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Cryptocurrency is . skyrocketing Bitcoin is approaching a record $20,000, and Ethereum and Litecoin are ballooning in price (or “mooning” in blockchain parlance). As these cryptocurrencies rise in popularity, we’ve seen incredible projects that leverage blockchain technology, including the popular social media site and , a peer-to-peer online marketplace. Steemit OpenBazaar Most recently, a website allowing users to trade and breed virtual cats, , has gone viral. While a simple and fun concept, these sites demonstrate the power, excitement, and promise of blockchain technology to radically change how we interact with the web. CryptoKitties Lunar: Virtual Moon Land Enter . has recently launched a site where users can buy and trade virtual plots of land on the moon. It’s cute and simple project, with a beautifully animated 3D moon. However, in the past few weeks, some asking prices for plots of moon have surpassed 15 ETH (that’s $10,000!) Lunar Lunar Most of the moon land is already claimed, including the landing sites of the Apollo missions (PSA: Sector 214 is the Apollo 11 moon landing location!). As of writing this article, there are 119 plots of land available for purchase. Lunar’s developer is also releasing a new feature for the holiday season: — perfect for astronomy-geeks or . buying “gift” plots of land for friends and family minimalists To buy the plots of land, you’ll need Metamask or a web3 compatible browser. Lunar’s UI for purchasing a virtual plot of land on the moon. Why This Matters Does buying these virtual plots of moon actually mean anything? Well, not quite. As the developer mentions, “the token should be considered a virtual trading card rather than a legally enforceable deed for lunar land.” So, why should you care about a virtual trading card for a moon plot? has actually made history as one of the first platforms to successfully prove the concept of non-fungible blockchain assets. In that manner, these collectibles have historic value, and are a cute way to celebrate both the blockchain’s potential and the mysterious charm of the moon. Lunar Furthermore, platforms like and have an important educational role. Lunar’s developer intends the platform to demonstrate how smart contracts could be used to manage real estate. While the moon may be an impractical example, think about how land deeds could be traded on an online marketplace with the ease of blockchain technology. There’s huge potential for entire industries like real estate to be radically changed, and is a user-friendly, fully-functioning example of this promise. Lunar CryptoKitties Lunar If you’re interested in learning more, you can visit or check out some of ’s blog posts: Lunar’s website Lunar The Only Token Going to the Moon Lunar Token: Post-Launch Update

Virtual Moon Land — the Next CryptoKitties?

