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Argue Like You're on Camera

The difference between an argument and a fight is that in a fight, you say things you’ll regret. Things that will hurt the other person, that will stick in both of your minds until they come up again in later fights. Reddit user Valuable_Armadillo has a trick to avoid this: Whenever you’re in the heat

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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has security vulnerabilities that could cause loss of funds

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in “various” Bitcoin Lightning Network projects that have potential to cause users to lose their cryptocurrency. Those running Lightning Network nodes have been advised to upgrade their clients as soon as possible, including those related to popular wallet solution Eclair. At present, exact information is scarce, but the original post shared via

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India-based Udaan, an online marketplace for purchasing goods by retailers from wholesalers, raises $300M from Altimeter Capital, GGV Capital, others (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times: India-based Udaan, an online marketplace for purchasing goods by retailers from wholesalers, raises $300M from Altimeter Capital, GGV Capital, others  —  Udaan, an online marketplace that caters to small businesses, has raised $300 million from Silicon Valley fund Altimeter Capital … India-based Udaan, an online marketplace for purchasing goods by retailers from

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Arduino on mBed

Sometimes it seems like Arduino is everywhere. However, with a new glut of IoT processors, it must be quite a task to keep the Arduino core on all of them. Writing on the Arduino blog, [Martino Facchin], Arduino’s chief of firmware development, talks about the problem they faced supporting two new boards from Nordic. The

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Report: Telegram token sale could enable more cryptocurrency-funded terrorism

Terrorist organizations have used social media and cryptocurrency to raise money for a number of years, but messaging app Telegram’s upcoming token launch has caused some to become increasingly concerned. A report by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institutes (MEMRI) has found that terrorist organizations like ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hamas are using Telegram and social-media platforms

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Podcasts are being review-bombed in coordinated campaigns aimed at putting thousands of one-star reviews on their Apple Podcasts pages; hosts have no recourse (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Podcasts are being review-bombed in coordinated campaigns aimed at putting thousands of one-star reviews on their Apple Podcasts pages; hosts have no recourse  —  Justin Drown’s true crime podcast, Obscura, always seemed to garner positive reviews.  For the first year he hosted the show … Podcasts are being review-bombed in

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