking out the Eiffel Tower. It was originally built to be a temporary exhibit in anticipation of the 1889 World Fair, but ended up being highly popular even after the event, consequently guaranteeing its survival. While there, you can take a lift to its viewing area, which is 50 stories high and behold at the riveting, panoramic views of the city.
Elle Me Dit: My Ode To Paris. I took the RER from Charles de Gaulle…
By: Paul O. Mims
Tags: Personal, Food, Traveling, Paris, Travel

I took the RER from Charles de Gaulle to feel more like a local, also, it saved me quite a bit of money. Cramped on this regional rail with tourists and locals alike I didn’t know what to expect from a city I have been dreaming of since the age of five. Would it live up to my expectations? Would it suffice my wildest dreams of exploring this city of lights? This queer boy from Ohio knew he needed Paris. Scenes from Sex and The City’s last season, The Devil Wears Prada, and Amélie only did so much. One could not answer those questions until one was enthralled by its entirety. As soon as I exited the Port Royale station, next to the famous La Closerie des Lilas, I knew my first day in Paris was going to be an electrifying hymn within my core.

First, I want to enlighten Americans to understand that our negative pre-conceived notions of Parisians are strictly irrational. Yes, they do speak English. Yes, they do understand you. Also, they are not assholes, well, at least I haven’t run into any. I would say they seem to be direct, discerning, and equipped with purpose; attributes that ought to be respected.

As I stop by one of the various Crêperies, I am reminded of Paris’ simplicity. She possesses a regimen, which is not merely sedentary, but tranquil. There is a stillness to Paris that doesn’t resemble a post-bomb, eradicated village, but the background noise almost becomes non-existent and you are transported to another dimension. The buildings hide behind trees as they do away with skyscrapers, contrary to a city like New York. Let us not forget, France is a very old city. The identifiable sloped roofs keep your eyes glazing over and the windows invites you in. You feel safe. I even felt safe enough to fall asleep on a park bench next to the Eiffel tower. It may have been the jetlag. I may sound slightly ridiculous as you are reading this, but this is what she tells me. This is the only way I can articulate it.

So as I observe the beautiful people who smoke profusely and engorge in their booze tastefully, I can try to grasp what it means to be Parisian. I am not talking about the bavette steaks, frites, foie gras, crepes, and galettes. I am talking about the social energy that they radiate. I have never seen something so personal in my life. Their identity is intensely sacred and somewhat holy, and I cannot fully explain it. I wouldn’t call it patriotism. I think I will never fully explain it because I will never fully understand it. So as I continue to consume my steak frites at a random brasserie, I will keep you updated if I find out more. I will keep listening to what she has to tell me.
5 Must see sights in Paris
Tags: Paris, Sightseeing, Travel

The French capital city, Paris, is known across the world for its arts, fashion, food and culture. It is one of Europe’s most popular cities for people to visit. Paris has no shortage of sights to see and those sights cover a large array of genres. We’ve compiled a list of the best five sights to visit when in the elegant French city, Paris…

Louvre

An art lovers dream. Established in the city in the 18th century the Louvre museum has become one of the largest museums in the world. Its collection includes over 38,000 items, the museum’s collection includes objects such as paintings, drawings and sculptures. All of which are held in one of France’s most impressive buildings, the Louvre Palace. The glass pyramid which was added at a later date has become an iconic symbol of the museum. Entrance to the museum is set at 15 euros and it is open to the public six days of the week.

Find out more: https://totalsights.com/sights/louvre

Eiffel Tower

One of the world’s most iconic structures. Standing at 324 metres in height and built out of wrought iron the tower is a French Landmark and can be seen from across Paris. It was built in the years 1887–1889 and became the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 40 years. The tower is one of the most visited sights in Europe, it has three observation decks and you can enter and use the observation decks for 25 euros.

Find out more: https://totalsights.com/sights/eiffel-tower

Arc de Triomphe

A huge monument at the heart of the city. The arch is 50 metres high and 45 metres wide and it is known as ‘The Star’, as 12 avenues lead to the centred junction it is on. The Neoclassical triumphal arch was unveiled in the city in 1836. It was built to honour the people that fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The monument is decorated by heroic nude French youths battling against German warriors. The monument has an observation deck that you can visit for elevated views of the city, access to the deck costs 8 euros.

