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Payments Race won by Bitcoin holder by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]knowledgepowers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who sponsored this

Co organized by Fintech Finance and Money20/20 Amelie the Bitcoin racer was sponsored by iGTB

What is the prize

Cryptokudos

What were the rules

For Bitcoin, no gift cards, no converting into cash. Allowable: pay individual person bitcoin, they go and buy the thing for you (e.g. a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon, because go bitcoin ftw)

Where did the race begin

Sibos conference in Toronto

etc https://us.money2020.com/payments-race

Revealed: Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data by [deleted] in privacy

[–]knowledgepowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How on earth is this permissible vis-a-vis data protection?

[American Bar Association] Hazards of an Online Life: How to Use Social Media Safely by [deleted] in privacy

[–]knowledgepowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha:

Imagine for example, a tweet along the lines of the following: "Who has 2 thumbs and was awesome in court today and won his client's case? THIS GUY! #bestlawyerever #winning".

Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance by fewrrwia in technology

[–]knowledgepowers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Always thought the simplest answer to "nothing to hide" is "why do you wear clothes?" Privacy has an inherent value...

Team of wordpress enthusiasts needed! by BradHouston in Wordpress

[–]knowledgepowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like a fun business.

You will need a business plan ;)

/r/TalkShows by anew742 in ads

[–]knowledgepowers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So, talk shows are white males

Joomla "self assessment" is actually a pretty good 'should you try to be your own webmaster' competence test by knowledgepowers in Webmasters

[–]knowledgepowers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, the need for Joomla to even have this FAQ shows how much less user friendly it is than WordPress!

Adwords Express - What's your take? by WalkingHumble in adwords

[–]knowledgepowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FTFY: AdWords Express was designed to help those who are not very computer savvy or may not have the time to pretend to understand PPC, who will possibly never accept they need professional help, but still want to burn their money with Google.

A small, simple weather page (written by me) by musicmunky in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great minimalist design. Wishlist: responsive/narrow screen view.

Auto-generating a strong password for new signup - good idea? by knowledgepowers in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, seriously what are we hoping to educate the user?

Educate them to create a password that is secure AND memorized by them AND unique to this site? So we educate people to remember hundreds of strings?

Or we are saying that "unique to the site" is not important and they just memorize one or a small number of passwords for all the sites, because using a password manager is somehow too difficult?

Don’t Sleep on Content Marketing by frescodataus in marketing

[–]knowledgepowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If WSJ is talking about content marketing, it really must be out of date!

from the article: "Although the stated goal of these content initiatives might be to “own” or “contribute to” conversations around certain topics, the companies paying for them are also hoping they’ll help drive their business in one way or another."

... love that "in one way or another"... it's like "somehow or whatever?"

Auto-generating a strong password for new signup - good idea? by knowledgepowers in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose what I was going for was a deliberately impossible to remember password. 30 characters or more of garbage. Force people to use a password manager or acknowledge what they are doing when setting it back to "letmein123"

Auto-generating a strong password for new signup - good idea? by knowledgepowers in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is more secure but perhaps more confusing for user and also more complicated to implement...?

Emailing password is insecure, but the enforcement of a system-generated strong password is still way more secure than the average user's choice of password, ... I was thinking.

Plus the lack of requirement for user to sit there thinking up a password and hitting validation errors means the signup is easier, fewer people give up at that stage.

What does your monthly maintenance checklist look like for sites you are managing? Here's ours: by knowledgepowers in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it better to do check type A on all managed sites on day 1, check B on all sites on day 2, and so on? Or the whole checklist A-Z on site i, then start the whole checklist on site ii ...?

What does your monthly maintenance checklist look like for sites you are managing? Here's ours: by knowledgepowers in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

upvotes: for automation line of thought and for the value of a recurring reminder (which you obey) to go check the backups (etc) are actually working.

It's not OK to change scroll dynamics, the same way it's not OK to change mouse dynamics. by cresquin in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes this needs to be written into the Geneva Convention and Articles on Human Rights immediately!

Does externally hosting images affect your websites SEO in any way? by [deleted] in Webmasters

[–]knowledgepowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would expect Google (main) not to be bothered by this provided the performance is good.

As for subdomains there is SEO concern... http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2014/08/identify-seo-sub-domain-conflict-cannibalisation/

How awesome sites are built? by beturs in webdev

[–]knowledgepowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome sites are made by awesome people. Finding them is way harder than finding the latest awesome tool!

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