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Tips for treating your remote employees with more respect
By: Jesse Paquette
Tags: Management, Globalization, Leadership, Teamwork, Outsourcing

I’m a co-founder at a San Francisco based startup, but I spend most of my time working from Brussels, so I find myself on both sides of this issue.

Know their time zone, and use it when scheduling things.

This doesn’t mean you as employer/manager need to spend as much time during the middle of the night as they do. It’s their business to accommodate your workday. I’m just saying, know the time difference, and when scheduling things, use their time zone. Know their holidays, religious and/or secular.

Beyond acknowledging their time off, say something nice. Let them know their cultural traditions have value to you. Ask questions, you’ll learn something interesting. Use more !s in your written communication.

Many folks who use English as a Second Language (ESL) can have difficulty interpreting whether or not you’re joking, being sarcastic, or happy/frustrated without the accompanying punctuation. The difference between “Thanks.” and “Thanks!” can be really important to an ESL employee. Or, when “ok.” to you refers to a positive affirmation, write “ok!” instead. Include them on news/discussions that you think only pertains to your local team.

Remote workers are detached from the mothership, and it’s your job to make them feel more connected and valued as team members. Conversational threads that emerge from simple topics such as “I’m going to order some more toilet paper for the office” can turn into significant bonding scenarios as people joke around. Make sure the remote team members can take part in the frivolity. Conflicts between remote employees can be difficult to address.

Identify them early and move towards mediation and resolution quickly. It’s much easier for remote employees to be hostile to each other, and for longer than for on-prem employees. Go visit them.

Nothing says “you’re an important team member” more than a trip to meet folks in person. Second-best would be to fly them out to visit the mothership on a regular basis — but for many remote workers, travel isn’t a good option for a variety of reasons. Talk to them. Socialize.

When a meeting starts, don’t just go straight into business. Get into talking about sick kids, how the weekend/vacation went, the drama of last night’s Eurovision Song Contest, or the latest football/baseball/cricket/quidditch match.

But you knew this, right? What else did I miss?
The Modern Foundling Wheel
By: Edith Zimmerman
Tags: Abortion, Politics, Babies

“At the end of that path, there is a stainless steel hatch with a handle. Pull that hatch open, and there are neatly folded blankets for a baby. The warmth is safe and reassuring. There is a letter, too, telling you who to call if you change your mind.”

The baby box for anonymously dropping off unwanted children has been “making a comeback” in Europe the past few years, and unsurprisingly not everyone agrees about it.
Salesforce Health Cloud — The next Big Thing in Healthcare World
By: Phillips Campbell
Tags: Health Technology, Tech, Business, Healthcare, Salesforce

Being world’s largest CRM solution and cloud computing giant, Salesforce specializes in providing cloud solutions for various industry verticals. These solutions are tailored to meet the customer relationship needs of specific industries like finance, retail, manufacturing, media, government and education. Recently expanding into Healthcare industry, Salesforce has introduced its first patient management system known as Salesforce Health Cloud. Below are some of the key features of this product:

Patient Relationships not Records

The way Salesforce puts it , Salesforce Health Could manages patient relationships not records. As evident from the statement, this solution is primarily focused on engaging and empowering patients. It is the upcoming evolution in healthcare world that allows patients to be an integral part of care process through providing them access to a broad health ecosystem.

Health Literacy

Not only can patients find vital information regarding symptoms, patterns, diagnosis or treatments, the real time communication with professionals as well as access to care plans and recovery tracks improves their health literacy. This improvement lets them achieve better health outcomes which eventually leads to lower number of hospitalized patients.

Care Teams Collaboration

Along with empowering patients, Salesforce Health Cloud provides care teams and health businesses with a holistic view of care world where they can collaborate and monitor patient data in a much smarter way. The system takes care of patient acquisition, clinical check up appointments, hospital enrollments, access to treatment devices and medicines and much more, so that professional teams can focus on patients.

Rolustech is an official Salesforce partner. Contact our team of experts if you want consultancy regarding any app integration with Salesforce and we would be delighted to assist and guide you.
Serendipitous Surprises
By: Mary Hood
Tags: Protection, Retrospectives, Faith, Serendipity, Poetry

A chain of events in 2019, too personal to voice

Ushered in 2020, a labyrinth, every step a blind choice

I couldn’t shut up, so I was shut out

Then the world shut down, I felt all alone



My job still secure, I traveled empty streets

No worry in darkness to whom I might meet

All safe and secure in their homes except me

Plus a few other essentials in caring facilities



Then in the middle of May I did spy

A hummingbird, restless at my feeder’s side

I stood and, watched her flit and hover so

Sipping nectar at intervals, she would come and go



I didn’t compare her angst to mine

I laughed and said “you waste such time

So much you could do”, I said with a sigh,

“I would never let your feeder run dry”



