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Walmart pulls violent video game images out of ‘respect’ for shooting victims

After the terrible shooting in an El Paso Walmart, the company is apparently taking steps to respect the deaths of twenty-two people. It’s doing this by removing signs advertising certain video games — which begs the question: how exactly is this supposed to help? The company documentation listing the changes was discovered by journalist Kenneth Shepard, who tweeted it out. дальше »

2019-8-10 01:15


Goldman-Sachs Backed Circle Blames ‘Restrictive’ US Laws for Layoffs

Bitcoin and crypto are rising, but Goldman Sachs-backed Circle laid off 10 percent of its workforce blaming a ‘restrictive’ regulatory climate. But is that just a smokescreen to mask Circle’s dwindling user base? SEC Bullish on Bitcoin, Bearish on Alts OK, so we may not call the SEC exactly ‘bullish’ on Bitcoin. дальше »

2019-5-22 14:00


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47 ‘non-design’ qualities every designer should have

Write clear emails Be flexible; briefs change Find problems before they occur Bring energy to the table Don’t take design critique as an insult Understand the impact of moving that button Make people around you feel comfortable Bring 3 solutions with every complaint Don’t give up too fast Mute your microphone when not speaking Be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses Bend, but not break Take notes; it shows respect Pay attention to details Get off your chair to point at something in the screen Get off your chair to whiteboard Know exactly which Slack reactions to use, when Avoid jargon Fail gracefully Be… This story continues at The Next Web дальше »

2019-1-2 02:00


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Blockchain Analysis Is About to Get Harder as P2EP Enters Testing Phase

Yet another tool is being added to Bitcoin’s growing number of privacy solutions. Thought up at a brainstorming event attended by Bitcoin developers and privacy researchers last summer, Pay to Endpoint (P2EP) is a relatively new trick that utilizes the well-known CoinJoin mixing technique to make blockchain analysis much harder. дальше »

2019-1-1 19:31


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Syncing Data Between Bitcoin Nodes Is About to Get Easier

Minisketch is a new solution that’s trying to solve an old problem. Spearheaded by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, Bitcoin Core contributor and fellow Blockstream co-founder Gregory Maxwell, and Blockstream software engineer Gleb Naumenko, the open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node. дальше »

2018-12-18 18:48


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Netflix gets an interactive Minecraft choose-your-own-adventure show

The latest addition to Netflix’ roster of shows comes from the popular Minecraft gaming franchise, along with an interesting twist: you can actually choose your own ending. Minecraft: Story Mode – which was developed by the last remaining employees at troubled studio Telltale Games before it tragically closed down – lets you make choices to determine how the story progresses across its five episodes. дальше »

2018-11-28 09:33


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Appel natives get free Galaxy S9s courtesy of Samsung

In its latest dig at Apple, Samsung went to a Dutch town named Appel to give out free Galaxy S9 units – presumably so it could win over Appel (geddit)? The company gave away phones to 50 out of Appel’s 312 residents, including its biggest Apple enthusiast Gerben van Walt Meijer, Marketing Manager Mobile of Samsung Netherlands, said: With our innovative products and services, we have been off the beaten track for years to make everyday life more fun and easy, With this marketing campaign, we do exactly the same. дальше »

2018-10-2 15:40


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03