Switzerland’s Famed “Crypto Valley” Seeks $103 Million Government Bailout
Switzerland’s “crypto valley” is asking the government for 100 million Swiss francs ($102.7 million) in funding, local media reported. The once flourishing Swiss cryptocurrency industry is struggling to survive following the withdrawal of private equity investors. About 80% of 203 firms surveyed by the Swiss Blockchain Federation recently warned of imminent bankruptcy. Only half of the 50 biggest companies in crypto...
Piracy Should be Tackled With ‘Carrot and Stick’ USPTO Paper Suggests
Over the past years, hundreds of academic piracy studies have been published, all focusing on their own unique angle. This resulted in a vast body of research that, with some skilled cherry-picking, can support pretty much any argument. While the individual papers all contribute to the understanding of the piracy ecosystem and how this affects the entertainment industries, the results are often hard to translate into policy. In an...
Open source live streaming with Open Broadcaster Software
If you have a talent you want to share with the world, whether it’s making your favorite sourdough bread or speedrunning through a level of your favorite video game, live streaming is the modern show-and-tell. It’s a powerful way to tell the world about your hobby through a medium once reserved for exclusive and expensive TV studios. Not only is the medium available to anyone with a relatively good internet connection, but...
The life-changing magic of git rebase -i
Software development is messy. So many wrong turns, typos to fix, quick hacks and kludges to correct later, off-by-one errors you find late in the process. With version control, you have a pristine record of every wrong turn and correction made during the process of creating the “perfect” final product—a patch ready to submit upstream. Like the outtakes from movies, they are a little embarrassing and sometimes...
Drop PNG and JPG for your online images: Use WebP
WebP is an image format developed by Google in 2010 that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Using WebP, web developers can create smaller, richer images that improve site speed. A faster loading website is critical to the user experience and for the website’s marketing effectiveness. For optimal loading across all devices and users, images on your site should not be larger than 500...