And more began to gather round

Than in any previous years, I found

Sometimes twice a day I filled

My feeder and it became my thrill



And soon I noticed those feathered wings

Were such a gift to me this spring

For while my walls were closing in

God never ceased to bring these friends



And when the wind began to change

They slowly disappeared like rain

That waters every arid spot

And leave behind a succulent plot



Now as we move closer to 2021

Many still shut in, shut up, and shut down

Keep your eyes and hearts open, for God still knows

Each thing you will need when all doors close

You need not flit about in fear

Like hummingbirds whose frame is mere

If God sees each sparrow when He falls

Am I not worth much more than those?
Charming Eyes Both Evil and Otherwise
By: Anthony Mountjoy
Tags: Sympathetic Magic, Occult, Evil Eye, Supernatural, Occultism

Charming Eyes Both Evil and Otherwise

How to protect yourself from common whammies, curses, and hexes — beware “evil” eyes.

Nun, the embodiment of the primordial waters, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra into the sky at the moment of creation. —Egyption Mythology

Something not feeling quite right in your life? Keep waking up on the wrong side of the bed? How many times have you stubbed your toe this week… cut yourself shaving… tripped on the cat toy? Late for work… another promotion passes you by and your car battery is dead again! The neighbour a little too cozy with your spouse? Says everything’s fine, but you sense it’s a lie. Some say curses aren’t real. That the world doesn’t work like that. Does that feel true to you?

Maybe they’re right and there’s a simple explanation for why you struggle in spite of your best efforts. Then again, maybe someone glared at you with just a little too much malice when you bumped into her at the grocery store. Oh, I know… I know… it’s just a glare. What harm can it do? Well I ask you… what harm has it already done? You’re a nice person. You don’t deserve a cross stare. Certainly not an “evil” eye. So what can you do to protect yourself… just in case.
Tomorrow is My First First Day of Work in Over 10 Years
By: Courtney Stars
Tags: Work, Careers, Personal Development, Self Improvement, Life

Tomorrow, I’m doing something I haven’t done for a long, long time: going to a place of employment to work in a position that isn’t for a business I own.

I had a lawyer job over a decade ago. Since then, I’ve been:

A yoga teacher

A stay-at-home-mom

A solo attorney

A freelance writer

A freelance web designer

Now, I’m heading to work in a full-time writer position. There are a lot of reasons I am heading back to work in a traditional space at this particular moment.

Why I’m Going Back to Work Right Now

First, I’m reevaluating my relationship with the person who has been the breadwinner all these years: my husband. His steady income allowed me to parent full-time and take more risks.

But now, almost 15 years too late, I need to learn to take care of myself. Financially and emotionally.

Second, I need to widen my circle.

I love working at home. Freelancing has been an especially rewarding way to work. And who doesn’t want to be able to work in yoga pants at Starbucks or Panera?

“person taking picture inside of restaurant” by Clifford Yeo on Unsplash

But, many of the problems I’ve had during the last decade were due in part to isolation. I’m an introvert and a homebody. Sticking close to home comes naturally.

But what it also does is make it more and more difficult for me to strike out on my own into the world where basically all the other people have to go every day. As I write this, I feel sort of like a ridiculous, privileged cartoon royal who wants to spend a day living like the normal folk to see what it feels like…

A New Adventure

Anyway, lately, I am wildly devoted to living my life on purpose — not just letting life “happen” to me. So this is a big deal.

And I’m extremely proud of myself for taking all of that time I used to feel was wasted to put together a body of experiences that has equipped me to go back into the workplace in a completely new field. It wasn’t easy, and I worked hard. Even if I’ve felt like a loser for years because I wasn’t bringing in a big-ass salary.

Now, I will plan my outfit and settle in to get some sleep before my first first-day-of-work in a long time. I hope the other kids like me.
Shadows Upon Water
By: Tima Loku
Tags: Micropoetry, Spirituality, Contemplation, Reflections, Poetry

POETRY

Shadows Upon Water

Poetic reflection

Photo by Farsai Chaikulngamdee on Unsplash

We are shadows upon water

moving in unison

an illusion upon an illusion

dancing together
Shuffle “A Number for Every Occasion” Launches on iOS
Tags: Disposable Phone Numbers, News, Disposable Emails, App, Emails

Shuffle, a smart communications app that gives its users access to multiple numbers on a single device, is now available on the iOS App Store in the United States and Canada.

Shuffle makes it simple to manage multiple phone numbers and email addresses for a variety of purposes. Whether you need a second number for your online business, you’re selling an old piece of furniture on Craigslist, or you’re dipping your toes into online dating, Shuffle’s focus on privacy will keep your contact information safe and your communication options flexible.

Craig Collett came to us a year ago with his vision for Shuffle. His passion and relentless determination has been instrumental in bringing Shuffle to life, from the Indiegogo campaign to the design process and beyond.

