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Pandemic Diary: January 23rd, 2021: Happy Birthday to Me

My brother called me this morning at 9:00 a.m.. I had slept in, and he left a message for me to call him. When I did get up later this morning, I saw that he had called, and since he telephones me so infrequently (we...

Connecting Software Engineering to Revenue

After a startup has achieved product/market fit and a repeatable customer acquisition model, one of the common entrepreneur questions is “how do I connect software engineering initiatives to revenue?” Demand on the engineering team grows from sales (new features!), from support (fix bugs, make it easier!), from product (beat the competition!), and on and on. Some questions arise: Is our engineering team working on the most...

Defi Token Polkadot Continues to Jump Like There’s No Tomorrow

The crypto space is tanking as of late. Bitcoin has fallen by about ten percent in the past two days, while Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano and Litecoin have all taken dips of anywhere between five and ten percent. However,...

Bitcoin Enters Consolidation Phase as Analysts Set Their Sights on This Major Crypto

Bitcoin has seen some mixed price action as of late, with bulls and bears largely reaching an impasse as the crypto consolidates Following its recent plunge to below $29,000, the crypto has been seeing some sideways...

Stay safe in 2021; A lifetime of BulletVPN is just $39 right now

Whether you’re concerned about security domestically or if you’re a frequent traveler, transmitting data over public Wi-Fi and mobile networks isn’t always the safest process. It’s far too easy to have someone...

Adobe Photoshop for iPad vs. Affinity Photo for iPad: Which Is Best?

Adobe Photoshop is the go-to when it comes to image editors. Whether on iPad or any other device. However, it's far from the only option on the market, and its monthly subscription price will put a lot of people...

Playing with the endowment effect in Python

How to merge economics and psychology in 35 lines of codePhoto by Amy Parkes on Unsplash.One of the pillars of the behavioural economic theory is the endowment effect. In this article, we’re going to briefly show how...

Feather Flipper

Lex Kravitz designed a small PCB for flipping the orientation of a feather board that is useful for flipping the orientation of a camera or screen wing: Feather Flipper I wanted to use an Adafruit AMG8833 thermal...

11 Crucial Mistakes To Avoid As A Data Scientist!

OpinionWhat are the eleven critical mistakes made by beginner Data Science enthusiasts? Avoid these for achieving better results and higher productivity!Photo by Magnet.me on Unsplash“Everyone Makes Mistakes. True...

Entrepreneur Developer Introduction | How To Become Your Own Boss

In this video we do a quick summary of what you can expect as an entrepreneur who is a developer.Pre-Order For...

How To Use Split Screen On Windows 10

There are two ways to split your screen on Windows 10: manually and with a keyboard shortcut. The manual method gives you more options that would suit someone using several applications at the same time. It all comes...

One of the Largest Banks in Russia Reportedly Preparing To Launch Its Own Stablecoin

The biggest retail bank in Russia is reportedly gearing up to launch its own proprietary stablecoin. According to the Russian news outlet Interfax, Sberbank has filed an application with the Central Bank of Russia to...

Printer cutting top and bottom off!

I am using Ubuntu MATE with a Brother MFC-J4410DW printer. This has been a great combination. Somewhere during updating, things went awry. Whenever I print from LibreOffice or a browser, the top and bottom of the document are cut off. I reinstalled the driver to make sure that I had the latest one, but nothing changed. I sent test pages to the printer, and the edges print perfectly. I have tried changing the settings till I am blue in...

Microsoft Edge Browser Update: New Themes, Features and a Lot More

Ever since its launch in the year 2015, Microsoft Edge has steadily made its presence felt like a reliable, modern-day browser. Unlike the earlier days of the internet, there is a lot of competition today what with a plethora of web browsers vying for the users’ attention. While it is quite common to see browsers opting for an upgrade at regular intervals, one barely gets to see a massive improvement vis-à-vis features, themes...

Installing nVidia drivers - GUI only

Allo, I am testing out Debian. Code: Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.10.0-2-amd64 OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core Processor Memory: 23.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: llvmpipe So far so good. Sound driver is ok. NIC driver is OK. Rebooting works. I can format USB ticks with the KDE Partition thing. I...