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Normalizing Negative Interest: It’s Flabbergasting How Closely Media Parrots the Government
12.8.2019
Negative interest rates have been making big headlines lately, as several countries and big banks are now experimenting with the unorthodox monetary policy. While typically viewed as a last-ditch effort to shock some life back into struggling economies, these policies are getting a shiny new spin...
Crypto Exchange Binance Points out a Dusting Attack Against Litecoin
10.8.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance claims that a dusting attack has happened against fourth-biggest altcoin Litecoin
DigiByte Price Analysis: DigiByte (DGB) Touches One of the Lowest Points of the Week
5.8.2019
DigiByte (DGB) has been down by 0.84% over the last 24 hours. The coin has a bright chance of touching 0.045 USD by the end of 2019. DigiByte has been down by 0.84% over the last 24 hours, and the coin is taking more than usual time to take off. Almost every other coin is …
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Crypto Is Part of Free Speech, and Free Speech Is Everything
29.7.2019
On July 23, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software. Per his reasoning, certain devices and messaging services pose a safety threat by providing...
My Favorite Netlify Features
25.7.2019
👋 Hey folks! Silvestar pitched this post to us because he is genuinely enthusiastic about JAMstack and all of the opportunities it opens up for front-end development. We wanted to call that out because, although some of the points in here might come across as sponsored content and Netlify...
2nd Sun-Buffett Lunch Guest Revealed; Investor Offers Talking Points
19.7.2019
Warren Buffett. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bill Gates
As Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron blockchain project, announced the second guest to join him for the Warren Buffett charity lunch, an investor suggested some talking points.
Back in June, Sun won the highly anticipated lunch with...
Crypto Platform Unveils 4-Step Plan to Tackle Pain Points in Trading
5.7.2019
An aggregated liquidity platform says it is determined to address the current points of pain in blockchain trading #SPONSORED
Tron Enters Top Five Ranking Cryptocurrencies At 861 Points, Just 26 Away From Bitcoin
2.7.2019
It’s a moment of rejoicing for Tron enthusiasts and holders as the cryptocurrency became the fifth largest token on CoinMarketCap, in terms of Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), on Monday, July 1. TRX FCAS is 861 points, just 26 behind market leader Bitcoin. According to @coinmarketcap on July...
Fundstrat Global Advisors Technical Analysis Points to Further Rally
14.6.2019
Fundstrat’s recent analysis indicates that most digital currencies are poised to make further gains in the near future
Verge Price Analysis: Verge’s Consistency Will Reward with new price points if the bullish trend continues
30.5.2019
Verge (XVG) has grown by 42% in the last 30 days. The 2019 target should be 1 USD. Verge (XVG) is one of the coins in the present times which are dominantly aiming at the privacy of their users. Verge (XVG) also has performed with a good pace over the last five months. It has …
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AI-Backed Image Background Removal (Sponsored)
21.5.2019
I’ve worked on dozens of eCommerce sites in my career and many of them were hamstrung by the same pain points: tax collection, payment customization, and image optimization. While tax collection and payment customization were important, image optimization was always the hardest and most...
Satoshi Nakamoto Could Be Criminal Mastermind Paul Le Roux
13.5.2019
One of the most enduring mysteries of modern times has produced another enthralling twist. Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous and enigmatic creator, has not been seen online in more than eight years. Evidence has now surfaced that points to a new Satoshi candidate, whose known life...
Preload, prefetch and other link tags
24.4.2019
Ivan Akulov has collected a whole bunch of information and know-how on making things load a bit more quickly with preload and prefetch. That's great in and of itself, but he also points to something new to me – the as attribute:
<link rel="preload" href="/style.css" as="style"...
The Serif Tax
9.4.2019
Fonts are vector. Vector art with more points makes for larger files than vector art with fewer points. Custom fonts are downloaded. So, fonts with less points in their vector art are smaller. That's the theory anyway. Shall we see if there is any merit to it?
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JavaScript Glossary: String length
26.3.2019
Basics
The length property of the String object returns the number of code points in a string object. It indicates the length of the string
Extracting Text from Content Using HTML Slot, HTML Template and Shadow DOM
6.3.2019
Chapter names in books, quotes from a speech, keywords in an article, stats on a report — these are all types of content that could be helpful to isolate and turn into a high-level summary of what's important.
For example, have you seen the way Business Insider provides an article's key points...
Using CSS Grid the right way
22.2.2019
Violet Peña has shared her recommendations for using CSS Grid. They basically boil down to these high-level points:
Use names instead of numbers for setting up our grid columns.
fr should be our flexible unit of choice.
We don’t really need a grid system anymore.
Although this is all great advice...
Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
19.2.2019
Brad points out some UX problems with a variety of apps that are doing things a little outside of the norm when it comes to their login forms. There is already a bunch of things to get right with forms to begin with (e.g. use the right input types, label your inputs, don't have whack password...
Quick! What’s the Difference Between Flexbox and Grid?
12.2.2019
Let's go rapid fire and try to answer this question with quick points rather than long explanations. There are a lot of similarities between flexbox and grid, starting with the fact that they are used for layout and much more powerful than any layout technique that came before them. They...
Where Do You Learn HTML & CSS in 2019?
7.2.2019
The topic of how accessible it is for newbies and seasoned developers alike to learn CSS has been gaining steam as the complexity of the tools around it has become skewed more toward traditional programming. Rachel Andrew has much more to say about this in her post, HTML, CSS and our vanishing...