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Are we out of the woods with Covid-19? Have we reached the endemic stage? Should we adopt the mindset that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is just a part of our lives now and carry on as usual? Many people are walking around with more questions than answers as new SARS-CoV-2 viral variants emerge and case counts continue to fluctuate. Without a definitive answer as to what the next phase of the pandemic will look like, mental fatigue has set in for many during this Covid-19 limbo, as has anxiety, depression and persistent anger. “It’s been well over two years since the start of the pandemic, and of course, people are frustrated and anxious,” says Mayo Clinic Health System psychiatrist Dr Patrick Bigaouette. “When Covid-19 case counts tick back up, people are naturally nervous about whether it’s OK to go to a movie, send their child to school, or the possibility of increased Covid-related public policies. “The recurrent feeling of anxiety can be mentally fatiguing.” Research has … [Read more...] about Are you ‘pangry’? Pandemic anger is a real mental health concern

Very few things in our lives are absolute. Everything is measured by degree, from our attention to our patience to the range and intensity of our emotions. At the same time, some things are absolute: You can't be all things to all people; you can't dance every dance; and, throughout your life, you've got to make hard choices , sacrifices, and compromises, and then you've got to live with them through thick and thin for a very long time. We become the sum of the choices we make over time; those choices determine the kind of person we end up being--and how the world sees and values us. What we become isn't a necessary result of fate or destiny. It's certainly not foretold or pre-ordained. Throughout our lives we remain a work in progress. Iteration isn't just a business process; it's also a strategy for a life well-lived. We can bend and shape outcomes to match our desires if we consciously, actively, and continually apply ourselves. But the good things we all … [Read more...] about Your Work Is Not Your Life

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Well, they really did it. In an effort to emulate pretty much every aspect of the Diablo series as much as possible, Outriders has packed almost all of its significant additions into a Lord of Destruction/Reaper of Souls style expansion for the game, which is out this week. It’s called Worldslayer , it costs $40, and you can boost your character instantly to the level to play it if you’ve fallen behind, but even veterans will find a long, long road of grinding ahead of them, with the way the expansion builds out the endgame. But while I did enjoy what I played, I did find myself in a familiar predicament by the end, where solo play felt exhausting and punishing, and getting really deep into the endgame will require friends who are still playing, or matchmaking in what has been an increasingly shrinking pool of players. But we’ll see if Worldslayer brings them back. Worldslayer is essentially split into two parts: … [Read more...] about Outriders ‘Worldslayer’ Expansion Review: Horde Of Destruction

I really pity the people who are still holding their breath and waiting for life to get back to normal: that glorious day when we all triumphantly return to business as usual. I've been struggling for a simple way -- by example or analogy -- to break the ugly news to them that they're dreaming. And to demonstrate that, post-pandemic, for a variety of reasons we'll never again look at our lives, our careers, or the world in the same way. Not that that's exactly a terrible thing; nostalgia and tradition are very often just bad excuses to avoid change. We'll never progress by trying to live our lives looking backward. That's why the car's windshield is so much bigger than the rear-view mirror. So, I've settled on single symbol: the ratchet. Not the "full ratchet," which is a venture capital deal provision that protects early investors from later dilution, and something all founders dread. (And lovingly call rat s--t). I'm referring to a basic mechanical device that allows motion … [Read more...] about 4 Pandemic Changes That Will Change Your Business Forever

Vivek Sharma of Gulaq Inflation has definitely not peaked out. We might remain in a high inflation regime for much longer, feels Vivek Sharma, Director (Strategy) and Head of Investments at Gulaq, a part of Estee Advisors. Sharma said the point of concern is the possibility of a hard landing of US economy because of the rising interest rates. Higher rates in-turn lead to FIIs pulling out money invested in India at increasing pace. This will have higher impact on stock markets than on economy. So the chances of a bear market are higher than that of a recession, said in an interview to Moneycontrol. Edited excerpts: Do you foresee a recession going ahead given the elevated oil prices? Elevated oil prices is definitely a cause of concern for Indian economy. Oil comprises about 20 percent of our import bill, so this directly impacts our current account deficit and puts pressure on rupee. Close But the bigger concern is the possibility of a hard landing of US … [Read more...] about Daily Voice | Chances of a bear market higher than that of an economic recession: Vivek Sharma of Estee Advisors