Find out more: https://totalsights.com/sights/arc-de-triomphe

Champs-Élysées

Arguably the most fashionable street in the world. The Champs-Elysees stretches for over a mile and is full of high-end fashion shops that attract many fashionistas daily. Also on the street is restaurants and cafes for people to enjoy. The street has a friendly and welcoming vibe and doesn’t just play to the rich, it is welcoming to all.

Find out more: https://totalsights.com/sights/champs-elysees

Tuileries Garden

One of the most beautiful parks in the whole of Paris. It was created in 1564 as the garden of the Tuileries Palace that formerly existed on the site up until the 19th century. It was made a public park in the 17th century. It is a green space that covers 28 hectares and is a mixture of lawns, fountains and ponds that make for a great place to socialise or relax. The park is free to visit daily.

Find out more: https://totalsights.com/sights/tuileries-garden

Full article : https://totalsights.com/articles/5-must-see-sights-paris
Moving to PARIS! my experience
By: Kamila Talgatkyzy
Tags: Kazakhstan, Expat, Paris, Moving, Travel

As you might know if you follow me on instagram that I moved to Paris. YAY!

Why did I move to Paris?

Well, the reason why I moved of course is because of my university and Master studies. After finishing Bachelor Degree in Budapest I realised that I need to get a Master degree if I ever want to find a job in this capitalistic society. hehe joking love to be here in the West. Anyways, I decided to abandon my ideas of being a clinical psychologist after I realised how hard it is to study biology and anatomy. I have been doing my own small business — jewellery shop and also my blog on Instagram so I always have been interested in Marketing and Business. Therefore, I chose International Business as my Master’s Major. The degree is 2 years long in the city near Paris.

How is Paris? First impressions?

Expensive! ahaha and very bougie. To imagine that I am a girl from a small village in Kazakhstan who made it to Paris! Oh mon deu it is crazy. My first impression was how everyone is so polite. I guess it is just my first day but I felt so welcome here. My first day I went to a pizza place in the evening and the waiter was so nice to me and gave me some free stuff and even tips. When I was almost leaving I met a cute couple who asked me to sit down to talk with them. It was very nice to immediately meet new people here. In every shop or bakery the first word you hear is “Bonjour” “ Merci” “ Au revoir” Everyone is so polite to you.

Architecture and the Style. This is my favorite thing about Paris. I will add some pictures so you can see how beautiful it is. This is by the way is one of the most popular cafes in Paris and incidentally always full.

What about the Apartment?

Oh, this is another long story which I will be talking about. However, I just want to say that if you ever decide to move here, please start looking 1–2 months before your arrival. I started looking 1 week before and found not so many places. Also, if you are. a student you should apply to student dormitories immediately before they get full. Here are some more of beautiful Paris to motivate you.

All in all, Paris was always one of my favourite cities in Europe and I am forever grateful to have the opportunity to live here. I will try to make the best of it by uploading stories on my Instagram @kamiltalgatkyzy and my Tiktok @kamiltalgatkyzyy and my Youtube you guessed it Kamila Talgatkyzy ahah

And if you are in Paris do not hesitate to meet me. I love to meet new people.
That one item on my bucket list : Live in a big city (Paris)
By: Tjorven Denorme
Tags: Paris, City Living, Bucketlist, Working Abroad

Paris by night.

Belgian born and raised. I have lived and worked in Belgium my whole life. I owned businesses in Belgian cities. Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent. I worked in a city but never actually lived there. I commuted back and forth every day. Family and friend think I’m nuts. They are probably right. A daily commute of over one hour is long. Long if you are Belgian, that is. Abroad a one hour commute is very common.

Why the daily commute? I don’t necessarily want to spend that much time in my car, but opportunities turned up where they turned up. And (way to many) kilometers were never a argument for me to not to pursue a challenge.

Working in a city. Check. Living in a city. Not checked yet. Hence the bucket list item. How could I ever live in a city. I don’t want to move. I like my home in rural Beselare. Covid-19 to the rescue. Sounds strange, I know.

Covid brought us a lot of bad but also something good. One thing in particular went through a revolution. Working from home went from impossible to feasible to mandatory. Same for having a video meeting. This is the opportunity that I was looking for. If I can work from home, I can work from anywhere.