Get it now on the iOS App Store

An Android app is currently in development with an estimated release at the end of this year. You can sign up for the mailing list to be notified of the Android release at GetShuffle.com.
What is bitcoin?
By: Srihari Kapu
Tags: Bitcoin Foundation, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin first came into existence in 2008. Who created bitcoin is still anonymous. Which doesn't mean that anonymous created bitcoin. It is believed that there is a good looking super human who is invisible to everyone had created it. He/She/It goes by the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Why they choose a Japanese name is still a mystery. Some claim that he is human and some claim that it’s god and others believe it’s an alien. Satoshi Nakamoto wrote the original Bitcoin code and released it under an MIT open source license in 2009. Today it is the first successful decentralized digital currency. Unlike Governments issued money. It cannot be randomly and easily inflated, manipulated, counterfeited, frozen or destroyed by an external party. With a bitcoin wallet you can send, receive and otherwise transact anywhere in the world without permission or the need for a bank account or credit history. With Bitcoin, your money is completely back in your control. It creates unrestricted financial freedom for everyone.

Is Bitcoin Centralized?

Rather than being created by a central bank, bitcoins are “mined” by people running software that races to solve a mathematical puzzle and win a prize of newly minted bitcoins. The mining process is designed to gradually pay out less and less over time, until 21 million bitcoins exist, and it also serves to verify transactions made in the currency. So you might misinterpret that bitcoins are created by mining them and Miners control the future of bitcoin.

Bitcoin’s purpose is to solve the following issues.

Fiat currency has been a poor long-term store of value, especially since the gold standard was abolished¹;

Inflation encourages consumption and discourages savings and the sustain able use of limited resources;

Traditional financial services, especially banking, are not inclusive for the 2.1 billion people that live in poverty (less than $3.10/day);

Electronic payment processing times and fees are too high, an important reason why 85% of all commerce globally is still done in cash;

The financial services collapse of 2008 and subsequent banking system bailout caused substantial misery for the poorest of the global population, especially in developing economies;

Losses associated with card fraud totaled $16.3 billion globally in 2014, with more than half of this fraud occurring online;

Traditional banking and payments systems are not secure;

Trust in traditional banking and financial services is at an all-time low.

Accordingly, Bitcoin community believes that every human has the following financial rights which should not be impeded by governments, regulators, financial institutions or other humans:
German Words for Gchat-related Psychoemotional States
By: The Hairpin
Tags: Communication, Carrie Hill Wilner, Gchat

by Samuel Jacob Roudman and Carrie Hill Wilner

Speaking of Gchat…

Verkendokumentaugenstich: The momentary pinch of inadequacy and remorse felt when you glance away from a chat and spot the work you are supposed to be doing, before returning to ask your friend “fix my liiife? fix it?”

Dunksturrfenvlecht: The desire (conscious or unconscious) to leave, and concomitant pleasure derived from leaving, your chat window “available” after you’ve gone to bed in order to elicit other people’s drunk messages and wake up feeling like you have a lot of friends.

Dopplepastenschande. When you make a successful joke in one chat window and paste it in another only to realize you pasted the name of the first person you were talking to along with your joke, so your petty joke-pride is evident to all.

Zuppenstaff: Gchat material describing to a friend someone you have spotted in a public space and hate instantly.

Zuppenstaff-durfeinvlicht: The knowledge that you are being zuppenstaffed.

Zuppenstaff-durfeinvlicht-mecht-RomCom: Two people are zuppenstaffing each other at the same time, then they fall in love. (Tagline: Her status was busy, but her heart was available.)

Chattenskumpf: The misunderstanding that develops between two chatters due to a failure of inflection or tone often leading to confusion about what “really” happened.

Samuel Jacob Roudman is offline. Carrie Hill Wilner is busy. You may be interrupting.
Compartiendo en línea el patrimonio cultural indígena: Una perspectiva de las políticas de los GLAM
By: Brigitte Vézina
Tags: Openglam, Copyright, Conocimiento Tradicional, Español

Open GLAM presents global perspectives on open access to the cultural heritage in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs). Submissions are welcome so please get in touch.

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Bisk Healthy U, Eating Well & Weight Loss
Tags: Employee Engagement, Company Culture, Health And Wellness, Tampa, Bisk Healthy U

Here’s another video from the Bisk Healthy U Team. It’s a spotlight of an employee that was able to improve his life through a healthy life and weight loss.

Great job Dino and thanks for sharing! =)

Written by Mark
African Greys Separated for Swearing, Disrespectful Backtalk and Bullying
By: Jim Farina
Tags: Satire, Humor, Politics, News, African Grey Parrot

HUMOR

African Greys Separated for Swearing, Disrespectful Backtalk and Bullying

Such behavior is completely unacceptable in a public zoo setting

“This is a British zoo — not a U.S. presidential debate!” said one horrified spectator at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in the UK. The British zoo removed and separated five of the birds that were cursing incessantly, each attempting to out potty-mouth the other.

The five African Grey parrots, known for their abuse of, and contempt for the English language were removed from public view for telling people to f**k off, ruffling feathers, and disrespecting each other. Visitors come to see these creatures interact and parents of smaller children hope to witness an exchange of a civil discourse, not fowl-mouthed insolence.

