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Jellyfish
By: Melanie J.
Tags: Poetry On Medium, A Few Words, Poetry, Haiku

I could watch jellyfish swim around for hours. It’s one of the most relaxing things ever. I get lost and mesmerized by their underwater dance. They ae so beautiful. So much magic underneath the sea.
วิธีใช้ footer และ address ใน html5
By: Suranart Niamcome
Tags: Html5, HTML, Sectioning Content, Coding

in Both Sides of the Table
Sketch Icon Tutorial: Productive
By: Asaph Yuan
Tags: Tutorial, Sketch, Icon

Step 1: Setting up the project

Create a new project in Sketch and select File > New From Template > iOS App Icon

Select the top Artboard and zoom in and center the selected Artboard (Command ⌘ + 2)

Right-click on Icon Shape and select Unlock Layer so we can edit the shape color

Step 2: Changing the background color

Click on the color swatch above Fill (making sure that Icon Shape is selected)

Click on the Hex text-field, type in 333, and hit enter

Step 3: Create the Shapes

Press (o) to use the circle tool

Click, drag, and release to create a circle of any size

In the top right corner, change the dimensions and position of the circle to

Position X: 196

Position Y: 196

Width: 155

Height: 155

Press (r) to use the rectangle tool

Click, drag, and release to create a rectangle of any size

Like the circle, change the dimensions and position of the rectangle to

Position X: 435

Position X: 240

Width: 393

Height: 66

Select the circle and rectangle by holding down shift

Uncheck the borders box if it’s selected

Click on Fill and change the Hex field to: 2AB9CD

With both shapes selected, click on the Union button on the toolbar at the top of the screen.

Step 4: Duplicate the Shapes

Hold down the alt/option key and drag down until you see the red lines to indicate the shapes are centered.

Repeat this step

Verify that the XY coordinates for the second and third unionized shapes are:

X: 196, Y: 435

X: 196, Y: 674

Select the second unionized shape, select Fill, and change it to: F6843C

Repeat for the third shape, changing the color to: 77CE52

Step 5: Organize the Project

Let’s tidy up the project a bit.

Change the name of a layer, by double clicking on the layer name in the Layers List on the left

Select the layers by holding down shift and group the layers by hitting (Command ⌘ + G)

Rename the group to Productive iOS App Icon

Step 6: Export the Image

To export, select the group and click Make Exportable on the bottom left. Hit “Export Productive iOS…” to export.

And there we have it: the Productive App Icon!
Requiem for Birds
By: Sydney Duke Richey
Tags: Haiku, Extinction, Birds, Poetry, Silence

Thank you for reading. My heart breaks as I read this Haiku over and over. I think about the devastation that is leading to so many species becoming extinct. We should all take notice. We should all take notice and not sit idly by as this destruction continues. We can play a part in making the world a better place. We MUST all play a part.
Ryan Is Kinda Bummed He Voted for Trump and Could Really Use A Pick-Me-Up
By: Quntfront Media
Tags: Satire, Comedy, Funny, Donald Trump, News

President Trump’s recent #MuslimBan antics have everyone in a tizzy, including many people who gave him their vote last November. Ryan’s part of that crew, and he’s feeling super low about it. When asked to explain the thought process behind his decision, Ryan expressed,

“Like I was gonna vote for crooked Hillary? C’mon. Who knew Trump would do all this?”

Ryan was a confident Trump voter who believed in the President’s anti-establishment perspective, and what he assumed was a business-savvy nature. However, Ryan claims his support had nothing to do with the ‘hate speech’ or divisive language. He made clear that even though he didn’t like Trump’s anti-Mexican and xenophobic rhetoric, his racist comments about black people, or his sexism, he eventually had to look past it.

“I had to sacrifice a lot of what he said to make my best decision. Maybe that wasn’t the best idea, but what are you ‘gonna do, you know?”

Ryan’s currently calling on all of his friends, family and acquaintances to send him pick-me-ups, like really cool puppy pictures, for example.

“Yeah, send me inspirational quotes, animal pics, maybe some uplifting articles. That kinda stuff. I really need some good vibes.” He requests.

Ryan also asks that non-Trump voters don’t say ‘I told you.”

“I’ve been hearing that a lot lately. Like dude, okay. Okay? Stop it.”

In further news, Ryan’s still having a very bad day.

This post was originally featured on Quntfront, February 1, 2017.
A Small Poem for Bhai’s Birthday
By: Vandini Sharma
Tags: Beautiful, Memories, Siblings, Poetry, Love

Today is that dawn of July you don’t want us to make a big fuss about

But for your family, you are a bluebell that does not appear every day

Golf tournaments and globe-trotting is the life you chose

And you whisked us all along for the starry eyed ride as well.

You work so hard, but I know you for the lark you are

A goofball that sails the winds

Trying to rap like a true blooded gangster

But no matter how ridiculous you get

The deep care you carry in your heart pierces

Just like light I witness in the heavenly stars.

Be safe, my brother.

Be healthy and strong.

I know you have miles to go before you can rest

But for my sake, you must promise

Not to lose that child-like swagger of yours

In life’s slightly mind numbing hustle.