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin S everal years ago, Strava, a data-hungry, fitness-cum-social network app, published a heatmap showing every activity ever logged, over 3 trillion data points. Neat, right? It was. Problematic, too. The visualization appeared to give away the location of secret U.S. Army bases and spy outposts in locations like Afghanistan and Syria. The company caught a lot of flack for the heatmap, and in response, San Francisco-headquartered Strava published a blog post urging users to review their privacy settings and said it would review “features that were originally designed for athlete motivation and inspiration to ensure they cannot be compromised by people with bad intent.” It has never elaborated further on what features it reviewed nor say whether the review prompted any specific changes. In other words: Everything is fine , Strava seemed to promise. Ah, well. A new report from FakeReporter, a group of Israeli … [Read more...] about Security Flaw In Strava, A Social Fitness App, Exposed Identities Of Israeli Soldiers At Military Bases

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin F or Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter to work out as he’d like, Musk must find some way to supersize the company. Its business is long-undersized compared to the platform’s presence in culture and politics. As a model, Musk has set at least some sights on the original so-called super app, WeChat, which is owned by China-based Tencent. In Musk’s first town hall meeting with Twitter employees last week, he directly mentioned WeChat, indicating that building something like it would further his broader goal of nearly quintupling Twitter’s user base to a billion people. “There’s no WeChat equivalent out of China,” he said at the meeting. “There’s a real opportunity to create that.” Much of what Musk says can seem outlandish. (At the meeting, he also discussed the possibility of alien life.) But his thinking about WeChat isn’t, though it is not especially novel. WeChat’s success has tantalized many a Silicon Valley mogul; … [Read more...] about Elon Musk And The Super Alluring Dream For A ‘Super App’

The pandemic’s shift to remote work could have long-lasting positive implications—if we get it right. advertisement advertisement We can already feel that we’re in a period of change, even if we can’t quite analyze it with the benefit of historic context yet. As Brian Chesky recognized in AirBnB’s going fully remote: “You can’t fight the future, we can’t try to hold on to 2019 any more than 1950. We have to move forward.” During the pandemic, the US went from only a 6% remote workforce to 22% . That is an astounding increase in a dramatically short time frame. The most remarkable byproduct of this transition is just how much employees came to embrace this new format for work. In a continuous year-long survey of US workers published by the Chicago Booth Review , 60% said working from home was better, substantially better, or hugely better than they expected; 26% said about the same; and under 15% said worse. Now that remote work is becoming … [Read more...] about Remote work shouldn’t be the antithesis of in-person work. Here’s how to do the format correctly

Every year, around the world, tens of thousands of small businesses are badly disrupted by natural disasters (and sometimes man made disasters). I know that in Australia alone, we face fire, floods and cyclones constantly. The cost both financially and emotionally is huge. Businesses can be disrupted for anything from a few days to a few months. So what should you do to when disaster hits your business? 1. Start by setting up communication to the outside world. The first step in the rebuilding process is to make sure you are connected to the outside world and this normally means a working telephone and an email connection. It might mean hiring some computer equipment or getting your mobile phone set up for internet connection (if you haven't already. Even setting up a TV in your building helps to make you feel connected to the rest of the world. 2. Break the rebuilding process into smaller, more manageable chunks When standing in a devastated office, … [Read more...] about Your Business has Been Damaged or Destroyed by a Natural Disaster, What now?

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The looming prospect of compliance with the reporting requirements in section 6050I has been a problem for the digital asset industry since the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) last November. The requirements pose procedural obstacles and privacy concerns for taxpayers, but the government has an interest in ensuring compliance with the tax laws. The revised version of section 6050I requires taxpayers engaged in a trade or business to file an information return when they receive $10,000 or more in digital assets in one transaction or two or more related transactions in the course of that trade or business. The information required is the name, address, and tax identification number of the person from whom the assets were received; the amount of the assets; and the date and nature of the transaction. The provision was originally designed for cash transactions. The brief push for … [Read more...] about Tax Information Reporting On Digital Assets Steps Into The Spotlight