A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
Problem scenario
You have a significant amount of cryptocurrency, but you want to benefit from what you think will be a certain decline. You want to hedge against loss to insure your total investment is not purely correlated or dependent on high cryptocurrency prices. How do you short cryptocurrency prices (to make money)?
Answer
Short selling is an option. You must be cognizant of the risks.
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Question
Many anti-sensitivity toothpastes have not worked for you. You want to try Colgate Anywhere, Anytime Sensitivity Relief Serum. What should you do to try it?
Answer
Place the cream/serum where there is sensitivity on your tooth or teeth. Do not use it as a toothpaste. It is a topical cream/serum.
Remind patients that this product is a serum to be applied and massaged directly to the sensitive area and not a paste to be brushed on.
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Problem scenario
You had some juice or fruit that had a significant amount of citric acid. Your teeth are now sensitive when you eat or drink something that is cold, hot, or crunchy. What should you do? Are there products with different active ingredients to reduce the sensitivity in one or more of your teeth?
Possible Solution #1
There are different anti-sensitivity toothpastes where the active ingredient could be Arginine bicarbonate (Tom’s of Maine toothpaste),
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Question
What is layer 2 in the context of cryptocurrency?
Answer
It is a secondary blockchain that facilitates smart contracts (link). Layer 2 is a second layer of a blockchain, an assistant blockchain, or a sidechain (https://www.ledger.com/academy/topics/blockchain/what-are-ethereum-layer-2-blockchains-and-how-do-they-work). A layer 2 for a cryptocurrency can support more features and more transactions per second (thus more users). A layer 2 can increase the speed which can be attractive to the adoption of a given cryptocurrency.
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Question
You heard about the Bitcoin halving. Will the price be cut in half or will the quantity of Bitcoin in circulation be cut in half when the halving happens?
Answer
Neither of those things will happen. New Bitcoins are awarded to miners regularly. When the “halving” happens, the Bitcoin reward for mining will be cut in half.
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Problem scenario
You want to be sure your cryptocurrency is secure. What should you do?
Solution
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Problem scenario
You are contemplating buying platinum. Should you purchase platinum to potentially make money?
Answer
Maybe. Platinum is affordable compared to gold as of 2/26/24. If you want to learn about the typical ratio of platinum to gold prices, see antiquesage.com. This website says “[t]he highest annual value recorded for the platinum gold ratio was a spike to 6.63 in 1968.”
According to https://platinumprice.org/,
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Problem scenario
In the smart phone era, some people cannot get embarrassing photos removed from the internet. When you go to the gym and need to change into a swimsuit, you want privacy (so you are not seen). How do you do this without people seeing you?
Possible Solution #1
Change inside a toilet stall in the bathroom. (Showers are usually near bathroom stalls.)
Possible Solution #2
Use a towel around your body,
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Problem scenario
You unlocked the desktop of your Mac laptop. How do you find out the time that it happened? Or you just want a history of the times you logged into your MacOS, what should you do?
Solution
Open the command prompt.
Run this:
log show –style syslog –predicate ‘process == “loginwindow”‘ –debug –info | grep “SecKeychainLogin result: 0, …
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Problem scenario
Your throat seems to tighten if you eat something dry. What can you do to prevent this? What should you do if your throat constricts?
Solution
If there is an obstruction, a strong cough can help. Drinking cold water can help.
While people may use less sauce than a dish was designed for (because of health reasons), some meals,
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