Sunday, December 10, 2017

TWID Dec 10, 2017

This is a post detailing some stuff I did, learned, posted and tweeted this week, I call this TWID (This week in Denis). I am doing this mostly for myself... a kind of an online journal so that I can look back on this later on. Will use the label TWID for these


Big Lebowski
I finally watched this movie, it was OK, I don't think it was as good as everyone claims it is. Maybe it was a little over hyped it and then I was a little disappointed.

Bitcoin crossed 17K this week


Incredible lol... how is this even possible?


This Week I Learned

Emetophobia 
Learned about emetophobia on the How Vomit Phobia Works podcast episode.

Emetophobia is a fear of vomit, including a fear of vomiting in public, a fear of seeing vomit, a fear of watching the action of vomiting or fear of being nauseated.

There is also a Rate My Vomit site, this site is actually used by people to get rid of their vomit phobia.


 Caveman internet...
In 1910... here is what the internet looked like...  During the "Fight of the Century" boxing match between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries in Reno Nevada. people would pay money to be in a room in New York, Chicago and other cities. A blow by blow account of the match was delivered via telegraph. A person with a megaphone would then read out the match progress .  There was also a room where paid actors reenacted the fight blow by blow. Can you imagine how far we have come?

This Week I tweeted

CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10  

Cboe Global Markets Inc. said Monday it will start trading bitcoin futures on Dec. 10, after getting the green light last week from regulators.

 That gives Cboe a week of exclusivity. The exchange operator’s larger Chicago rival CME Group Inc. has said its contracts will begin trading Dec. 18.

Now it's legitimate and real  :-)


The Icelandic Translation of ‘Dracula’ Is Actually a Different Book

The Icelandic version of Dracula is called Powers of Darkness, and it’s actually a different—some say better—version of the classic Bram Stoker tale.

Makt Myrkranna (the book’s name in Icelandic) was “translated” from the English only a few years after Dracula was published on May 26, 1897, skyrocketing to almost-instant fame. Next Friday is still celebrated as World Dracula Day by fans of the book, which has been continuously in print since its first publication, according to Dutch author and historian Hans Corneel de Roos for Lithub. But the Icelandic text became, in the hands of translator Valdimar Ásmundsson, a different version of the story.

Interesting.. of course back then you would ship a manuscript to be translated and probably would not hear anything back for a year. How many people speak Icelandic anyway? Believe it or not, I read Dracula for the first time last year. After I finished the book, I then watched the movie from the 1930s with Bela Lugosi. I was really disappointed in the movie, the book is so much better.


Reading Information Aloud to Yourself Improves Memory

A recent Waterloo study found that speaking text aloud helps to get words into long-term memory. Dubbed the “production effect,” the study determined that it is the dual action of speaking and hearing oneself that has the most beneficial impact on memory.

 “This study confirms that learning and memory benefit from active involvement,” said Colin M. MacLeod, a professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Waterloo, who co-authored the study with the lead author, post-doctoral fellow Noah Forrin. “When we add an active measure or a production element to a word, that word becomes more distinct in long-term memory, and hence more memorable.”

I wonder if you read along while listening to an audio book counts  :-)


Some people are not very smart, take a look at this


Haha really, people fall for this?


China Green Licence Plate Scheme Going National


The green licence plates are split into two categories, small electric vehicles and large electric vehicles. The small electric vehicle plate is gradated green, while the large electric vehicle plate combines both yellow and green. Additionally, the green plates increase the numbers available from 5 to 6 and the Ministry of Public Security has implemented anti-counterfeiting technology.

Because new energy vehicles include non-electric vehicles, the new plates have to use letters to distinguish between them. D for electric and F for non-electric new energy vehicle. The small vehicle plates put the letter at the start of the number but after the region identifier, whereas the large vehicle plates put the identifier at the end of the number.

You must admit, these look pretty cool

Some cool stuff you might enjoy



Lectures from Princeton on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies 

Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies
How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization
There are 60 lectures in total, find the full list here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7il1sx/sixty_free_lectures_from_princeton_on_bitcoin_and/


 Free eBook – The Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Azure now available

This eBook was written by developers for developers. It is specifically meant to give you the fundamental knowledge of what Azure is all about, what it offers you and your organization, and how to take advantage of it all.
The eBook covers the following topics:
  • Chapter 1: The Developer’s Guide to Microsoft
  • Chapter 2: Getting started with Microsoft Azure
  • Chapter 3: Adding intelligence to your application
  • Chapter 4: Securing your application
  • Chapter 5: Where and how to deploy your Microsoft Azure services
  • Chapter 6: A walk-through of Microsoft Azure
  • Chapter 7: Using the Microsoft Azure Marketplace



 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python!


This opinionated guide exists to provide both novice and expert Python developers a best practice handbook to the installation, configuration, and usage of Python on a daily basis.

 Get all the good stuff here: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/

Some pics I took

First snow of the season


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