This kind of behavior might be tolerated in an American debate forum but it isn’t going to fly on this side of the pond. “We decided to move them,” CEO Steve Nichols told BBC. African grey parrots are the most popular type of pet bird in the world and are the greatest mimic of human speech among 350 known parrot species, according to National Geographic.
ETHGlobal Hackathon and Trickle
Tags: Esport, Games, Hackathons, Game Development

Africa’s first ETHGlobal hackathon has come and gone. It was an amazing event filled with some of the most talented people in the industry. Our team, Nikita Savchenko and Kirill Beresnev, worked to come up with a very interesting concept: Trickle. Check out the video to see what Nikita and Kirill managed to produce:

After 37ish hours of work, sweat, and coffee, our team had Trickle up and running. There were around 30 teams at the event. To say that it would’ve taken a long time for each team to present and discuss the details of their project would be an understatement. As a result, our team was only given three minutes to describe and present their creation.

So what did the judges think of Trickle and our presentation? They loved the concept. How much did they love it? Enough to name Trickle one of the five ENS winners at ETHCapeTown. On top of that, our team received tons of great feedback, made several connections, and met and chatted with Vitalik Buterin. Yes, the Vitalik Buterin.

After the event, our team went to the afterparty, where they continued to rub shoulders with the whos who of the crypto and blockchain industry. Needless to say, Nikita and Kirill gained countless amounts of experience and had a blast. See everyone at the next event! Be sure to check out DreamTeam and the DREAM token here: token.dreamteam.gg

About DreamTeam:

DreamTeam — infrastructure platform and payment gateway for esports and gaming.

Stay in touch: Token Website|Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn |BitcoinTalk.org

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our support team any time at token@dreamteam.gg. Or you can always get in touch with us via our official Telegram chat.
River
By: Samuel Cracia
Tags: Literature, Water, Poetry, Resistance Poetry, Creative Writing

What does a river mean in our language?

Is it an earth surface imperfection?

Is it an unutterable hope to our tongue?

Is it a chunk of memories as a bridge?

Is it, perhaps, an extension of the drainage?

Is it a monster like a Pororoca*?

Is it a battlefield?

When they say “river,” what do you see?

Which liquid bathes the riverbanks?

Would you have fun at swimming in it?

Would you take a sunbath there?

Could you fish with your kids in that water?

Or stare at it and be thankful for life?

What’s a river?

What does a river mean in our language?

When you crossed the bridge, what stories did your parents tell?

How it smelt?

When they said “river,” what did you think?

Did you hear the steps of those who could not pay the fee

Of those who didn’t get their bodies buried

And have to wander the shores for one hundred years?

What does a river mean in our tongue?

Is it a coin in our mouth?

Or what’s a language?

What’s that water cracking our lands?

What’s that water falling through my fingers?

You cannot write about the same river twice

Words are continually flowing on.

*Pororoca:
In Praise of Younger Women
By: Susan Macleod
Tags: Elder Care, Death, Comics, Friendship, Loneliness

I draw old people. You can find more about me at susanmacleod.ca. Thanks for reading.

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Drip
By: Vixen Lea
Tags: Motherhood, Womanhood, Rain, Free Verse, Poetry

tip tap tippity tap

drippity drippy

drip drap

“I’ve got to clean those gutters”

you say, annoyed again

by the drip

splatting its syncopated back beat

on the jutting glass of our new kitchen window

you pause

to lean over my shoulder

as I wash the dishes

looking up with distracted disinterest

the slanting window was my idea, to expand

the inside space of whining children and

the looping rhythm

plan

cook

clean

repeat

into the green and blue

groomed wild of middle America

to be 18 inches closer

the visiting squirrels and sparrows lunching

al fresco on the other side

me on display for them

peering out

like a fish in an aquarium, wide-eyed

and enclosed

tip tap drippity dap

rain always seems to refuse

its containers

gutters

barrels

swales

riverbanks

sometimes it sweeps away small boys

and pulls towering trees

up by their roots

but now it is gentle

drippy drap tippity tap

like a wink

beckoning me,

with its friskiness and its refusal

to be tamed
Brokenness, Not in Blood
By: Kittie Phoenix
Tags: Denominationalism, Poetry, Life, Brokenness

Image Source: Pixabay

There are no words for the sorrow that overwhelms me.

The dull ache that grow, expands, and leaks through my eyes and down my cheeks never seems to be satisfied.

A child of two worlds is owned by both and loved by neither.

Deep healing is denied, for pride has broken both worlds.

When the ache is silent, she paints on a smile and pretends that all is her choice by free will.

Yet nothing is truly freely chosen.

It is dark, it is cold, it is empty.

In choosing one world, she loses the other. In choosing the other, she loses the one.

Neither world allows both worlds nor truly rejoices in the choosing, as loose ends frayed beyond fear blow in the wind.

Her yearning for full wholeness and oneness is a pale shadow of the Shepherd’s, and He’s too gentle to force unity.

