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Want to make Javarevisited best Java Publication of Medium? I need your help to grow
Tags: Spring Boot, Programming, Coding, Publication, Java

Want to make Javarevisited best Java Publication of Medium? I need your help to grow javinpaul Follow Jul 18, 2019 · 1 min read

Hello All,

How are you doing? Hope you are doing great and not getting into 10x Engineer race.

It’s been quite long since I sent my last letter to you. Since then, Javarevisited has grown quite a lot and now as a strong community of 1300 followers and 30+ writers.

It can grow even faster but I am the bottleneck as I am not able to devote as much time as I want to, hence I am looking for some help from you guys.

If you are Java enthusiasts and want to grow a community of writers and readers where we all can benefit from each others experience, wisdom and collaboration then come on-board.

I am looking for people who can do editing job and help spread the word, get onboard all Java people scattered around Medium and make this a strong community.

If you have that passion and want to become an editor or contributor, contact me on my email savingfunda@gmail.com or just drop a note in this letter.

looking forward to a great response from you all.

Javin
Air Traffic Control
By: Jen Maidenberg
Tags: Travel, Psychology, Love, Dreams, Poetry

Photo by Jen Maidenberg

It’s never the same airport twice

and more important I am never

going home.

Newark, JFK, Tucson

International —

a just-inside of an

unrecognizable backwards town of a

terminal, crystalline walkways

intersecting A and B.

Sometimes there is a lady dressed

in 1974 or a lady announcing

a Twilight Zone future.

There is always a lady.

And a problem I am required to solve

such as “your passports expire”

or “I left Banjo back there.”

Over time, I’ve arrived

at solutions, such as talking

my way out of or into Gate 819

It’s in this manner I lost control

and found it,

in between destinations marked

and not.
Amazon Enters Israeli Market with a Bang
By: Gil Rifkin
Tags: Tech, E Commerce Business, Israel, Amazon, Innovation

For years the Chinese company Alibaba has dominated the e-commerce market in Israel but that appears to be changing. Just prior to the Jewish High holidays Amazon launched its Israeli site and shipping to Israel. Now, in an additional move Amazon has launched its long awaited Hebrew online interface as well as free shipping options to Israel. Alongside the Hebrew language interface and shipping to Israel Amazon added the ability to pay in New Israeli Shekels.

In a surprise move the e-commerce Goliath announced it would ship certain products in Israel for free if the purchase is over 49 USD. There are a few thousand products that fall under this special deal and each one is clearly marker “Free Shipping to Israel”. Last and even more impressive is that Amazon launched a customer service option in Hebrew. This option will allow customers to feel comfortable purchasing products knowing that any issues that may arise can easily be solved in their native language.

An unexpected benefit of Amazon’s recent moves is the accessibility it provides to Hebrew speakers abroad to easily purchase Israeli products. This unforeseen benefit may allow Israeli’s living outside their homeland to remain connected to Israel.

It will be interesting to see how Amazon fairs in the Israeli market with its new interface and various initiatives that are meant to make online commerce easier for the residents of Israel. This may only be the beginning of Amazon’s expansion into the Israeli e-commerce market. It will be interesting to watch the company’s moves in the coming months and years in the region.
Jolla
By: Evren Yildiz
Tags: Teknoloji, iOS, Community, Jolla, Android

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by Martino Pietropoli
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Humor, Comics, Saturday, Social Media

First thing in the morning: a glass of water and a cartoon by The Fluxus.

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W11 NFL Monte Carlo Simulated Scores & Cover Probabilities
By: John Culver
Tags: Monte Carlo Simulation, NFL, NFL Picks, Fantasy Football, Sports Betting

How to interpret the ISW’s New Look Tables

p (win) = Implied win probability per team based on the results stemming from 10,000 monte carlo simulated games (e.g. NYJ won 5,156 / 10,000 simulated games → NYJ’s p(W) % = 51.6%).

Avg. Score = The average (projected) score per team derived from 10,000 simulated games.

Spread = The average point differential between the two average scores.

Avg. Total vs. Market = The average total is equal to the the sum of each team’s average projected scores. The market is what ESPN’s quoted total (‘over /under’) is.

Market Spread = The current line or spread per ESPN’s NFL Daily Lines.

p (cover) % = Estimated likelihood that each team covers the spread given the market spread based on our 10k monte carlo simulations.

p (cover total) % = The likelihood that the total (i.e. the sum of each team’s final scores) goes over ‘O:’ or under ‘U:’ the market total based on 10k monte carlo simulations.

The ISW’s New NFL Power Ratings: Week 11

The ISW employs its proprietary power rating system each NFL season beginning with preseason power ratings that are adjusted weekly according to team performance against the spread (ATS) as well as margin of victory throughout the season. Starting in Week 10, The ISW commenced an experimental multivariate power ratings approach.

New Power Ratings Methodology incorporates the following season-long team data: yards per point margin (YPPM), net yards per play (NYPP), average scoring margin (ASM), winning %, average performance against the spread (ATS), yards per pass attempt (YPPA), yards per rush attempt (YPRA), and pythagorean winning % (PYTH). We run a weekly correlation calculation to determine the weights of each variable as correlated to pythagorean winning %, which we believe is the purest descriptive statistic of a team’s relative strength.

