Can Blockchain Save The Environment?

Cryptocurrencies have been discussed widely in the news recently. The concept may sound confusing to those unfamiliar with it, but it is not actually that difficult to grasp. Cryptocurrencies are essentially currencies which are created and used online. They are decentralised, which means any authority or government does not control them. Despite many large scandals and widespread debate around the future of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies are considered to have the potential to be the future of money. However, technology enthusiasts worldwide will recognise that it is the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin, making it so revolutionary. What is Blockchain Technology? In the past, transactions have always relied upon a central authority, such as a bank or government, to perform the role of ‘middleman’ to validate transactions and keep records. This role is to ensure people that they are making transactions that are reliable and trusted. The purpose of blockchain technology is to remove the need for this central authority.

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Ways To Naturally Boost Your Mind

Opportunistic Solutions The best way to get your mind stimulated is to incorporate specific techniques of mental exertion into your daily routine. It’s better to do this naturally than to force it. For example, a way to force yourself would involve memorizing a page from an old phonebook daily. If you practice doing that long enough, you’ll eventually be able to memorize such a page in an hour or less, but what a brutish way to get your brain in shape. It’s akin to running on a treadmill an hour a day with no TV, music, or anything beyond a flat, blank, white wall to look at. You may be able to do it, but you’ll lose something in the process. A better way to get your head in a mode of positive, holistic, and natural expansion is to find areas of daily life where things like calculation are necessary. Mileage is a great example. If you’re driving a 285-mile drive with a 20-gallon tank, watching the odometer should give you enough information to derive mileage mentally without a calculator.

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Estimation Play A Crucial Role In Paying Off Technical Debt

It is hard to say which part of a code is good and which part is bad. Moreover, it may also be when a code may be useful for the business even with technical debt in it and therefore should not be refactored for the time being. You must focus and rework on only those codes that will bring sufficient gain and value to the business in the long run. You must know how to distinguish between such codes and know the ways to substantiate so that both your team and stakeholders believe and agree with you. 

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Betting Industry Still Confident VR Will Pull Through

At the moment, the online gambling industry has never had it so good. Driven largely by smartphones and easy internet access, the industry is estimated to hit $60bn in global revenues by the turn of the decade – around double the 2010 figure. With this kind of figures at hand, it would be easy for the casino bosses to lay back and relax, after all, if it isn’t broken why it fix? While that sentiment may work in some industries, it most certainly doesn’t roll in the world of online casinos. Gambling has historically always been one of the quickest industries to take up and develop the potential of new technologies. Now it has its eyes firmly set upon the potential of Virtual Reality.

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Careers That Can Save Lives

Often, when we are looking for a new career, we consider the wages and benefits available. How often have we considered the impact that our career can have on others? Some jobs are designed to show our compassion for our neighbors, provide nurturing when others need it, and even save lives. Here are some top jobs that allow folks to save lives every day. Substance Abuse Counselor The National Center of Health Statistics estimated that over 50,000 people died from a drug overdose in 2015. The statistic’s focus is on hard street drugs to prevent accidental overdoses from non-addicts from skewing the numbers. Considering the substance abuse counselor’s role at facilities like HARP heroin detox & rehab, imagine how many people they may have saved that year! While the statistic does focus on harder drugs, many who opt for rehabilitation are not hardcore drug addicts but rather regular people who have a tough time coping.

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5 Netflix Fun Facts You Have No Idea About

I think most people would agree with the fact that one of the best things that have come from technology so far is the ability to decide what you want to watch, when to watch it, and the knowledge that you can watch it regardless of wherever you may be, using a long list of devices that vary in size and portability. This is how far we’ve come with the advent of the Internet, and the many steps that we’ve made in technology up until today. Without this, companies like Netflix would have no chance to be one of the most popular streaming services or even gain a worldwide market to push their services. These are some of the reasons that encouraged us to list 5 Netflix secrets that we think most people don’t know about. Please read all about them below. Take a few minutes and go over these 5 facts that are probably unknown facts about Netflix:

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4 Ways to Use Your Devices for Good

The web has been responsible for some of the most significant, defining inventions of the past few decades, from world-changing technology to cats that play keyboards. A good example of the former is Bitcoin, a decentralized, ultra-secure cryptocurrency that eventually found a home in the iGaming community. The token, which was briefly worth more than gold earlier this year, traces its roots back to a mailing list active in 2008. Crowd Computing It’s probably fair to say that many of the more notable advances in e-commerce, as the development of PayPal and Skill, wouldn’t have been possible without the internet. For example, MrSpin, an online casino brand unique for building its slot machine games in-house, lets players make a deposit by phone bill in denominations of £3, £5, and £10. It’s a valuable alternative to debit cards for people who like to play casino games but lack access to the traditional plastic.

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Regularized Logistic regression

Previously we have tried logistic regression without regularization and with the simple training data set. But as we all know, things in real life aren’t as simple as we would want to. There are many types of data available that need to be classified. A number of features can grow up hundreds and thousands while a number of instances may be limited. Also in, many times, we might need to classify into more than two classes. The first problem that might arise due to many features is over-fitting. This is when learned hypothesis hΘ (x) fit training data too well (cost J(Θ) ≈ 0), but it fails when classifying new data samples. In other words, the model tries to distinct each training example correctly by drawing very complicated decision boundaries between training data points. As you can see in the image above, over-fitting would be green decision boundary. So how to deal with the over-fitting problem? There might be several approaches: We leave first two out of the question because selecting an optimal number of features is a different topic of optimization. Also, we are sticking with logistic regression model for now, so changing classifier is also out of the…

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The Material Starter Kit facilitates your lateral flow assay development

So you’re in the midst of later flow test development? Then you have indeed visited some questions such as “how much is it going to cost me?”. Often times the beginning phases of the process that leads up to a lateral flow test are hindered severely by the lack of necessary materials. These materials aren’t a problem regarding availability, but more of how you get them. Most providers will offer you a minimum purchase type of deal, which revolves around meeting a specific minimum amount of product before your order can be recorded. The list of things you need when you start developing lateral flow tests is quite extensive, and it is most likely that you wish things would be different.

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5 Search Engines for Academic Research

Acquiring sound researching skills plus basic knowledge of how researching tools work are important for students, regardless of whether they are in high school or college. There is so much information on almost any topic on the internet. Generally, Google is the most popular search engine, and using it for academic research is time-consuming and may fail to offer relevant resources. Many of the academic web pages have been buried deep in the web and it takes more than Google to uncover them. Several alternative search engines exist that are free to use and can be accessed from anywhere in the world. These academic search engines are built specifically for academic purposes. Though Google is the main hub of information on every topic under the sun, researching the right way makes all the difference. The better you research, the more will be your chances to write a good essay. But, what if you’re not so good in the research part which also takes hours of your effort and time. Essays UK offers complete assistance when it comes to researching any topic. From finding the right topics to diving deep into different topics, take help from specialists who have mastered the…

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