True healing denied her, she seeks to live fully or as fully as a tin can can until the curtains pull back on eternal paradise.
The Root Chakra: Life Is a Struggle When This Chakra Is Blocked
By: Kimberly Fosu
Tags: Spirituality, Energy, Leadership, Ideas, Inspiration

How to Strengthen The Root Chakra

The easiest way to strengthen the root chakra is by walking barefoot on rich soil or grass. By putting your earth and absorbing some of the earth’s positive energy while releasing the negative to be transmuted. Everything is energy.

It can also be done by dancing in slow circles like the divine feminine. Like the mother.

We strengthen it by connecting to the divine feminine that is found in every man and woman.

We strengthen our root chakra by using our intuition. When our root chakra is active, we are better able to face and conquer our fears. We avoid procrastinating and get the work done!

Our intuition helps us see the path our soul wants us to take. It shows us to go within.

When we connect to our inner child and forgive him/her for what he/she didn’t know, we strengthen this chakra.

The child in us is happy and therefore assists us on the road to success.

When we listen to our intuition, connect to the earth or the mother that gives and supports life, and flow with the feminine energy that moves through all of us, and also the child that lives within us, we recharge, strengthen, and align the root chakra with the other chakras.

The earth then holds us down when the wind blows. The mother protects us when the storm comes. We ride with the wind without being blown away. We still peek our heads into the clouds because of curiosity, but always know how to get back to the ground.

When we are kind to ourselves, love ourselves, and be there for ourselves no matter what, we experience a happier, more fulfilling life.

This is the first step to strengthening the physical and spiritual body.
Episode 76: DeFi Know How, with Kevin Zhou
Tags: Investing, Blockchanneltv, Ethereum, Crypto, Defi

Episode 76: DeFi Know How, with Kevin Zhou BlockChannel Follow Nov 7 · 1 min read

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On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee have a sit-down with McKie’s trading/fund mentor Kevin Zhou of Galois Capital. We catch up on what’s new an DeFi, what sort of wins Kevin’s team has been making in the markets, and some general insights you’ll definitely find useful. A repeat guest, Kevin is always full of fresh knowledge to help you grow on your trading journey — might as well learn from one of the best.

Show Link(s):

Galois Capital: http://galois.capital

Intro/Outro Music “Field Test” by Terrell Morris:

https://soundcloud.com/terrellmorris/field-test-wayside-prod-by-losh-weatherstone

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Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.
How to Prevent Git Commit Naming Mistakes
By: Stephen Vinouze
Tags: Version Control, Git, Programming, Cli, Git Hooks

How to Prevent Git Commit Naming Mistakes

Throw a safety net each time you commit with Git hooks

Photo by Praveesh Palakeel on Unsplash.

I’ve been using Git for many years, and I’m still far from knowing it all. However, I feel like Git has the answer each time I face a problem. More recently, I’ve been wondering how we could remove the boredom of prefixing commit messages with a Jira ticket number.

I’ve always felt that naming my branches and commit messages was tedious. Despite this fact, I always strive to respect naming conventions. They’re vital to keeping proper versioning and helping your teammates seek your branches.

So what are the options? You can still manually name your branches, but it’s tedious and error-prone. If you use Git flow, you may be tempted by a wrapper to drive you through the naming. Unfortunately, my experience with it wasn’t conclusive. Besides, you may want some flexibility in your naming, and I found this tool too rigid.

Rejoice! Git always has an ace up its sleeve. You can intercept specific Git commands before they’re performed to execute scripts. They’re called hooks.

I won’t describe them all. Instead, I’ll present two of them to:
Unlock the Treasure of Heart
By: Ruchi Thalwal
Tags: Poetry, Love, Spirituality, Self, Christmas

When the world was in chaos

The birth of Jesus

Dawned the hope

Sparkling in all the directions

Many resisted the change

in his reign,

it terrified the powerful

As love was getting more attention

than the power, they fancied for

To end the clouds of darkness

which is prevalent in these uncertain times

The obscurity through the webbed eyes

The unpredictability is scary

where the known was the security

Life is fragile in all sense

The body is mortal

The materials are perishable

The twilight is not the end

Just the part of the journey

Be that light which shines within

Be the love Jesus taught all along

Be the Kindness he lived his life

Be the inspiration which others craved for

Getting rid of intoxication of power

Knowing that nothing lasts forever

Open your heart, spread the gift of Love

The inside light to lead this Christmas

Make it a starting point

Be aware of the empathy

Connect with the people

Not through politics,

but through emotions

Touching the chord of love

Echoing in the entire universe

Just a single stroke

will lead you to the oneness

Unlock the treasure of the heart

don’t be afraid

Everyone out there is vulnerable

Even when you don’t know their story

Give them the benefit of the doubt

and pour all your love

Anchor yourself in the luminance

Enter the paradise

through the delicate doors of the heart

Illuminating the environment

Letting others bask in this healing light

Be the hope to the others

They also can open their private gates

that has always lied within.
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By: Huobi Global
Tags: Bitcoin, Halving, Blockchain, Bitcoinglold, Cryptocurrency

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Crypto Links from Token Fest
By: Vladislav Ginzburg
Tags: Congress, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Uncrypt @ TokenFest has been a lot of fun so far. Highlights include recent Sunset Crypto Podcast guest Alex Mashinsky speaking in the auditorium area, some very exciting blockchain projects enjoying their first marketing exposure, and a really solid Mexican themed buffet lunch.

