‘More Valuable Than Gold’- The Motley Fool Announces $5 Million Investment Into Bitcoin
The fifth-largest investment website globally with over 80 million monthly visitors, The Motley Fool’s positive outlook for the future of bitcoin is another data point in the coin’s journey as the influential advisory organization wades into the debate. Investing Advice Provider Believes Bitcoin Will Deliver Ten-Fold Returns in the Next 15 Years The Motley Fool has announced a $5 million investment into bitcoin as part of a long-hold...
Copyright Troll Lawyer Must Pay Victims $1.5 Million Restitution, Appeals Court Affirms
In 2019, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota sentenced Paul Hansmeier to 14 years in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. Hansmeier was a key player at the Prenda Law firm, which pursued cases against people who were suspected of downloading pirated porn videos via BitTorrent. While suing alleged pirates is not illegal, Prenda Law went much further. Over the years the firm faced negative court rulings over...
Unlock your Chromebook’s hidden potential with Linux
Google Chromebooks run on Linux, but normally the Linux they run isn’t particularly accessible to the user. Linux is used as a backend technology for an environment based on the open source Chromium OS, which Google then transforms into Chrome OS. The interface most users experience is a desktop that can run Chrome browser apps and the Chrome browser itself. And yet underneath all that, there’s Linux to be found. read more...
Why every job in the tech industry is technical
Several years ago, I applied for a marketing job at a tech company. I got called back for the phone screening and had a delightful conversation with the recruiter. The next day, I got an email from the recruiter saying that I was not “technical” enough to move forward to the next round of interviews. I was shocked. read more Powered by...
My open source internship during a pandemic
In May 2020, in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, I started a summer internship with Red Hat. COVID-19 had cut short my third year studying computer engineering at Georgia Tech, and I learned I would have to work remotely all summer. I wasn’t sure what to expect from a virtual internship. read more Powered by...
