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• cat << EOF > Space, Blogging, & Bitcoin (Issue #161)

  This week’s newsletter is out!

  In this week’s edition:

  Linux on the ISS, exploring the dream modern blogging platform, Bitcoin economics & privacy, the Bitcoin halving, investigating the strange world of the moon landings

  Issue details:

  • Title: Space, Blogging, & Bitcoin
  • Issue: 161
  • Page: issue webpage

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Today’s links:

• UK to Issue New Crypto, Stablecoin Legislation by July, Minister Says - Economic Secretary Bim Afolami said the legislation would cover stablecoins, crypto staking, exchange and custody. This follows the Financial Markets Bill in 2023 which laid the foundations for stablecoins and crypto broadly to be treated as regulated financial activities. The current conservative government wants the UK to become a crypto hub, however the elections this year look likely to be won by the labour party. So the crypto strategy might change. www.coindesk.com #

• Product Design Is Lost - Modern ways of working have turned product design into glorified list ticking. The days of new points of view and delighting users with meaningful experiences are unfortunately gone. designsystems.international #

• Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to ‘inject a sense of crisis’ - Just you wait, eventually it will be 7 days per week, 24 hours per day, peanuts for pay and re-occuring periods of starvation on thirsting. And they will still be unhappy, and they will still blame everything on you, and they will still non-ironically tell you that you are lucky, and they will still tell you to learn, or lie or up or belittle you, while blocking any attempt you make to improve your situation. Unfortunately this is the world we live in for some of us. I've got a front row seat, that I am effectively chained to. www.theverge.com #

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