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Joy
By: Riley Taylor
Tags: Advent, Poetry, Christmas, Christianity, Creativity

This year will never end

Will it?

Is this the year of YHWH’s favor?

Or a cosmic joke

I’m so done

Wildfires are still burning

Flames of monotony and searing boredom

Nothing changed, everything the same

Round and round

Ashes still falling

There is mourning in God’s house

An aching for goodness

A longing for joy

To be clothed in salvation

And wrapped in praise

God, put an end to the cycle

The news cycle, the spin cycle

The boredom

Replace the ashes

With the oil of gladness

Infuse this year of monotony

With a rush of joy
An excellent and very interesting piece showing the working people and parties committed to the…
By: Mike Meyer
Tags: Economics, Future, Diversity, Climate Change, Politics

An excellent and very interesting piece showing the working people and parties committed to the principles of communism under its various names and around the world. This is a vital force that holds significant power in many regions. They have been reduced in power by the mistakes of the communist states under Russian influence but in their districts and regions they still working for the poor and repressed. There is honesty and commitment there. They do win a place in your heart.

And the planetary destruction of the hypercapitalist, neoliberal empire must be ended. We are facing changes that require us to build new political ideologies dedicated to sustainability and equitable asset manage for the benefit of all. Capitalist dogma is a failure in the world we are moving into. The old mindless memes need to be put away. All ideas must now be looked at in new ways as the old ways are failing rapidly. This helps.

Thank you.
WebRTC 화상회의에서 로컬녹화 구현하기
Tags: Technology And Design, 로컬녹화, Uprismio Meetings, 유프리즘, WebRTC

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How do I buy Ethereum?
By: Hansmeet Sethi
Tags: Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Fetch101, Eth

Now that you understand the basics of Ethereum and Ether (ETH), let’s dig into how you can buy some ETH for yourself!

There are multiple ways you can buy Ethereum ranging from pretty straightforward to confusing. Let’s explore a few of your options.

Exchanges

The easiest way to purchase ETH is to use an exchange. Since Ether is the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, it is supported by every major crypto exchange today.

To make a purchase you will need to register with an exchange that operates in your jurisdiction and allows you to deposit your local fiat currency (USD, EUR, etc…).

Exchanges will often require you provide basic personal information so they can comply with local laws governing financial transactions. This process is usually as simple as setting up a brokerage account to trade stocks.

After being approved by the exchange you will need to deposit money to fund the purchase through a supported method. This will usually be a wire transfer, ACH, credit card or even an old-school check!

Once your funds are deposited, follow the rules of the exchange to enter an order to purchase ETH in the amount of your choosing.

Here are some of the most popular exchanges around the world to purchase Ethereum:

Cash

Yep, you can use good ol’ cash to buy Ether also. This isn’t the most convenient or safest way to get your first ETH, however it does come with the benefit of anonymity which many people may prefer.

The best option to identify a counter party for a cash transaction is to use Local Ethereum. The service help facilitate the transaction similar to how eBay helps you purchase something from somebody, escrow, transfer of funds, etc…They do charge a fee for their services of ~1% of the size of the transaction.

You can also use the service to setup an in-person meeting with the other person to exchange the funds and tokens.

Ethereum ATM

And finally, there are ATM-like machines around the world that will happily accept your money and (digitally) dispense you ETH. To find one closest to you, use Coin ATM Radar which shows you the location of thousands worldwide.

Ethereum ATM’s generally are useful for transactions of small amounts and are a favorite of people who prefer not to register their personal information with a cryptocurrency exchange.

Next

Now that you understand what Ethereum is and own some yourself, check out part 4 of our series, What’s an Ethereum Wallet (coming soon!) to learn how to safely store and use your ETH!
XaaS: Başarılı Model Nasıl Oluşturulur?
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Tags: Mikro Business, Girişimcilik, Xaas, Startup

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Announcing The First Public Blockchain Consortium For FinTech — FINDI!
Tags: Announcements, Blockchain, Hydrogen, Bitcoin, Findi

We are in the midst of the biggest technology revolution of the last 20 years, yet the industry that needs change the most, is at risk of missing the wave. We are of course talking about blockchain, and its implications for billions around the globe that interact with financial services products daily.

FINDI — Financial Industry Decentralization Initiative, is a collaborative working group whose purpose is to help usher in the Web 3.0, bringing security, knowledge, and trust to financial services. FINDI advocates the use of public blockchains only, as a superior alternative to the private and permissioned implementations (marketed under “DLT,” “Distributed Ledgers,” and other monikers).

The goal of FINDI is to preserve the vision for openness, transparency, and user control first promised by the advent of blockchain technology in Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper.

“Financial institutions want to implement public blockchain technology, but have been scared by an aggressive campaign from private blockchain consortiums like R3, causing $500 million in spending on private blockchain solutions already in 2018. Financial services firms fast approaching the point of no return. Billions around the globe risk losing access to the blockchain revolution without FINDI.” Hydrogen’s Co-Founder — Mike Kane

FINDI will be a true working group. There will be joint product development, whitepapers, educational materials, consulting, symposiums, and conferences. The members have signed a mission statement to be non-partisan and chain agnostic, with the sole mission of working towards industry decentralization.
Дидона 2
By: Orion Nebula
Tags: Pieces, Video, Tribute, Music, Baroc

in Both Sides of the Table
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By: Investbot App
Tags: 港股, 香港, 投資, 交易, Algorithms

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The Unwanted Side Effect of Speed Listening to Books and Podcasts
By: Kevin Lee
Tags: Life Lessons, Self-awareness, Productivity, Self, Life

The Unwanted Side Effect of Speed Listening to Books and Podcasts

It’s not an issue of comprehension or productivity.

