BlogHide Resteemsremlaps (74)in hive-127586 • 15 days agoLet's talk about the Steem Proposal System (SPS)For those who aren't aware, the Steem Proposal System (SPS) also known as the "Steem DAO" was introduced in HF21 . In the words of the original announcement, the SPS was intended to: ...…remlaps (74)in hive-127586 • 26 days agoFeedback requested: June 30 release candidate for "Steem Follower Checker" browser extensionA couple of weeks ago, I posted Curating for Value: How "Follower Network Strength" Improves Steem Post Ranking , where I described planned changes to the Steem Follower Checker browser…remlaps (74)in hive-127586 • last monthCurating for Value: How "Follower Network Strength" Improves Steem Post Ranking Background Image by Google Gemini Last weekend, I published the Steem Follower Checker GitHub repo and posted about it in the article, Introducing "Steem Follower Checker": A new…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • last monthFeedback requested: One browser extension or two?Background About two years ago, @moecki and I collaborated on a browser extension for Steem curation. I always intended to make it open source, but I had a mental block against writing the README…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • 2 months agoIntroducing "Steem Follower Checker": A new Open Source browser pluginWith (a lot of) help from ChatGPT, last night and today I slapped together a simple browser plugin to make it easy to calculate the "Follower Network Strength" metric that I've been playing with. I…remlaps (74)in hive-109160 • 2 months agoHope on the horizon: Recent advances in brain cancer immunotherapyModern immunotherapy is making strides to improve the odds for brain cancer patients. Many people may remember that Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer in May, 2008…remlaps (74)in hive-109160 • 2 months agoUseful beats truthful: Survival and repetition of ideas in the information ecosystemViewpoint Utility trumps truth in the world of information: useful information survives and gets repeated, even if it's not accurate. Truthful information goes extinct if it's not useful.…remlaps (74)in hive-110570 • 2 months agoTrue crime in the Delaware Valley - Ellen Greenberg: The narrative collapses?Summary Ellen Greenberg was a Philadelphia teacher who died mysteriously in 2011. Her death was ruled a suicide, but that classification has been challenged. Recently disclosed evidence…remlaps (74)in hive-109160 • 3 months agoRevolutionary Canine Cancer Vaccine Shows Promising Results: A Ray of Hope for Man's Best FriendFor dogs that develop cancer, there are not many options, and when our canine companions get sick, it often leads to heartache. Having lost a 10 year old German Shepherd Dog, Max, to cancer back in…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • 3 months agoProgramming Diary #19: Follower network strength and preparing for Open Source publicationSummary Once again, I didn't have much progress to report at the two-week mark, so I skipped that update and it has been about a month since Programming Diary #18: WhaleAlert inspired activity…remlaps (74)in hive-109160 • 3 months agoChasing shadows: Is AI text detection a critical need or a fool's errand?Before I start on today's article, let me give you a quick reminder of my last one . Have you entered your observation into the Globe At Night application or web site? The current…remlaps (74)in hive-109160 • 4 months agoCitizen Science (aka DeSci): How does light pollution affect your location The GlobeAtNight web site & application shows people how to measure light pollution and provides a database and interactive map where observations can be documented and viewed, going back as far…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • 4 months agoProgramming Diary #18: WhaleAlert inspired activity noticesSummary The main accomplishment in this interval was linking Steemometer transaction notifications to a URL on the SteemDB blockchain explorer. Transaction notifications now have enough…remlaps (74)in hive-127586 • 4 months agoThinking out loud: When should the witnesses start paying interest on SBDs in savings?The other day I posted an update on Steem inflation . In that article, we saw that the expected daily STEEM production was 89,874 and that it was set to decline to ~22,000 over the course of the…remlaps (74)in hive-127586 • 5 months agoTowards a decentralized, abuse resistance framework for the Steem blockchainThis post sketches out a possible framework for decentralized abuse resistance on the Steem blockchain. Background Image by Gemini ; prompt: "Draw a techno-uptopian pyramid structure…resteemedpennsif (79)in steem • 5 months agoThe Steem News @ 11 February 2024 : The Steem DAO awakens...After nearly 4 years the Steem DAO has been reactivated for funding development on Steem. Making the DAO breakthrough is @the-gorilla's proposal to modernise the steemit.com interface. Today's…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • 5 months agoProgramming Diary #17: Activity notifications and vote suggestionsSummary Once again, it's time for me to deliver another fortnightly programming update. As anticipated in Programming Diary #16: Post aging and promotion totals , time has been limited due to…remlaps (74)in steemtalk • 5 months agoThe time for modernizing the Steemit interface is nowTL;DR: I support the proposal by @the-gorilla to modernize the Condenser front end. Here's why I think you should, too. Introduction If you read the above post by @the-gorilla…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • 5 months agoProgramming Diary #16: Post aging and promotion totalsSummary Here I am, back with another fortnightly Programming Diary entry. Two weeks ago, I posted Programming Diary #15: Voting suggestions and author incentives , so now it's time for…remlaps (74)in hive-151113 • 6 months agoProgramming Diary #15: Voting suggestions and author incentivesSummary Right on schedule, two weeks after Programming Diary #14: Historical graphing and helpful descriptions , I'm back with another programming update. This post will describe my…