Nigerian Currency Recovers Versus US Dollar — Central Bank Says Importers Must Repatriate Forex Earnings
After touching a new all-time low of N710 per dollar in late July, a new report says the Nigerian currency has rebounded by as much as 10%. After initially blaming speculators, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said importers who fail to remit forex earnings may be contributing to the naira’s depreciation. Naira Depreciation Less than two weeks after it tumbled to a new all-time low, the Nigerian currency recovered against the U.S....
Bitcoin Price Outlook for August: BTC Faces Some Important Tests in the Coming Weeks
Exactly one month ago today, bitcoin was trading below $20,000 per unit as crypto markets continued to react to growing levels of inflation and central bank policy. However, a month later, the world’s leading crypto token has moved above $23,000, despite consumer prices rising to multi-decade highs. So with this in mind, where could bitcoin potentially be heading in the next few weeks? Current Market Status July saw bitcoin (BTC)...
AT&T’s ‘Buggy’ Copyright Infringement Portal Frustrates Accused Pirates
For more than two decades, copyright holders have sent takedown notices to ISPs to alert account holders that their connections are being used to pirate content. In the past, subscribers could simply ignore these warnings if they wanted, as there were virtually no repercussions. AT&T and other ISPs publicly stated that they would never disconnect customers without a court order, arguing that only a court can decide what...
Old-school technical writing with groff
Old-school technical writing with groff Jim Hall Sat, 08/06/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like One of my favorite stories about Unix is how it turned into a text processing system. Brian Kernighan tells the story in his book Unix: A History and a Memoir (chapter 3) but to summarize: The Unix team at Bell Labs ran the original Unix on a PDP-7 computer, but it was a tiny system and didn’t have...