Photo by Start Digital on Unsplash

Do you listen to audiobooks and podcasts at double speed or higher?

It’s a great way to get through nonfiction at pace. It helps us get more out of our time. But it comes with a few drawbacks. Some people would argue you don’t enjoy the books as much, especially when everyone sounds like a chipmunk. Others argue that you don’t give yourself enough time to digest and reflect on ideas at the moment.

Those are genuinely valid points. But neither of those is the side effect I’m talking about. The unwanted side effect of listening so fast is that you get used to it. It becomes the norm.

Wait? How is that a bad thing?

The problem is that it doesn’t just become the norm for podcasts, audiobooks, and YouTube videos. Eventually, it can find its way into your real-life interactions and affect your relationships with others.

After marathon sessions of listening at 2x speed, regular conversations feel like they are going in slow motion. You might even start talking faster than usual.

It changes the vibe.

In an effort to maximize productivity, it’s possible to end up cultivating impatience in areas where patience matters most.

You might wish people would just talk faster and get to the point. But they need time to think. And so do you.

Unlike casual conversation, audiobooks share fully formed, highly polished, and edited ideas. At double speed, it sets a near-impossible standard to match in real-life speech.

Real conversations don’t always have a particular point or reason for them. Communication is often non-verbal. Often, it’s not so much about what people say as much as how they say it.

It’s about sharing our thoughts, feelings, and emotions to create a connection.

So, how do we fight this unwanted side effect?

Fortunately, just recognizing the problem can sometimes help solve it. When we notice we are impatient with others, we can remind ourselves to be more mindful and engaged at the moment.

If that fails, we can reduce our exposure to high-speed audio by simply consuming less. And we can slow speeds down from 2x to 1.5x instead. As long as we apply the 80/20 principle to what we consume, we shouldn’t lose out on much “productivity” at all.

Lastly, before interacting with other people, we can take a few moments to slow down and re-normalize.
The case method
By: Kumara Raghavendra
Tags: Education, Self Improvement, Life Lessons

Back at University when I was doing my MBA, the classroom instruction was through, what is called, the case method. This is a type of instruction where rather the teacher doesn’t simply espouse theory. Instead, she hand out cases that depict certain characters facing certain scenarios and puts the students in the shoes of those characters to see what decisions they ought to make. This way, the students will do the necessary reading of the underlying theoretical concepts as well as apply them in practice.

This is a method followed in most prominent universities world-wide and is a proven way for effective teaching. After all, we learn better by doing than by simple reading the theory.

Recently, a colleague of mine came to me with a problem he was facing and walked me through the options that he had, seeking help in making the decision.

As I was analyzing the situation along with him in an objective way, I realized that I haven’t come to the same conclusions when I myself had been faced with a similar situation before. I had taken a different path that seemed to be the less optimal decision than the one I arrived at with him while looking at his situation objectively as an outsider.

It has been a proven concept that the farther removed someone is from a situation, the more likely they are to make the most optimal decision. And in my case, I had seen both sides of it.

When I was very close to the situation (when I was the one facing it), I had made a less optimal decision while I had made the more optimal one when I was guiding a colleague through a similar situation.

This has got me thinking about the case method and why it works so well. Since then, with a quick scan back, I could identify many more situations over the past few years when I had made less optimal decisions but would have likely done otherwise had I been looking at it from afar.

Before making any major decision, it perhaps helps to write down a narrative for the situation while replacing myself with a third person to trick my brain into considering the situation objectively, like it would do when presented with a case study.

I haven’t tried this out yet, but intend to do so in the coming days.
YOUR DAILY DYSTOPIA | 2018.09.15
By: Fred Chong Rutherford
Tags: State Department, Daily, Impeachment, Incompetence

CNN reported multiple acts of bravery during the destruction caused by Tropical Storm Florence throughout the United States. These included rescues from the Crisis Civilian Response Team in North Carolina, a 47-year old Marine who rescued people in his off-road military vehicle, and a crowd-funding campaign to help rescue a group of dogs.

Upon hearing the news, Donald Трамп told reporters, “Hey I rescued people, too, I rescued the MOST people. No one rescued more people than me, or has bigger hands, I picked up all the water from the flood myself. I bravely stopped the flood. You’re welcome.”

— — — —

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that former Secretary of State John Kerry was “actively undermining” U.S. policy on Iran by meeting several times recently with the Iranian foreign minister. Pompeo called Kerry’s meetings with Iran “unseemly and unprecedented” and “beyond inappropriate.”

In related news, a person in Buffalo, NY, exploded into a puddle of goo after their brain refused to process the hypocrisy of calling John Kerry “unseemly” and “inappropriate” after Donald Трамп paid off former porn-stars to keep his affairs with them quiet.

