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How scientists could one day predict your memories

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by on July 19, 2019 at 9:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Do you remember your first kiss? What about your grandma dying? Chances are you do, and that’s because emotional memories are at the core of our personal life story. Some rare moments are just incredibly intense and stand out from an otherwise repetitive existence of sleeping, eating and working. That said, daily life, too, is replete with experiences that have a personal emotional significance – such as disagreeing with someone or receiving a compliment. Most of us are able to describe emotional memories in some detail, even after a long time, while memories of more mundane experiences and events fade…

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Creating software for multiple OSes: 13 things new developers need to remember

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by on July 19, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Developing across platforms is no bed of roses, especially when you’re first starting out as a developer. Individual operating systems tend to have their own quirks when coding for them, and testing how everything works once your software is built can be a real challenge. In order to highlight some of the specific issues that can develop, and what can be done about them, I asked a panel of 13 entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: When creating software for multiple platforms and OSes, what is one problem beginning developers may not know about? What should they do to avoid…

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Coinbase quietly kills its loss-making cryptocurrency investment packages

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by on July 19, 2019 at 8:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Further to shutting down its cryptocurrency index fund, Coinbase has seemingly closed its “Bundle” now too. According to an update on its FAQ page, spotted by The Block, Coinbase Bundles “have been deprecated,” with all assets in the bundle being “redistributed to their respective individual asset wallets” for users. The cryptocurrency exchange launched its bundles packages last September in an attempt to simplify the cryptocurrency buying process for new investors. It let investors buy a weighted package of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Ethereum Classic. Alongside the bundles, Coinbase also launched new asset pages and Coinbase Learn, a repository…

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