ISW’s NFL Week 11 Power Rating Correlation Matrix

We then take a weighted average by multiplying each team’s descriptive data point by the metric’s respective correlation coefficient, sum the results (per team) and divide by 2 to arrive at our weekly power ratings.

The ISW’s Power Rating Spread = The difference between each team’s power rating along with a standard home field edge of 1.00 (modified from 2.31 points due to lack of fans).

Market Moneyline: The quoted moneyline per ESPN’s NFL Daily Lines.

Fair Value Implied Odds: The implied fair value win probability (accounting for the sportsbooks’ overround and vigorish) equivalent of the Market Moneyline.

Est. Fair Value Moneyline: Our estimated fair value price based on the net average ‘Avg p(win) %’ of our estimated win probability along with FiveThirtyEight’s traditional ELO win probability and ESPN’s FPI.

NFL Week 11 ISW Simulated Scores & Odds

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Do you believe in science?
Tags: Politics, Science, Humor, Comics, Scientific Method

It’s OK if you don’t because science doesn’t care.

https://www.dieselsweeties.com/ics/1074/
The Day After
By: Harper Thorpe
Tags: Haiku Hub, Independence Day, Haiku This, Poetry, Refugees

Courtesy embracerefugees.org

Friends and family

Step away from yesterday

The world is hurting

We baked in the sun

Nothing today to run from

No plan to escape

Sixty-five million

Displaced and seeking refuge

POTUS promised bans

Lady Liberty

Open his mind and his heart

Our prayer for the world
How To Sing The Chinese New Year Song
By: Christopher Banks
Tags: Music, Travel, Chinese New Year, China, Passiondig

This Chinese New Year why not got the extra mile and learn how to sing the Chinese New Year song?

We hope you enjoyed learning the Chinese New Year song and would love to see your video clips.

If you enjoyed this piece, please click the 👏 button and share to help others find it! Feel free to leave a comment below.

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On Being a Tempest at the Brink of Calm
By: Jessica Barnaby
Tags: Life Lessons, Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Self Improvement, It Happened To Me

I hang back while she deals with two others in front. Long minutes tick by before the girls file past me, tearful eyes revealing the bruises she’s left on their souls.

My turn.

She tells me to sit down, coffee breath sullies my skin. Something cold glinting behind her glasses makes me wonder if I’ll see my family again.

She opens my book to the page of red and I steady for annihilation.

The apocalypse doesn’t come. A sad grandma looks at me. Too disappointed to be bearing apple-pie.

She tells me it would have been one thing if I’d got my homework wrong because I didn’t understand.

“But you got it wrong because you took no pride in your work. This makes it a worse kind of wrong.”

She tells me the world is full of people who are proud of themselves but take no pride in themselves.

“Don’t get things wrong because you’re too lazy to get them wrong the right way,” she says.

She tell me if I take pride in my process, it’ll show in everything I do and it won’t matter how others judge it or mark it or label it.

Oh.
Fiat to crypto exchange bitpolo.com goes live
By: Anand Agarwal
Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Exchange

Bangalore — 6 May 2020

Highly anticipated fiat-crypto exchange BitPolo, goes live with its trading platform bitpolo.com custom-designed for Indian users, on May 6, 2020. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, BitPolo cryptocurrency exchange offers crypto trading with a series of desirable, state-of-art features like high liquidity markets, fiat payment gateways, tight order book spread, instant INR deposits and withdrawals, engaging and easy to use UI, and bare minimum fees. Chief Business Officer Mr. Suresh Choudhary said, “We were building through the bear market and thought the timing of our launch cannot be more apt than when the world is slowly inching back towards normalcy post a pandemic & recessionary environment. As we foresee fragilities of traditional asset classes, crypto markets seem to offer the bigger upside and we intend to bring simplicity and solid technology to the screens of Indian traders and hodlers.’’ The company’s Head of Strategy Mr. Chandan Choudhury said that “COVID-19 is an eye-opener. We always knew at the back of our minds that there is a huge bubble across traditional asset classes fuelled by loose monetary policy. It is imperative we make strides towards crypto adoption and we expect people actively participating in this distributed, permission-less crypto/blockchain ecosystem and anticipate bitpolo.com to enable this vision.” Crypto usage and adoption have been snowballing in India, especially after the SC’s ruling in March this year that was proclaimed in favour of it. The first crypto, Bitcoin, after shaking off the brief pandemic induced volatility, also shows signs of correlating with gold and exhibiting price-action and properties similar to the safe-haven asset. BitPolo’s launch overlaps with an increasing necessity for an exchange providing a comprehensive, holistic, and unparalleled service. BitPolo, with its pioneering, robust platform seeks to abridge millions of Indian crypto users to a market that provides convenient BTC to INR trading, high-speed order matching, uncompromising security, and uninterrupted 24/7 support.

About BitPolo

BitPolo, founded in March 2020, is an idea that strives to introduce crypto assets to each and every citizen of India. A group of crypto enthusiasts, traders, and fin-tech promoters had weathered down the previous two-year period of uncertainty, waiting for the right opportunity to disrupt the market. BitPolo is the culmination of efforts to develop a trading platform both simple and futuristic in its delineation. The BitPolo team states that it firmly believes in and works by the motto that ‘Crypto assets are the inevitable future.’

