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How to Use Tim Ferriss' Dreamlining Calculator in Coda

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This calculator built in Coda provides an organized way for you to create your own personal dreamlining calculator adapted from Tim Ferriss' book, The 4-Hour Workweek. Tim Ferriss' dreamline calculator helps you figure out how to achieve your ideal lifestyle and the costs associated with your ideal lifestyle. ▶ Use the template here: https://coda.link/timferriss-dreamlining ▶ Original Ideal Lifestyle Costing blog post: https://tim.blog/lifestyle-costing/ ▶ Follow the Coda blog for more: https://coda.link/blog-yt-timferriss ▶ Join the Coda community: https://coda.link/community-yt-timfer...

Tap gives "touch typing" a whole new meaning

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Tap gives "touch typing" a whole new meaning! If you are looking for an exciting new, ergonomic and portable way to type, the Tap Wearable keyboard & mouse is perfect. Tap consists of a series of rings worn over the thumb and fingers that register your hand movements, letting you type and control a cursor on nearly any surface, including your own body! It connects via Bluetooth and is compatible with nearly every major operating system. It works great as a game controller too! Tap is one of the most sought-after gifts for Christmas 2018. At $179 you can give your friends and family a one-of-a-kind piece of technology! Play Games, Type, Make Music, Communicate in VR & More. One-Handed Wearable Connects To All Of Your Favorite Experiences. Buy Now: https://www.tapwithus.com

A Travel Guitar that's full-sized: The Journey Instruments First Class

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Journey Instruments, makers of high-end wood and carbon fiber guitars designed for travelers by travelers, is introducing its new First Class Overhead line of guitars through a unique Kickstarter campaign. Early supporters of the campaign will benefit from substantial savings on the first full- size, collapsible guitars with their own carry-on roller bag. The new First Class line will be available in three models: Grand Auditorium Acoustic, 12-Fret Parlor Acoustic and Performance Classical. Consumers will have their choice by pre-ordering until Dec 20th. Retail prices range from $769.99 to $949.99, but during the Kickstarter campaign, early supporters can save up to $330 and receive bonuses. The First Class Overhead line of guitars starts with all the high-end features demanded by musicians including: Full sized body Bone nut and saddle Full 25.5" scale Solid mahogany neck Elixir® strings Grover® 18:1 tuners Solid soundboard and back with cut-away Ebony bridge pins

The Future of Analytics: 6 Predictions

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Dr. Beverly Wright of aspirent Makes Six Predictions on the Future of Analytics By Dr. Beverly Wright Analytics have become an important part of the decision-making process for many companies in the past few decades, particularly with corporations using data assets as a core competency and point of origin. My work in the past few decades in the data and analysis field have brought forward six predicted trends to watch for in the near future: Companies articulate openly their need to shift their organizations culture to become more data-inspired in decision-making related to strategic and tactical decisions. Now it seems they’re starting to put initiatives in place to encourage this shift and move the environment along more quickly, with the hopes that this priming would help increase absorption and adoption of analytics solutions. With the dynamic shifts of data collection methods, types, and availability of data on consumers, machines, and just ab

5 Best Free Digital Marketing Tools to Grow A Business

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Learn how to use the 5 best FREE digital marketing tools grow a business online. Get the complete list of 40+ best digital marketing tools below: https://daraghwalsh.lpages.co/best-di... BENEFITS of using these 5 digital marketing tools: - Develop a digital marketing strategy in 5 mins - Find topic ideas for blogs and YouTube video - Make professional graphics for your marketing for free - Get more views on YouTube - Rank #1 in Google Search with keyword research

Exclusive: Airbnb will start designing houses in 2019

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Exclusive: Airbnb will start designing houses in 2019 After launching a home-sharing revolution, Airbnb's founders started asking themselves, "What's next?" They successfully created a global network of more than 5 million homes, castles, and treehouses for rent, and their business is worth an estimated $ 38 billion. But what else could Airbnb become?

Recipe: Instant Pot Thai Chicken Stew

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I'm so making this tonight. Get the recipe for the stew here: http://grainfree.ly/InstantPot-Thai-C...

Enjin Beam - Receive #Cryptocurrencies and #Blockchain Items Within 60 sec...

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'Enjin Beam' makes cryptocurrency and token delivery easy. You scan and receive, simple as that. QR Airdrops are the way of the future, and Enjin is working hard to constantly innovate a way forward, and lower the barriers to blockchain adoption. ----------------------------------------- Founded in 2009, Enjin.com is a social gaming community that has amassed over 20 million users. In 2017, Enjin expanded its offerings to meet the increasing demand for decentralized digital items by creating a blockchain development platform that enables developers to create, integrate, and manage decentralized assets, giving users sovereignty over their digital possessions. ----------------------------------------- Website: https://enjincoin.io/

When Software Eats the Real Estate World

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Buying a home is in many ways the pinnacle of the American dream. And yet the way things work today, it's a painful process. Real estate agents, brokers, banks, notaries, title insurers and many other intermediaries all make for a convoluted, difficult, and expensive process for home buyers and sellers alike. In this presentation from a16z's annual Summit event, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell explains how as consumers get used to less friction and more transparency in the age of mobile, software is finally beginning to disrupt buying a home -- from discovery to purchase to finance and more -- including even the nature of home ownership at its core.