Time and effort will grow to blossom you

Into everything I believe you have potential to be

And I will hold your hand

Following your steps until the very end

Waiting for the opportunity when you need

The warmth of your truest and oldest friend

Because standing just behind your sunlit shadow

You will always discover me.
Billionaires’ Ball
By: Mike Essig
Tags: Billionaires, Wealth, Steve Jobs, Resistance Poetry, Poetry

For the false memory of Steve Jobs, master magician, who never wrote a line of code, drove his employees to suicide, was a terribly toxic father, an all round horrible human being, and yet is now worshiped as a Tech Saint.

Stars! Glamor! Celebrity!

Bill. Elon. Zuck. Bezos,

all smiling actor alchemists.

With the first billion

comes a grimoire filled

with spells, incantations,

magick to bedazzle and baffle

the other 99 percent.

To create a religion for robots.

The ignorant, fawning suckers

never get an even break,

but bow willingly to the gods

of money and live vicariously

through them, ignoring

the enchantments that

render them stupid, blind,

and happy. So pleased to be

warmed by the second-hand

radiance of the ultra-wealthy.

Each billionaire becomes

a divine celebrity:

For the rest, life reduced

to watching reality TV,

imagining that what they

see includes them, that

the grinning Titans are

just like you and me, and

if we only try hard enough,

money will come, make us Saints

dissolve our sins, set us free.

Really! Really! Really!
Music Tech Trends Defining 2018; Should Brands Pay Artists to Advertise on Playlists?
By: Platform
Tags: Music, Spotify, Streaming Music, Music Business

The Music Tech Trends Defining 2018 — medium.com

From VR festival livestreams to DIY synths and decentralized distribution, these are the inventions, apps, and technologies creators are using this year.

Should Brands pay artists to advertise on Playlists? — medium.com

As traditional advertising has become less engaging for consumers, publishers and brands have pivoted towards curated sponsored content as a way to break through their indifference.

How Blockchain and ‘Microsubscription’ Services Could Help Artists Earn More From Streaming — www.billboard.com

Streaming services have boomeranged record-company revenues. But given the major labels’ influence over over track placement on services like Spotify and Apple Music — and the formulas they use to calculate artist payouts — many music makers are still struggling to make a living in the streaming ecosystem.

Spotify playlists in Bank of England’s sights — www.bbc.com

Music downloads could help the Bank of England understand consumers’ moods, its chief economist says.

How Gaana Is Utilising AI To Win The Battle Against Competitors Like Saavn, Prime Music — analyticsindiamag.com

Gaana is fighting a battle for market leadership with competitors like Saavn, Apple Music and the newly-launched Amazon Prime Music. We spoke to Gaana CEO who talked about growth and the use of AI for better user experience.

Amazon’s Alexa is Invading Car Dashboards. What’s It Mean for Radio? — jacobsmedia.com

Radio broadcasters and automotive companies are discovering a new way to partner — and it’s all about data. But they’re not alone in car dashboards.

‘A golden age for music is dawning — with the old gatekeepers all but gone’ — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Is this a tipping point? Is the genie out of the bottle for the music industry? The global music industry has a lot to be upbeat about after the release of two major reports confirmed a sharp upturn in revenues from recorded music over the last twelve months.

Spotify, Diageo and Wavemaker talk audio in an industry obsessed with visual experiences — www.thedrum.com

The potential of using audio to reach consumers in new ways is yet to be recognised by brands.

VNUE Announces Deal with Radio Operations International — platformandstream.wordpress.com

VNUE announced today that it has signed its first radio monitoring agreement utilizing its patent-pending Soundstr technology.

Digital and analog audio’s curious coexistence — www.cnet.com

Since nearly all music is digitally recorded, why buy a turntable?

Spotify — The impossible success story — medium.com

Spotify’s success story is both brilliant and hard-won. As the company prepares for its listing, I look back at the decade of close work with Daniel and Martin, from the early days in 2007, and…

Here’s Why Some Albums Are Disappearing From Streaming Services — studybreaks.com

In the age of streaming, it isn’t unusual for projects from your favorite artists to disappear from music providers. Here’s why.
Web Scraping — Part 2. Simultaneously scraping multiple web…
By: Kafaru Simmie
Tags: R Programming, Web Scraping, Data Science

This short tutorial will be on how to scrape multiple pages on a webpage simultaneously. This tutorial assumes you can use the google chrome css selector gadget. If not, see the first part here.

Due to the fact that some web pages contains large chunks of data (or text) e.g a comment section, comments usually spills to the next page. It could also be for sorting, whatever case it may be, it would be very difficult scraping each of these pages individually. For this reason, I thought of creating a function that easily scrapes multiple pages.

I will be attempting to scrape the lyrics of an artist (Travis Greene), since artists usually have quite a number of songs in their portfolios, it would be extremely tasking and strenuous attempting to scrape individual pages. So lets find out how to make it easy to scrape these pages.
🌰 ¿Conoces la diferencia entre gasto, ahorro e inversión?
By: Alberto Gómez
Tags: Medium En Español, Finanzas Personales, Español, Newsletter, Educación Financiera

This is an email from Monee Blog .
Making a Responsive Header With MaterialUI and React
Tags: Responsive Design, Reactjs, JavaScript, Programming, React

Making a Responsive Header With MaterialUI and React

Part 2

Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash.