So next month I leave for Paris. I got myself an Airbnb apartment and a coworking space. I’m going to check that box on my bucket list.

Why Paris? How much does it cost? How does it work? What about family and friends? All questions I plan to answer in the next blogposts. Any more questions, feel free to put them in the comments. I’m happy to answer all of them in all openness and honesty.

A la prochaine.

Tjorven.
Instinct v Intuition
By: Sarah Ryan
Tags: Instinct V Intuition, Intuition, Instinct, One Of Many Coach, Intuitive

One of the questions that I get asked a lot is what is the difference between intuition and instinct? For me there are some very subtle differences, which I will take you through in this article.

Most dictionary definitions of Instinct will describe it as the ability to comprehend something instinctively, so they group the two things together. In my experience, they do feel different in our body.

Here are two ways that I distinguish between instinct v intuition:

Where You Feel It

For me, instinct is a very basal reaction and is felt in the body somatically. We sense a tingle on the back of our neck, or a tightening of our shoulders when we feel uneasy. It comes from the animal part of our nature and is fuelled by our innate desire to survive.

Intuition almost feels like it sits just outside of the body for me, like the Jiminy Cricket sitting on my shoulder, or a cloak of knowing. It lives in the open space around us, the magic in our fingertips, and our connection to source and the universe.

How You Feel It

Instinct will quite often come along with a sense of fear of anxiety. It is likely to be heightened when walking in the dark, or in an unsafe environment. There is a sense that there is something to be fixed. For me, sometimes I wake in the night when one of my kids is ill, before they even call out. That is my animal instinct.

Intuition cannot come from a place of fear. We simply can’t intuit when we’re afraid. Instead, it comes with a feeling of fulfillment or purpose. That something is just right or wrong. It is very calm and usually feels like a deep, soothing voice inside.

If the voice is too excited or scared, it is not likely to be our intuition. Excitement might be a sign that there is either something instinctual, or there is something deeper, like wishful thinking or projection at play. I will cover those in a later article.

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My Neighbor Alice is coming to The Sandbox Metaverse
By: My Neighbor Alice
Tags: Games, Nft Collectibles, Simulation, Blockchain, Crypto

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My Neighbor Alice is delighted to announce a unique partnership with The Sandbox. We will be adding an Alice “neighborhood” feel to the Metaverse by releasing characters that can be played across The Sandbox universe.

My Neighbor Alice is coming to The Sandbox Metaverse

The Metaverse

The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the Internet. (source: Wikipedia)

What can I get?

We have assigned 3 characters that will exist across the Metaverse. These are Alice (Legendary), Hae-Won (Epic), and The Frog (Rare).

There will be a limited number of these NFTs that will exist in The Sandbox! These will be distributed randomly to Alice and The Sandbox fans across our Social Media channels!

200 Alice (Legendary)

400 Beekeeper Hae-Won (Epic)

600 The Frog (Rare)

How can I be eligible?

To be eligible, you need to:

1. Be a part of both Alice and The Sandbox communities:

https://t.me/MyNeighborAlice

https://twitter.com/MyNeighborAlice

https://t.me/sandboxgame

https://twitter.com/TheSandboxGame

2. Have an account at https://www.sandbox.game/en/ which is linked to the SAME wallet in which you received your My Neighbor Alice NFT

3. Wishlist My Neighbor Alice on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1502290/My_Neighbor_Alice/

4. Read carefully the complete list of the requirements in our Telegram Announcement channel: https://t.me/AliceAnnouncements/175

Anything else I should know?

The Sandbox equivalent NFT asset has no monetary value and can’t be used within the My Neighbor Alice game.

We will give away 1 new character every week for 3 weeks from 7–28 June 2021.

We’ll explore more ways for cross-play of My Neighbor Alice characters in the future.
CFL365.Finance Investor Spotlight Series: NewTribe Capital
Tags: Gaming, Simulation, New Tribe Capital, Cryptocurrency, Cfl365

CFL365.Finance is happy to announce our next investor — NewTribe Capital, an early-stage, growth-oriented digital Venture Capital fund based out of the Middle East.

Partnership Vision

Blockchain technology will disrupt all industries across the globe in the near future and the industry would harness the expertise of many new users for its development & growth. The journey of a new user starts with experimentation, CFL365.Finance is bridging the gap between the legacy finance and DeFi ecosystem through a digitally advanced skill based gaming platform providing opportunities to experiment & learn. Users participate in leagues/games and hone their skills before trading with real cryptocurrency. NewTribe Capital partnership is strategic to CFL365.Finance plans, would provide market access, marketing support, and early stage investment to fuel the ambition.