These conferences tend to be a bit of a black hole. While interacting and meeting with all these great blockchain companies, you tend to be a bit out of the loop on whats happening on the news elsewhere. Not to worry, Uncrypt has eyes and ears everywhere. We’ll cover links today and the conference as a whole tomorrow as it’s wrapping up. On to links:

This is a bit unorthodox, as we usually stick to news items in this space. However, I’m going to take the opportunity of being in California to talk some shit about Californians. Namely, Representative Brad Sherman of Californias District 30. During the recent Congressional hearing on Cryptocurrency, Mr. Sherman put on a show of ignorance with the following comments: “Cryptocurrencies are a crock.” He goes on to talk about how crypto helps terrorists, tax evaders and money launderers commit fraud.

Well Brad, if you’re going to stand up on a soapbox, you’re going to have to accept the spotlight being pointed at you. Here’s a link to Brad Sherman on Opensecrets.org. I hope you’re sitting down for this, but Brad Sherman sits on the financial services committee and receives the majority of his campaign donations from the Securities & Investments industry. Gasp!

Looking a bit further, you’ll see that his top donor this year was something called Allied Wallet; an online payments platform that allows users and companies to make payments across many fiat currencies. So let’s get this straight…a Congressperson is bankrolled by a mobile payments platform and industry that is at risk of being disrupted by technologies that will do the job faster and less expensively…and is speaking out AGAINST Bitcoin? Excuse me while I clutch my pearls.

This quote stood out to me…”[cryptos] allow a few dozen men in my district to sit in their pajamas all day and tell their wives they’re going to be millionaires.” So Brad believes that this is an unacceptable way to make money, but uses his Congressional seat as a pulpit from which to be a paid spokesperson…that’s totally fine and legitimate.

There are hundreds of talented, legitimate and socially conscious entrepreneurs who have descended upon Brad’s home state to share their exciting projects.

No men in pajamas or terrorists here. So, do us all a favor and shut the fuck up Brad Sherman.
Car Rides
By: Bingz Huang
Tags: Spirituality, This Happened To Me, Life, Self, Poetry

Car Rides

A poem

Photo by Jason Lam on Unsplash

I sit at the back of my dad’s car as a little girl

watching the other cars zoom by

yearning to lock eyes with

another soul

in another car

as we race down lit streets

I wonder

is this all real?

am I destined to know them all?

did I conjure this world?

am I part of the Matrix?

how much of them is in me?

and me in them?

all this busyness

while I feel so still

in my heart

There is so much magic in this world

I’ve yet to witness it all.
Weekly Writing Prompt: Revolution
By: Zane Dickens
Tags: Fiction, Writing Prompts, Revolution, Flash Fiction, Microcosm

Weekly Writing Prompt: Revolution

Change that starts with a spark and burns the whole damn world down.

Photo by Tarik Haiga on Unsplash

This is the fun one, the fast and furious change. Change that has a momentum of its own — carried headless down the hill unable to stop until it has transformed the world around it.

Out with the old and in with the new

The US has had a revolution of sorts this year when the so-called Blue Tide swept out the detritus of poor-decisions from the sullied Oval Office.

I may be biased.

Revolution is different from an unthinking Evolution

It is biased and single-minded. It’s a fiery strong opinion on how things should be, a vocal shout, a building roar of discontent and a crashing against the walls of established authority.

Whether its Occupy, the Arab Spring, the George Floyd protests, the myriad demonstrations and gatherings around the world, the social media opinion tides, the world has seen a lot of quick and at times brutal change.

The Global Lockdown was a paradigm shift in what constitutes democratic freedoms. Time will tell if that triggers push-back revolution or if it calcifies into the norm. There have been sparks aplenty.

Write a story, in strictly 100 words, that captures the spark and transformative heat of revolutionary change.
CSS Select nth element with class
By: Mate Marschalko
Tags: CSS, Web Development, Front End Development, Sass, Css3

Nth Element With a Certain Class

What I really wanted to do was select the nth appearance of an element with a certain class inside a common parent.

Take this markup for example:

Imagine you want to select the second list item that has the .active class. As I mentioned it earlier, this is currently not possible with CSS only.

It would be possible if the below selector worked:

In this selector, we used the general sibling selector (~). In case of A ~ B, it means to select a B element that comes after A in the HTML markup inside the same parent. The only difference between this and the adjacent sibling selector (+) is that in case of A + B, B has to come immediately after A.