— — — —

USA Today reported that while wages are flat for most people, in some cities, wages are rising fast, creating boomtowns where people are flooding in. Among the boomtowns listed are San Francisco, Spokane, and Des Moines!

Upon hearing the news, Donald Трамп told his staff, “Hey, there’s more boomtowns, what about that city in Massachusetts, a bunch of wells exploded, that’s a boomtown, too. Fake News is underreporting boomtowns. Most boomtowns. No collusion!”

— — — —

Have you done your part today? If not, take a moment to decide what to do, how you can help, and pitch in! Maybe pitching in for you means telling me I’m dumb, go for it! Whatever it is, make your time count!

With Florence’s death and destruction came acts of bravery and selflessness

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/15/us/hurricane-florence-rescues/index.html

Trump, Pompeo bash ex-Secretary of State John Kerry on Iran talks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-pompeo-bash-ex-secretary-state-kerry-iran-talks-n909866

Americans are flocking to U.S. ‘boom towns’ where wages are rising fast

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/09/15/salary-rising-boom-town-cities/1278638002/

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Digitalizációs megtorpanást egy új optimizmusnak kell követnie
Tags: Trends, IoT

I'm noticing as hard as I can, beauty and meaning in life. Here, through writing. Endless.Consulting

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SQL ColumnStore Dönüşümü
By: Hunili Yazılımcı
Tags: Sql, Columnstore

ColumnStore’a geçişte kullandığım dönüşüm scriptidir. Öncesinde ntext ve text sütunları ayrı / bağlantılı tablolara almıştım.

-- drop PK and IX

select s.name, t.name, i.name, IIF(i.name LIKE 'PK_%', 'ALTER TABLE ' + t.name + ' DROP CONSTRAINT ' + i.name, 'DROP INDEX ' + i.name + ' ON ' + t.name)

from sys.tables t

inner join sys.schemas s on t.schema_id = s.schema_id

inner join sys.indexes i on i.object_id = t.object_id

where i.index_id > 0

and i.type in (1, 2) -- clustered & nonclustered only

and i.is_unique_constraint = 0 -- do not include UQ

and i.is_disabled = 0

and i.is_hypothetical = 0

and t.name NOT LIKE '%_ft' AND t.name NOT LIKE '%_detay'

order by t.name, i.name

-- drop stat

SELECT 'DROP STATISTICS ' + t.name + '.' + s.name FROM sys.stats s, sys.tables t WHERE s.object_id = t.object_id and s.name NOT LIKE 'PK_%' GROUP BY t.name, s.name ORDER BY t.name, s.name

-- create columnstore

select s.name, t.name, 'CREATE CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX CSI_' + t.name + ' ON ' + t.name + ' WITH (DROP_EXISTING = OFF)'

from sys.tables t

inner join sys.schemas s on t.schema_id = s.schema_id

where t.name NOT LIKE '%_ft' AND t.name NOT LIKE '%_detay'

order by t.name

-- create PK

select s.name, t.name, 'ALTER TABLE ' + t.name + ' ADD CONSTRAINT PK_' + t.name + ' PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED (' + IIF(t.name LIKE '%_%', RIGHT(t.name, CHARINDEX('_', REVERSE('_' + t.name)) - 1), t.name) + '_id ASC)'

from sys.tables t

inner join sys.schemas s on t.schema_id = s.schema_id

where (select count(*) from sys.indexes i where i.object_id = t.object_id AND i.name LIKE 'PK_%') = 0

order by t.name

-- drop columnstore

select s.name, t.name, i.name, i.type, 'DROP INDEX IX_' + t.name + ' ON ' + t.name + ' WITH (ONLINE = OFF)'

from sys.tables t

inner join sys.schemas s on t.schema_id = s.schema_id

inner join sys.indexes i on i.object_id = t.object_id

where i.index_id > 0 and i.type = 5

order by t.name, i.name
Hello, Voyage!
By: David Silver
Tags: Autonomous Vehicles, Voyage, Self Driving Cars

Today is my first day as a motion control engineer at Voyage. I’m so excited!

Voyage came into being years ago as part of Udacity. Oliver Cameron, Voyage’s co-founder and CEO, was my first manager at Udacity. The rest of Voyage’s founding team were my colleagues when I joined Udacity in 2016. I’m thrilled to join them again to work on self-driving cars.

Over the past four years, I have been so impressed by Voyage’s progress. They are now on their third-generation vehicle, and they are already testing a fully driverless autonomous stack.

My role at Voyage will be on the motion control team, which handles steering, acceleration, and deceleration. It’s the “act” part of the “sense-plan-act” robotics cycle. This should be a lot of fun!

One of the most attractive aspects of joining Voyage was the ability to make a big impact on a lot of different parts of the autonomy stack, and I hope to work on many different components over time. Keep an eye out!

In the meantime:
The Narcissism Files
By: Ena Dahl
Tags: Mental Health, Narcissism, Emotional Abuse, Narcissistic Abuse, Relationships

Over the last year, I’ve written many stories about my experiences in a relationship with a verbally abusive narcissist, as well as my process of healing and dealing with the aftermath.

Through this process, I’ve connected with many who share similar experiences, in search of resources to make sense of their own situations. The stories I’ve written on this topic continue to be some of my most read and it’s clear to me that this kind of content is sought after.

