Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 15, 2020

AI can predict which patients will benefit from anti-depression treatments; Controversial Satoshi claimaint, Craig S. Wright, claims licensing violation for the Bitcoin ledger; US DoJ arrests coin-mixing technologist for money laundering; Big news in the Steem ecosystem, TRON acquired Steemit; and a Steem photo-essay with photos of rare minerals for an upcoming gem show in Japan

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Six design principles behind a Steem blog series

This post describes some of the blogging design principles that have emerged for a series of blog posts during the course of a 10 month effort

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Reed's Law: The Law of the Pack

What is Reed's Law, and how does it apply to Steem?

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives

-Game of Thrones

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for January 6, 2020

Data suggests that computing will continue to dominate STEM employment for the foreseeable future; Walmart is rolling out an ad platform to compete with Amazon; China's satellite geo-location system will be completed during 2020; An argument that state-actors will ramp up their cyber-espionage activities during 2020; and a Steem essay discussing the utility of foldable and bendable device screens

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for January 5, 2020

The IEEE Spectrum weekly selection of awesome robot videos; An essay arguing that the history of artificial intelligence (AI) begins no later than 1912; A chrome extenstion that's stealing crypto keys and login passwords; A new paper suggests that the quantum Internet should be built in space; and a Steem essay discusses the benefits and drawbacks of modern technology

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An Invitation for "Early Adopters" in the Delaware Valley

First posted on beta.steemit.com in the Delaware Valley Life community.


This is an open invitation for people who live, work, study, worship or spend other time in the Delaware Valley region of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware or Maryland:

• Are you curious about blockchain and cryptocurrency but wary of risking your money on speculative technologies?


• Are you tired of having your online presence conscripted by the big-tech giants who profit by harvesting your social media content yet give you no compensation?


• Do you want to help the next generation of tech jobs to emerge and thrive in the Delaware Valley?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, please read further.

Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for January 4, 2020

Unexplained drones in the night-time skies over Colorado and Nebraska; Homeowners call police on their robotic vacuum; A TED talk argues that co-conspirators are useful when challenging the status quo; Discussing the impact of Internet permanence on the young; and a Steem essay reporting on the potential use of LSD for Alzheimer's treatment

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What's Up With STEEM's Price?

Over at steemit, I have a theory about why the price of STEEM has been dropping, despite reports of rapid growth.  In short, I am guessing that it's safe to call "a bottom."  Here is the conclusion, but click through for the explanation.

So my theory is that STEEM demand dropped when people learned they could liquidate their SBD holdings without going through STEEM as an intermediate step. Now, $0.85 should be more or less stable going forward, as $0.15 probably represents the risk premium associated with the 7 day SBD to STEEM conversion process. If that holds steady, STEEM should have hit a bottom and now be free to start reflecting user growth again.