Jet Bike - DIY Demo and Test Drive

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Jet Bike inventor explains the design and construction of an electric jet fan powered E-bike. Then, he demonstrates how well it works 13:56 Below is a list of the parts they used and where they got them. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/multistar... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00... https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/... https://www.turbines-rc.com/en/jp-hob... https://shop.rc-electric-jets.com/JP-...

Front-end development is not a problem to be solved

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Front-end development is not a problem to be solved HTML and CSS are often seen as a burden. This is a feeling I've noticed from engineers and designers I've worked with in the past, and it's a sentiment that's a lot more transparent with the broader web community at large.

Ohio Becomes First U.S. State to Accept #Bitcoin for Tax Payments

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Ohio Becomes First U.S. State to Accept Bitcoin for Tax Payments As of Monday, November 26, 2018, the state of Ohio became the first U.S. state to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as payment for taxes. This initiative is of great importance for Bitcoin enthusiasts as it marks one of the first governments in the world to accept cryptocurrency.

3 things you need to do to be taken seriously at work

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3 things you need to do to be taken seriously at work I have three kids who are all in their twenties. I remember fondly when they were in their teens, though, and each of them at different points would say, "Why don't you treat me like an adult?" My response to them was that no adult ever needs to be asked to be treated like an adult.

Timeet - Scheduling as it should be

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Today Phone Calendar Ltd announces the release of Timeet for iOS and Android. Timeet breaks down the barriers between IM platforms and personal calendars by enabling users to send and manage calendar invites to any phone contact or share through any messaging platform without the need for the meeting or event organizer to know invitees email addresses. Meetings and events typically involve discussion around logistics, format or agenda. By offering event-specific chat, Timeet significantly eases the entire scheduling process. The idea evolved from the realization that while business schedules are typically well organized and synchronized, this is often not the case with personal schedules after hours and at weekends. As we researched why this is the case, it became clear that digital communication has changed beyond recognition over the last 20 years yet calendars have not kept up - relying on 20 year old email-based protocols. Timeet introduces scheduling as it should be - instant,

Meet Yanu - Fully Autonomous Robot Bartender Powered by AI

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If you’ve ever waited at the bar more than a few minutes for a drink, you’ve probably fantasized about the idea of a robot whizzing around, whipping up cocktails, and cashing out customers within seconds.  Robolab just closed their second seed investment round of  $1 million to fund  Yanu  - a fully autonomous AI-powered robotic bartender that serves drinks, handles payments, and communicates with customers. Created by Robolab, a robotics startup based in Estonia, Yanu is the smallest small full-size bar in existence, and is headed for several international airports soon. Yanu is the  perfect bartender  - complete with a personality to match. It also uses chatbot technology to communicate and facilitates credit card and mobile payments via a mobile app. Created to freely communicate with humans, Yanu is maintainable and relocatable - not to mention stunning to look at.

Gelly Break Now on Nintendo Switch

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Gelly Break ,  the colorful co-op Jump’n’Run from   EuroVideo ’s publishing label   Wild River and Berlin-based developer   ByteRockers‘ Games , bounces onto Nintendo Switch November 29, 2018. Grab a friend, choose a color, and start jumping! Two players control either a green or orange gelly in this co-op couch platformer. Gellies can only interact with color-coded platforms that share their hue. Stick close to your friend, ride piggyback to cross chasms, shoot baddies from atop their blobby little shoulders, and be ready to switch roles on the go. If you can’t sneak your friends away from their families to play with you over the holidays, Gelly Break  has separate controls for solo play. Swap colors to avoid obstacles and use twin-stick shooting controls to take down bosses across six distinct levels.

The End of the Beginning, net usage just Starting

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In his now annual state-of-innovation talk at the a16z Summit in November 2018, Andreessen Horowitz’ Benedict Evans walks through where we are now in software eating the world... and how things may continue to change over the next 10 years. What's the state of not just "the world of tech", but tech in the world? The access story is now coming to an end, observes Evans, but the use story is just beginning: Most of the people are now online, but most of the money is still not. If we think we're in a period of disruption right now, how will the next big platform shifts -- like machine learning -- impact huge swathes of retail, manufacturing, marketing, fintech, healthcare, entertainment, and more? Especially as technology begins to tackle bigger problems, in harder markets, at deeper (and more structural) levels?