Visit https://www.bitpolo.com to explore a seamless trading platform.

Contact: Chandan, Head of Strategy

Email: chandan@bitpolo.com
“This isn’t a guns situation.
By: Matthew B.
Tags: Resistance Poetry, NRA, Republican Party, Poetry, Guns

“This isn’t a guns situation. I mean, we could go into it, but it’s a little bit soon to go into it.”

“It’s not a gun situation ..”

Such words of comfort

& purpose & hope

from Trump today,

…

as Cruz is in Texas consoling

& Pence will be there any day,

& God & prayers & our thoughts

are with you will all echo through the

dark halls of eternity as the innocents are

buried & nothing changes as the politicians

in hock to the manufacturers & their NRA spout

uncompromising platitudes about freedom &

militias & amendments …

…

& a man with a violent past simply ticked a box

& went home with a rifle & walked into a

church & murdered …

…

& it is a “gun situation”

& it is way past time

for talk of God

& togetherness

& bonds of unity,

…

the laws must change,

there’s a good start

& that’s all it takes

to at least try,

to make an effort,

to end

this horror.
ซินแส AI: มาทายโหงวเฮ้งจากใบหน้ากันเถอะ
Tags: Botnoi, Botnoi Classroom

This publication consists of articles related to Data science and AI written from Botnoi’s data scientists and students.

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Hang me on your wall
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Painting, Illustration, Art, Drawing

Since many of you asked, I eventually set up a shop with a selection of prints of my artworks for sale. They’re very affordable and beautifully printed and framed. You just need to choose your favourite frame then wait at your place. To buy them go here.

My store is frequently updated so be sure to check it out often.

I’m always available for commissions and bigger paintings. Feel free to contact me here.
Database Monitoring
By: Alex Parfentiev
Tags: Risk Management, Database, Monitoring, Security, Data

Databases store a critical amount of information and often become the source of the largest data breaches. Database Monitor protects information in databases and shows the ways in which users work with them in order to detect a threat and prevent an incident.

The system is a DAM (Database Activity Monitoring) solution and conduct automated monitoring and auditing of operations on databases allowing a specialist to see who and why accesses a database, which information gets exposed or used, changed and removed. The software analyses the information which is exported from a database and detects an employee attempt to download, edit or delete confidential corporate details, such as tax reporting or client information, etc.

Database Monitor detects all the requests to databases from business applications or privileged users who access DBMS directly — for example, system administrators who have rights to manage databases. This allows a company to monitor their activity and alert to violations. Besides, the function helps discover spyware which accesses databases to steal data. Database Monitor controls DBMS efficiency — the software creates a report based on the speed of request processing and errors during request execution. The general statistics on database status is available as a user-friendly dashboard.

DAM solutions are needed to detect anomalous events in databases promptly. We went further and added investigating functions to the monitoring in order to fully protect databases from insider threats. Any request to databases can be found manually or automatically in Database Monitor: by phrase, by user, by computer or IP address from which it was sent. The same way the system analyses which information a database sends in response and allows to search by the content of the responses. For example, the cases when passport numbers are exported from a database can be found with the help of the search by a typical sequence of digits — thanks to this a customer can control all the dangerous events whether it is an export of confidential data or a large amount of requests from one user. The system will save all the details and alert to the possible incident.

The solution can be integrated with other information security and risk management systems, including DLP, file auditing, SIEM. When using Database Monitor together with SearchInform products a specialist can control security events at each level of IT infrastructure within one interface. This ensures a complex approach to data protection in databases: allows you to investigate incidents easily and gather evidence.
In My Dreams
By: Laura Culberg
Tags: Revelation, Memories, Dreams, Grandparents, Self-awareness

Photo by Ekaterina Shakharova on Unsplash

This morning when I woke up I knew that I’d had a very deep sleep, the kind that is often filled with dreams. I lay in bed for a bit to try to get my dreams to come back and when I finally remembered, I became aware that I’d spent the whole night with my Nana. Nana has been dead for almost twenty-five years but when she was alive she was my favorite, and I felt (as did my sisters) that I was her favorite too. I know now in adulthood that what I got from my Nana in childhood was the experience of belonging, of feeling at home, truly, deeply loved for exactly who I was.

In my dream, Nana knew her time on earth was coming to an end. She told my sisters and me to take the Christmas tree down and bring it to the basement garbage area of her high rise building. As my sister Katherine and I upended the tree to bring it to the elevator, we could see that the tree still had tons of ornaments that we recognized as sentimental and special. We surreptitiously put the ornaments in our pockets and took the tree down the fourteen floors to the basement. This beginning of my dream made sense to me even though Nana was Jewish and never had a Christmas tree.

When my sister and I got back up to Nana’s apartment it seemed that Nana had already passed. Her things were all laid out — — clothes, shoes, jewelry, books. It was like a big, free garage sale. My two sisters and I were wandering around putting things on that Nana had worn. There were other people too who were taking things and trying them on. If they saw me or one of my sisters looking at the item, they would hand it to us and say, “You take it. She was your grandmother.” It was civilized and sweet.

When I got out of bed after remembering last night’s dream I came downstairs to my desk to write about it and see if more thoughts or feelings came. They did. As I recalled the dream, I also recalled Nana’s face, clear as if she were right in front of me, smiling like she did as her three ragamuffin granddaughters came up to 14A ready for a snack or a diet root beer with milk (her specialty). We’d exit into her little lobby and there she’d be, standing with arms wide, smiling big behind her Ray Bans. She’d take us, one by one, into a full, long hug and send us to the kitchen to raid the fridge.

I know that my Nana had a very difficult relationship with many members of her family. Some people found her cold and judgmental. For whatever reason, she wasn’t this way with my sisters or with me. She gave us a gift, the blessing of feeling deeply loved and accepted for who we were. I don’t know enough about how the subconscious works to understand the timing of Nana coming to me in my dreams last night. But I know enough to understand that dreams like this should be listened to and contemplated. I’m taking last night’s dream as a reminder to stay true to who I am, to remember that no matter how unmoored I might feel at different times in my life, I can touch back into that memory of Nana — the warm, smiling eyes and full, long hug.
Rubius Partners with MegaPath
Tags: Rubiex, Aryl, Rubius, Blockchain, Megapath

MegaPath will help make the Rubius Ecosystem a Reality

To make a solution like Aryl work, Rubius will need the 24/7 connectivity, security services, network support, diverse connections, and robust network that MegaPath and Fusion can provide. Connectivity is critical for Rubius because Aryl is only one of many mass-market products on the company’s drawing board.

The Rubius team is designing a full suite of financial services products that can be used by people all over the world. Those services include Rubius Accounts that can be created with Aryl and offer access to the Rubiex exchange, a Rubius blockchain infrastructure on the cloud, and social messaging connected to Aryl.

The Rubius Ecosystem will need a high-level of security because Rubin wants to offer a wide variety of financial services through it. Long-term plans include decentralized banking, lending, and escrow solutions.

One of the keys to Rubius’s system will be cryptocurrencies, including Rubius’s ERC20 Rubius (RUBY) coins. Rubius plans to launch the coins with an initial cryptocurrency offering (ICO) in August. Participants in the ICO will receive a Preferred Rubius Account which offers reduced fees and priority customer support.

The Preferred Rubius Account (PRA) is the kind of customer-friendly solution enabled by MegaPath and Fusion’s cloud. Without a robust network and 24/7 cloud services, the PRA would be impossible.

To learn more about Aryl, Rubius Inc., Rubius coins, and Rubiex please visit:

https://rubius.io/

https://youtu.be/4DLMajAfxsM

https://rubius.io/rubius-whitepaper.pdf

Have questions? Chat with Rubius team on Telegram:

To learn more about MegaPath please visit:

https://www.megapath.com
Tips to Foster Remote Employee Engagement
By: Pmg Digital Agency
Tags: People, Connection, Engagement, Covid 19, Digital Marketing

While more and more states are looking to “reopen” its economies, the reality is that remote working is here to stay for many companies and its employees. So, whether it is for the entire staff, or for a fewer number who choose to stay remote workers, companies still need to engage those team members to maximize collaboration, connectedness, and productivity. PMG’s Chris Sinclair shared his thoughts with TechTarget on how companies can do that.

According to Sinclair, companies’ efforts should be people-centric, no matter whether it is working with employees, managers, or executives. “For many, it is a brand-new experience,” he said, adding, “Even those who have worked remotely in the past have [not necessarily] done it for extended periods of time.”

Sinclair also shared about how “PMG created comprehensive ‘work-from-home guides’ for different teams,” with one tailored to support managers, and another designed to be used by all employees.

“The manager guide covered everything from how to project manage virtually, how to adapt communication and how to ensure they maintain connectedness with their team members,” he said. “The employee guide gave practical advice on how to set up a workstation, how to structure their day, and how to ensure they take the mental breaks needed to stay happy and healthy.”

Be sure to read the full article for all of the tips from Sinclair and other HR executives.
6 Things Both People Do When They Really Like Each Other
By: Erin King
Tags: Dating, Relationships, Psychology, Self, Love

6 Things Both People Do When They Really Like Each Other

The best way to tell if it’s really working out is to see if your relationship is reciprocal.

Photo by Carolyn V on Unsplash

When I was younger, I spent years agonizing over whether or not a guy was into me. If a boyfriend had stopped liking me or if that guy at the shop was just being polite.

Then I met my husband, and it all became clear.

I realized is that the telltale signs were right there in the things I was doing myself. When someone acts the way that you do when you like them, that means something is right.

So if you want to know if you should commit or if the person you’re with is committed, here are some things that you both might be doing if it’s right.
The Green Mile
By: A.J Thomas
Tags: Heartache, Poetry, Relationships, Love

What is love,

If not a feeling,

To me, it is a death sentence,

The imprisonment of your former self,

Love is supposed to set you free,

Not serve as a punishment,

Handed down by your own jury,

For a crime, you weren’t aware you committed,

Love should bring joy and peace,

Not rob you from who you were destined to be,

Love should not hurt,

Or cause you any pain,

My heart should be filled with bliss,

My days should be short,

So long as I am wrapped in your arms,

Not everlasting, immutable despair,

I should only feel dread and misery,

When we are apart and I’m not in your embrace,

Not in your presence filled with echoing silence,

I shouldn’t have to be left praying for the moonlight,

I should be able to surrender my head to the pillow,

When it’s lights out at the penitentiary of heartache,

I should be able to lay my troubles to bed,

Leave them in the yard where they belong,

Behind bars and barbed wire fences,

Guarded at gunpoint at the watchtower,

Shot on-site if they try to break free,

Take refuge from the trainwreck,

That forces me to disentangle,

But for now, my dreams are my only escape,

The harsh truths of reality hold me hostage,

The loss of us and my way to reminisce,

In what we used to be,

Face the music and my terrifying fears,

I know when I wake visiting hours are over,

I will face another day of my life sentence,

Behind the bars that encage your feelings for me,

I will forever be handcuffed to this painful memory,

Feeling like a criminal having to steal a glimpse of happiness,

Feel guilty to smile or move on with my life,

I plead not-guilty I’m innocent I swear,

No probation, no parole,

You are the warden in control of my heart,

The way you used to be and the way we once were,

Leaves me feeling like I live my life,

One day at a time in the hole,

Lonely solitary confinement,

With no early release for good behavior,

Contempt, the murderer of our love,

Should face the death penalty,

Instead, I know each day is like,

Walking another stretch to the electric chair,

Down the Green Mile of misery without you.
How to Use Sets in Swift
By: Shashank Thakur
Tags: Programming, iOS, Xcode, Mobile, Swift

Combining Sets

Union

This helps us combine results from two sets. Here we take two sets — one set with even numbers and one with odd numbers.

let evenNumber:Set<Int> = [2,4,6,8] //{2, 4, 8, 6} let oddNumbers:Set<Int> = [1,3,5,7] // {7, 3, 1, 5} let result = evenNumber.union(oddNumbers) //{4, 7, 3, 1, 6, 2, 5, 8}

In the code above, the result set contains elements from both sets.

Intersection

This helps us get the common parts from both sets and returns a set with that. Let's look at the example below.

let numbers:Set<Int> = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] //{2, 4, 8, 6} let oddNumbers:Set<Int> = [1,3,5,7] // {7, 3, 1, 5} let result = numbers.intersection(oddNumbers)//{5, 1, 7, 3}

Symmetric difference

This function is exactly the opposite of Intersection and results in a set that removes the common elements and returns everything else.

In the example above, character a is common in the letters and vowels set, so the result set contains everything from both sets except the common part ( a ).

Subtract

This function helps in removing the elements from a given set.

var numbers:Set<Int> = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] //{1, 4, 6, 3, 7, 10, 5, 2, 8, 9} let evenNumbers:Set<Int> = [2,4,6,8] //{4, 2, 6, 8} numbers.subtract(evenNumbers) //{1, 3, 7, 10, 5, 9}
Top 10 Instagram Tools Every Marketer Should Use in 2021
By: Jibreel Naqvi
Tags: Instagram Growth, Social Media, Instagram Tools, Instagram Marketing Tools, Marketing

1. Combin

Photo by Product Hunt

Combin is a powerful Instagram growth tool that lets you aim at organic audience attraction. It has some awesome search abilities that allow you to find accounts and posts from your targeted audience.

It does that by using hashtags and the location of your followers — and commenters of your competitors.

You can also perform single and mass actions for the follow, unfollow, liking, and commenting tasks.

With this tool, you can schedule action tasks for your Instagram account. Combin is available for free.
How Elon Musk’s Timeboxing Technique Can Improve Your Productivity
By: Leon Okwatch
Tags: Productivity, Time Management, Self, Self Improvement, Elon Musk

Timeboxing, the most useful productivity hack.

Timeboxing is the practice of setting a fixed amount of time for every activity and integrating the resulting time blocks into your schedule.

The idea behind timeboxing is to allocate a certain amount of time to a task, complete the task within that time frame then move on to the next task.

Timeboxing works in two ways:

It removes choice from the equation. You approach the day knowing what to do and when to do it.

Working with time limitations intensifies your level of focus.

When I first heard of timeboxing, I pictured it to be incredibly restricting. I felt like it would make me a robot. Besides, I love having the freedom to do things when I want to.

Nevertheless, I proceeded to pursue the idea to see what effect it might have on my productivity.

I achieved some commendable results a few weeks into it. Not only did I manage to do more within a short time, but I was also able to rid myself of the need for perfection and meet my goals more consistently.

Timeboxing immensely counters the biases and weaknesses of the human brain.

We tend to waste a lot of time trying to make things perfect. We also overestimate the amount of time we have making it hard to start working immediately.

Timeboxing is heavily pegged on one of the most important productivity laws called Parkinson’s law.

Parkinson’s Law:

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

Parkinson’s law implies that we make plans based on how much time we have.

For instance, if your boss gives you one month to complete a project, it will take you one month regardless of how fast you can do the work.

You will probably spend the first two weeks not working on the project at all, start on the third week, then use the last week hyper-focused on completing it.