For those looking to read more—to make sense of, heal and move on from a toxic, abusive, and/or narcissistic relationship—I decided to put all of them together in one place to make them easier to find. I’ll continue to update and add to this collection as I publish more.

A huge thanks to Fearless She Wrote Editorial Team for supporting by creating a space for so many of these stories—you’ve been absolutely invaluable to this process.

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Identifying verbal abuse

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Understanding the narcissist

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After the narcissist

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Personal stories

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Poetry
A Contactless New World.
By: Jason Chatfield
Tags: Tech, Cryptocurrency, New York, Money, Cartoons

Cashless businesses banned in New York City.

New York just passed a law to ban cashless businesses, which discriminate against the poor, the elderly, the “underbanked.”

I did the cartoon above 4 years ago, but the reality of it in 2020 has actually come to the point where people really don’t carry cash anymore — they use Apple pay, Google Pay, other NFC cards, Venmo and Credit Cards everywhere they go. Tips are added to dockets and Square apps with squiggly nothing signatures. Contactless is everywhere. A bottle of beer is rarely met with a single in most bars.

Someone told me today “I like carrying cash. It makes me feel empowered, holding something real in my hands.” Putting aside the lack of the gold standard from years past, I do understand that feeling. The idea that cash in the hand beats some widget or bit of plastic that sells your activity to marketers and advertising conglomerates.

Which brings me back to our unfortunate, homeless chap in the cartoon here. More often than not, his pleas are met with an earnest, “Sorry man, I don’t have any cash on me.” more often than not. I once heard a young man in a long-sleeved collared shirt ask a homeless woman in the tunnel between the F and the 7 at 42nd/Bryant Park “Can you break a 20?” which sparked this idea.

Anyway. Food for thought.

Possibly an antiquated thought. I feel like this is something my brain keeps noodling over and returning to every time I walk around New York or LA and see things rapidly transform from one era to another.

Brave New World and all that.

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My Hello World moment with Android Studio
By: Prakash Kothanda Raman
Tags: Android, Android App Development, Learning To Code

I have been a regular reader on Medium for a few months now. I should confess that it has been creative, stimulating and informative. Many are short practical and easy to apply in our daily lives.

Quite often than not, I dream about writing articles but never found the “right” topic or the “right moment” -I guess laziness & fear of being judged :) . A couple of days ago , I had an interesting conversation with my friend who was promoting mobile app development due to the progressive & rapid increase in RAM capacity and other capabilities, they will eventually rule in the coming years( I don’t have numbers here to justify it).

Incidentally , A day before this discussion, I had read a nice anyone can try article on Medium. This was my WHY NOT moment ! I connected the dots and installed Android studio. For starters , I have no experience in installing or developing mobile apps. I am not familiar with any of the tasty Android versions like Cupcake/Donut/Gingerbread/Ice Cream Sandwich/KitKat/Pie or what features they provide. The last time i did Java coding was way back in 1998.

So what did i learn new — Activities, Intents ,Gradle-build tool, AVD (Android Virtual Device , HAXM ( Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager) setting, Setting up the virtualization to TRUE in your BIOS.

I did face challenges in setting up, coding and building the environment and after about 4 hours of experimentation , finally got my EUREKA moment !

Image captured by Author

In conclusion — All in a day’s work !! What’s important is the intent and the action taken towards achieving your mini -goal. Its not important that we succeed or fail but what we learn and how we adapt ourselves. We should constantly challenge ourselves and build new skills. Hope this motivates someone to try something new today. Keep experimenting , Keep learning !
SAG Awards 2020: Predicciones Oficiales
By: Luciano Florio
Tags: Brad Pitt, Phoebe Waller Bridge, Quentin Tarantino, Fleabag, Academy Awards

Mejor Actor de Reparto

Jamie Foxx (Just Mercy)

Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)

Al Pacino (The Irishman)

Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

VA A GANAR: Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

PODRÍA GANAR: Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

DEBERÍA GANAR: Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Crafting is my Secret to Being More Productive
By: Michelle Lee-Ann
Tags: Craft, Writing, Motivation, Productivity, Crafting

Crafting is my Secret to Being More Productive

And bettering my writing.

Photo by Fallon Michael on Unsplash

Crafting is often reserved for kids and little old ladies, knitting you tote bags out of plastic shopping bags. Luckily for closet crafters everywhere, the rise of Pinterest means that DIY projects and crafting has taken over.

Crafting is more than just playing around with glue and glitter. It’s meditative and creative. If I’m feeling like I’m in a slump with writing, I’ll jump over to working on a cross-stitch or to re-staining a table (DIY projects and crafting go hand-in-hand, naturally) and it gets my creativity flowing, allowing me to throw together an idea or a few sentences without the struggle I was feeling only 30 minutes or an hour ago.

The idea that I can start something, focus on it, and finish it within a few hours gives my brain a little reward. It also allows me to be free. I can do whatever I want because it’s my own, it’s whatever I want it to be. I’m not slogging away, pushing myself to a breaking point and getting nowhere; I’m working and seeing actual progress, seeing an actual finished product.

While I can see the words in front of me adding up, sentences growing into paragraphs and paragraphs into pages, it’s a dark tunnel with no light in sight. How many re-writes will I do? Will I actually publish this piece? Will I need to start over? With knitting, cross-stitching, building something, I see that light, I can see how my project went from just pieces in front of me to something bigger.

The meditative state that comes from knitting or a simple craft project that requires your attention, but not stress, calms the mind and allows it to open up and view the ideas bouncing around in there. I tend to focus on the task in front of me, letting my kind wander and become slightly bored. Yes, boredom is actually a good thing. It allows you to think and wonder and make up stories and just let your mind find that little piece of gold.

Crafting, project making, even trying out new recipes or decorating in baking, it all feeds your creativity, but in a much different manner than writing. It allows you to flow free, make mistakes and do whatever you want to. Too often do we try to pigeon hole ourselves into niches, into the type of writer we were, think we are, or think we should be. Letting go of that idea can help us experiment and maybe find something that works better for us, even if it’s only for that moment.

Like everything in my life, I hop on and off the crafting train. But, I keep coming back. Ideas keep popping into my mind whenever I let it settle and I have that feeling of needing to test them out, to see if my creativity will work out. I keep getting excited for that next project around the corner, and when I allow myself that pleasure, my excitement creeps into the rest of my life, too.
The Best Stuff I Read This Week
By: Michelle Legro
Tags: Longreads, Media, Journalism, Writing

The Best Stuff I Read This Week

There’s a lot out there. This is what’s worth your time.

As an editor at GEN, I consume a lot of media every week. I bookmark it, Nuzzle it, share it, Pocket it, DM it, get it through newsletters, doomscrolling, you name it. Once upon a time, we called this a “media diet.” Today, it feels more like this.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • The New Yorker • 3,600 words • 15 minutes

Perhaps you read a lot of versions of this idea this week but this is the one to come back to. “Why should the Supreme Court, an unelected body that is richer, whiter, and more male than the United States is, continue to have such outsized power in the lives of ordinary people?”

Saritha Ramakrishna • The Baffler • 2,300 words • 9 minutes

The real estate hustlers of YouTube are still peddling the American Dream. If YOU have $$$ and want to make $$$$$$$ then you should listen to them now! (Please don’t.)

Colin Dickey • Atlas Obscura • 2,600 words • 10 minutes

“How and why the harvested body parts of atomic bomb victims spent decades abroad before being returned to Hiroshima.” Oh okay, click.

Heather Havrilesky • The Cut • 1,790 words • 8 minutes

“Your face isn’t the same. Like I didn’t even recognize you.” An interaction at a wedding sends Heather Havrilesky down a rabbit hole. How do we tell women they should age? Quietly? Passively? Fading away? If you’re not fine with this, she writes, don’t be fine with it.

Dave Cullen • Vanity Fair • 8,600 words • 34 minutes

Sure, hero astronaut Mark Kelly is running for Congress. But whenever I see him in a campaign video with his wife, I think, “get out of the way Mark, I want to hear from GABBY.”
Beer the Bear
By: Hung Phung
Tags: Bears, Beer, Humour, Nature, Poetry

A Poem

Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager (souce: Unsplash.com)

Add honey to my beer

’cause I’m a bear

whose sugary nature

might just be too much to bear.

What is this weight I feel?

Holy salmon! It’s a slimy eel…

Or was it just a hallucination?

Then my dear, much salutation!

For tonight we drink

For tonight we shall ink

The legendary “Tale of Lonliust the Frog!”

Love, from Breevo the Bear
Introduction to XCode for iOS. Always wanted to build an app? Didn’t…
By: Robert Chen
Tags: iOS, Tutorial, App Development, Beginner, Guides And Tutorials

Always wanted to build an app? Didn’t know how? Me neither, until I took some online courses and found that it’s not that hard (to build a simple app). You can too, follow this guide and get familiarized with XCode.

I’m currently a Flatiron School student in their Immersive Web Dev Program and learning Swift on Sundays with App Brewery through Udemy so I know very well that learning how to develop can be intimidating. In this post, there won’t be any coding. We’ll focus on getting you set up and familiar with the numerous XCode panels.

Let’s get you situated!

Install the latest version of XCode here. You will need at least the second to latest version of macOS to use the latest version of XCode. Update your Mac here if necessary.

To avoid confusion

The following steps are demonstrated with XCode 10 running on macOS Mojave. Depending on how far into the future you are, the interface may or may not look exactly the same.

Let’s goo!!!!!

Rules

Anything circled in green means click.

Two green circles means double click.

Green arrow means click and drag.

Anything circled in yellow means take a look.

Description text always refers to the image above.

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Beaxy Announces Upcoming Exchange 2.0 & New Brand Identity
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum

The new Beaxy brand logo.

A full-scale redesign of the Beaxy exchange platform is underway. In this Beaxy 2.0 redesign, we introduce operational efficiencies and innovations for not only the old platform design, but the industry as a whole. Pursuant to the new company direction outlined in recent press releases, and the influx of resources provided by the new Beaxy stakeholder, the company is moving ahead with an entirely new and improved exchange design format. It will have an emphasis on functionality, user-friendliness, and the ability to quickly add features.

The ceiling for this new platform is thus much higher than the current Beaxy platform, and reflects a fundamental revision of basic functionality. It’s important to clarify this is the first of many steps in the progression of this new platform and direction. This ‘clean slate’ approach has removed barriers and allowed for significantly increased flexibility and potential in building the kind of exchange users want.

As such, Beaxy is also updating its brand identity to include a new logo, new brand statements, and other design changes to fit this new company direction. The new look and user interface will be rolled out with the updated platform. Improvements to the design and arrangement of the exchange will enable traders to place and keep track of orders more efficiently. An example of this new interface is given below.

The new and improved interface for Beaxy 2.0

To explore the public beta of the new platform for yourself, visit the Beaxy Beta now.

Further information and inquiries can be directed to info@beaxy.com
Docker — export vs save. Sharing images while developing with…
By: Bhargav Bachina
Tags: Docker Image, Containerization, Docker, Dockerfiles

Sharing images while developing with docker becomes common. Here is an article about sharing images without any registry.

export

docker export is used to export the container’s file system into a tar file. it doesn’t export any volumes associated with it.

Let’s pull the ubuntu latest image from the docker hub and export it into a tar file.

// pull the image

docker pull ubuntu // list images

docker images // run the container of the image

docker run -it ubuntu //open another terminal while running the container // list containers

docker ps // export it to a tar file

docker export <containerid> ubuntulatest.tar docker export --output="ubuntulat.tar" <containerid>



Now, we can import or load this tar file where ever you need.

save

docker save is used to save one or more images into a tar file. Let’s pull the busybox as well and save both images into a tar file.

// pull the busybox

docker pull busybox //list the images

docker images // save both images into tar file

docker save buysbox ubuntu > twoimages.tar

Conclusion

save and export are both used for sharing tar files. But, save is used for images and can save multiple images into a tar file with all the layers and history. export is used for containers without any history or layers.

docker import is used with tarballs which are exported and docker load is used with tarballs which are saved with save command. Please check the below article

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FTX team tokens are now LOCKED!
Tags: Bitcoin, Decentralization, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Neo

As per previous articles regarding the supply of FTX, we refresh your memory on the figures below.

Total Supply: 50,000,000 FTX

Market: 16,000,000 FTX

Partners and community: 10,000,000 FTX

Team: 20,000,000 FTX (Locked up)

Reserve for prize pool: 5,000,000 FTX

Total in circulation: 26,000,000 FTX

The team tokens are now LOCKED using the smart contract.

The locked tokens are split up into 4 different wallets, each with a different ending time to the lock. The amount and ending time will be split up equally into 4 payments, 25% in half yearly payments.

FTX Locker

We’ve made it so you can check via the FTX Locker on when the locking will finish.

So to check you must first login to your wallet using the FTXchange and view the wallet balances page, on the page there is a padlock next to the FTX token, this is the FTX Locker

FTX Locker option

If you use the “Search Locker” tab to search the status of addresses

Search address

The “My Locker” tab also allows you to lock your wallet of FTX tokens into the smart contract as well — there are currently no benefits of doing so apart from making you hodl.

BE WARNED: we don’t have control over the smart contract and if you lock your tokens, you won’t be able to access them until the lock time is over.

Locked addresses

Here are the addresses of the team tokens and screenshots within FTX Locker.

5,000,000 FTX

AFpo1aWkqLWNzK4vFa8eVAmbTvPmKmhKH8

Locked until 2019–03–01 01:39:34 UTC

5,000,000 FTX

AJ9KbhhYBYjEi2Jeks7ez98x5vvnLGKTc8

Locked until 2019–09–01 07:40:00 UTC

5,000,000 FTX

AZX7ugMRGPg7K2ZSzxTZt3bqePY1hhbXWU

Locked until 2020–03–01 11:51:38 UTC

5,000,000 FTX

AKwWKKq3vha7L4Hv8BaKHGCPALdGQZkQ4t

Locked until 2020–09–01 01:37:58 UTC
Submission Guidelines
By: Reuben Salsa
Tags: Ideas, Submission, Writers On Writing, Writing, The Bad Influence

The Bad Influence presents:

Submission Guidelines

Fear and loathing at Sloppy Joe’s

You’ve decided to be Bad.

Not just your average kind of bad. Much worse. A Bad Influence. Somebody who lives to write. Whose creativity needs an outlet. Whose thoughts and ideas not just inspire, but INCITE CHANGE.

Now you’re assured of the right mindset, read on to find out what we need from you…apart from total commitment, a willingness to die for TBI, a desire to revolutionize the world order and the ability to harness the power of humor for evil.
Tüm Dünyayı Eğiten Bitcoin Nasıl Balon Olabilir? Ah Güzelim Türkiye!
By: Metehan Yesilyurt
Tags: Teknoloji, Bitcoin, Yapay Zeka, Blockchain, Türkçe

Our Story - Levi Strauss

Anyone can make a pair of blue jeans, but Levi Strauss & Co. made the first blue jean -- in 1873. And we draw upon our…
Scientists Invent Self-Healing Material with Engineered Squid Proteins
By: Niko Mccarty
Tags: Technology, Nature, Biotechnology, Tech, Science

Scientists Invent Self-Healing Material with Engineered Squid Proteins

New study finds that genetically-engineered squid proteins, found off the coast of Spain, can rapidly self-heal and biodegrade.

Loligo vulgaris, a squid found throughout European waters, has a self-healing protein in its suction cups. Image by Hans Hillewaert on Wikimedia.

What do the U.S. military, SpaceX, and Amazon have in common? They use robots to automate repetitive tasks. Humans are prone to error, after all, and need to eat and sleep. Robots, on the other hand, do not eat or sleep. They are made of thick metal, often with futuristic, brutalist designs. But they are prone to break and tear — especially when they jump 30 feet in the air.

Boston Dynamics created a robot, called the Sand Flea, that can jump 30 feet in the air.

Though robots are traditionally made of hard metal to protect sensitive components, a growing number of engineers are shifting their attention to soft robots, built from flexible materials similar to those found in nature. Soft robots have many advantages compared to their clunky ancestors; they are typically lighter and more adaptable, at least in terms of what materials they can be constructed with. These attributes make soft robots ideal for navigating unpredictable surroundings and for physically interacting with people.

Last year, scientists at the University of Southern California developed an insect-like robot, weighing just 95 milligrams, with wings made from an ultra-light, flexible material. The soft robot, called the Bee+, is “capable of perching, landing, following a path, and avoiding obstacles”, according to an article in the MIT Technology Review. Watch the Bee+ in action.

But what happens when a soft robot like the Bee+, which lacks a tough, metal exterior, crashes and breaks?

Ideally, soft robots would be able to heal themselves. Some progress has been made towards this goal; engineers have created self-healing materials out of cross-linked, rubber-like polymers, for example, and have integrated them into “transparent” electronics, soft robots, and other devices.

Unfortunately, most self-healing materials have serious drawbacks. They are heavy, require a fresh supply of hazardous catalysts to repair, the self-healing takes a long time (a day or more), or the material, after being repaired, loses functionality.

A new study, published in Nature Materials, has solved many of these shortcomings, offering a protein-based biomaterial that is both light and able to self-repair damage in about one second. Inspiration for the new material came from an unexpected place: a squid, captured in the azure waters off the Spanish coast.
Voices Silenced
By: Violet Detorres
Tags: Death, Covid 19, Family, Resistance Poetry, Loved Ones

Memories in the sun from their time at the shore

It was only a matter of time when we realized the hand they were dealt

We waved goodbye, as they walked out the door
The Power of Less TEDx Talk
By: Nick Laparra
Tags: Minimalism, Tedtalks, Tedx, Ted, Essentialism

My TEDx talk released on their Youtube platform last evening! I’m so excited to get this idea and message out into the world. They had some audio issues (you’ll know what I mean when you click play) but my hope is that the viewers / listeners will overlook the audio issues in light of what I aim to communicate.

Listen, watch, share, and let me know if you have any thoughts! I’d love to hear your feedback. Leave a comment below or hit me up on Twitter. Let’s chat about it!
Marketers recognize the importance of speed in improving the customer experience
By: Ashley Friedlein
Tags: Realtime, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Realtime Trends, Customer Experience

Econsultancy’s 2017 Digital Trends report, based on the seventh annual trends survey conducted by Econsultancy and Adobe, highlights the key digital trends, challenges and opportunities which marketers need to be aware of during 2017.

The report is the most definitive of its kind in the world, based on a global survey of more than 14,000 marketers and ecommerce professionals.

The need for speed

Given we at Ably love our realtime (sub 100ms) experiences it was great to see marketers starting to really value the speed of a customer experience as an important factor in improving and optimising it.

The chart below shows what factors marketers value most in improving the customer experience:

You can compare the 2016 results (grey bars) with the 2017 results (teal bars). You can see that only two areas have become more important in the last year: making the experience as safe as possible and making it as fast as possible.

Whilst speed as a factor is understandably lower down the prioritization list than, say, value or relevancy, making the experience as fast as possible is by far the biggest climber year on year in percentage terms (50% YoY).

Further articles we’ve written looking at how we believe realtime can help deliver next generation customer experiences:

Any comments welcome as usual!

Ashley
I Was Scared That History Would Reinvent Trump As A Benevolent Leader, But…
By: Melissa A. Matthews
Tags: Trump Administration, Politics, Trump, History, Election 2020

He makes it hard, even for history to help him

Now let us reconvene today, November 17th 2020.

Election voting ended on November 3rd 2020.

The announcement of Joe Biden’s win came somewhere around November 8th 2020.

It’s been nine days, Trump refuses to concede. Not only does he refuse to concede, but he has members of his administration actively pushing the narrative that the election is NOT over. He does this as most credible news sources and even, FOX news have called the election in Biden’s favor. He does so as frivolous lawsuit after frivolous lawsuit alleging voter fraud are being thrown out in courtrooms across the United States.

He stands in a heaping pile of denial and unfounded rage as his ardent supporters make fools of themselves on national T.V. defending his unverifiable claims. Tucker Carlson of Fox News has falsely accused a number of elderly legal voters of 1. being dead and 2. the unholy crime of voting whilst dead. His claims have been largely dispelled. Yet Trump has tweeted…

“I WON THE ELECTION!!!”

Is he trying to convince us or himself? It’s laughable at this point.

His Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo was asked if the president was ready for the transition of the president-elect. His retort was

“There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration.”

The Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany was asked if Trump would attend the inauguration and proved herself a card-carrying-member of the twilight zone administration with this mind-boggling response:

“Of course President Trump will attend his inauguration.”

I say all this to say that I can no longer be afraid of what history will make of Trump. I am scared of whatever Kool Aid they’ve been drinking in the White House. This is Jim Jones in Guyana level cognitive dissonance. I won’t even begin detailing the boiling hot mess of the MAGA (Make America Great Again) set that descended on American streets over the weekend to prove that they have absolutely no idea how the American election cycle, electoral college, voting, or the constitution work.

If I believed that Trump himself and his flunkies truly understood how this all worked and were merely playing a game of puppet master with his supporters, I’d be confident that he could go down in history as a genius marketer. However, there is no indication that any of that is true. There are no signs that there is any ring leader in the Trump circus.

For sure there are the outliers, the smarter but desperate Republican candidates in swing states whose races have yet to be called. They cling to this absurd rhetoric so they can ensure that their enraged base makes double the effort to vote in run-off elections come January. They are mere hangers-on, opportunists. If elected, they will surely distance themselves from the elephant-dung-stained veneer of the Trump Big Top — not a leader to be found.
Code with Your Heart, Then Refactor with Your Head
By: Christian Clausen
Tags: Refactoring, Programming, Software Development

Any creative process, be it writing code, literature, slides, or anything, is susceptible to what is commonly called writers block. One of the common ways this happens is when we start being more afraid of writing something wrong than of writing nothing. We get paralyzed by fear. While writing for my book (Five Lines of Code), I got this fantastic advice:

Write the first draft with your heart, then rewrite it with your head.

The effectiveness of such a simple statement was astounding to me. I had often sat down to write and, after several dozens of minutes, still found the screen blank. I knew ‘kind of what I wanted to say, but not how I wanted to say it.’ Trying to solve both the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ at once is exponentially harder than doing each apart.

After learning this advice, I experienced that ‘any text’ is immensely more valuable than ‘no text,’ and no matter the initial quality, there was no issue so big I could not solve it afterward. If my file were empty, I would write whatever came to mind, no filter, just whatever I felt like. Then I would go back to extract the essence: the headings. I would remove bad ones and arrange the rest with the best flow. Finally, I would fit the drafted text to these sections rewriting bits along the way.

Soon I realized that I have been following this principle when coding for years. When I sit down to write code, I have learned never to think about writing the best or even good code. If we get bogged down with all the ways to write bad code:

buggy

incorrect style

slow

difficult to read

bad architecture

then it is challenging to get started at all.

I usually start by doing what is called a spike; Some code that never goes into version control (or production of course). I spike a quick prototype to verify that I know what to build. As this code is quickly deleted, there is no reason to make it nice — quick and dirty, quick being the keyword. Using the knowledge from the spike, I write a specification (usually in the form of an automated test). Then I set about to implement the actual functionality. I don’t care about any rules or guidelines. I only want to make the code compile and pass all the specifications.

When the functionality is there, now is the time to think about making it good before sharing it with others. I do this by refactoring it. I have done refactoring like this so much that I am confident, no matter how bad my initial code is, I know there is a way to make it awesome. Finally, I push it to master.

I have found that completely segregating implementation and refactoring is a much more pleasant and faster process. Leading to the title of this post:

Code with your heart, then refactor with your head

If you are interesting in learning refactoring, my book is a great place to begin your journey: Five Lines of Code.
The Best Part of My Day is Putting on My Makeup
By: Megan R. Clark
Tags: A Few Words, Self, Lifestyle, Self Care

There are few things that bring me joy nowadays. I love watching Brooklyn 99, I love petting my dog, and I love putting on my makeup.

Whether I put it on first thing in the morning or later, closer to when I work, that is my time to chill out and be by myself. I always do my makeup alone. Even when my husband is home, I will lock myself in the bathroom to put on my brows and lashes.

I feel it’s necessary to add that I am not a makeup artist by any means. I hardly wear anything. I don’t wear any face makeup except for the occasional concealer, and 90% of the time I just do my eyebrows and put on mascara.

I used to be obsessed with makeup. I had an Ipsy Glam Bag subscription, I got rewards through Ulta, and Sephora was a wonderland. I had buckets and buckets of makeup that, quite frankly, I never wore. Most of it expired or turned gross before I had the chance to use half of it.

As I’ve gotten older (mind you, I’m only 24) I’ve lost interest in spending money on makeup. Mostly because I have rent to pay and groceries to get. However, still the best time of my day is when I get to sit for ten minutes by myself and decide what makeup to wear.

I always fill in my eyebrows and put on mascara but sometimes I like to mix it up with liner or a sparkly eyeshadow. No matter what I put on my face, I’m in charge and I get to decide what to wear.

It seems so trivial and meaningless but as a woman who suffers with debilitating anxiety and depression, sometimes taking a minute to sit quietly and do something that makes me happy is exactly what I need to do. It’s therapeutic for me: Putting on my makeup is something I do for me.

I’ve spent a long long time developing my self confidence and building my self worth. I don’t have to wear makeup to feel pretty. I don’t have to wear makeup in public or even to work. I do because I like it and I love the way it makes me feel. It does give me some extra pep in my step.