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To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
22.2.2021
One of the things I do when teaching beginning front-end development is ask students to describe what it’s like to read HTML. I give them pretty basic markup for a long-form article, and ask them to read it twice: first …
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Ruin All Your Friendships With Overcooked! All You Can Eat for $35
22.2.2021
Overcooked! All You Can Eat (PS5) | $35 | AmazonOvercooked! All You Can Eat (Xbox) | $35 | AmazonRead more
Evolving the DAO: How decentralized companies can dominate Web3
22.2.2021
Are decentralized autonomous organizations reaching their full potential? The current focus on governance means that many other opportunities are being missed
Public and Private Money Can Coexist in the Digital Age
21.2.2021
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli is a Deputy Division Chief in the same Department.
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We value innovation and diversity—including in money. On the same day, we might...
Bill Gates Neutral on Bitcoin but Says Cryptocurrency Is an Innovation the World Can Do Without
20.2.2021
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is no longer a bitcoin bear. He has now taken a neutral stance on bitcoin as an investment. However, as an innovation, he says that cryptocurrency is one that the world would be better off without because it allows for certain criminal activities. Bill Gates Changes...
Pyukumuku Can Spit Its Organs Out And Use Them As A Weapon
20.2.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Pyukumuku!Read more
Crypto Earning vs. Savings Accounts: How You Can Get Up to 17% Annually Holding Digital Assets
20.2.2021
The mainstream has caught a whiff of the gains cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum have seen, but many people are not aware of the passive income crypto users are getting as well. While financial incumbents are giving people with savings accounts a measly 0.35% to 0.60%, digital currencies...
Clipping Scrollable Areas On The inline-start Side
19.2.2021
On a default left-to-right web page, “hanging” an element off the right side of the page (e.g. position: absolute; right: -100px;) triggers a horizontal scrollbar that scrolls as far as needed to make that whole element visible. But if …
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NEXT.Chain, the Next DeFi Powerhouse to Host Its Liquidity Sale Event From the 24th of February
19.2.2021
PRESS RELEASE. While Ethereum has given way to a brave new world of decentralized financial applications that are completely permissionless, accessible and groundbreaking in many ways. However, it has done so on an experimental basis and with great costs. Ethereum provides a foundation on which...
Three Ways to Blob with CSS and SVG
19.2.2021
Blobs are the smooth, random, jelly-like shapes that have a whimsical quality and are just plain fun. They can be used as illustration elements and background effects on the web.
So, how are they made? Just crack open an illustration …
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Use CSS Variables instead of React Context
19.2.2021
Turns out you can use several different libraries to pass color information around components. Or, you could use custom properties, built right into CSS, have no decline in your own developer experience, and deliver a faster experience to your users. …
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Mistakes I’ve Made as an Engineering Manager
18.2.2021
I’ve been a manager for many years at companies of different scale. Through these experiences, I’ve done my share of learning, and made some mistakes along that way that were important lessons for me. I want to share those with …
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Recipe websites, data modeling, and user experience
18.2.2021
Simeon Griggs with some nice UX ideas for a recipe website:
No math. Swap between units and adjust servings on-the-fly.
Offer alternative ingredients.
Re-list the ingredient amounts when they’re referenced in the instructions.
I totally agree, especially on that last …
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BTC Transaction Stuck? Bitcoin Cash-Powered Accelerators Can Speed Up Transfers
18.2.2021
At the time of publication, there’s more than 69,000 transactions waiting in line to get confirmed by a bitcoin miner. Since bitcoin’s price rise, at certain times, transaction fees have climbed to $10 to $20 per transfer, and people who pay less than the median fee may have to wait...
Algorithmic stablecoins aren’t really stable, but can the concept redeem itself?
18.2.2021
Amid much fanfare, many algorithmic stablecoins have not been stable. Is the problem intractable, or it's the just the algorithms that aren't good enough?
You Can Finally Import Your Owned Levels Into Hitman 3 On PC
18.2.2021
Hitman 3 PC players who own Hitman 1 or 2 can finally import their owned levels for free, developer IO Interactive announced today.Read more
Let’s Create a Custom Audio Player
18.2.2021
HTML has a built-in native audio player interface that we get simply using the <audio> element. Point it to a sound file and that’s all there is to it. We even get to specify multiple files for better browser support, …
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Barebones CSS for Fluid Images
18.2.2021
Zach takes a look at some fundamental HTML+CSS usage for fluid, responsive images. Most of it, I’d say, is what you’d expect, but things get weird when srcset gets involved.
I poked my way through, and in addition to the …
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How ImageEngine can Optimize Contentful CMS For Faster Web Performance
18.2.2021
In this article, we will review how ImageEngine’s API can transform images better than the native API of Contentful.
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Pionex Is a Crypto Exchange With Built-in Automated Trading Tools You Can Trust
18.2.2021
The international Pionex cryptocurrency exchange has been one of the fastest growing trading platforms in Asia in 2020 and it is now set to capture even more of the global market in 2021. What makes Pionex so popular is the trustworthy team of professionals behind it and the top notch automated...