“CFL365 is here to revolutionize the virtual marketplace ecosystem and enable users to anticipate the price actions of global stocks and crypto assets in real time market conditions without actually owning them. NewTribe Capital is extremely excited to be a part of this journey!” — Juliet Su, Partner at NewTribe Capital

“Our goal is to make DeFi a commonplace for non crypto users, we use skill based gaming to make them comfortable in this industry. We are excited to have NewTribe capital as our growth partner, this would provide us access to the booming Middle East markets which have a lot of untapped potential and new users.” — Syed Shoeb, CFL365.Finance Co-founder and CEO

About NewTribe Capital

NewTribe is an early-stage, growth-oriented digital Venture Capital fund based out of the Middle East. Its aim is to invest in projects that strive to add value and create a long term impact in the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.

Read more about NewTribe Capital here:

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About CFL 365 Finance

CFL365.Finance is a trustless, decentralised, skill based virtual stocks and crypto trading platform. It offers real time experience with 500+ cryptocurrencies in synchronous market conditions without actually buying the coins & tokens. Users participate in leagues and compete against each other to win rewards.

Follow the latest updates on CFL365.Finance here:

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Simulation of Commission Design: Part 2
By: Jeffrey Lim
Tags: Agent Based Modeling, Simulation, Reinforcement Learning, Blockchain, Machine Learning

Simulation Result

In the simulation, we compared six commission point distribution methods (hereinafter mechanisms): random, uniform, increasing, decreasing, convex and concave types.

Random: Points are distributed whenever a buyer purchases any number of goods. Uniform: Points are distributed proportional to the amount purchased at any given time.. Increasing: Buyers receive more points when they buy later. Decreasing: Buyers receive less points when they buy later. Convex: Buyers receive more points when they buy in the beginning or right before timeout. Concave: Buyers receive more points in the middle point of a deal.

Depending on the selected mechanism, the success of a deal and speed of deal completion change.

Each agent would aim to buy at a point when they can gain the most points. It may seem that in the increasing mechanism, deals would not be completed because buyers wait until somebody buys or take a long time to be completed. On the other hand, the decreasing mechanism would see a fast sell out.

We will see if these two assumptions are correct by analyzing the simulation result below. We conducted 30 types of deals with different ‘remaining goods” and “prices”, and laid the average results on a graph.

Results and Interpretation of Each Mechanism

Random

Unlike others, the random mechanism displays no correlation between remaining goods and points.
Simulation of TrueBit Protocol: Part 2
By: Jeffrey Lim
Tags: Agent Based Modeling, Simulation, Reinforcement Learning, Blockchain, Machine Learning

Because the TrueBit jackpot mechanism’ unpredictable reward, certain tasks involve Verifiers not doing any computation and therefore not detecting wrong answers submitted by Solvers. To solve this problem, a predictable reward mechanism is needed.

This article introduces two mechanisms that provide predictable rewards and provides a comparative analysis of the two mechanisms through simulation. Also, we will look into the pros and cons compared to the existing jackpot mechanism. First is the ‘multiple solver mechanism’ mentioned in our previous post. Second is the ‘pension mechanism’ designed by Decon.

Pension Mechanism

Consistent rewards

How can we design a reward mechanism that enables expectation of when and how much reward a user can gain? We could distribute the task fee paid by the Task Giver at every task. Yet, would it be possible to distribute task feed based on a clear knowledge of what computation the Verifiers actually performed? With the jackpot mechanism, knowing about the actual computation performed by Verifiers was not an issue because rewards were not given out instantly even for diligent Verifiers. Verifiers were paid after a challenge was performed and the Verifiers’ solution was verified through ON-chain computation. With a Verifier’s challenge, the ON-chain conducts computation to see if the solution is correct. However, because challenges do not happen frequently, it was not a burden to learn whether or not the Verifier actually performed computation. In a predictable mechanism, such a method cannot be applied. While it is not burdensome for the ON-chain to perform solution checks upon challenges with the jackpot mechanism (refer to Simulation of TrueBit Protocol: Part 1), it would be burdensome with a predictable mechanism because the ON-chain has to perform all solution checks. This would tarnish TrueBit’s objective of preserving ON-chain computation capacity. Then how can we minimize the load on the ON-chain while discerning nodes that performed and did not perform computation?

