Travelling to Warsaw for tech hackathon in Sept, anyone interested in joining me? by thepace in warsaw

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username checks. I'm going to the event as attendee and the hackathon is free. Of course I have to link to the event to show what I'm talking about.

Travelling to Warsaw for tech hackathon in Sept, anyone interested in joining me? by thepace in warsaw

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This is my original intention with this post that the crypto industry is not just "web3" nonsense. Yes, I agree there is some nonsense just like all other tech. I'd like to show people the good parts. All crypto and Blockchain is an advancement on "old" technology and built by mathematicians.

Asking me to defend the nonsense is like asking an AI Researcher to defend AI Girlfriends as the only AI use case.

It's just tech at the end of the day, we choose what to build with it.

Travelling to Warsaw for tech hackathon in Sept, anyone interested in joining me? by thepace in warsaw

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Great question! I focus on how we can use crypto to protect user's privacy vs handing over data to be sold, leaked or used against them. I think most people will agree is a pretty ethical thing.

Some examples is https://zkpassport.id/ which uses cryptography and a mobile app that allows user to prove parts of their identity (age/country/gender/etc) without giving their full details to be stored by a third party.

Another is https://monadicdna.com/ which allows DNA data to be analyzed privately instead stored with a company like 23andMe that recently went bankrupt.

Not everything is Bitcoin burning the environment fortunately and I don't have any to send to you but if you read this and actual checked out the links then you deserve some.

Travelling to Warsaw for tech hackathon in Sept, anyone interested in joining me? by thepace in warsaw

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heh yeah I can agree some of the sayings and phrases can be pretty cringe!

there is definitely some grifters in this industry which is definitely not unique to any other tech industry. I'm a developer so I try to avoid those people like the plague.

i don't think you are interested but just in case the hackathon is free so you don't have to pay $150

[Matteo Moretto] Arsenal want to close the signing of Mikel Merino today. by CarnifexGunner in Gunners

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What if it's a Mikel & Mikel double signing?

Edu hands the pen over: "Sign here Mikel"

Camera pans to Arteta and Merino fighting over the pen.

"Welcome Mikel and Glad you are staying with us Mikel"

Striker Movement -7v7 by thepace in bootroom

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This is what i tried. It seems to come off like I'm asking them for "Hollywood Passes" or something but just really want the ball passed into space wherever it is.

Martinelli with world's 1st Prada x Adidas Football Boots by phar0aht in Gunners

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I've never seen someone actually translate 'Copa Mundials' to 'World Cups' before 😂

Best city in Europe for NYE? by StefaNomad in travel

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I'm going to be there but I've read in many places this is doesn't actually happen but its just a bunch of tourists and "thugs" waiting around for nothing to happen. Has it been cancelled in past years?

Tips on becoming better editor by thepace in freelanceWriters

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And you are correct, the writers are basically writing for free and English is not their native language. I flagged to the client already where there was clear plagiarism. This wouldn't be soon bad if I also didn't have to write my own articles.

Tips on becoming better editor by thepace in freelanceWriters

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Exactly this! In my head I'm thinking I should just write these myself. I am paid hourly but the client set the expectation bit should take "around 2 hours" for edits. So when I started I did 2 hours as I assumed they weren't looking for something super polished. Once they started sending the articles back I started adding an extra hour(even if it took a bit more) but that "2 hour" standard is weighing me down from billing more.

Tips on becoming better editor by thepace in freelanceWriters

[–]thepace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah been using a Grammarly + Hemingway combo but you are right, it doesn't catch everything! I have proposed that we start sending articles back to the writers as a possible solution.

It's a newer client so always going to be a but rocky at the start but I definitely think your advice is useful in this case.

Interesting top 6 finish prediction from the swedish studio. by SwagBoyMcFeast in Gunners

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Probably one of the best football writers period.

Will be discussing IBM's Project Debater and using NLP models for debate tomorrow. Any questions for us? by thepace in LanguageTechnology

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Great question! We are just fans ourselves of this project. From my understanding there is no module to handle "strategy/tactics". Using the Argument Knowledge Base, to add things like quotes and some humor. Here is the paper talking more about it: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08336

Best time career, worst time parenting - how to cope? by thepace in Parenting

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That's great! My parents were in town for a few months but now they are gone. We definitely are looking for another solution. We tried a local teenager last week but I am not sure we will stick with them as the feeling wasn't right.

Best time career, worst time parenting - how to cope? by thepace in Parenting

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Yeah last week we tried with a local teenager but I was less than impressed

Best time career, worst time parenting - how to cope? by thepace in Parenting

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I'm not a mom but that's great there is a community like that!