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has finally been released overseas, bringing previously Japan-exclusive spinoffs of the Ace Attorney series to the rest of the world. These games take place in the past, introducing characters and storylines completely new to the franchise. While the games are very self-contained, the changes to the story and cast that come as part of the change in time period can be very confusing. This brings up a good point about the series itself: the general timeline of the games is, likewise, very confusing. Many of the games feature very linear gameplay, but they prioritize gameplay and intrigue over a story that goes from point A to point B. As such, some games will have their chapters take place before a previous one, or even very far into the past. Even if you’re a long-time veteran of the series, keeping track of when certain events happen - particularly, events you’ve played through before - can be very confusing. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Chronological Order Image via official press release For the purposes of this article, I have looked over each major Ace Attorney game and spinoff. Every game has its own details on when events take place, allowing them to be described on a case-by-case basis. If simply going through the games according to when they (mostly) take place, this would be the best order to go about it. The Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Timeline: All Games in Chronological Order The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright: Justice for All Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (also known as Gyakuten Kenji 2) Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (non-canon) Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice This is the most “chronological” order of the Ace Attorney series. However, as stated before, some games are a little more complicated with their timing. Even The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, despite its storyline being very self-contained and linear, falls victim to this. A major chapter in the second game actually takes place between two chapters of the first. But the timing of that chapter is made very clear the moment it takes place, unlike some games of the main series. So, if you’re a fan of the series and interested in discovering how Ace Attorney’s exact timeline is structured, read on. Minor spoilers will be stated from here on out, so be warned. DISCLAIMER: I’ll be dividing the chronological order of the Ace Attorney franchise into three sections: Before Phoenix Wright became a lawyer During Wright’s career After Wright’s disbarment The timeline will state the game each case comes from, as well as what parts of the case apply to that time. Note as well that I’ll only be mentioning cases that occur while the player is directly interacting with them. Certain cases mention incidents that take place years prior, but if you never play as a character during that year, only relevant gameplay is taken into account. Major events, such as the DL-6 incident, will not be part of this list. Image via Unofficial Ace Attorney Wiki Cases Before Phoenix Wright’s Career 1. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - Case 3, Beginning 2. Ace Attorney Investigations - Case 4 3. Trials and Tribulations - Case 4 4. Trials and Tribulations - Case 1 Image via Unofficial Ace Attorney Wiki These are all “flashback” cases, in a sense - you play them during later games in the series, but they actually occur long before Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Of note here is Case 3 of Ace Attorney Investigations 2; only the first part of it takes place before the other cases listed here. This isn’t the last time a discrepancy like that occurs, so get ready for things to be a little more complicated. Cases During Phoenix Wright’s Career 5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 6. Justice for All - Case 2 7. Justice for All - Case 1 8. Justice for All - Case 3 9. Justice for All - Case 4 10. Trials and Tribulations - Case 2 11. Trials and Tribulations - Case 3 12. Trials and Tribulations - Case 5 13. Ace Attorney Investigations - Case 2 14. Ace Attorney Investigations - Case 3 15. Ace Attorney Investigations - Case 1 16. Ace Attorney Investigations - Case 5 17. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (see notes) 18. Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney (see notes) 19. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Case 4, Middle Image via official press release Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney takes place in a pure chronological order from start to finish. The games after it jump back and forth throughout the timeline, with Justice for All’s first case taking place after the second. There are later games that follow this odd method of storytelling, but from here very few events occur between games. Notes: Ace Attorney Investigations 2 takes place in a purely chronological order, with the sole exception of Case 3’s beginning. Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney doesn’t shift its position in the timeline at all, but it isn’t considered part of the main series canon. Its exact place is a little messy, as well - it might even take place at any point between Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. Cases After Phoenix Wright’s Disbarment 20. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (see notes) 21. Dual Destinies - Case 2 22. Dual Destinies - DLC Case 23. Dual Destinies - Case 3 24. Dual Destinies - Case 4, Beginning 25. Dual Destinies - Case 1 26. Dual Destinies - Case 4, Middle/End 27. Dual Destinies - Case 5 28. Spirit of Justice Image via official press release Like the first section, this only spans over three games of the series. Dual Destinies is probably the game with the strangest structuring of its timeline, with the entirety of Case 1 taking place in between the first sections of Case 4, and a DLC case taking place before most of the game. Spirit of Justice takes place in a normal chronological order, like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - it has a DLC case as well, but that takes place after all other cases in the game. Final Thoughts on the Ace Attorney Timeline Trying to follow the games as they happen can be a little more than challenging, as you can see. Part of why the series is structured like this is to fill in some gaps, set up interesting plot threads, and provide simple tutorials that still allow fan-favorite characters to show up. While the timeline of the games might not make sense if you’ve never played the series, everything falls very well into place in context. Still, I recommend that fans of the Ace Attorney series keep this timeline in their minds if they find themselves playing through the games again. Who knows - you might uncover a piece of foreshadowing you wouldn’t have noticed otherwise...

The Ace Attorney Timeline: All Phoenix Wright Games in Chronological Order

The Ace Attorney Timeline: Todos los juegos de Phoenix Wright en orden cronológico

