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If you believe that you have quality posts for all 20 of your most recent posts then I will review them and if I agree I will give you 14 merit.
Sr. Members and below only. However. if I heavily disagree I will add a neutral feedback to your account indicating that you are a spammer. Game on. This is for those that complain about not being rewarded for quality content. Disclaimer: I will only review the twenty posts that occur before your message. *arbitrary amount is because of the sMerit I have left.
Please, don't send me merit. If you have merit to spare then give it to those that need it. Or save it, and in the likely case that there are more people here that deserve merit than I have available, you can send them the merit instead. Good idea - please have a look at my post record, mainly in the politics & society and beginners & help sections. |
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Updated with additional courses
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Since the blockchain can transmit many types of valuable data, finance is not the only area that will see benefits from the technology. There are organizations, such as blockchain for good and blockchain for science, who are leveraging blockchain technology in ways that benefit all of humanity. Stanford keeps a google document with a list of such projects: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14BPQIqnDUTyinkp9eJ7bwYwsg22RJz0AVU9vOSSU94o/edit#gid=1835238919We are all also familiar with the UN World Food Program using blockchain to track and help feed Syrian refugees, and the UN/Microsoft ID2020 program, which aims to equip millions of people with a digital ID. If you were to start a blockchain company aimed at improving the world, what would you choose? Which problems would you address? What would you consider worth the effort? |
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Updated after consulting the general and serious discussion sections.
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Thank you! Much appreciated.
When I started out on this forum I was looking for a post like this one, but couldn't find any. Luckily some of my friends have been working in this space for a while, so I asked them, and found a few on my own. I generally prefer books as they have to go through a serious vetting process; another good way to check quality is to look at the publisher and google the author (some publishers are better than others). Hope that helps.
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To be honest I started that course from IBM and honestl so far it's boring I know most of the stuff they present there + they are talking about private blockchains for companies and honestly I am kinda more interested in open blockchains that give the real freedom. Totally fair! I thought it was dry too. Do you have any recommendations for better courses/material? I'll add them to the list! |
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I've been interested in the use of blockchain for applications beyond finance for a while now, but, not having a computer science or programming background, am still confused as to what is possible and feasible.
For those of you who have developed a technical understanding -- what resources can you recommend? In essence, what does it take to become a developer - not an expert, but enough to have a functional understanding of the code that goes into, say, smart contracts?
So far I've followed Princeton's Coursera course and am working my way through introductory Python courses, as well as trying to follow posts in these forums.
Do you have any suggestions or recommendations for serious yet accessible material to help develop a deeper understanding of the technical aspects of blockchains and cryptocurrencies?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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The best resource for nutrition that I have found is this book: How not to die by Dr. Greger ( https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Die-Discover-Scientifically/dp/B016CME5B4) It contains a review of essentially all the nutrition studies published in the last 10-15 years. In a nutshell, a healthy diet consists of a large amount of unprocessed, plant-based foods, including vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains and fruits. In addition, a healthy diet consists of eating a variety of these foods so that the full spectrum of nutrients can be absorbed. |
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Definitely a house. The re-sale value is higher, and you spend much more time in it. If it is a particularly nice house, you might spend a significant portion of the rest of your life there and have a large share of your best memories there. Most of us only spend an hour or two at most in the car each day. I think it makes more sense to invest in a lush house.
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I think you are right in many respects, but it is also important to remember that belief systems are incredibly complex, and cannot be as easily evaluated, discarded, or upgraded as a purchasable commodity. To really get to grips with a belief system can take years, and many of them are not quite what they look like on the surface. You are right that we need to learn how to take care of ourselves and each other, but how to do that is not a simple question and does not have straightforward answers. Who should we take care of - just our immediate circle or also those we may not know but whom we could easily help? What constitutes helping ourselves -- should we spend time in meditation and learning, or should we go out and develop experience in the world? What about trade-offs, when taking care of ourselves means spending less time taking care of others? Or perhaps, when taking care of others means taking care of ourselves, even when we might not want to face the fact of our own inadequacy?
There is a lot of arcane thought no longer relevant to us in many traditional belief systems, but there is also a reason that these ideas get discussed thousands of years later. Some aspects of the human condition are universal through time and different spaces, but it may take a long time to begin to appreciate and understand the connections and relevance of ancient ideas to modern life. I think what is really needed is an upgrade in our ability to discern what is relevant and what is good, and to separate these insights from all the debris around them.
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I think it is important to care about the needy in our society (and also the needy in other societies). Sometimes we forget how easy it is to help others. This can range from the small scale, such as offering a smile and a friendly word to those in need on the street or around us, to the larger scale, such as donating (even small amounts) to effective charities. For example, it costs less than a cup of coffee to help fortify the food given to combat childhood malnutrition in impoverished parts of the world, thus vastly improving a life, which in turn will have knock-on effects on many others, because no life is lived in isolation. Also, we should remember that we are all needy at some points in our lives, perhaps more often than we should like to admit, and need comes in many varieties beyond money. When we benefit from the care of others, we should take a moment to consider how lucky we are and how we can make others feel blessed too.
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Generally yes, though there is a worrying trend towards populism and away from truth and integrity (at least as I perceive it). I would not necessarily trust an individual assertion of the government, but overall I believe that most of the people in my government truly work towards what they consider best for the country. However I can't say the same about many other governments, for example the British or American ones.
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People might start out intending to be honest, but it is incredibly easy to deceive yourself (and often very easy to deceive others, too). People have an amazing ability to convince themselves that they are being honest, or that their lies are white or justifiable, no matter how objectively terrible their acts may be. There are a variety of reasons for this, starting with the fact that humans are social animals and social life requires lies ("Does this dress look good? Am I getting fat?"). If you're interested, there are a range of good psychological studies on cognitive dissonance, one of the effects causing people to be less than honest.
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Definitely prefer long term hold. First got in years ago with a small amount of money; most of my friends traded theirs but I held mine for a while, and ended up doing best compared to them. Then made the same mistake, sold everything, and lost a lot of potential gain there. Those two experiences, plus the fact that holding long term essentially means betting on the market (if you have a good spread also), convinced me to hold long term instead of day trading.
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The merit system itself is supposed to promote good posts; if members post good posts, they will gain merit, which then reflects the quality of the underlying post. Of course the system is quite new so it may take time for people to settle into it and get used to it.
As for the bounty programs, it varies by bounty. Generally people at Jr. Member and higher can participate, but those with higher rank simply get more stakes. An alternative might be to sign up to write blog posts &c. - real quality posts - which in some bounties gets rewarded additionally to forum posts.
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