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Just putting it out there: I still buy MP3s

Aug18
by on August 18, 2019 at 10:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Just Putting It Out There, Opinion


In this column, “Just putting this out there…,” we write about the odd ways we engage with tech and the unpopular opinions we form about it. One of my biggest sources of inner turmoil is how I consume music: I still buy MP3s. This is often met with shock, horror, or hushed murmurings of “good for you” like I’ve just donated blood — but I’m not really sure why. Very few industries have been as disrupted by the internet as the music industry. From its containment to its delivery and consumption, it’s faced a near-total revolution every few years over the…

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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Serious money warming to Bitcoin’

Aug18
by on August 18, 2019 at 9:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork


Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Plato used to say: Let’s get it! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, August 17 2019, at a price of $10,231. That’s a minor 1.22 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$126.97. It was the lowest closing price in two days. We’re still 49 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin’s market cap ended the day at…

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Dinosaur egg bonanza gives vital clues about prehistoric parenting

Aug18
by on August 18, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Perhaps the most amazing thing about fossils is that they don’t just show us what extinct animals looked like, they can also reveal how those animals lived. Even a fossilized dinosaur egg can provide a wealth of clues about its parents’ behavior. Dinosaur hunters in the Javkhlant region of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia recently discovered 15 exceptionally well preserved clutches of eggs that came from a species of theropod dinosaur. Through some fantastic detective work, the researchers argue that this fossil site provides the strongest evidence yet that such dinosaurs nested in colonies and protected their eggs. I’m a…

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Skills Every Ambitious Tech Professional Will Need in 2020

Aug17
by on August 17, 2019 at 7:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Tech industry employment is a seller’s market firmly on the side of top talent, but competition for the best jobs remains fierce. Candidates cannot skate by on common skillsets and expect to secure the lucrative salaries, prestige, and perks for which the tech sector has become known. Companies today use advanced tools and tests to weed out the pretenders and identify the people who bring truly valuable skills to the table. Unfortunately, many tech workers — even some of the best — don’t know exactly where they stand. To combat that knowledge gap, workers are turning to the same types…

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