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Pseudo-Randomly Adding Illustrations with CSS
17.4.2020
Between each post of Eric Meyer’s blog there’s this rather lovely illustration that can randomly be one of these five options:
Eric made each illustration into a separate background image then switches out that image with the nth-of-type CSS property, like this:
.entry:nth-of-type(2n+1)::before...
Negative Margins
9.3.2020
PPK digs into the subject, which he found woefully undercovered in web tech documentation. Our entry doesn't mention them at all, which I'll aim to fix.
Agree on this situation:
This is by far the most common use case for negative margins. You give a container a padding so that its contents have...
EU Securities Regulator Flags Risks of Big Tech's Entry Into Financial Services
19.2.2020
The ESMA, the EU’s financial governing body, noted several risks of big tech companies entering the financial space as part of a 2020 report
BitGo Gains Entry to Digital Securities World Through Acquisition of Harbor
19.2.2020
BitGo enters the world of digital securities through Harbor platform acquisition
Is Bitcoin Awaiting an Entry to the Bull Run? Can $8,000 Possibly be the Next Target?
23.12.2019
Bitcoin hits above the major resistance $7,500 price area and currently trades at $7,545.45 In the past five days, BTC has shown a growth of over 18% ranging to $7,640.99 from $6,429.51 The parallel lines hint towards a Bull Run, and the current movement of the coin seems to have gained momentum...
The Many Facts Pointing to Ian Grigg Being Satoshi
20.12.2019
Financial cryptographer. Cypherpunk. Inventor of Ricardian contracts and early utilizer of triple-entry accounting systems, which would later be exemplified in Bitcoin. Ian Grigg may have claimed that Satoshi was a team effort and is now dead, only living on in bitcoiners everywhere, but some seem...
Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Plead SEC to Restrict Entry of Foreign Firms
26.11.2019
The honorable co-founder and chief executive of Bitkub Capital Group Holdings, Jirayut Srupsrisopa, has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to put a barrier on the entry of influential foreign business operators into the industry in order to safeguard the flourishment of local...
The Best Cocktail in Town
18.11.2019
I admit I've held in a lot of pent-up frustration about the direction web development has taken the past few years. There is the complexity. It requires a steep learning curve. It focuses more on more configuration than it does development.
That's not exactly great news for folks like me...
Bitcoin History Part 19: Wikileaks and the Hornet’s Nest
7.11.2019
“WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.” With those 13 words, Satoshi Nakamoto stepped into oblivion, leaving a blizzard of unanswered questions that would enshroud his disappearance. That ominous message was to prove his penultimate forum...
Are Bulls All Set to Make an Entry for the Price of EOS?
5.11.2019
The EOS price has managed to gain a steady momentum above the baseline over the past 30 days EOS has gone through a lot of price variations since the beginning of the year. The price had a decent upward swing till June. In July, with the onset of the bearish trend, the crypto market witnessed...
Apple Denies Speculation of Its Entry into Crypto Space
4.10.2019
Laying all speculations to rest, CEO of Apple Inc., Tim Cook, has virtually opposed the idea of private companies launching their currencies. The top executive said that private organizations should refrain from getting access to power by launching their own competing currencies. Just a couple...
Ethereum Price Analysis: Will Bulls Make an Entry for Ethereum (ETH)?
9.8.2019
Ethereum, a popular and second-largest coin on the blockchain platform, has been gearing itself for the release of Ethereum 2.0 in early 2020. The YTD chart shows the price of Ethereum had peaked during June being as high as $330 on June 25 and after that, the bears were in continual motion showing...
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...
Ethereum Price Analysis: Will Bulls Finally Make an Entry for Ethereum (ETH)?
27.7.2019
Ethereum has been going through phases of bear and bull moments through the current week Ethereum is a largely popular coin on the blockchain platform has been in the news for its eagerly awaited Ethereum 2.0 which is expected to make the network more robust and user-friendly. Ethereum had a good...
Money and Democracy: How the Elite Manipulated Ledgers and Created a Social Ranking System
22.7.2019
Money is one of the most important but least understood manmade tools in existence. For more than 5,000 years humans have used a tool of exchange called money to facilitate trade. During this timespan, the evolution of money has evolved into a system of information, a social contract, and a ranking...
How Facebook’s Entry In Crypto Space Can Create Fortunes For Bitcoin
30.6.2019
Internet was one of the greatest things man created, and within a few decades, we are talking about Smart Homes, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, etc. However, the journey has been all about the push which internet got, every time one thought it had reached saturation. Internet’s first...
A Partner at Binance Labs Expresses Optimism Over Facebook’s Entry Into Crypto With Libra
30.6.2019
A partner at Binance Labs thinks Libra has been good for crypto and foresees cooperation between Facebook and Binance
At-Home Crypto Miner Coinmine Now Pays Out Bitcoin
21.6.2019
The one-tap miner now supports ethereum, zcash, grin, and monero alongside BTC
Open FaceTime Call from Command Line
11.4.2019
Communication tools are always associated with UIs, and for good reason — if you want communication to be easy and intuitive, you need easy and intuitive interfaces. We need communication tools to provide the lowest barrier of entry, since not all users will be tech savvy. For tech experts...
The Whole Spreadsheets as Databases Thing is Pretty Cool
18.3.2019
A spreadsheet has always been a strong (if fairly literal) analogy for a database. A database has tables, which is like a single spreadsheet. Imagine a spreadsheet for tracking RSVPs for a wedding. Across the top, column titles like First Name, Last Name, Address, and Attending?. Those titles...