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Nejlepší ponorkoví kapitáni 2. světové války (2): David Wanklyn, postrach Středozemního moře
22.12.2020
Nejlepší ponorkoví kapitáni 2. světové války (2): David Wanklyn, postrach Středozemního moře
2020 Roundup of Web Research
22.12.2020
It’s December! Lots of things are published this time of year, like developer advent calendars and organizations reflecting on the past year. We have even our own end-of-year series where we asked folks what they learned in 2020. But we also see lots of research come out around this time....
Retrospective on Fela
21.12.2020
I really appreciate a real-world walkthrough of a technology. Not only in what that technology does, but why it was chosen and how it worked for a team. Anybody can read the docs, but what you know after years of real-world usage is far more valuable. Hugo “Kitty” Giraudel:
I want to properly...
Microstrategy Buys 29,646 More Bitcoins — Now Holds Over $1.6 Billion in BTC
21.12.2020
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has purchased 29,646 more bitcoins for $650 million. The latest purchase brings the company’s bitcoin holdings to 70,470 — worth more than $1.6 billion. Microstrategy Now Has Over $1.6 Billion in Bitcoin Billion-dollar public company Microstrategy (Nasdaq:...
MicroStrategy Has Now Over USD 1bn in Bitcoin, New & Old Hacks + More News
21.12.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Investing news
US-based business intelligence company MicroStrategy confirmed that it had purchased an additional approximately BTC 29,646...
Converting and Optimizing Images From the Command Line
21.12.2020
Images take up to 50% of the total size of an average web page. And if images are not optimized, users end up downloading extra bytes. And if they’re downloading extra bytes, the site not only takes that much more time to load, but users are using more data, both of which can be resolved, at least...
Monday's Best Deals: Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Extra 20% off Sephora Sale Items, Studio Ghibli Blu-rays, Cuisinart Knives, Nuatica Sweaters, KN95 Face Masks, and More
21.12.2020
Super Mario 3D All-Stars and an extra 20% off Sephora sale items lead Monday’s best deals.Read more
“I Don’t Know”
21.12.2020
I’ve learned to be more comfortable not knowing. “I don’t know”, comes easier now. “I don’t know anything about that.” It’s okay. It feels good to say.
Whether it’s service workers, Houdini, shadow DOM, web components, HTTP2, CSS grid, “micro-front ends”, AVIF… there are many paths before...
MicroStrategy buys the dip — Now has more BTC than US Govt
21.12.2020
Michael Saylor announces another $650 million purchase of Bitcoin as price dips from weekend highs
Side-Chaining $3 Billion in Value: There’s More Than 141,000 Tokenized Bitcoins Issued on Ethereum
21.12.2020
According to onchain statistics, there is a colossal amount of bitcoin, approximately 141,231 bitcoins or $3.3 billion at the time of publication locked into Ethereum-based tokens. There are roughly seven different wrapped or synthetic bitcoin tokens but the Wrapped Bitcoin project has...
Sunday's Best Deals: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Razer Kraken Headsets, Anker Power Bank, Hand Sanitizer, Casserole Dish Holder, K-Beauty Brand Mamonde Products, and More
20.12.2020
Discounted Razer Kraken headsets and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War a lead Sunday’s best deals.Read more
Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban Says Bitcoin Is a Store of Value but ‘More Religion Than Solution to Any Problem’
20.12.2020
Shark Tank star and the Dallas Mavericks’ owner, billionaire Mark Cuban has shared his updated view on bitcoin after the price of the cryptocurrency hit all-time highs. He compared bitcoin to gold but believes that bitcoin is not a solution to any problem as countries will take steps...
Saturday's Best Deals: HP Envy x360 Laptops, TCL 50-inch 4K Smart TV, AirPods Case Covers, 48-pack AA Batteries, KN95 Masks, and More
19.12.2020
An HP Envy x360 convertible laptop and a TCL 50-inch 4K smart tv lead Saturday’s best deals.Read more
Change vs. Inertia
18.12.2020
Recently, I’ve become more deeply aware of the inherent tension between change and inertia, as it applies to the evolution and use of web technologies. These forces have always been present and opposed to each other, but it seems to me that the side effects of these collisions are impacting...
Bitcoin Addresses Holding $1 Million Goes ‘Parabolic,’ 10% of BTC Supply Sits Idle for 10 Years
18.12.2020
While bitcoin trades above the $20k handle, onchain data shows that the number of bitcoin addresses holding at least $1 million has climbed substantially increasing by more than 150%. Moreover, Glassnode’s statistics indicate that roughly 1.85 million bitcoin hasn’t moved in over...
Spanish Banking Giant Prepared For Bitcoin, PayPal's BTC Game + More News
18.12.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Banking news
Spanish banking giant BBVA said that starting in January 2021, its unit in Switzerland will progressively launch a new service for...
Optimizing Image Depth
18.12.2020
Something I learned (or, I guess, re-learned) this year is how important it is to pay close attention to the bit depth of images. Way back in the day, we used to obsessively choose between 2-, 4-, or 8-bit color depth on our GIFs, because when lots of users were using dialup modems to surf the...
$1 Billion in Bitcoin and Ether: One River Hedge Fund to Increase Holdings From $600 Million
18.12.2020
Hedge fund management firm One River Asset Management has invested $600 million in bitcoin and ether with a plan to increase its holdings to $1 billion next year. The company has two cryptocurrency funds: the Bitcoin Fund and the Ethereum Fund. $1 Billion Investment in Bitcoin and Ether One River...
Friday's Best Deals: Instacart Gift Card, Sony WF-1000XM3 Earbuds, Eufy Smart Scale, John Wick Hex, Soap & Glory, Crane & Canopy Sleep Set, and More
18.12.2020
An Instacart $100 gift card and Sony’s WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds lead Friday’s best deals.Read more
What Makes CSS Hard To Master
18.12.2020
Tim Severien:
I feel we, the community, have to acknowledge that CSS is easy to get started with and hard to master. Let’s reflect on the language and find out what makes it hard.
Tim’s reasons CSS is hard (in my own words):
You can look at a matching Ruleset, and still not have the whole...