Hi! Previously, we learned how to build a basic Header component using Material UI and React to achieve the static result below:

Image credit: Author

In this tutorial, let’s turn this static desktop version into a mobile view when the user resizes their screen. Responsive design is important, as you would not want to rob your users of a good experience when navigating your web app on their mobile device. If you haven’t done so already, check out my previous tutorial to build out a basic desktop header before proceeding!

By the end of this tutorial, we will achieve the following:

GIF credit: Author

Let’s get started! FYI: You can access the source code on GitHub to follow along.
Weekly Crypto Overview — Khilone #22
Tags: Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Cryptoweekly, Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin

Hey everyone,

In my Weekly Crypto Overview, I will assemble the important news of the last week and make a summary of it. This way you will have one place to go for all the significant events that happened the week before in crypto. I hope you enjoy it and that it saves you a lot of time searching for all the news. I know not everyone has the privilege to be full-time in crypto, so I hope this is a solution for many of you.

Square Is Hiring And Offers To Be Paid In Bitcoin

Binance Launches Cash-to-Crypto Service in Australia

Cryptopia Exchange Resumes Crypto Trading

Bithumb Reduces Staff By Up to 50%

Square Is Hiring And Offers To Be Paid In Bitcoin

Payments startup Square plans to hire a number of engineers and a designer to work on its crypto initiatives, according to tweets from CEO Jack Dorsey.

Jack also tweeted about how he feels about the technology and crypto community.

Binance Launches Cash-to-Crypto Service in Australia

Last week Binance announced the launch of Binance Lite Australia, the easiest way to buy Bitcoin with cash in Australia. Binance Lite Australia marks Binance’s first fiat gateway on the blockchain continent, and provides a secure and reliable cash-to-bitcoin brokerage service through a network of 1,300+ supported Newsagents across Australia.

You can read the full announcement from Binance here.

Cryptopia Exchange Resumes Crypto Trading

Cryptopia announced on Twitter that they have resumed trading on 40 trade pairs that they have quantified as secure. They will continue to expand this list as they clear more coins. You can find the list of the 40 pairs here.

Bithumb Reduces Staff By Up to 50%

Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, plans to cut its staffing levels by up to 50 percent, according to a CoinDesk Korea report issued Monday, a move that would reduce its number of employees from 310 at the start of March to around 150.

Apparently, Bithumb is the next crypto company that bites the dust because of the ongoing decline in the value of the market in recent months.

You can read Coindesk’s full article here.

That’s it for now. All the best to everyone!

Khilone
When Life Seems Dark, Hold On to Your Magical Moments
By: Samantha Blake
Tags: Life Lessons, Advice, Self Improvement, Self, Life

Do you see the magic in life? Those moments when all you can think is, ‘Wow, this is amazing, and I’m so lucky’?

We all have some memory that makes us smile, that serves as a reminder of life’s potential for beauty and joy. Those are the moments I think of when I need inspiration, or when it feels like the world is looking awfully bleak.

Because big or small, those are the moments that can give you hope.

It was early spring, and even spring in Hawaii can have chilly mornings. I had planned and saved up for a whole year to come on a solo vacation here (for a trip that would actually end up turning into a long-term move).

That morning I had an early adventure planned.

The previous night, myself and two friends I’d met in the hostel had been invited on a spontaneous spearfishing excursion. Spearfishing. How exciting. Someone who worked at the hostel was going with some friends and had invited us to tag along.

We had eagerly agreed, and woke up at dawn to meet them.

I had no idea where we were going, but without complaint I climbed into the back of his pickup truck and clung to my snorkeling gear, shivering in the early morning chill.

Half an hour later we arrived on the south side of the island, and he parked a short ways down a dirt road over what appeared to be a rocky cliff, a hundred feet above the ocean. A bit sketchy, but exciting and (I hoped) worth it.

I honestly couldn’t tell whether my shivering was more from fear or the cold.

After applying sunblock and putting everything non-essential back in the truck, we followed our guide along the edge for a ways, and then down less-steep but still precarious-looking rocky hillside. I slipped twice and broke my sandal, but continued on with only a few scratches. When we finally reached the bottom, he pointed to a rocky ledge hanging about four feet over the gentle waves and told us that was where we’d hop in the water.

My heart was pounding, but I didn’t question him. I’d come too far now to quit. Thankfully it was actually easier than it looked to slide off the ledge, and five minutes later I was in the water.
Mulan: It’s Business as Usual for Disney, and It Shouldn’t Be
By: The Film Addict
Tags: Film, Mulan, Disney, Movies, Movie Review

It is simply too hard to brush-off how textbook-ish Mulan’s story-telling feels. Everything seems set on the stone right from the start, and the characters feel too well-prepared for what’s going to happen next, even before that event happens. “Alright guys, this is the part that Mulan is going to come off as a girl. Let’s be amazed for a second and then pretend nothing happened,” or “Hey, this is the part when Mulan needs verbal support, let’s throw our support the moment she has finished talking, okay?”.

It is up to you to spot more of such examples throughout Mulan, that is, if you still feel that the film is worthy for you to pay premium via Disney+, or give that much needed support to your local cinema chain. Even if you don’t mind the characters and plot being out of touch with the audience, I still think that the storyline’s habit to steer clear of any pressure build-up will tire you eventually. Mulan may be loyal and true to the plot of the animated film to some extent, but the lackadaisical delivery translates into a mundane experience, despite having twice the budget of the original film.

But what about Donnie Yen? The force is strong with Yen since his appearance in Star Wars spin-off, Rogue One, and he has become quite a household name for movie-goers craving for some crazy, bad-ass action. I would advise anyone against succumbing to Mulan because of that Donnie-Yen-factor, because, despite dishing out sword-swinging action that may be too fast for Caro to film, there is very little that Yen’s character, General Tung, has brought to the table for Mulan.

If even big names in Mulan like Donnie Yen and Jet Li did not receive any meaningful development towards their characters, what do you think could have possibly happened to the rest of the characters? I think the case that we have here is rather clear. Apparently, no one in the production team managed to highlight the fate of the plot and characters, while the key persons got obsessed with which shade of red to pick for the costumes, or how to come out with graceful combat movements. While Mulan has certainly triumphed visually, the neglected script means that the team were fighting a losing battle right from the start.

Mulan did not get annihilated right off the bat per se, as Disney is still enjoying strong returns from the film as we speak. Mind you, that the moviegoers worldwide are still in an extreme state of hunger because of the scarcity of blockbusters, or because the theaters nearby to them are still shutting their doors. But once the dust settles and the nostalgic-hype is gone, we may finally see if the tide has turned.
The Greatest Story of Ambush Marketing
By: Aryan Gandhi
Tags: Success, Marketing, Finance, Tips, Strategy

The Greatest Story of Ambush Marketing

Apple did not see it coming

Photo by russn_fckr on Unsplash

In 2010, Apple decided to cover cities with billboard ads featuring their newly released iPod nano-chromatic. To add an artistic feel, they designed them multi-colored with paint dripping from each of the iPods. This ad was a plan from Apple to show the “colors of music,” making the nano-chromatic an appealing buy.

At the time, the campaign did not seem like a big deal. It was a smart idea, but nothing amazing that stood out to anyone. Little did they know that a Canadian retail company, Rona, had an even grander scheme in mind. Rona realized that they could use Apple’s marketing campaign to promote its paint recycling program. It was time to get to work.

First, Rona got measurements of the billboard size that apple had, especially where the dripping paint intercepted the bottom of the billboard. They then began working on their own billboard to put underneath Apples. Using the measurements they got, their billboard was depicted as catching all of the paint that was falling from the iPods.

Their billboard read “we recycle leftover paint,” and was a HIT. Every time someone saw the apple billboard, they had to see the Rona one right underneath it. Many people had never heard of the company, but soon after was talked about in many households. During the length of the campaign, Rona received a whopping 2 million+ liters of paint for recycling.

This was a phenomenal idea, which may be quite tempting to replicate. The biggest aspect to keep in mind is that some countries have different laws than others, and this could be considered illegal. Depending on your country, make sure that a campaign like this is legal, but if it is, ambush marketing is one of the best types of marketing. It allows you to piggyback off a larger, well-known company and have people connect you with their brand.
https://terrymckenna.typepad.com/peak-performance/2019/02/leadership-default-setting.html
By: Terry Mckenna
Tags: Leadership

#Leadership Default Setting

As a leader, your default setting should be aggressive-proactive rather than passive-reactive. Instead of letting the…
What is Ethereum Gas?
Tags: Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Driveinsider, Gas

Simply put, “Gas” is the fee for performing an operation (such as a transaction or smart contract execution) on the Ethereum network.

While gas is the unit by which transaction costs are measured, it only exists as a unit of measurement and the actual cost must be paid for using Ether (ETH).

The reason for this is to separate the cost of computation from the value of Ether (ETH). Meaning that while the price of Ether (ETH) can fluctuate, the cost of performing transactions on the Ethereum network can remain steady.

Every operation takes a certain amount of gas to complete. This is divided into gas ‘cost’ and gas ‘price’.

‘Gas cost’ is the amount of gas required to complete a transaction. For instance, a standard transfer of Ether (ETH) requires 21,000 gas, while more complex transactions require more.

Users set what is known as a ‘gas limit’, which is the maximum amount of gas they are willing to spend on a transaction.

Applying a gas limit creates a safety net that protects users from burning through all their Ether (ETH) trying to perform an operation with errors or executing a faulty smart contract.

For example, setting a limit of 21,000 gas for a standard transaction ensures there is enough gas for the operation while preventing more from being used if an error occurs.

‘Gas price’ is the amount you are willing to pay for each unit of gas.

When setting gas prices, users are recommended to review current prices to understand how their transaction will be prioritized. Miners tend to prioritize transactions with higher gas prices and may outright ignore ones with too low a price.

So the total cost for an operation is calculated as:

Gas Used x Gas Price

For example, let’s say we wanted to send a friend some Ether (ETH). A standard transfer requires 21,000 gas. If we set the gas price as 6 Gwei (a unit of Ether), the transaction cost would be calculated as:
Tim Ferriss Shares His 3-Part Plan for Overcoming Your Fears
By: Alec Gewirtz
Tags: Happiness, Entrepreneurship, Success, Life Hacking, Fear

Tim Ferriss Shares His 3-Part Plan for Overcoming Your Fears

This strategy could help you get past whatever’s holding you back.

In 2004, Tim Ferriss’ life was falling apart. His girlfriend had left him. His close friend had died from pancreatic cancer. His business was close to collapse. He needed to make a major change in his life, as he described in a recent TED talk, but fear paralyzed him.

In the middle of this crisis, he discovered the Stoic philosopher Seneca and his program of “premeditatio malorum,” which means the “pre-meditation of evils.” Essentially, Seneca taught Ferriss to ask himself, “Should I really be as afraid of making a hard choice as I am?”

Image courtesy of The Next Web via Flickr.

Ferris developed a written exercise for answering that question, as he describes in the TED talk, which he calls “fear-setting.” It’s a fairly simple, three-page exercise for deciding whether or not to do something.

On the first page, he lists (1) what he is afraid will happen as a result of making the decision, (2) what he could do to prevent unwelcome outcomes, and (3) how he might handle the worst-case scenario. On the second page, he writes down the possible benefits of even a partial success in making the decision. And on the third page, he describes what the “cost of the status quo” would be — i.e., the “atrocious cost” of “not doing anything.”

“I can trace all of my biggest wins and all of my biggest disasters averted back to doing fear-setting,” he said. “The hard choices — what we most fear doing, asking, saying — these are very often exactly what we most need to do.”

Learn more about the process of “fear-setting” and its benefits by watching Ferriss’ TED talk here.
I killed the fox
By: Pasta
Tags: Short Story, Poetry, Prose

Amidst this, the noise the fox made was jarring.

Galloping through the field of goldenrod -

galloping is the only way to describe it -

its paws thudded rebellious and loud against the oppressive summer heat.

I could hear it panting,

its heaving breath louder even than the crash of its feet.

I remember this noise more than the image it cut.

It was purely animal in that moment, conducting unknown animal business,

oblivious to my awestruck face swiveling to watch

as it pounded past, mouth agape, not ten feet away -

an absolutely perfect fox.
While he never said this that I know of I kind of feel like Charlie Brown would get me on this…
By: Paul Muller
Tags: Mindfulness, Instagram, Design

While he never said this that I know of I kind of feel like Charlie Brown would get me on this sentiment. “The more I think about things the more I’m worried I’m thinking too much” and then of course Snoopy in the background giving the thumbs up. . See dogs have it figured out pretty sure if you look at things they are probably at the top of the food chain and we’re a little bit below because somehow they’ve got enough to go out and do all the work and bring the food to them while they stay inside and the house that we pay for and get to relax on the couch all day. Here’s to a happy end of the week and hope that you’re not out there worrying too much about worrying too much . #peanuts #evening #snoopy #drinkcoffee #sotd #nowords #fieldnotesbrand #sketch #christmas #christmastime #ink #doodle #doodles #monochrome #coffee #coffeeup #cartoon #mindfulness #mashup #silly #fandom #charliebrown #healthy #mentalhealth #onlyink #monochrome #tree #chuck #linus

Originally published on Instagram
Novi ste poduzetnik? Uz posao.hr postavite uspješne poslovne temelje!
Tags: Poslodavac, Posao, Siguran Start

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北鎌倉での Think Week を終えて ～読書と熟考の1週間～
By: Yusuke Kuroda 黒田 悠介
Tags: 日本語, Freelancing, Philosophy, Thinking, 考察

in Both Sides of the Table
US Stock Watchlist Week 50— AVGO, BABA, FB, FSLY, JD, MSFT, NET, PDD, PTON, ROKU, SE, SQ
By: Ming Jong Tey
Tags: Finance, Stock Market, Money, Day Trading, Investing

Find out what happened to AVGO (BROADCOM INC), BABA (Alibaba Group Holdings), BTG (B2GOLD CORP), FB (FACEBOOK), FSLY (FASTLY INC), JD (JD.com), MSFT (MICROSOFT), NET (CLOUDFLARE), PDD (PINDUODUO INC SPON ADS EACH REP 4 ORD SHS), PTON (PELOTON INTERACTIVE INC), ROKU (ROKU INC), SE (SEA Limited), SQ (SQUARE INC), and a potential breakout stock in Week 50, what to expect next with price action trading, volume spread analysis with the Wyckoff trading principles.

Timestamps

0:39 AVGO (BROADCOM INC)

3:10 BABA (Alibaba Group Holdings)

4:49 BTG (B2GOLD CORP)

6:35 FB (FACEBOOK)

7:54 FSLY (FASTLY INC)

9:22 JD (JD.com)

10:45 MSFT (MICROSOFT)

11:37 NET (CLOUDFLARE)

13:01 PDD (PINDUODUO INC SPON ADS EACH REP 4 ORD SHS)

14:30 PTON (PELOTON INTERACTIVE INC)

15:56 ROKU (ROKU INC)

16:51 SE (SEA Limited)

18:25 SQ (SQUARE INC)

19:17 Potential Breakout Stock

AVGO and ROKU have built an extensive causes, which is great for position trading (e.g. investing) as the upside targets are a lot higher.

FSLY and BABA had a sign of weakness turned into a shakeout action. Yet, the supply level is still relatively high. More time is to be spent within the trading range.

PDD, SE and SQ are ready to continue their markup phase after the completion of supply absorption process.

Photo by Author — Ming Jong Tey

Disclaimer: The information in this presentation is solely for educational purpose and should not be taken as investment advice.
A Brief No[d]e on Blockchain
By: Hack The Industry
Tags: Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Fintech

I first heard about blockchain back in the summer of 2016 through my internship with a financial services company and through this blog post. At that point, blockchain was still a fuzzy, almost fictional concept created by a mysterious figure named Satoshi Nakamoto. In a short span of two years, cryptocurrencies and their underlying

implementation technology have become hyper-mainstream. Professors, bankers, software engineers, students, even kids have hopped on the

bandwagon. But what exactly is all the hype about — are there meaningful implications of this fast-moving technology?

The first step is to clear up the confusion between bitcoin and blockchain. They are actually not synonyms. Bitcoin is the best-known type of cryptocurrency. Blockchain is a technology, a distributed, digital, and decentralized ledger, that keeps track of all transactions carried out on a peer-to-peer network. Blockchain was initially developed for bitcoin transactions, but it has use cases beyond crypto.

Reading this article from Entrepreneur, I find that many use cases of both bitcoin and blockchain are still highly conceptual. However, I was particularly

drawn to the 3rd item — ethical business practices. Because blockchain allows full transparency of all financial transactions, companies could ensure that every interaction or settlement is permanently stored in the digital network.

Other promising use cases include digitalized voting and sharing of encrypted patient information among healthcare providers.

I understand this post was highly surface level, but I plan to publish a more technical and in-depth post on the implementation of blockchain technology and its short-term future applications. More to come soon!

Here is an expanding laundry list of resources I want to use:

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/financial-services/fintech/bitcoin-blockchain-cryptocurrency.html

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/financial-services/library/cryptocurrency-evolution.html

http://blockchain.mit.edu/

The original paper on Bitcoin by Satashi Nakamoto- https://bitcoin.com/bitcoin.pdf

5 Sectors Blockchain Is Disrupting That Are Not Cryptocurrency

For a few years now, “blockchain” and “cryptocurrency” have gone hand-in-hand. The blockchain concept is complicated…
Be A Jackie-Of-All-Trades Without Guilt or Shame
By: Megan Charles
Tags: Multipotentialite, Life Lessons, Hobbies And Interests, Book Review, Reading

I’m going to reveal my strange superpower. It is so super-secret, I didn’t realize I had one until yesterday. While reading, How To Be Everything, by Emilie Wapnick I recognized my (newly identified) gift and, after digesting Wapnick’s helpful insights, was able to accept it as more of a blessing than a curse.

Come closer *gesturing you to do so, as I conspiratorially whisper*, “I am a multipotentialite.”

No *reeling back in response to your silly, obscure movie reference, and returning to my normal tone of voice*. I can’t duplicate myself like Michael Keaton’s character (Doug) in Multiplicity (1996 film). Though *I pause to consider this* it is oddly appropriate given each of his clones possessed and emphasized a talent the original Doug held. Doug was too overwhelmed to do everything he wanted and needed to. I can relate. Hence the benefit of having multiple versions of himself.

Multipotentialites are individuals with several, sometimes very diverse interests. We pursue a variety of creative, educational, and professional avenues. Obsessively deep-diving into what interests us is our jam.

We are passionate about trying several things, sometimes all at once. It is common for multipotentialites to get overwhelmed. In our eagerness to try all the things, we might bite off more than we can chew. As such, it can be challenging to make progress with ongoing projects. It can also be challenging to amalgamate our myriad of interests and work-styles into a functional career path.

I often have a few overlapping interests going on at any given time. The investment in a respective interest can vary from weeks to years.

I’m a “Jackie-of-all-trades, master of none.” Which means I’m a collector of random knowledge and skills; some I hone, others I drop and never take back up. Once I get to be somewhat adroit at something, my interest wanes. I’m no longer challenged or inspired. Not long after, I move along to the next thing.

I experienced this in college (going from one major to another; in journalism, history, medicine), with online learning, in hobbies, and when trying to determine my ideal career path.

When I do quit or change direction, I am disappointed. After all, I invest time and [sometimes, a lot of] money into courses, learning materials, and related supplies. Sure, I’ve attained knowledge, learned how to do something new. But I get frustrated because, once again, I’ve failed to figure out my one true purpose. The thing I should be devoting my life to. How many things do I have to try out before I find my purpose? Shouldn’t I know what it is by now?

It’s not for a lack of trying.
P-value Explained Simply for Data Scientists
By: Rahul Agarwal
Tags: Machine Learning, Data Science, Education, Interview, Statistics

P-value Explained Simply for Data Scientists

Without the pretentiousness of Statisticians and with the Coolness of Data Scientists

Recently, I got asked about how to explain p-values in simple terms to a layperson. I found that it is hard to do that.

P-Values are always a headache to explain even to someone who knows about them let alone someone who doesn’t understand statistics.

I went to Wikipedia to find something and here is the definition:

In statistical hypothesis testing, the p-value or probability value is, for a given statistical model, the probability that, when the null hypothesis is true, the statistical summary (such as the sample mean difference between two groups) would be equal to, or more extreme than, the actual observed results.

And my first thought was that might be they have written it like this so that nobody could understand it. The problem here lies with a lot of terminology and language that statisticians enjoy to employ.

This post is about explaining p-values in an easy to understand way without all that pretentiousness of statisticians.
Hollie McNish: “Mathematics”
By: Tania Sheko
Tags: Immigration, Slam Poetry, Poetry, Mathematics, Holly Mcnish

Image source. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from The Simpsons

He says,

“Those Goddamn Pakistanis and their Goddamn corner shops

Built a shop on every corner took our British workers jobs

He says those Goddamn Chinese and their goddamn China shops

I tell him they’re from Vietnam but he doesn’t give a toss

I ask him what was there before that damn Japan man’s shop

He stares at me and dreams a scene of British workers jobs

Of full time full employment before the Goddamn boats all came

Where everybody went to work full time every day

A British Business stood there first he claims before the Irish came

Now British people lost their jobs and the bloody Turkish are to blame

I ask him how he knows that fact he says because it’s true

I ask him how he knows the fact he says he read it in the news

Every time a Somalian comes here they take a job from us

The mathematics one for one, from us to them it just adds up

He bites his cake and sips his brew and says again he knows the spot

The Goddamn Carribeans came and now good folk here don’t have jobs

I ask him what was there before the Goddamn Persian curtain shop

I show him architectures plans of empty Goddamn plots of land

I show him the historic maps

A bit of sand, a barren land

There was no Goddamn shop before those Pakistanis came and planned

Man

I’m sick of crappy mathematics

Cos I love a bit of sums

I spent three years into economics

And I geek out over calculus

And when I meet these paper claims

That one of every new that came

Takes away one’s daily wage

I desperately want to scream

“Your maths is stuck in primary”

Cos one who comes here also spends

And one who comes here also lends

And some who come here also tend

To set up work which employs them

And all your balance sheets and trends

Work with numbers not with men

And all your goddamn heated talk

Ignores the trade the Polish brought

Ignores the men they gave work to

Not plumbing jobs but further too

Ignores the ones they buy stock from

Accountants, builders, on and on

And I know it’s nice to have someone

To blame our lack of jobs upon

But immigrations not as plain

Despite the sums inside your brain

As one for one, as him or you

As if he goes, they’ll employ you

Cos sometimes one that comes makes two

And sometimes one can add three more

And sometimes two times two is much much more

Than four

And most times immigrants bring more

Than minuses.
The Menopausal Blues
By: Michelle Monet
Tags: Humor, Menopause, Poetry, Poem, Aging

The Menopausal Blues

My flashes are relentless

It seems

I’m just defenseless

That’s no

Lie.

I’m fogged,

Fatigued and

Dragging

My brain waves often

Lagging

Just want

Pie!

Never said I wasn’t

Crabby

Yea I know I’ve gotten

Flabby

I need

BOOZE!

Irritable, forgetful

Whiney and regretful

Minds

Confused!

Just leave me in my

Dungeon

I know I am no fun

Inside my

Lair

A man can’t know the scope

Of this menopause

I hope

He just DON’T CARE!

I know I can get

Moody

I sometimes sulk and brood

I need a

Plan?

You say it’s just my

Hormones

But this female lore

Is well known…

Get me a FAN!

Michelle Monet copyright 2016 from book Catch a Poem by the Tale, a poetic memoir
Should We Keep Separating the Art from the Icon?
By: Pandora Domeyko
Tags: Social Issues, Culture, Art, History, Life

Photo by Juan Carlos Trujillo on Unsplash

I was staring at a basket of bread.

It was perfect. Technical and visual perfection. All the cracks and crumbs and crevices. Toasted but soft. The bread came out of the page, the shadows and painted shading daring everyone who saw to touch it. To try to take a bite.

Salvador Dali’s painting Basket of Bread is not one of his most fantastic works. Not by a long shot. But as I faced the painting at the Dalí museum in Figueres, Spain, I couldn’t look away. A simple heel of bread on a table had captured my attention.

This was the theme as I went through the entire Dalí museum, fascinated by his art, enthralled by it, nearly moved to emotion. I could stare at a single painting for ages. It is one thing to view his paintings online. Seeing them in person, with brushstrokes frozen in time and ripples of paint visible on the page, is a whole new ballgame. Each is more jaw-dropping than the last.

Even if Dalí’s specific brand of ultra-surreal surrealism isn’t your thing, one look at Basket of Bread, or even the stranger ones like Galatea of the Spheres or The Madonna of Port Lligat, and you won’t be able to deny he was a technical genius. The more paintings I saw, the more I wanted to learn more about him.

The museum didn’t tell anything about his life, which I found strange. But with each painting, my curiosity piqued. So later, I spent our whole 2-hour drive back to Barcelona reading about Dalí.

What I found shocked me.
Posted: Fragile
By: Ravyne Hawke
Tags: Life Lessons, Poetry, Poetry On Medium, Free Verse, Relationships

Like eggshells

you wait

for someone

to crack

you open

Yolks ooze

from severed crevices

to the pavement

I tread

this time without glue

©1995–2020 Lori Carlson. All Rights Reserved.
Jaguar And The Hunt
By: Teresa D Hawkes
Tags: Poetry, Evolution Of Human Mind

What came first, the Thought or the Word?

Heart came first,

and the force of Its burning was pumped

out into the world

which returned that force

ten thousand fold,

penetrating the forests of our nerves —

heady jungles —

hearts marched through those forests,

jaguars of force,

gathering images,

gathering strength,

becoming form,

until the crown of Mind sprang forth

and uttered

a Word

from absolute necessity

to describe

the ineffable ecstasy

of the meeting between Hunger

and its cultivation by the Hunt.

c. 1997 Teresa Hawkes
problems with wet pussy.
By: Lisa Martens
Tags: Sexism, Society, Poetry, Poem, Sexuality

problems with wet pussy.

a poem about WAP.

Which one is the slut? Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash

the world is ending and

people still have a

problem with wet pussy.

even as everyone is sexualizing

themselves

onlyfans

findoms

selling foot pics, yeah, even now

people are still pretending

wet pussy is the problem.

some people got $1200 to hold them over

applied for things they didn’t qualify for

told they worked too much, too little

had the wrong kind of job

but we are being punished by god

because wet pussy is the problem.

edit the word throat

out of the song —

not because it’s a bad word but

it’s implied there’s a dick in it.

as usual, a dick being in something

defines it forever.

makes it bad.

the problem is used pussy.

the problem is

you can’t tell if it’s used

they used to say it was sealed

like a fuckin’

pill bottle

they used to say they could “tell”

they used words like

roast beef to define a pussy that was

worn out.

but they lied. they couldn’t tell.

they couldn’t tell

virgins from mothers

gymnasts from strippers

teachers from their favorite

onlyfans accounts

they couldn’t tell cis from trans—

that’s the problem.

they

couldn’t

tell

and they made it our problem —

they couldn’t tell

so they made it seem like

we had tricked them. we tricked them when

we paraded our pussies around

we put on a costume and they couldn’t tell

we put on an act and they couldn’t tell

we were ourselves, our plain selves, and they couldn’t tell.

Why is it my fault you thought I was

a virgin? Why is it my fault you thought I was

a whore? Why is my fault you made an

assumption about what is between my legs and

why am I accountable for your rage

for your world ending?

the problem is

pussy is pussy.

wet, then dry.

dilated, then small again.

alive, ever-changing.

the problem is

pussy is pussy

sometimes bleeding

sometimes not.

there’s nothing to tell you its

status

you can’t calculate its worth

based on things that have been in it.

based on things it

was in the past.

the problem is

pussy is pussy.

flexible, able to

regulate itself, heal itself.

it doesn’t need

your opinion

your products

your standards

the right color

the right smell

the right powder, the right dryness

the right number of orgasms

a lack of orgasms

the right number of babies

a lack of babies

to be.
5 Questions That Reveal If You’re Working Smart Or Dumb
By: Nicolas Cole
Tags: Work, Workplace, Life Hacking, Productivity, Work Life Balance

Let me give you an example.

Two people walk into a coffee shop.

The first takes a seat and opens a word document on their computer.

Somebody texts them, so they look down to respond. They hit send, and then look back up. “Okay, where should I start?” they ask themselves. Another text. They look down to reply, and then look back up. “Okay wait, where was I? Oh yeah, so I think I’ll start with…”. Another text. They look down and respond. And so on and so forth.

The second person sits down, responds to any lingering texts, and tells anyone they’re having a conversation with they need to focus and will talk to them later.

They then turn their phone on silent, plug in their headphones, and work without distraction.

After an hour, I can guarantee you the second person was more productive than the first.

They got more done. They probably feel more accomplished and less stressed, because they were only focusing on one thing. And they probably entered a state of flow that allowed them to do really great work.

The difference, here, isn’t that the second person was somehow “smarter” or “more intelligent.” However, they worked smarter because they knew if they left the door open for distraction (aka kept their phone available), they would be distracted.

The first person may have worked the same amount of time, may have sat there for an hour, but their time was not as well spent.

This is what people mean when they say it’s better to work smarter instead of harder.

Harder means measuring success by time.

Smarter means measuring success by what was accomplished.

To work smart, here are a few questions you need to ask yourself before you get started:

What is going to distract me, and how can I preemptively remove those distractions? Is there a way for me to better organize my tasks so that I can get more done in less time? (For example: chunking similar items together so that you can get into a flow of doing the same sorts of work over and over again for a period of time) Based on what I’m looking to accomplish right now, would I benefit from a different environment? Should I be around people or by myself? What variables do I need to consider in order to do my best work? How am I going to measure my own success? What is my “finish line?” Who can I ask for feedback from, to avoid wasting time learning lessons the hard way when someone who has already learned those lessons can provide guidance on how to most effectively move forward?

Too many people in the world waste time trying to do everything themselves, or trying to do too many things at once.

Focus is what allows you to do one thing well, faster, and more effectively.

Which means working smart is the ability to create moments where that level of focus unfolds naturally.