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Satoshi’s 21 Million Mystery: One-Millionth of the Bitcoin Supply Cap Is Now Worth $1 Million
7.3.2021
On Sunday, March 7, 2021, the price per bitcoin jumped over the $50k handle once again, as the digital asset’s overall market capitalization is around $925 billion. One thing is for certain, there will never be more than 21 million bitcoin and today there’s roughly 18,647,525 bitcoin...
Before Peloton There Was Spinning®: How 2 Guys Named John Birthed the Unwieldy Fitness Trend
5.3.2021
In 2014, FiveThirtyEight published a story by Mona Chalabi titled “Why Women Don’t Cycle,” examining studies that attempted to answer the baffling question of why a gender gap exists among outdoor cycling enthusiasts. The article found a number of wide-ranging answers, including cost, safety...
Exploring @property and its Animating Powers
4.3.2021
Uh, what’s @property? It’s a new CSS feature! It gives you superpowers. No joke, there is stuff that @property can do that unlocks things in CSS we’ve never been able to do before.
While everything about @property is exciting, …
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Ensuring the correct vertical position of large text
26.2.2021
Tobi Reif notes how the position of custom fonts set at very large font sizes can be super different, even in the same browser across operating systems. The solution? Well, you know how there are certain CSS properties that only …
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Don’t Worry: There Are Enough Analogue Pockets For Everyone
23.2.2021
Last August, many of us missed out on pre-ordering a Pocket, the beautiful all-in-one handheld console from Seattle-based hardware manufacturer Analogue. With a restock now confirmed for 2021, the company has promised to beef up its servers and crack down on resellers to help ensure folks are able...
Skybridge Capital Founder Predicts $100K Bitcoin Price This Year Due to ‘Heavy Demand’ and Diminishing Supply
22.2.2021
The founder of asset management firm Skybridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci, has predicted that the price of bitcoin will reach $100,000 before the year-end simply due to supply and demand. “You don’t have a lot of supply out there and very heavy demand,” he said. His firm...
There's Been An N64 Mini-Game Hidden Inside The Switch Version Of Firewatch All This Time
20.2.2021
Yesterday Cabel Sasser, the co-founder of Panic, revealed a little-known secret only found in the Switch port of Firewatch, a game his company published back in 2016. Turns out, there’s a fun platformer hidden in it. And (almost) nobody found it! Read more
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...
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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Nintendo Sorry There Isn't Any Breath Of The Wild 2 News
17.2.2021
When Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma made a brief appearance on today’s Nintendo Direct, it sparked some brief hope that there might be news on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. There was not.Read more
Use CSS Clamp to create a more flexible wrapper utility
17.2.2021
I like Andy’s idea here:
.wrapper {
width: clamp(16rem, 90vw, 70rem);
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
padding-left: 1.5rem;
padding-right: 1.5rem;
}
Normally I’d just set a max-width there, but as Andy says:
This becomes a slight issue in mid-sized viewports, such...
Front of the Front / Back of the Front
17.2.2021
People really latched onto Brad’s framing. And for good reason. Front-end development has gotten so wide scoping that there are specialists inside of it. Two years ago, I cut it down the middle and now Brad is putting …
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The web didn’t change; you did
16.2.2021
I love this piece from Remy Sharp where he argues that the web didn’t get more complicated over the last 20 years, despite what we might think:
Web development did not change. Web development grew. There are more options now,
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There's A Nintendo Direct Tomorrow, Finally
16.2.2021
Earlier today, Nintendo announced their first Nintendo Direct of 2021 will take place tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET.Read more
Traders say there aren’t many reasons to be bearish on Bitcoin
12.2.2021
Bitcoin remains bullish, according to a couple traders
Responsible Web Applications
12.2.2021
Joy Heron bought a cool domain name and published an article there:
Luckily, with modern HTML and CSS, we can create responsive and accessible web apps with relative ease. In my years of doing software development, I have learned some
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What Is Bitcoin?
10.2.2021
First of its kind Bitcoin – the cryptocurrency, is a digital currency which can be passed on between users on a bitcoin network without any centralized bank or administrative system. What many people do not know is that there are … Continued
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Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein Calls Bitcoin ‘An Escape Hatch From Tyranny’
8.2.2021
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Alex Gladstein has heaped praise on bitcoin saying it’s an escape hatch from tyranny and that there is more to it than its price. In comments made via a short video, Gladstein, who is the chief strategy officer (CSO) at HRF, asserts that “people...
Bit.com’s Daily Volume for Bitcoin Cash Options Doubled Every Day Since Launch
7.2.2021
At the end of January, the Matrixport subsidiary and leading derivatives exchange Bit.com announced the introduction of bitcoin cash perpetual swaps and options. Following the launch, the daily 24-hour volume has exceeded expectations doubling every day ever since. During the last few years...
Bullish $10K Ethereum call options excite traders but there’s a catch
6.2.2021
December’s $10,000 Ethereum calls options have started to pick up volume, but are traders really expecting ETH to reach this level?