We focused on the fact that most Solvers submit correct answers. As long as there are valid Verifiers, most Solvers will submit correct solutions to protect their deposit. Therefore, we will first deem the solution of Solvers as correct.

Verifiers qualify to receive a pension only when their submission matches that of Solvers. Verifiers must submit five or more matching solutions in their recent six submissions. Verifiers who qualify will continually receive his quota from the task fee. If the Verifier does not go through verification by computation, the solution will not match with the Solver’s solution and will be stripped of being a pension recipient. This incentivizes Verifiers actually compute for the verification.

If the solutions of the Solver and Verifier do not match, the right solution is found via verification game and the deposit of the wrong side is confiscated.

Simulation Result Analysis

Result of the Pension Mechanism
Simulating the Summer; reliving history in “Out of The Park Baseball 22”
By: Christopher Santine
Tags: Statistics, Simulation, Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Baseball History

I played lineup Tetris for the first two weeks of the season before learning to nail down my regular top five and mold it into a quintet of opposing pitcher misery : the swift Tovar and his .450 OBP will reach first safely almost half the time setting up the left handed number two hitter Carew with plenty of advantage to advanced the runner. The dangerous .330 hitter Oliva deftly works the pitch count, protecting the clean up batter and HR league leader Killebrew (who after a stellar April has frightened opposing pitchers enough that I’m almost positive he leads the AL in what I call pitch arounds/unintentional intentional walks). By the time Nettles comes to bat fifth he usually has ample opportunities for RBIs (as evidence the young third basemen is currently second in the AL in runs batted in).

I opted to manage my play-through game by game (users have the option to quick sim any or all parts of entire games and years) — and simulating the ’69 Twins in this manner has afforded me the opportunity to experience all of the moments that make baseball seasons memorable affairs: there was Nettles’ walk off, 11th-inning single against the Angels, Carew’s grand slam vs the Pilots, the 12 game winning streak in May and Dean Chance striking out Reggie Jackson 4 times in one game, etc.

By the end of May Minnesota sits comfortably in first in the AL West with a record of 28–16, an improvement of +3 wins compared to the actual Twins of ‘69. The rest of the league near parallels its real life counterparts, the Orioles and Mets front-running their respective divisions.

In-game, mid-season factoids infuse the game with a sense of immersion (screenshot courtesy of author)

A quick perusal of how the actual ’69 Twins fared lends credence to the plausibility of OOTP 22’s fidelity to realism. Sure baseball is a sport of immense variability; no simulated match up, season or player performance will ever 100% recreate reality. But it’s a blast watching my little self-contained version of the 1969 season both adhere to and deviate from the results a reasonable baseball fan would expect.
Physics Simulations Using VPython
By: Khelifi Ahmed Aziz
Tags: Physics, Simulation, Python, Data Visualization, Science

VPython

Physics Simulations Using VPython

Photo by Conor Luddy on Unsplash

Introduction

Physical science is based on simplifications and approximations: orbits are always circular, projectiles fly without air resistance, pendulums swing only at small angles. These kinds of simplifications are necessary and appropriate when you’re first trying to understand the basic laws of nature, (those approximations are useful, we lose a little precision, contrariwise we save a lot of time (for example the approximation used in the magnetic moment), but the real world is far more complex and interesting. Because the ultimate goal of physics is to understand the real world.

Fortunately, computers make it possible to perform extremely lengthy calculations in a negligible amount of time. VPython gives us a solution to simulate complex equations of physicals systems on graphs and generate navigable real-time 3D animations.

To install VPython, if you’re using Jupyter notebook, the 3D scene appears in the Jupyter notebook. Otherwise, If the code is launched outside a notebook (from the command line or the IDLE for example), a browser window will open displaying the scene (Internet Explorer is not supported). It is recommended to use the Chrome browser, as it provides the most useful error messages.

How to get started?

The package has been published in Pypi and can be easily installed with pip.

pip install vpython

Once the installation has been completed you could try produces a 3D Cylinder.

import vpython as vp

vp.cylinder()

To change the position, size, and color: