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The World Does Not Need Another Poet
By: Ana-Maria Schweitzer
Tags: Poetry, Writing, Writing Prompts, The Friday Fix, 50 Word Stories

The World Does Not Need Another Poet

Thoughts of an unconvincing writer

Photo by Gareth Hubbard on Unsplash

The world does not need another poet.

Yet, I forget it

when I take a word

and infuse it with tears.

Like a teabag

its moist releases laces of thoughts.

Emerged like a hook,

piercing through the lip of a fish,

the remembrance string

drags me through ripples

of time.
We chose who we are and who we become
By: Leander Caspar
Tags: Personal Development, Stoicism, Awareness, Philosophy, Self

We chose who we are and who we become

Character — A brief insight

Who are we?

Who we are is shaped by any action we take, by what we say, see and feel. Consciously or unconsciously. But what initiates us do a certain thing?

The action we take is guided by our character.

Character is something selectable something that forms from all to which one exposes oneself. Positive as well as negative perceptions. Experiences as well as their interpretation resulting in further conclusions. Memories from our past that we keep telling ourselves.

All of this forms the narrative that is repeatedly spoke out aloud in an inner monologue. It tells us who we are and justifies our behaviour.

Our character is the representation of ourselves, which we wear even after taking off all other social garments.

When we are naked.

Every represented layer is subject to a deeper-lying principle. Nothing is present if there is no basis to build on.

Those principles can be behavioural patterns that were once created from past events. This clothing is no longer necessary. It is even hindering you from enjoying life fully. Like winter coats in the sauna.

Photo by Daan Mooij on Unsplash

What lies underneath?

Learn to recognize the layers of clothes that you are wearing. Thus uncover the underlying principles. You probably don’t like some aspects of what you see. Don’t close your eyes from what you loath.

Embrace and change your perspective.

From now on you don’t have to carry it around anymore. Put it down, adapt it if necessary. To choose is the freedom we have.

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius

You are responsible for who you are. Rather than focusing on circumstances that moulded your character, concentrate on the substance of it.

Only who recognizes reflects and acts accordingly by adapting can change something.

Start to ask yourself who you are. Challenge the nature of your existence.

Notice why you act as you do and see through incertitude.

By recognizing the material that constitutes your self can you form it.

This paper explains and debates how Aristotle described a possible character change.

Ascertaining what we are responsible for is key to a clearer self awareness. Changes of character are possible where we are aware of our responsibility.

Photo by Greg Jeanneau on Unsplash

What yesterday was useful can be a hindrance today. Cut off what distances you from your true self — it is no longer a part of you, but only a piece of clothing from old times. Are you still bothered by something that someone told you five years ago? By past mistakes?

Forbid it from holding you back.

Take off the old coat and reveal what lies underneath. Let it come to light and coat yourself in light.

Start to differ between what you do on your free will from what is only an adapted pattern that repeats itself automatically. Ask yourself what triggers you to do something.

Is it your own will or does something else influence your actions?
Writers: A Challenge
By: Tre L. Loadholt
Tags: Nonet, Community, New Year, A Cornered Gurl, Challenge

Let’s make this happen, people!

•Request to be added as a writer by emailing me at acorneredgurl@gmail.com with “Please Add Me” as the subject line and please include the link to your Medium profile. Don’t want to be a writer in A Cornered Gurl? Simply comment with your response in this challenge post, or create your own post to your profile or in another publication, however, please use the tags, “Challenge” and “Nonet.”

Since this is a challenge call, all submissions received by 6:00 pm, US EDT Thursday, January 9, 2020, will be published by 7:00 pm, US EDT Friday, January 10, 2020. Any other submissions received past 6:00 pm on Friday, January 10, 2020, will be published by 7:00 pm on Monday, January 13, 2020, US EDT. CHALLENGE SUBMISSION BEGINS NOW. ❤

Let me see how you “nonet the night.” This is our first poetic form challenge of the year. Bring that fire, beautiful people!

*Finally, this is a read-for-all community. There will be no metered paywall or locked pieces in A Cornered Gurl.
fall back
By: Ernio Hernandez
Tags: Poetry, Haibun Poem, Haiku, Nature, Fiction

I feel lost without you tonight, even as I walk on familiar ground. No storms present overhead, but one swirls inside the mind. A full moon glow illuminates the smoky November sky, but it’s the most shifty of guides. I need your warm earthiness to ground me, to remind me of what is real. I feel lost without you tonight, as reality plays hide-and-seek with the imaginary. Return. Hold me in a calm embrace. Lead me home.
The EU Undermines the UK’s Rich Democratic Heritage
By: Tom Bell
Tags: Parliament, United Kingdom, European Union, Democracy, Brexit

As with almost any political issue, we are in a complex arena of competing priorities and the path through the haze is not clear. For instance, how should we weigh the short-term economic disruption of leaving against the long-term opportunities to out-pace the EU in terms of access to global markets?

Incidentally, in the coming years I believe we could find ourselves at the centre of a network of new free trade agreements exposing us to the world’s fastest growing markets — only possible once we have left the EU’s customs union.

As someone who believes deeply that free enterprise and free trade form the bedrock upon which a thriving economy is built, there are few political issues I take more seriously than access to global markets post-Brexit.

But there is one issue that surpasses even trade in terms of its centrality to the long-term peace, stability and flourishing of our nation and of Europe as a whole.

That issue is one of democratic vitality.

Democracy is the foundation upon which stable society depends and the platform upon which all other areas of policy are delivered. The electorate is the final source of accountability, guaranteeing that those who govern us cannot deviate too far beyond what the broad feelings of the general population will allow:

It enables us to remove law-makers and governments who don’t seem to get what we care about.

It provides the mechanisms to keep our leaders accountable and to limit corporate lobbying.

It gives us the opportunity to recognise the legitimacy of those who govern even if we don’t agree with their political agenda.

As those who have been to Brussels or spoken to MEPs will know, the political agenda in the EU is directed by the European Commission who do not owe their position to anything resembling a popular mandate from the people.

As countless international organisations testify to, maintaining a strong sense of democratic legitimacy, accountability and transparency is extremely difficult when there are numerous layers of political hierarchy between the government and the people they purport to serve.

And that should concern us very deeply indeed.

Unless our representatives deliver on their repeated solemn promise to take us out, our bridges will keep falling down

I would respectfully suggest, that unless we leave the European Union, it will be impossible to heal the divides and restore trust in our political institutions. Unless our representatives deliver on their repeated solemn promise to take us out, our bridges will keep falling down.

But if we bring the country with us on the journey out of the EU and beyond, we may realise that our greatest song is yet unsung.

This post was originally published on the Above Bar Church blog.
it’s been a while
By: Kaung Shein
Tags: Writing, 100 Naked Words, Work

it’s been a while

since I wrote

Photo by Majid Rangraz on Unsplash

It’s been a week, and I couldn’t get myself to write every day. I have become hesitant — what am I getting out of writing 100 words? Does publishing much shorter articles dilute my other longer pieces? What’s the point of letting others see my diary-like entries?

I always do this. I start something new and never see it through until the end. There’s a Burmese saying that goes အစမရှိ အဆုံးမရှိ, which directly translates there’s no start, there’s no end, synonymous with half-assing or not going through with something. Usually, I would simply give up, but recently, I have started to forgive myself for not being perfect all the time. I try to, at least. So, here I go again.
Tod
By: Vuk Ivanovic
Tags: Life, Fiction, Family, Death, Short Story

Tod

Tod means death in German, and this is Tod’s story as well as Sam’s

Photo by Kasturi Roy on Unsplash

“Have you calmed down?”

“Calmed down? What kind of question is that? No, no I’m not calm, and I don’t have a clue what to do about this.”

“You seem calmer than earlier. Please, relax, sit down, and take a glass of water. It’ll be fine.”

He made a few turns around his small studio apartment, sat down for a few seconds without actually relaxing the entire time, and then grabbed a glass of water which he tried to drink, but almost choked. He then paced some more.

“OK, OK. I’m OK. You must be some sort of hallucination brought on from some swelling in my brain after the car crash. They just missed it in the hospital and I should just call 911, that’s right.” He proceeded to dial 911.

“Please don’t waste your time on that.”

“Shit,” he dropped his phone. “Is it now? What,” he started pacing around his apartment with far more speed and nervousness than earlier. He felt dizzy and disoriented.

“Sam, please relax, take some deep breaths. And, I can’t tell you if it’s now or later, I already explained that.”

“Tod, I am seriously freaking out here. I’m going to die right now, the fuck.” Sam cried and pleaded and prayed.

“It’s just anxiety. Why are you wasting your life on trivial matters, Sam?”

Sam felt tired. The crying exhausted him, and he managed, albeit briefly, to get a hold of himself and to give it a go with Tod’s advice. It didn’t work.

“OK. I can’t tell you when, how, but I can tell you that you’ve been freaking out, or quote-unquote dying for half an hour now.”

“Half an hour?” Sam doubted that assessment, but at the same time, he found it probable even though it felt like an hour to him.

“Let’s try this way. What if I told you, this is just a hypothetical or maybe not, but either way, what if you had just another hour to live? Would you be freaking out in your lousy apartment or would you go and do something that you never got around to do, like ask that girl out?”

Sam managed to calm down, finally. “You got a point there,” he said. “Wait, how do you know about her?”

“I told you, I’ve been following you since your birth. The fact that you can see me since you got out of that brief coma is what I can’t understand and I have no idea what to do about that.”

“You don’t sound too concerned about it,” Sam noted.

“Because that’s not my business. It changes nothing.”

“OK. OK.” Sam got lost in thought. He figured, he’s still alive and kicking, maybe he should go and ask her out.

“Wait a minute,” a thought occurred to him, which he didn’t consider earlier, “if you are always following me does that mean even when I’m in the bathroom or having sex?”

“Yes,” Tod replied.

“And you don’t see anything wrong with that?”

“No.”

“You mean, if I would use the last hour of my life to have sex with Sarah, you wouldn’t give us any privacy?”

“Exactly. And the same goes for Sarah’s Tod, and basically for everyone else.”

“That’s, that’s messed up.”

“I don’t take any pleasure in it if that helps.”

Sam thought about it. “Maybe a little.”
The Legend of Libertalia
By: Oliver, Shiny
Tags: Storytelling, Wreckers, Music, Review, Pirates

The best part of being a mime is never having to say I’m sorry.

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Out of Ink
By: Malinda Fusco
Tags: Poetry, This Happened To Me, Free Verse, Love, Relationships

Out of Ink

A poem about lies and love

Photo by Oleg Gekman Adobe Stock

Sometimes, I sit here and

the words become

stilted ghosts

of ink on the page.

Distorted. Incoherent. Disjointed.

I press the pen to paper, but the

ink is dry, inspiration

dead.

Sometimes, when you speak

the words are

empty,

muted despite the murmured sounds.

Distorted. Incoherent. Disjointed.

Like a pen

out of ink, a lover out of

love.

How I wish your lips were as easy to replace as my pens.
Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s done.
By: Randy Cooper
Tags: Flowers, Multi Colored Flowers, Snapshots, Red Flowers, Yellow Flowers

So now life has come full circle. I’m older now than I was. But that’s a good thing. The world has changed and so have I. Still find me at randy19064@gmail.com

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Kubernetes — Learn Adapter Container Pattern
By: Bhargav Bachina
Tags: DevOps, Software Engineering, Docker, Kubernetes, Software Development

Kubernetes — Learn Adapter Container Pattern

Understanding Adapter Container Pattern With an Example Project

Photo by Krzysztof Niewolny on Unsplash

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration engine for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. A pod is the basic building block of kubernetes application. Kubernetes manages pods instead of containers and pods encapsulate containers. A pod may contain one or more containers, storage, IP addresses, and, options that govern how containers should run inside the pod.

A pod that contains one container refers to a single container pod and it is the most common kubernetes use case. A pod that contains Multiple co-related containers refers to a multi-container pod. There are few patterns for multi-container pods one of them is the adapter container pattern. In this post, we will see this pattern in detail with an example project.

What are Adapter Containers

Other Patterns

Example Project

Test With Deployment Object

How to Configure Resource Limits

When should we use this pattern

Summary

Conclusion

What are Adapter Containers

There are so many applications that are heterogeneous in nature which means they don’t contain the same interface or not consistent with other systems. This pattern extends and enhances the functionality of current containers without changing it as the sidecar container pattern. Nowadays, We know that we use container technology to wrap all the dependencies for the application to run anywhere. A container does only one thing and does that thing very well.

Imagine that you have the pod with a single container working very well but, it doesn't have the same interface with other systems to integrate or work with it. How can you make this container to have a unified interface with a standardized format so that other systems can to your container? This adapter container pattern really helps exactly in that situation.

Adapter Container Pattern

If you look at the above diagram, you can define any number of containers for Adapter containers and your main container works along with it successfully. All the Containers will be executed parallelly and the whole functionality works only if both types of containers are running successfully. Most of the time these adapter containers are simple and small that consume fewer resources than the main container.
DUs in the EU, Ocean Market updates, and MyData Online 2020 — the latest from Swash
By: Chloe Diamond
Tags: Blockchain, News, Technology, Data, Startup

New pages on swashapp.io

If you haven’t seen it already, check out the new media page on Swash. This is where you’ll find all mentions of Swash across media, external blogs, podcasts, and videos.

We’ve also created a new contact page too, so it’s even easier to get in touch with the team.

On top of this, there’s been a few bug fixes, newly-added collection points on Amazon, and a new module for collecting data from Etsy.

Ocean Marketplace

Following the launch of Ocean’s V3 Market and the success Swash has received, we have now automated updates to the Swash dataset. These updates will happen weekly from today onwards.

To learn more about the marketplace, check out the video below with Jamie Burke from Outlier Ventures and Bruce Pon from Ocean discussing all things datatokens and Initial Data Offerings.

Data Unions in the EU Data Governance Act

Big news for Data Unions! The latest public draft of the EU Data Governance Act outlines European data policy for the next decade. In this, the European Commission mentions Data Unions as

“intermediaries between data subjects and potential data users in the economy”.

The impact of this is extraordinary. As the world’s first digital Data Union, it’s exciting to see Swash paving the way for new digital ecosystems. Read more about what this means for Data Unions in this article by Streamr’s Marlene Ronstedt.

Data is Labor — Why we need Data Unions

Given the news about DUs in the EU, you may want to learn more about how Data Unions work, or why they’re important.

This article by James Felton Keith for CoinDesk puts it all into context; the historical significance, data as a form of labor, and the potential of DUs in policy, technology, and legislation.

For more on this, check out this conversation between JFK, Streamr’s Shiv Malik, President of RadicalxChange, Matt Prewitt, and the Data Dividend Project CEO, Enoch Liang:

MyData Online 2020

On 11th December at 18.30–19.30 (UTC), Swash will be at MyData Online 2020.

MyData is a conference that works to empower individuals and organisations with their personal data by answering questions around ethical data sharing, mitigating global challenges, and shaping rules for a better internet.

Join in the discussion by grabbing your tickets here.

1000 $DATA monthly giveaway

Finally, if you’re the owner of wallet 0x32A72eB1ecff8AF84D14b56dA6E0AA6878a00d2A then check your balance — Swash gifted you 1000 $DATA for the most new referrals in October!

What inspired us this week

📺 This talk by MIT’s Prof. Sandy Pentland for a deep contextual dive into Data Unions and their potential.

📚 This article by Hannah Fry for The New Yorker on testing in Big Tech.

👂 This refreshing playlist by ICA Daily.
Positive design: helping seniors through long periods of loneliness and isolation
By: Blair Robert
Tags: Innovation, User Experience, Design Thinking, Seniors, UX

Photo by 30daysreplay Marketingberatung on Unsplash

The global pandemic has shown us many racial, economic, and age disparities in our society. As designers, we need to do our part to create apps and services that level the playing field.

Although it may be too late to help with the current pandemic, we know the next one can strike any time. We need to be proactive and start re-thinking our design ethic.

During the Covid 19 crisis, the elderly have endured long months of isolation. Staying in touch with family and friends has become increasingly vital for both their physical and emotional needs.

Unfortunately, many seniors struggle with the very tools that keep us connected – our mobile phones and tablets.

Rather than blaming seniors and labeling them as technophobes, maybe we should question our designs. Perhaps the apps we’re building just don’t cut it for seniors. (We should also dispel the technophobe myth — people over 50 have used the internet and smart devices since the late 90s).

As designers, we have let the elderly down. To put it bluntly, designing for seniors simply isn’t cool.

We target mass audiences and pay little attention to those with special needs: those with worsening eyesight, arthritis or limited finger dexterity, or those with declining cognitive abilities.

Photo by George Evans on Unsplash

To keep our app designs in check, many of us follow the 80/20 rule. But seniors need even fewer features. They’d gladly settle for 2% core phone functionality, as long as the app does what they need.

It’s time to fix our oversight as designers.

For my part, I’m working closely with several people in their 60s and 70s to develop an app they can use. I’m in my early 60s, so I identify with many of their needs.

I encourage other creatives to do the same (not only for seniors but for all groups affected by the pandemic).
Anthropomorphism: Essential for Science
By: Ilexa Yardley
Tags: Math, Science, Technology, Philosophy, Psychology

0 and 1 = F and M. No getting around this.

Zero (One) ( Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash )

It is impossible to have science (mathematics) (technology in general) without the zero and the one (also known as female and male).

Female and Male

This is because the zero and the one are, more technically, circumference and diameter.

Circumference and Diameter

Exposing ancient thought (yin and yang) and how it integrates, its ‘self’, with modern thought (zero and one).

Yin and Yang

That is, zero and one (ancient) is yin and yang (modern) and, always, vice versa (any combination) (including yin and yin) (yang and yang) etc.

Zero and One

This is because zero and one (circumference and diameter) are the basis for linear movement (sequence in general).

Zero to One

Explaining everything we know, and everything we ‘want to know,’ about everything.

One to Zero (Everything to Nothing)

Meaning, it is impossible to have the zero without the one (the female without the male). They share a linear (and, thus, a circular) relationship.

Linear and Circular (One is Zero) (Zero is One)

Conservation of the Circle (zero and one) (circumference and diameter) explains (what humans call) ‘reality.’ (Nature in general.) Nature’s constitutents, to be specific (the circular relationship between Nature and its constituents). Proving the base requriement for science is anthropo-morphism (movement from X to Y) (combination of X and Y) (separation of X and Y) (F and M)(in any system) (all systems).
Offline Camp Oregon, Take 2
By: Teri Chadbourne
Tags: Offline Camp, Offline First

Upcoming Content and Events

We’re looking forward to sharing more detailed coverage of our unconference sessions and passion talks here on Medium in the weeks to come. Following this Medium publication and the OfflineCamp Twitter account are great ways to stay informed. In the meantime, our resources page has tips on where you can study up on Offline First through additional reading material, videos, podcasts, newsletters, and more.

If you’d like to attend a future camp, you should also sign up here for updates. The quick form includes an opportunity to let us know where you think we should host our next event. (Not sure if Offline Camp is for you? Check out our video highlighting our campers’ take on the unique experience.)

Community Support

We have a lot of people to thank for the success of Offline Camp Oregon 2019. First and foremost, our campers and the broader Offline First community, without whom none of this would be possible. In addition to the amazing team of organizers who pulled this event together, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Protocol Labs and MongoDB for their generous sponsorships, as well as Make&Model, FizBuz, and Technocation, Inc. for their invaluable logistical support. Special thanks to Zak and Michael of Protocol Labs who made our videography possible! Community building is a team effort, and we couldn’t do it without each and every one of you. ❤️
Junk Your Stress to Regain Control and Feel Well Again.
By: Wojciech Wieczorek
Tags: Mental Health, Life, Health, Self, Psychology

Junk Your Stress to Regain Control and Feel Well Again.

What is the most deadly of all illnesses in the world?

Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash

Neither of us lives in an empty abyss; hence, no absolute answer exists to this question. Everyday experience shapes our world and our thoughts. Depending on what you have come up against in your life, you may say it is cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer’s disease.

However;

Get beyond your skin and observe the view, examining difficulties that people experience daily. Look into your boss’s house to find out how disrespectful his kids are, at your own boys to learn what problems they have, or at your wife to understand why she does not want to talk to you. The ability to do so would be overwhelming — yes, but also eye-opening. Everybody has crushing secrets or grudges, meant to stay sealed because of fears to lose. So, better to keep silent, what we do, boiling up from the inside.

But, like a kettle has a whistle, throughout which steam passes by, people eject anger when reaching the last straw.

Then, for a bit, you feel great, but right after, everything steadily piles up again, destroying you. Stress does not kill in a moment, but piece after piece takes away a person’s life.

Monks and nuns tend to span their lifetime to the extreme. Many live for about 100 years. Maybe “tend” is more like “manage” since they do not need to strive for this. It comes out from having a stress-free life — no silent killer stabs them in the backs. No tax, no fights, just a straightforward life. Life in peace, with surroundings and with yourself.

Defeat your stress if you want to stay alive for longer. Make use of psychologist services is not any shame. People should realize about its perks from which most importantly is to kill stress before it kills you.

(Getting to a wilderness to scream as loud as can works as well.)

What about the efficiency of your actions?

Human body, at least its physical part, has biological and chemical nature. We operate because of these processes continually going on in our bodies. All with the brain on top creates the nervous system that exchanges information among the parts by sending action potentials to the correct places; they are like cars traveling throughout the road network.

How stress affects it?

A lot. Stress is like an invisible enemy who throws meteors at your car to stop you, like a traffic jam that slows you, like a road accident that kills you, all in one.

At school, work, or any other place, if you want to keep your mind at 100%, you need to find a way to keep stress on a leash.
Ablaze
By: Susan Randolph
Tags: Poetry, Creativity, Self-awareness, Life, Nature

I rise each morning eager to greet you

From first glance to last you hold my breath

Mesmerized by your glowing, flickering fire

My spirit aches with your beauty

I can’t look away

I am frozen
NYDesigns Helps Design and Hardware Companies Grow
Tags: Entrepreneurship, New York City, Education, 3D Printing, Startup

For over 10 years now, NYDesigns has been helping entrepreneurs start and grow their companies in Queens, just a stone’s throw away from midtown Manhattan. NYDesigns is a program of LaGuardia Community College that serves companies in the design and hardware tech industries through distinctive independent studio space and a 5,000 sq ft FabLab equipped with a 4’x4’ laser cutter, 11’ CNC router, 3D printers, woodworking tools and electronic prototyping benches, all perfect for rapid prototyping and light industrial manufacturing.

Companies at NYDesigns receive residency for up to 3 years and benefit from expert mentorship on topics of interest, ranging from entrepreneurship to advanced manufacturing, 3D printing, laser cutting, and Arduino. With additional support from the Kauffman Foundation and the NY State’s CFA incubation certification, NYDesigns is also pleased to offer all startups access to suite of entrepreneurs and strategists in residence who can help advise on scaling and growth strategy.

At any given time, the NYDesigns community is comprised of 15 to 25 companies from the fields of interior design, urban design, fashion, wearables, kiosk-based distribution, healthcare, and music, although we also welcome software-based and service-based companies. Our mix of hardware companies focusing on the development of physical products and design-based companies focusing on user interaction and branding has proven beneficial for the growth of the overall ecosystem here at NYDesigns.

Hoplite is a company led by four co-founders who are developing a network of phone charger distribution stations throughout New York City. They joined NYDesigns 4 months ago with basic “Looks Like” and “Works Like” prototypes and are now 8 weeks from launching their first set of stations and proving their business model. Vengo is changing the vending machine industry with its small-form, interactive stations and just raised $2M on Shark Tank, adding to their previous investment of $3M from a network of venture capitalists. Keyme, which enables you to take a photo of your keys with your phone and later go to a kiosk at a convenience store like 7-Eleven to get a copy made, graduated from NYDesigns 2 years ago and is continuing to grow — they just raised $20M in January 2016.

Entrepreneurs come to us from NYU, Columbia, FIT, Pratt, MIT, or after years of professional experience. Now with IN2NYC, they can come from all over the world! Check out our website or come visit us if you’re in the neighborhood. We’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Goodbye
By: Lyndsey Frondarina
Tags: Loss, Poetry, Cats, Animals, Poetry On Medium

A poem for my Princess (Whitey)

author’s image

I said goodbye to you today.

I held you as long as I could

but no matter how much I wished it

I knew you couldn’t stay.

I kissed you one last time

as you drifted off to sleep

told you how much I loved you

as I continued to weep.

I dried my eyes and tried to find my strength

as I left you behind with a piece of me

and headed home, knowing without you there

it would be empty.

I said goodbye to you today

and I still can’t breath

it hurts so much

but I know you had to leave.
Hand sanitizer signage
By: Nir Doron
Tags: Covid 19, Hand Sanitizer, Coronavirus, Digital Signage, Hand Sanitizer Signage

As the world is gradually getting used to the fact that from one hand, the closure and quarantine models will not last forever, but on the other hand, things will not go back to the ‘Day Before Corona’ for a long period. It is clear that we all will have to behave differently…

Physical distancing and personal hygiene will be the key factors for successful, although gradual, release of the economy, back to almost normal activity.

Hand Sanitizers will become, like it or not, part of our new behavior, everywhere… Every business, facility, venue will have one. And if so, why not harness the fact that Hand Sanitizers are there and combine it with Digital Signage? Hand Sanitizer Signage is clearly a powerful tool for any business!

“NoviTizer” — hand sanitizer digital signage by NoviSign

Hand Sanitizer, as mentioned will be there — everywhere. Turning it into a Hand Sanitizer Signage is pretty simple and many devices like that are offered in the market. Adding to it a powerful Digital Signage Software to manage the hand sanitizer signage, in order to combine the right message to the right audience in the right place, at the right time, will give any business a clear advantage in the way it communicates to its customers, especially in the post Coronavirus (Covid-19) days where most of the customers have to spend some time outside of the business, waiting to come in, due to the new rules and regulations.

Hand Sanitizer, combined with Digital Signage is exactly the smart way to take advantage of an operational need that is forced on the business to keep it running post the Covid19 quarantine, yet instead of simply using the hand sanitizing device, as a ‘dumb’ and meaningless (from business perspective), it can become a powerful and meaningful marketing tool for all kinds of businesses, education, government and public facilities.

Simple Combination of Hand Sanitizer and digital sign creates a powerful Hand Sanitizer Signage.

Nir
오픈소스 일기 2: Apache Zeppelin 이란 무엇인가?
By: Jesang Yoon
Tags: Opensource, Apache Spark, Apache Zeppelin

All things Apache Zeppelin written or created by the Apache Zeppelin community — blogs, videos, manuals, etc. Let us know if you would like to be added as a writer to this publication.

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Looking back at 2017: a year full of clients, stabilization and preparations for expansion
By: Ppc Bee
Tags: SaaS, Marketing Automation, 2017, News, Team

This article has been moved to the official blog of PPC Bee. You will get to the article by clicking on this link.
Cross-Chain Architecture for Cosmos-SDK
By: Matthew Hammond
Tags: Blockchain, Developer, Interoperability, Programming, Cosmos

We’re excited to announce that Summa has partnered with the Interchain Foundation (ICF) to bring cross-chain communication libraries to the Cosmos ecosystem. The new Golang and JavaScript versions of bitcoin-spv enable developers using the Cosmos SDK or Lotion to easily integrate lightweight Bitcoin transaction parsing and validation logic.

This project lays the groundwork necessary for communication between Bitcoin, the Cosmos ecosystem, and other decentralized systems. The new libraries are critical infrastructure for cross-chain trades, tokenized assets, DeFi, and many other applications. Authenticated Bitcoin information empowers developers to design and build their own smart contracts.

Going forward, Summa will continue to build efficient and reliable cross-chain communication between Bitcoin and the Cosmos ecosystem. We are excited to continue working with the Interchain Foundation to further expand cross-chain architecture and would love to hear your thoughts.

We welcome outside contributions for these tools and love collaborating with teams building on our work. If you are interested, please reach out to us on Twitter or by email at team@summa.one.

Finally, as part of our mission to further cross-chain interoperability throughout the blockchain ecosystem, we invite anyone working on cross-chain development to explore our working group, Cross-Chain Group.

Summa provides cross-chain architecture and interoperability as a service solutions. We work actively with Ethereum (EIP-152), Keep, The Electric Coin Company (ZIP-221), and the Zcash Foundation. Our investors include Polychain Capital, INBlockchain, and Kilowatt Capital.

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How To Write an iOS Developer Resume That Will Land You an Interview
By: Gareth Cheng
Tags: Jobs, Community, Resume, Software Engineer, iOS

2. Experience and Skills

Work experience

In this section, you need to present details in a concise manner. Use action words that pop out to impress the intended audience, but avoid hyperbole.

Highlight the relevant information that relates to the position you are applying for, and keep it short.

However, please don’t exaggerate your experience, because the interviewer is going to ask about everything you put on your resume. Keep in mind — less is more.

This is how to present your experience, step by step.

// First things first, write down your company name, your title, and the time period you have been working here

ABC Company, Senior iOS Developer, 2015-present

// a short intro if your company is not well known

ABC Company is a company that makes the world a better place, we’re trying to solve people’s problems.

// a short summary of your work here

At ABC Company, I developed and built two apps from scratch, and ...

// List a few major achievements

Built a successful app with a total of ... downloads and ... MAU.

Helped …

Modularized the core features …

This is how your work experience should be presented:

This is what it looks like when its all said and done

Skills

For a software developer, this part is the most important section to make you stand out. Try to be honest and clear here.

This section needs to contain key industry buzzwords which illustrate skills relevant to the job you’re applying for.

If a skill is not directly related to the position but may be relevant to the industry, include it. This gives you a better chance of being sourced by recruiters.

Take a look at the examples of presenting your skills below.

How NOT to present your skills.

Try not to present your skills like the example below. It may seem like you know a lot of things, but how familiar are you with these languages and frameworks? Did you just start with Node.js or did you use it to create a back end web application like a pro? If you’ve literally just started learning a new skill, don’t put it on your resume. It avoids recruiters recommending you for jobs you’re not qualified for.

How TO present your skills.

Be specific about your proficiency levels, and be honest. By stating your proficiency levels, the person reading your resume gets a clearer picture of you faster, and this will save you both time.
羅斯福專欄：穩定虛擬貨幣的奇特案例
Tags: Ethereum, Stablecoins, Bitcoin, Column, Cryptocurrency

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Five Trending Projects for 2019
Tags: Trending, Zaarly, House, Home Improvement, Home Projects

The start of the new year is synonymous with new beginnings and change. We are starting to see the plans for new home projects, and there are a few new trends emerging! Are you ready for some updates in 2019? Here are a few trends you might want to consider.

Statement Ceilings

Look up! Ceilings mostly go unnoticed, but they don’t have to. Ceilings can be a great way to add some artistic flair to a room or a pop of color. There are a few ways to achieve a statement ceiling:

Pop of color

Adding architectural elements like wood beams

Bold patterns

Kitchen with a View

We love this latest trend! A lot of people are opting to build out past their kitchen to outside — doubling their kitchen space in months with the best weather! Big full sliding doors that go out to a patio or deck can make your home feel wide open and add a great new way to entertain.

Wood Vanities

Marble, granite, and stone are taking a backseat to more natural and modern wood vanities in bathrooms this year. You’ll want to go with sleek wood grain, so you don’t have a 1970’s Grandma’s house look going on (unless that’s your thing of course).

Black Kitchens

This one takes a little bit of bravery — but can pay off if you go all-in. Black kitchens and tuxedo (black and white) kitchens are making a big showing in 2019. We recommend only considering this if you have a relatively open and ample space for your kitchen.

Terrazzo

Terrazzo consists of chips of marble, quartz, granite, glass, or other suitable material, poured with a cementitious binder (for chemical binding), polymeric (for physical binding), or a combination of both. We’re seeing terrazzo popping up as floors, walls, vanities, counters and cabinet inlays. Terrazzo comes in a wide variety of color, texture, and patterns — so the possibilities are endless.

Looking to make some new changes in 2019? Our service providers are ready to help!
Data Governance — Let’s Tee off with Golf
By: Rohin Bhargava
Tags: Articles

Golf is not a one shot game…

… it is playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the rules of Golf over 18 holes.

A Data Governance Program is like a 18 hole Professional Golf course.

Data Governance is how an enterprise manages its data assets by employing the right people and technology right from the creation of data to the time when data becomes obsolete through a structured approach in accordance with the data policies and process formulated by the organization.

Like in golf a golfer needs to take into account the course, the distance from the hole, the environment in terms of the direction of the wind, the right tool in terms of the choice of the golf club, the swing and power and of course an eye on the ball in order to play the perfect shot…

…similarly to put in place a data governance program an enterprise needs to take into account the enterprise’s Information Landscape, key business drivers, the Industry standards and policies along with the available technology and people.

However to succeed at Golf or at Data Governance you need a sound strategy…

We need to realize Data Governance is not a magic bullet that solves all of an Organization’s Data Management Issues but a sustained effort by the Organization to build data discipline within the Organization through a Governing Body from people who have stake on the data using the right set of Technology and laying out the Process to achieve “Data Management Nirvana”.

Data ManagementGolfOrganizationGolferDataGolfTechnology & ToolsGolf ClubsConsultantCaddieOrganization EnvironmentWind, Course, Water, Bunker etcData Management MaturityHandicapTable 1: Data Management & Golf

I can add more to the above list, but I hope you get the idea. There is more similarity between the two than what meets the eye. You can ping me to know more about applying Golf to Data Governance Program.

A parting shot, what goes into a golf swing courtsey Chuck Evans Golf — Golf Swing Thought Process
My Perfect Autumn Wardrobe
By: Ellie Scott
Tags: Autumn, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Creative Writing

Photo by Alex Geerts

Goosebumps tickle at my skin as I throw off the duvet and clamber out of bed. It’s certainly chilly. That’s the first sign.

I reach for the curtains and pull them open. The sun is shining, but it’s a soft, gentle glow — not strong enough to really warm the morning air. A couple of yellow leaves skitter down the street in the breeze. Smoke winds lazily up from the chimney of a house opposite, proving that there’s enough chill in the air to warrant a coal fire. All of these are more clues. Autumn is finally here.

And with autumn comes my favourite thing of all time. My autumn wardrobe.

I rush over to the wardrobe in the corner of the bedroom, giddy with excitement. Yesterday it was crammed full of floral skirts and summer dresses, tank tops and tiny shorts, flip-flops and strappy sandals. Not today. I’m sure of it.

I close my eyes, grasp the wardrobe handles and pull the doors open. When I take a peek, everything has changed. Gone are the flimsy summer outfits. Gone are any clothes at all. It’s just autumn. Trees with foliage turning orange and brown. A carpet of crispy fallen leaves on the ground. Amber sunlight shining down upon lush green grass. I step into the cosy scene and pull the wardrobe doors closed behind me.

In an instant my pyjamas transform into black jeans and a cosy plaid shirt. Comfy boots are on my feet, a scarf is wrapped loosely around my neck, and a trench coat hugs my shoulders.

In the distance, I spy a series of signs which point me towards the highlights of the season. Pumpkin Patch. Halloween Party. Giant Pile of Leaves. Blanket Fort. Scented Candles. Open Fire. Mulled Cider.

Perfection. I’ll hibernate in my autumn wardrobe until Christmas rolls around.
Big O Notation and Complexities
By: Zachary Schulz
Tags: Complexity, Big O Notation, Algorithms

Programmers need a way to evaluate how “good” code is. This is useful for technical interviews and generally useful for becoming a more efficient coder. Three examples of ways to evaluate code are; how long does the code take to run, how much space does the code take, or how readable is the code. The last one is subjective, however the first two ways how definitive methods to define/evaluate them. More specifically, we’d like to examine time complexity and space complexity.

Time complexity is defined as the delta or change in the time of execution of the code depending on the change of the input. What does this mean? Why wouldn’t we just examine how the time it takes to execute the code? I will answer the second inquiry. If we were to examine a function that takes an input of “n” that outputs “n*n”, we’d be able to calculate the execution time by evaluating the time the code starts and the time the code is executed. However, this time isn’t consistent. The same console may output different times, different consoles may output different times, and when the code is executed almost instantaneously you are dealing with precise micro-measurements and differences that you may not be able to calculate correctly or efficiently.

Space complexity refers to the space required by the algorithm, not including space taken up by the inputs. Primitives like Booleans, numbers, null, etc. are constant space. Strings require O(n) of space where n is the length of the string and Reference types (arrays and objects) require O(n) of space where n is the length of the array or the number of keys in an object. O(n) is Big O Notation.

Big O Notation is how we define the complexity of the algorithm or code, examining the relationship between how the runtime grows as the inputs grow. An algorithm is O(f(n)) if the number of simple operations the computer has to do is eventually less than a constant times f(n), as n increases. If the relationship in constant, the notation will be O(1), f(n) = 1. If the relationship is linear, the notation will be O(n), f(n) = n. And if the relationship is quadratic, the notation will be O(n2), f(n) = n2. There are even more relationships to examine, but these are the most common.
Corey Mandell’s Top 17 Screenwriting Lessons
Tags: Writing, Writer, Screenwriting, Writing Tips, Filmmaking

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Corey Mandell‘s Top 17 Screenwriting Lessons

1) 0:04 — Writing The Wrong Scripts

2) 6:30 — Story Design Or Execution?

3) 10:41 — Two Types Of Writers

4) 15:56 — Weakness

5) 19:30 — Flow Days

6) 21:35 — This Feels Like Math

7) 25:47 — Not Going To Write Anymore

8) 30:34 — Compelling Conflict

9) 32:00 — Mindset

10) 35:33 — Mindset Part II

11) 43:10 — When A Script Is Ready To Sell

12) 48:54 — Six Script Cycles

13) 54:19 — Lifestyle

14) 1:01:33 — Biggest Regret

15) 1:07:59 — The Illusion

16) 1:10:05 — Writer’s Schedule

17) 1:13:21–1992

Watch the video interview on Youtube here

Check out the book Mindset (which Corey refers to in many of his Film Courage videos)

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You Have Something to Say
By: Wabi Sabi
Tags: Self Help, Writing, Self Actualization, Philosophy Of Language, Encouragement

You Have Something to Say

And it may be more original than you think. Here’s why.

Photo by Andrew Gaines on Unsplash

You have something to say.

It may be something that’s already been said, but all of us habitually forget the things we already know and need to be constantly reminded of them. Maybe what you say is exactly what someone needs to be reminded of, and you’ve said it at exactly the right moment.

Have you ever read something that was so well put and so relevant to the things you’d been thinking and worrying about that it made you cry? I have.

Even if what you say has already been said, you’re using slightly different words to say it. You’re filtering it through the experience of a life that no-one’s previously lived. And every time you rephrase something you fundamentally change the texture of it. Old becomes new.

Have you ever seen a stale truth you’ve heard a thousand times before expressed slightly differently — in more modern English, via a different metaphor, in a different context — and finally gone ‘Oh yeah! That’s so true!’ I have.

There’s a huge difference between knowing something in your head and getting it in your bones. Most of us “know” thousands of deep truths but only feel the truth of a few of them, and put even fewer of them into practice.

What you say — and the way you say it — could be the catalyst that turns someone’s ‘I mean, everyone knows that’ into an ‘Oh yeah! That’s so true!’

If what you say excites you at the moment you’re saying it, then it’s worth saying. You don’t know if it’ll excite anyone else. But you’ve given the thought or feeling its due, and the rest is out of your hands. You never know what it might do after you put it out there.

You have something to say.