Elder Care Personal Emergency Assistant for the Apple Watch

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FallCall Solutions announced today that FallCall™ Lite, the only personal emergency assistant for Apple Watch® fully integrated into a national 24/7 emergency call center, now supports Apple’s new Siri® Shortcuts.  Users can record simple phrases like: “Assistance needed,” to contact trained emergency medical dispatchers and/or linked family and friends.  “Time is of the essence when someone needs help,” states Shea Gregg, MD, a Trauma Surgeon and the President of FallCall Solutions.  “Siri Shortcuts have simplified the ability to communicate and initiate commands on Apple devices.  We have harnessed this revolutionary capability to contact family, friends and our 24/7 call center in an emergency. Additionally, FallCall will send location and heart rate information to aid in the response.” To setup Siri Shortcuts, users simply record brief, memorable commands accessible through the FallCall Lite “Settings” Menu. Suggested phrases include “Assistance needed,” “Care Group connect,” or

Instagram’s Newly Unveiled Shopping Features: What Brands Need to Know

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Instagram’s Newly Unveiled Shopping Features: What Brands Need to Know Instagram has been focused on building out its capabilities ahead of the holiday season, unveiling two major new shopping-focused features in September and adding three more just last week. In MDG Advertising’s new article,  Instagram’s Newly Unveiled Shopping Features: What Brands Need to Know , readers will learn how the platform’s new shopping-focused features are making it easier for users to find products and for brands to showcase offerings. Click  here  to read the full article

Skype calling and Pandora Premium arrive on Alexa devices

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Skype calling and Pandora Premium arrive on Alexa devices Amazon's Alexa-powered devices are certainly the market leaders in the smart speaker category. And the more time that passes, the more useful they seem to get, thanks to developers bringing new "skills" to the devices -- and even tech giants like Microsoft letting Alexa access their key services and...

Retirees can buy Warby Parker designer glasses for under $50 with UnitedHealth's Medicare plan

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Retirees can buy Warby Parker designer glasses for under $50 with UnitedHealth's Medicare plan Michael Buckner | Getty Images Some retirees won't have to sacrifice fashion for affordability when buying their next pair of prescription glasses. UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, announced on Monday it will offer about 2 million people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans access to Warby Parker's prescription eyewear online and at more than 80 stores stores for little- to no out-of-pocket cost.

Apple CEO Tim Cook says Silicon Valley “missed it” on gender

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In an interview with Axios that will air on HBO on 11/18, Apple’s Tim Cook says Silicon Valley “missed it” on gender.

How to Build a Cheap Air Purifier #lifehack

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How to Build a Cheap Air Purifier A high-quality HEPA air purifier can eliminate nearly all the smoke, dust or allergen particles from the air in a room-but a $30 contraption can eliminate about 90 percent. It's worth a try if you need to clean your indoor air on the cheap.

Web scraping case fails under Dastar

Web scraping case fails under Dastar Plaintiff sued defendant claiming that defendant wrongfully scraped sales listings from plaintiff's website and copied those listings on defendant's own website. It brought the following claims: Violation of the Copyright Act's prohibitions against distributing false copyright management information ("CMI") (17 U.S.C.

Israeli scientists develop implanted organs that won't be rejected #biotech

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Israeli scientists develop implanted organs that won't be rejected Israeli researchers report that they have invented the first fully personalized tissue implant, engineered from a patient's own materials and cells. The new technology makes it possible to engineer any kind of tissue implant, for the spinal cord, to the heart, or brain, from one small fatty tissue biopsy.

Amazon Prime members can see Aquaman a week early in US

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Amazon Prime members can see Aquaman a week early in US Amazon Prime members can journey to Atlantis a week early with exclusive access to Aquaman tickets in the US. Amazon's offering members tickets for Saturday, Dec. 15, showings (at 7 p.m. local time) of the DC Comics aquatic superhero movie at theaters across the country -- a week before the general Dec.

Estimates anchor benefits while not limiting costs - a #NoEstimates post about value delivery

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Estimates anchor (limit!) benefits while not limiting costs! - a #NoEstimates blog post about value delivery - Software Development Today Estimation and estimates are a dreadful way to run a business. The basic idea is this: Estimates anchor benefits while not limiting your costs at all. Let's look at this statement in parts. The second part ("estimates don't limit costs"), is self-evident. Anyone looking at the track record of software projects will see the evidence.

Vericool Shifting Market with 100% Compostable/Recyclable Thermal Styrof...

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A compostable & recyclable cold shipping solution that’s as affordable, and can out-perform molded EPS (Styrofoam)! Designed for the Bio-Tech, Medical, Food delivery, specialty Pharma and Health industries.

2018 Mac Mini Review

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Winners & Losers: Amazon Selects DC

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I Was That Kid. Were You? #MakingChangemakers

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littleBits is a technology company that is reinventing the way kids learn so they can grow up to be tomorrow’s changemakers. We are on a mission to empower kids everywhere to become tomorrow’s changemakers by making invention and creativity a habit for kids everywhere.