Crypto asset manager Hashdex filed an amendment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to add litecoin (LTC) and XRP among other cryptocurrencies to its Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF. The proposal also lists cardano’s ADA, solana’s SOL and other altcoins including LINK, AVAX and UNI. The fund…
I use these 3 tricks to skip ads on YouTube without paying for Premium
Summary Wait for Skip button on ads for quicker viewing experience. Use ad blockers on browsers like Opera Air to avoid ads. Consider YouTube Premium to watch ad-free content at $13.99/month. “Ugh, another ad.” How many times have you said this or thought this during a TV show? Probably a…
An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas’ Aptitude for Altitude
An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas’ Aptitude for Altitude New work reveals a surprising hero in combating altitude sickness By Sasha Warren edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Solovyova/iStock/Getty Images Plus For most mountaineers, some level of altitude sickness is inevitable. But Indigenous highlanders living on the Tibetan Plateau, known…
A Trip To The Francis Waplinger Shop – Brooklyn, NYC
After working in NYC for years it was only until I left NYC that I finally had time to visit Francis Waplingers’s Shop in Brooklyn, NYC. It was something that I had wanted to do for years, but when you work your own shop and run it, it is very…
Hilaria Baldwin’s Spanish Accent: Op-Ed
Hilaria Baldwin’s Spanish Accent: Op-Ed Ohhhhhhhmygod, Hilaria Baldwin really wants to keep talking about her Spanish accent. Back in 2020, a social media shitstorm emerged when people noticed that Hilaria had been donning a Spanish accent in numerous interviews — even going so far as to forget the English word…
Far-flung outbreak of extreme weather kills at least 39 » Yale Climate Connections
The Associated Press reported early Monday that at least 39 people had been killed and many others injured on Friday and Saturday by an expansive outbreak of extreme weather associated with a powerhouse storm system that moved through the central United States. Two intense rounds of tornadoes caused most of…
Developer Consensus May Be Converging on a Bitcoin Soft Fork Proposal: Blockspace
Grassroots support for two bitcoin improvement proposals (BIP) appears to be emerging for Bitcoin’s next soft fork, centered around two candidates: BIPs 119 and 348. BIPs are the formal method for discussion of proposed changes to Bitcoin. Theoretically, if a BIP gains sufficient widespread support, it will be added to…
The Honda that’s more luxurious than a Toyota (and it’s not an Acura)
Summary Honda is a budget brand in the US, with luxury vehicles available around the globe. The Honda Elysion is Honda’s most luxurious car, only available in China through a collaboration. The Elysion can’t yet be imported to the US legally due to age restrictions. Japanese automakers are renowned for…
When Do You Say Enough Is Enough? #shorts
I’ve had 8 rounds of interviews that have taken 8 weeks. When do you say enough is enough? ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER People hire Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter to provide No BS Career Advice globally because he makes many things in peoples’ careers easier. Those…
Rolling boulders on Titan could threaten NASA’s Dragonfly mission
An artist’s impression of the Dragonfly rotorcraft on the surface of Titan NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA’s Dragonfly mission is due to land on Titan in 2034, giving us an unprecedented look at Saturn’s largest moon – but it may also have to dodge wind-driven rolling boulders. The mission, which…