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Pro-Bitcoin US Lawmaker Cynthia Lummis Joins Senate Banking Committee, Plans to Convince Janet Yellen BTC Is Great Store of Value
8.2.2021
Pro-bitcoin U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has been appointed to the Senate banking committee. She has been talking to Janet Yellen and has outlined her plans to help the new Treasury Secretary and other U.S. lawmakers understand that bitcoin is a great store of value. Lummis says that Yellen has...
No-Jank CSS Stripes
1.2.2021
My mind goes immediately to repeating-linear-gradient and hard-stop gradients when thinking of creating stripes in CSS. You make one stripe by using the same color between two color stops, and another stripe (or more) but using a different color …
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Purging Today’s Freedom Activists: Why Big Tech’s Censorship Isn’t Directed Solely at Trump Supporters
23.1.2021
There’s been a lot of unrest in the U.S. and just before the presidential election’s electoral vote, Big Tech took action and censored a great number of individuals and even competing social media platforms. Moreover, even after President Biden’s first few days in office, social...
Keep Your Mind and Hands Busy With the Best LEGO Deals
11.1.2021
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Why I Changed My Mind on Bitcoin
10.1.2021
A reading of two recent essays by former bitcoin skeptics who have changed their tunes
Why I’ve Changed My Mind on Bitcoin
4.1.2021
Ritholtz Wealth Management's COO Nick Maggiulli on why he reversed positions on bitcoin
Break a forEach Loop with JavaScript
22.12.2020
I’ve written a number of blog posts about JavaScript tricks: Promise tricks, type conversion tricks, spread tricks, and a host of other JavaScript tricks. I recently ran into another JavaScript trick that blew my mind: how to break a forEach loop. To break the forEach loop at any point,...
Twitter loses its mind over rapper's '$1M Bitcoin giveaway' ... worth $11 each
18.12.2020
Popular rapper Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Square’s Cash App to launch a $1 million Bitcoin giveaway on Twitter in partnership with Square’s Cash App
Learning to Simplify
16.12.2020
When I first got this writing prompt, my mind immediately started thinking stuff like, “What tech have I learned this year?” But this post isn’t really about tech, because I think what I’ve learned the most about building websites this past year is simplification.
This year, I’ve learned that...
It’s all relative.
10.12.2020
I remember sitting in the back seat of our family’s Subaru station wagon. I was six and this was long before child carseats were a thing. My dad was at the wheel and my mom played 20 Questions with me while we drove to some vacation spot I can’t even remember.
It was my mom’s turn...
Alliance Bernstein Tells Clients Bitcoin Has a Role in Asset Allocation
2.12.2020
Alliance Bernstein has told its clients that bitcoin has a role in investment portfolios. The head of the Portfolio Strategy team of the firm’s research arm said he has changed his mind about bitcoin after previously stating that it did not have a place in investment portfolios. Alliance...
Why a $631B Asset Manager Just Changed Its Mind on Bitcoin
1.12.2020
In a research note intended for clients, investing giant AllianceBernstein says it changed its mind on bitcoin’s role in asset allocation
Websites We Like: Whimsical
3.11.2020
Whimsical is an app that lets you create flowcharts, wireframes, and mind maps but it was only earlier today that I spotted just how great the website is — especially the product pages. Check out this page where they describe how to use the Mind Maps feature where you can use the product right...
Full Bleed
15.10.2020
We’ve covered techniques before for when you want a full-width element within a constrained-width column, like an edge-to-edge image within a narrower column of text. There are loads of techniques.
Perhaps my favorite is this little utility class:
.full-width {
width: 100vw;
position:...
Your Bitcoin Brainwallet Can Be Swept Even Without Reading Your Mind
15.10.2020
If you're considering setting up a "brainwallet" to secure your bitcoin (BTC), you might want to think twice and learn from a recent experiment. It showed that BTC might be stolen in less than a second.
Contrary to a paper wallet, where a BTC owner has their seed phrase written...
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The governance crisis
25.9.2020
In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the third one: governance
Leading Auction House Christie’s Listing Bitcoin Art for the First Time
24.9.2020
The world’s largest auction house, Christie’s, will be presenting Bitcoin artwork for the first time. Block 21 of “Portraits of a Mind,” an art project showcasing the original Bitcoin code by Satoshi Nakamoto, will include a painting and a unique digital non-fungible token....
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The vertical scaling crisis
24.9.2020
In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the second one: vertical scaling
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The upgradeability crisis
23.9.2020
In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the first one: upgradeability
Global Hashpower Exchange Launches World’s First Exchange Dedicated to Hashpower Futures – GHPEX.com
22.9.2020
September 22, 2020 – Global Hash Power Exchange today announced the launch of GHPEX.com, the world’s first crypto exchange devoted to trading hashpower futures, signaling the next evolution of crypto trading. Designed for traders and miners in mind, GHPEX.com offers traders the ability...