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bitcoin
9y
The HODLer Middle Finger Manifesto
We're not making a bet on Bitcoin being 10% higher a week from now. We're making a bet on blockchain and decentralization changing the world. We're making a bet we'll move away from energy-wasting proof
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blog
9y
Faceless dolls
Yesterday, we toured an Amish farm outside Berlin, Ohio. A 16-year-old in an ankle-length dress showed us the schoolhouse. It was the sort of place Abe Lincoln might have studied in. "We appreciate
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bitcoin
9y
How Tezos' Tezzies (XTZ) price could hit $37
I'm bullish on XTZ -- even after Tezos set a record for the biggest ICO in history. Here's what we know: The Tezos Foundation raised roughly $232 million between July 1 and July 14, 2017. When the genesis
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life
9y
One foot higher
There's a scene in Nike founder Phil Knight's memoir, Shoe Dog, that I can't get out of my head. It's 1980, and Nike's just went public. Knight's steaming away in a Japanese hot spring with Masaru Hayami,
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life
9y
Be the one who doesn't quit
In my head, my first book would take three months to write. I'm approaching Year No. 4. I have no promise it will get published, and -- if it does -- the odds are, I'll make less than $5,000 on it. Why
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life
9y
A life I never wanted
I spent a decade trying to quit smoking. This is it, I'd say, my last pack. 24 hours later, I'd slink back to the gas station for more. I was a failure machine. Again and again, I failed. And every time
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parenting
9y
We're having a third baby
Come October, the children will outnumber the adults in our home. We found out Baby No. 3’s gender on Thursday. “Don’t hate me if I’m wrong,” the ultrasound tech said. “But see that line? That indicates
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psychology
9y
The quote that Thomas Edison kept on his laboratory wall and how it changed my life
Every morning, I sit down and make a list of things to do. I don't prioritize them by how long they'll take. I don't prioritize them by importance. I rank them by how much I hate the idea of doing them.
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life
9y
So I tried to plant a forest last weekend...
There used to be a white birch forest at the corner of Waynesville and Centerville roads. To my little boy eyes, I thought there couldn't have been a more beautiful spot in the world. Every time my parents
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life
9y
Meet Louie the Barn Owl
Got to meet this cool bird at Wild Birds Unlimited today. He lives at Glen Helen Reserve in Yellow Springs, OH, USA. In the wild, they said his diet would consist entirely of voles.
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parenting
9y
5 things parenting has taught me
That rooms in our house would sometimes smell like piss. I think I'll leave it at that. It only goes downhill from there. That I'd be forced to pursue my dreams. The old saw about children learning from
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life
9y
The ONLY list you'll ever need when you think your life sucks
5: Number of earths we’d need if everyone in the world had the same standard of living as Americans 13.8: Percent of girls who complete primary school in Malawi 49: The life expectancy in Chad 50: Number
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life
9y
How I quit smoking
Back when I was a smoker (Marlboro Lights in a soft pack), an old family friend told me how hard it was for him to quit. Smoking’s not just a habit, he said, it’s an identity. I sneered when he said it.
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psychology
9y
The secret goal of psychologists
Here’s the secret goal of just about every therapist I’ve ever met: getting clients to change the voice inside their heads. They call it an inner monologue. The monologues say things like: my stomach looks
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cryptocurrency
9y
Warning: The coming Stellar Lumens (XLM) price collapse (and how to profit from it)
June 27, 2017 is the date to remember. That's when stellar is going to unleash 16 billion new lumens (XLM) on the market. Right now, there are 9,539,458,446 XLM in the wild. Another 16 billion will bring
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life
9y
11 lessons I've learned in 37 years
I celebrated my 37th birthday last week. Here are 11 of the toughest lessons I've learned in all those years: 1) When someone upsets me, they've probably triggered some insecurity I'm hiding. I can deal