Essentially, the more time you have to complete something, the longer it will take you to finish it.

Chances are many of your tasks will take a shorter time if you dedicate uninterrupted time boxes to work on them.

Working with time boxes means you hold yourself accountable after a specified period.

You know how much you’ve achieved within a given time frame, and how best to tackle the remaining tasks.

Timeboxing also creates a false sense of urgency enabling you to remain focused on a task, no matter what deadline it has.
WAZIHUB Info session at Dar Teknohama Business Incubator in Dar es Salaam
By: Wazihub Iot
Tags: Bootcamp, Waziup, Innovation, Tanzania, IoT

On Saturday 26th October 2019 DTBi had an info session where university students, graduates, tech startups met together for an introduction about WAZIHUB IoT Bootcamp and its objectives.

A total number of 45 university students, graduates and tech startups attended the session along side with 1 stakeholders on leadership.

The main agenda being an introduction to Internet of Things and create a general understanding of the topic by identifying challenges which could potentially be solved with the use of connected devices and analyze the strength of IoT solutions to the innovation ecosystem.

It is of high importance that people understand the role of IoT and capitalize on it to make tremendous changes in design thinking and the approach used to solve problems.
Свидание с Huobi Global В России
By: Huobi Global
Tags: Huobirussia, Russia

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Introduction to Swing Trading
Tags: Trading, Swing Trading, Crypto, Articles, Cryptocurrency

Swing trading is a strategy popular with both newbies and pros, which is used in various financial markets, ranging from stock to cryptocurrency. We have provided an overview of swing trading cryptos: learn how to apply the strategy and figure out whether it suits you.

Swing trading definition

This trading style is aimed at capturing short- and medium-term price moves over a period of several days to a few weeks. Swing trading is most efficient for volatile crypto markets, as traders can benefit from wide price swings during a lasting strong trend. By contrast, traditional markets don’t experience that frequent price changes, providing rarer opportunities to apply the strategy.

How does it work?

As outlined, swing traders take advantage of price moves happening over the short and medium terms. Thus, they have positions open for a longer time than day traders but less than HODLers. Such market players make predictions as to the price formation based on technical and fundamental analyses. They often make use of chart patterns, draw support/resistance lines, monitor such indicators as MACD, RSI, and so on.

Swing traders identify positive and negative trends with the help of high time frame charts. Traders also examine intraday time frame charts to figure out when to open or close a position but capitalize on the daily chart. That said, strategies vary, so the presented info provides only a general overview of the swing traders’ approach.

Swing trading vs. day trading

Day traders open short positions that are closed by the end of the day. They have to constantly keep track of the market and focus on short-term gains. In contrast, swing traders don’t need to monitor their positions so often, as they expect to benefit from the larger trend movements. This usually takes longer but brings a higher yield.

Unlike day traders who mostly use technical analysis, swing traders try to gain a broader perspective on market behavior through fundamental analysis as well as to benefit in the long run. Therefore, to choose the right trading strategy, you should decide for yourself which approach suits you best. The key points to take into account are the time frame and trading tools to rely on.

Summary

Swing trading may be perfect for beginners, as it gives time to elaborate on trading decisions without the necessity to act swiftly. At the same time, such a strategy promises a relatively quick return in comparison to long-term trading.

Some people opt for day trading as they are not ready to monitor the market 24/7. Others prefer opening longer positions to consider all the possible consequences carefully and develop a winning strategy.

You can try different trading styles to decide which one works best for you. If you lack experience and are afraid of bearing losses when testing various approaches, do paper trading first that doesn’t require the use of real assets.
Dear blogger, here’s how to make more money while you sleep
By: Joyce Imiegha
Tags: Google Adsense, Content Marketing, Google Adwords, Blogging, SEO

There are two major struggles bloggers have always faced; how to get massive traffic to their websites and ultimately, how to make money from their blogs.

Are you one of those bloggers who has spent precious hours writing lots of great content, but no one really links to it? Do you optimize for search engines, but still can’t find your site anywhere in the first 100 search pages? Have you tried submitting your posts to social bookmarking sites like Digg.com, but still can’t pick up a single vote?

Are you one of those bloggers who really go out of their ways to share personal ideas, experiences and solutions to general or specific problems and challenges? I mean, it is only logical and fair you make money after parting off with those super cool contents you spend hours curating, marketing & monitoring.

By content, I don’t mean poorly plagiarized or counterfeit blog posts; I am speaking strongly about originally researched and written articles, tips, reviews, stories, and other contents that are closely related to your blog or brand niche.

The amazing growth hackers at René Digital Hub compiled a solid revised publication on the solutions and walkabouts to these challenges bloggers face with this free resource aptly named, The Bloggers Manual; it is a self explanatory manual on recommended SEO practices, AdWords campaigns setup and AdSense approval process, so you can finally begin making money from your blog.

This manual critically explains how to drive traffic to your website and how to monetize your content; it has amazing and simplified information on how to write Search Engine Optimized blog posts, articles and whitepapers; how to pick for yourself the right blog niche, how to use Google AdWords, the best practice to get an AdSense approval etc.

Without much ado, head on to René and get your free copy of The Bloggers Manual.

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DLT Origins
By: Edith Zimmerman
Tags: Tacos, Food, Doritos Locos Tacos

“It was like, ‘Holy crap!’ Nobody had ever done this before: turning a Dorito into a taco shell. It was just mind-blowing at the idea stage.”

— In case you missed it: The tale of how the Doritos Locos Taco came into existence. (“Gomez admits to losing faith at times.”) And then here’s Taco Bell’s website, if you want to poke around there for whatever reason, as I find myself doing. And then the Doritos site, too, I guess, although it reroutes to their Facebook page. And then you’re like, ‘how did I end up on Doritos’ Facebook page?’
MacGyver Season 1 Episode 10 Science Notes: Pliers
By: Rhett Allain
Tags: Macgyver, DIY, Science

Boosting car speed.

Mac and Jack are trying to get away in a car chase (using a not very fast car). Of course MacGyver is going to give them a speed boost, but the first step is to remove the car hood. MacGyver makes some small explosives using chemicals and soda cans. Boom. No more hood.

The second step is to remove the air filter and pour some hydrogen peroxide into the intake. What would this do? This would give the gasoline more oxygen (from the hydrogen peroxide) to produce more combustion. Would this give a speed boost? Probably-at least a little bit.

Chemistry demo — elephant toothpaste.

This is real. Everyone does this-at least all the cool kids do it. You should be cool.

Liquid nitrogen in water

OK, liquid nitrogen is pretty awesome. It’s the same nitrogen that you find in the air, but in liquid form. That makes it very very cold (-196 C). When you add it to room temperature water, the liquid nitrogen boils. In this boiling process it produces a bunch of water vapor-stuff that looks like a cloud.

This was for a different episode, but here is my introduction to liquid nitrogen.

Remote listening device

MacGyver wants to hear what is going on inside a house. The obvious solution is to build a remote listening device. Here’s how it works.

A laser is aimed at a window such that the laser reflects off the window and back to a solar cell. Because people are inside the house speaking, this causes tiny vibrations in the window. The window vibrations vary the intensity of the reflected laser light. When this reflected laser light hits the solar cell, it causes variations in the voltage. Plugging this solar cell into an amplified speaker produces sound. Yes. This is real.

It’s pretty awesome-and you can do something like this yourself. All you need is an amplified speaker and a solar cell (don’t worry about the laser). Connect the solar cell to the audio input and you can hear variations in different light sources.

My favorite trick is to aim a TV remote at the solar cell. You can hear the variations in the IR light that produce different signals to change channels.

Here is a video.

Stop a car with paper

Yup, a version of the banana up the tail pipe from Beverly Hills Cop (great movie). See-everyone is a version of MacGyver at some point.

In this case, MacGyver sticks some paper up the tail pipe of a car. When the exhaust can’t escape, you can’t get internal combustion. Car stops.

Yaghi Antenna

Yes, you can build an antenna out of just about anything-including band instruments. It helps if they conduct electricity. I think this would work.

Technically it’s possible to find the location of a signal with just one antenna (well at least the direction). Just turn the antenna until you get the maximum signal. A better option is to use 2 or more antennas-but you have to work with what you have.

Over inflate tire

Yup. Boom.

Elephant toothpaste version 2

Bigger is better, right? It’s sort of funny.
Simple CSS Loaders For Websites and Applications
By: Alex Ionescu
Tags: HTML, Web Design, Css Loader, Design Tools, CSS

When the users of your app or website must wait for something it is custom to show an animation showing that the content is loading. In the past we used to use transparent GIFs, but now we can do this more elegantly with CSS, not to mention it’s way more customizable.

Simple CSS Loaders For Websites and Applications

This resource provides more than 25 app/website CSS loaders devided in several categories, like bar loaders, border, curtail, ball loaders and more.

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JSON Dosyasını SQL Server’a Aktarma
By: Murat Süngü
Tags: Json, Sql Server, T Sql, Microsoft Sqlserver

I am someone who loves changing and transforming and developing situations and is motivated by it. I search and find competencies to adapt to digital world.

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Push
By: Gail Boenning
Tags: Short Story, Push, Fiction, Playground, Momentum

Aaron Burden via Unsplash

Max grabbed the metal link chains. They were cold, but he paid no attention. He used all of his strength to pull himself onto the swing’s black rubber, banana shaped seat. He longed for the weightlessness of rising toward the sky and gliding back down again. He wanted to feel freedom from pencils and letters and numbers.

Of course, he couldn’t explain it that way. He was only five. With the words and experiences he had gathered in his short life, he thought, “I want to fly!”

On this, his third day of kindergarten, Max already decided recess was the best part of the day.

Once on the swing, Max knew what he was supposed to do to get moving. His mom and dad had coached him at the playground. “Legs forward. Legs back. Legs forward. Legs back,” dad said.

Mom would say, “Reach your toes to the sky and then swing your heels to your butt.” She was silly — saying butt. It always made him giggle.

The problem was, Max had not really figured how get himself moving. Sure, he’d move a few inches forward and back, but it was not anywhere close to flying. To fly, Max needed a push. Once he got started and had some momentum, he could keep flying — with legs forward, legs back.

Max sat on the swing. He thrust his toes forward. He pulled his heels back. Again and again. His swing turned to the left and right.

Max was not a quitter. He took a break, let the swing straighten and started again — legs forward, legs back.

Mrs. Sherman was watching from the monkey bars. It was tough for her not to rush in to save the day. What was that saying about teaching instead of giving a man a fish?

After about five minutes of watching Max struggle, she decided it was OK to offer him a push. There can be a fine line between effort and utter frustration. She walked across the fresh wood chips and said, “Hey Max! I’ve got some extra energy in my arms. See — they are all wiggly.” She shook her hands and twirled her arms in big circles.

“Can I give them something to do? Can I use them to give you a push?” she asked.

“Yes, please,” said Max, flashing Mrs. Sherman a smile. “I keep trying, but I just can’t fly on my own.”

That’s all it took. Mrs. Sherman grabbed hold of the chains. She pushed forward and said, “One.” Still holding the chains, she pushed forward again and said, “Two.” On the third push she asked, “Ready?”

Max yelled, “Yes!” through his laughter.

Mrs. Sherman pushed Max high enough that she could duck under his legs. She let go of the chains and joined the other teachers by the slide.

Max flew until the bell rang.

Wouldn’t you know — by the third week of school, Max was flying all by himself.
🐦 Birds
By: Rolli, Https, Ko-Fi.Com Rolliwrites
Tags: Environment, Drawing, Nature, Art, Life

D R A W I N G

🐦 Birds

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Drawing by Rolli

Artist’s Note №1

These are the sweet birds that thoughtfully wake me at four o’clock every summer morning. They’re beautiful creatures. I’ll probably murder them one day.

Artist’s Note №2

This post will earn no money (Medium recently all-but-demonetized poetry, cartoons, flash fiction and other short articles). If you enjoyed it, please consider buying me a coffee. More coffee=more drawings.

Artist’s Note №3

Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “S.” “S” stands for Sea-Wave, my 2016 novella about a nonverbal girl who’s abducted by an enigmatic old man.

Artist’s Note №4

From now on, I’m letting my readers determine how often I post new material. When this post reaches 1000 claps — but not before — I’ll post a new drawing.

Artist’s Note №5

My new one-man Medium magazine is called — Rolli. Subscribe today.

Artist’s Note №6

BTW: did you know a drug lord is threatening my life — and Medium is doing nothing about it?

Artist’s Note №7

You might like this drawing, too:
Ember Fund — Product Hunt Launch
By: Alex Wang
Tags: Crypto, Bitcoin, Product Hunt, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

Product Hunt mascot. Perhaps we need one too?

We’re excited to announce that we will be launching on Product Hunt in a few weeks!

What is Product Hunt?

In a nutshell:

Product Hunt surfaces the best new products, every day. It’s a place for product-loving enthusiasts to share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations.

The stats:

As of today, there are 715 cryptocurrency related projects on Product Hunt, roughly 1–1.5 million unique visitors per month. Not bad.

How it works:

Every night at midnight, Product Hunt refreshes the counter of newly launched products on their platform. From that point, the most upvoted products shoot to the top of the list. These products get a ton of traffic and are featured on the Product Hunt newsletter which goes out to 100K+ subscribers.

Product Hunt also has a pretty sophisticated algorithm that looks at the quality of upvotes as well as comments on the project to prevent people from gaming the system. They also used to enable “Hunters” or influencers to promote projects thus enabling the project to be pushed out to the hundreds or thousands of followers. They’ve since removed that, which I support. Now it’s completely community driven.

The challenge:

The challenging part of launching on Product Hunt is to get to the top 5 most upvoted projects for that day. There are literally hundreds of projects launched every day so most of them don’t make it there, but if you just so happen to have a product the community loves, it can be REALLY beneficial.

What we hope to get out of it:

Most products in the top 5 get between 3,000–10,000 unique visitors in the few days that they are in the top 5 list. Conversion rates are also astronomically high. It makes sense because the community is by definition, people that are able, willing and eager to try new products. I also learned from running a Kickstarter campaign that the most important part of running a campaign like this is really the community of builders, entrepreneurs, and dreamers you get to meet.

With that said, I know there just simply isn’t a silver bullet for a product’s success. So although we’re hopeful Product Hunt can be really beneficial for us, it’s not the be all end all magic bullet. What we do hope to get out of it is some feedback on the product and it does seem like a great place to meet other makers / engage with early users.

Please subscribe to our blog and join our Telegram to follow our story. If you are interested in our Product Hunt launch, you can subscribe here. I plan to be as transparent as possible and let you all know how this goes (good or bad). And as usual, ping me at alex at emberfund.io with questions.
Schrödinger’s cat in Typescript
By: Bing Ren
Tags: Typescript, Any, Object

We are tech nerds because we believe in reinventing the world with the power of Technology. Our articles talk about some of the most disruptive ideas, technology, and innovation.

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Цифровой формат экономики — перспективы развития
By: Bitbon System
Tags: Smart Contracts, Contributor, Digital Transformation, Internet of Things, Economic Development

The Bitbon System is a large-scale infrastructure project, which represents a decentralized platform for Contributing. https://www.bitbon.space/en/home

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