Keeping this in mind, we can see that our proposed selector first selects an element with an .active class that comes after another .active element. This essentially means the second .active element. But the problem with this alone is that it would select all .active elements from the second appearance onwards. That’s why we exclude the .active elements coming after the second appearance using the :not pseudo-class.

The reason why this doesn’t work is because the :not pseudo class can’t handle combinators. You can only pass a single element, class, or id.

So if you really want to achieve this then you have two options:
Sign in With Apple Using Firebase Auth SDK and SwiftUI 2
By: Sullivan De Carli
Tags: Programming, iOS, Swift, Swiftui, Firebase

Let’s Code!

Note: Code inspired by Authenticate Using Apple on iOS by Firebase.

Go to your ContentView.Swift file (the one that comes with your project) and import the following framework at the top:

Paste the following code after the struct opening graph but before the body variable of your file:

Copy-paste the following code over the code that you have just implemented:

Now, add the native SwiftUI Apple Sign In button with the drag-and-drop feature:

Alright! Now that we have our button and our nonce generator, we are ready to give an action to our button and sign up our user.

Paste the following code inside the onRequest method:

And paste the following code inside the onCompletion method:

Also, don’t forget to give a frame to the Apple button after the closing parentheses. Otherwise, the button will take up the full screen:
Implementing Automatic Codable
By: Kenny Dubroff
Tags: Swift, Codable, Json Api, Asynchronous, Modularity

Decoding/Encoding on easy street

Implementing Automatic Codable, Modularly

Developing a Reusable Networking Class Part II

Let’s Turn Data into Objects and Objects into Data

Here’s part 1 in case you missed it:

If you followed part 1: Developing A Reusable Networking Class, then you probably understand how this is working to download medium.com and doing error/response handling even though it doesn’t look like it.

Let’s switch gears entirely. We’ll still be networking, we’ll still be using the same class but we’re going to ditch downloading html and displaying it in the console in favor of creating some objects, encoding them to JSON, and decoding them from JSON.

Let’s set everything up

First, we’ll need to create a simple struct and add a couple properties. When we’re using the Codable protocol initially, we’ll need to keep some things in mind:

Until we learn how we can do otherwise, we can only decode types that are already implemented for Codable.

These types include standard library types like String, Int, and Double; and Foundation types like Date, Data, and URL.¹

2. Any properties of types that aren’t included in the default Codable implementation will need to conform to Codable

With that in mind, I’m going to create a SecretAgent. Feel free to create whatever your heart desires. You’ll be able to decode it just the same as long as you’ve kept the above in mind.

In order to encode or decode this now into/from JSON, we just need to create a JSONEncoder/JSONDecoder and use the encode/decode methods respectively.

Both methods have a large potential to fail, and can take some time, so they’re both throwing methods. As such, they’ll require a do/try/catch block. In the do block, we try a method that throws, and in the catch we handle errors (this is where execution goes when the method fails). The catch block comes with a “free” Error named error.

The decode method requires a type by passed in. The type is whatever the type of the thing is you’re trying to decode.

.self is how we reference the type

Conversely, the encoder needs an instance of an encodable type to be encoded into data.

If you’re following along, maybe you mocked some data (example below, and in Part I). If so, you should see something like this in a playground:

It’s not a lot of code for each call, but it’s a lot of do/try/catch if you’re doing it in multiple places. Let’s see if we can reduce some overhead here and make our lives just a little more convenient.

Let’s implement a reusable decoding method

In order to do this, we’re going to need to use generics. Generics are really cool, allowing us to put any type in a parameter (even a return value!). Unlike Any though, we can constrain generics so they’ll take any type with constraints on exactly what types are allowed. The syntax is likely different from what you’re used to — but if you were around in the early days of Swift, this is how we declared dictionaries… and you can still declare them using generic syntax now…
The Century Of The Self (Ben Devri) Belgeseli Üzerine
By: Kübra Şahin
Tags: Tüketim, Politika, Türkçe, Demokrasi, Belgesel

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“Stablecoins Are Killing It” Ep. #21 — Thursday, Nov 19th, 1–2pm EST Featuring Stably
By: Lou Kerner
Tags: Bitcoin, Stablecoin Cryptocurrency, Stably, Cryptocurrency, Crypto

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It was another banner week for stablecoins as DAI surpassed $1 billion in circulation for the first time, even as Tether continued to grow it’s marketshare (now 76%+) of total stablecoins.

But it’s still early days for stablecoins, with some predicting that stablecoin market cap will exceed $1 trillion by 2025.

The first 20 episodes have been entertaining and packed with insight, data and context for understanding the rapidly evolving stablecoin ecosystem. Show #21 will feature Stably, which helps companies build their own digital money through their stablecoin-as-a-service platform, enabling users to cut transaction times, lower costs, unlock new revenue channels, access liquidity, and enhance customer loyalty. Founded in Seattle in 2018, by a team of former bankers and Amazon software engineers, Stably has raised almost $3M in funding from angels and VCs while developing a wide range of stablecoins backed by real assets, such as USD, EUR, CAD, precious metals and real estate.

During the 1st half of our shows, our featured panelists give 15 minute overview presentations. The 2nd half of the shows feature audience Q&A where we open up the audio & video for audience members to ask questions and comment, creating a vibrant environment for discussion and debate.

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Our featured speaker for Episode #21:

Kory Hoang, Founder & CEO, Stably — Prior to Stably, Kory was a Data Analyst at PitchBook in Seattle, while pursing a passion for algorithmic trading, focusing on quantitative trading, momentum and mean-reversion strategies, VIX derivatives and cryptocurrencies. Since 2018, Kory has led Stably through 3 venture funding rounds, while growing the team fo 15 people. Kory holds a BBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Washington Bothell

This content is for educational purposes only. It does not constitute trading advice. Past performance does not indicate future results. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose. The author of this article may hold assets mentioned in the piece.

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Van Gogh’s “Ugliest” Masterpiece
By: Kamna Kabir
Tags: Painting, Artist, History, Art, Culture

Vincent van Gogh painted The Night Café just after he finished painting the Café Terrace at Night in 1888 at Arles, France. Both were painted around the same time and location(Arles) but there was a striking contrast in them.

The Café Terrace at Night is a dreamy pictorial representation of an exterior of one of the most romantic cafes in Europe where friends come together to laugh and enjoy. The exuberant french nightlife is portrayed. While The Night Café shows a jarring image of an interior of a cafe. The ambience of a lower-class bar room after midnight is depicted where people can lose their temperament after heavy drinking and are liable to commit crimes.

Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in one of the letters, “The Night Café is one of the ugliest paintings I have done.”

Why did Van Gogh use such harsh colors of red and green to paint The Night Café and how the “ugliest” painting became a masterpiece?
Sexual assault offenders in the military have too much influence
By: The Lily News
Tags: Ideas, Power, Sexual Assault, Military, Issues

Adapted from a story by The Washington Post’s opinions staff.

One best idea: Sexual harassment takes place everywhere. This is one in a series of posts about how various industries can change to stop sexual harassment. What’s your one best idea? Share it here.

Monica Medina’s idea: Give the inspector general broader authority

Medina is an adjunct professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She served as senior adviser to then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta from 2012 to 2013.

Despite the many actions taken to aid the victims of sexual assault in the military, there are still too few prosecutions and little real accountability. Though there’s not an easy fix, there is an easy step forward: The secretary of defense could direct the inspector general to investigate and recommend the proper disposition of particularly difficult sexual assault cases or command failures to address pervasive and persistent sexual misconduct issues.

The Defense Department inspector general has the experience to take on this responsibility. To deal more effectively with the problem of retaliation against sexual assault victims, the inspector general’s office is already charged with investigating all claims of professional retaliation related to sexual assault.

Getting the IG involved in retaliation complaints was the recommendation of a panel of judicial experts directed by Congress to come up with ways of dealing with this special category of whistleblower. As a result, the inspector general’s office has a cadre of investigators and managers schooled in sexual assault response training and investigations.

Giving the inspector general broader authority would take the most challenging cases away from the military chain of command, give victims a way to have their cases investigated more thoroughly and give the department a way to deal with high-ranking offenders who may have undue influence over the chain of command.
This Is To All The Women In My Life
By: Stephanie Love
Tags: Relationships, Life, Women Supporting Women, Goddess, Women Empowerment

Photo By: Stephanie Love

I think your mind is your beauty.

The way you create art with your hands. Building empires out of nothing.

The way you flow into each day. Giving your mind, body, and soul.

The way you give yourself without asking for much in return.

The way you reinvent yourself. Even when you’re afraid-

you jump.

Even when you hit the ground-

you soar.

The way you bring calm to a storm.

The way you manage to care for your family, friends, and self is a skill that you shouldn’t take for granted.

The way you take on each day with a smile, even when it’s the most difficult of times for you.

The way you welcome strangers, with a kind and open heart.

The way you don’t let failed relationships close you off to new beginnings.

The way you’ve lost love, yet continue to love in abundance.

The way you’ve managed to carry the world on your shoulders never asking for anything in return.

The way life has left scars on you mentally and physically, and you, you’ve taken only the lessons and left anything else behind.

The way you send light to those who have hurt you, and let them go.

The way you explore new destinations; moving mountains.

The way you show strength through resilience, you are the river that continues to flow.

The way you left behind security to travel across the world to follow your dreams. To discover new dreams.

This is for you.

You do so much, put up with even more. I just want you all to know that it is okay to be vulnerable, to feel sad, to say NO, to love your body whatever shape and size. Don’t ever let anyone tell you anything less. Don’t ever let someone make you feel as if you are not enough or that it’s your fault. It’s not. You are enough, more than enough. This is to all the wild women in my life, please continue to take up space in this world. It just wouldn’t be the same without you all.