If you’re using in your projects you’re sure to have come across the Apollo and their GraphQL-enabled tools. GraphQL One of the toolsets Apollo has introduced is Apollo-Boost (which I’ll refer to simply as Boost from here on). Boost allows for minimal Apollo Client configuration and boilerplate in you applications. Apollo Client itself is a wrapper class designed to simplify interaction with GraphQL servers (and, as we shall see, client-side GraphQL as well). They also have tool support for the React framework, among others. While the Client is framework-independent, the library has components that integrate seamlessly with Apollo Client. react-apollo Installation To quickly get up and running with a new react-apollo client, I recommend using : create-react-app npx create-react-app create_react_app Note that it is , not ; is the name I chose for the new project. The resulting package.json file will contain the following: npx npm create_react_app {"name": "create_react_app","version": "0.1.0","private": true,"dependencies": {"react": "^16.5.2","react-dom": "^16.5.2","react-scripts": "1.1.5"},"scripts": {"start": "react-scripts start","build": "react-scripts build","test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom","eject": "react-scripts eject"}} You’ll notice that there are several build scripts provided, and react-scripts is used as the application launcher. The react-scripts launcher provides a curated list of dependencies with minimal configuration. You can read about what is provided . When is executed, it will launch a hot React server (one that relaunches when detecting code changes) and will automatically load a sample application page in your browser. here npm run start There are three additional packages (already mentioned) that need to be installed before continuing: npm install --save apollo-boost react-apollo graphql Building the App The primary tool provided by Boost is the ApolloClient class. This provides query, mutation, and subscription methods that simplify client-GraphQL interaction by means of Promises. The first step is to configure an ApolloClient instance. I’ll use the GraphQL server settings provided in the . Apollo Client installation instructions import ApolloClient from "apollo-boost";const client = new ApolloClient({  uri: "https://w5xlvm3vzz.lp.gql.zone/graphql"}); The server was built using Apollo Launchpad (another GraphQL tool you should have in your belt), and you can access it online . Note that as of this writing, the Query shown in the Launchpad is wrong, and should be something like: here query rates($currency: String!) {rates(currency: $currency) {currencyratename}} With the client set up, next plug in an ApolloProvider component into the application: (I’ve cleaned up the syntax a bit from the original generated application.) The ApolloProvider is the connecting component between the React application and the GraphQL client. From within the provider, we can add Query and Mutation components in the application which operate against a context. You can think of the context as the state of the application, but one that is accessed via GraphQL scripts. Using Queries The Query component takes a GraphQL query string as a property. That query string is executed when the component is rendered, invoking a function that takes state, (if any) and a data as parameters. What usually happens (on a good day) is that once is false (query data is done loading), and no are returned, then the data properties are passed down to child components. loading errors result loading errors Taking that query shown earlier, we can create a simple display: And then, back in the main application: import ExchangeRates from './ExchangeRates' const client = new ApolloClient({uri: " "}); https://w5xlvm3vzz.lp.gql.zone/graphql const App = () => (<ApolloProvider client={client}><div className="App"><header className="App-header"><img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" /><h1 className="App-title">Welcome to React</h1></header> </div></ApolloProvider>) <ExchangeRates/> You’ll notice that ExchangeRates makes its own Query, so that the component is entirely self-contained. The resulting page is no beauty, but it is accurate: Partial list of currency exchange rates relative to the dollar (USD) Default Values and Client Context Next is to make better use of that screen real estate at the top where the React logo is shown, replacing it with a currency input so that the user doesn’t have to scroll through a large list of currency abbreviations to find the one she’s interested in. Setting up default values Adding a default value (or values) to start the application with is a pretty simple modification to the ApolloClient configuration shown earlier: const client = new ApolloClient({uri: " ", }) https://w5xlvm3vzz.lp.gql.zone/graphql clientState: {defaults: {currencyOfInterest: 'USD',}} The will be stored locally, on the client. We inform the query of the location through the directive. I change the original component layout slightly so that the original query results from the server are passed down to the ExchangeSelector via props. currencyOfInterest @client const ExchangeRates = (client) => (<Queryquery={gql`{rates(currency: "USD") {currencyratename}}`} {({ loading, error, data }) => {  
  if (loading) return <p>Loading...</p>;  
  if (error) return <p>Error :(</p>; return (<div><header className="App-header"> </header><ExchangeList data={data} />;</div>)}}</Query>); <ExchangeSelector data={data}/> Here’s a look at the new React ExchangeSelector component: The designation one line 6 tells ApolloClient that the value can be found in the local cache. This value can be accessed and written to just as if it resided on the server, through Query and Mutation operations. However, since this is locally stored, it is often more convenient to update the client cache directly, using as shown on line 21. @client client.writeData() The ExchangeSelector gets rates from it’s parent container and all three input elements are updated when the input for currencyOfInterest is changes (lines 20–21). The onChange handler writes directly to the client’s cache, which will trigger a re-render of the ExchangeSelector itself. Wrapping it Up Complete code for this example can be found . The README.md goes into detail about create-react-app (I didn’t write it, it did). here

Giving React + GraphQL a Lift with Apollo-Boost

You shall fail… successfully Errors are common to all computer programs; they might be hard to maintain, but properly dealing with them is without any doubt the most critical part of building applications. In the context of a Client/Server architecture we need the Server to output and that the Client can and in order to . well-formatted easily identifiable errors seamlessly read, process handle fail successfully E.g. a successful failure GraphQL powered APIs are no (pun intentional 😏) to this rule. Here is what the latest draft of the GraphQL specification says about how error outputs should be formatted. Exceptions (Sun, Jun 10, 2018) If the operation encountered any errors, the response map must contain an entry with key . _errors_ Every error must contain an entry with the key with a string description of the error intended for the developer as a guide to understand and correct the error. _message_ GraphQL services may provide an additional entry to errors with key . This entry, if set, must have a map as its value. This entry is reserved for implementors to add additional information to errors however they see fit, and there are no additional restrictions on its contents. _extensions_ With this in mind, a typical error object should look something like this: ..."errors": [    {      "message": "Only Prophets can do this",      "locations": [ ... ],      "path": [ ... ],      "extensions": {        "code": "NOT_A_PROPHET",        "timestamp": "Thu Jun 21 17:03:00 UTC 2018"      }    }  ]... Remember that we want the error output to be “ and ” meaning it should contain at least one field than can be seamlessly processed by a computer. well-formatted easily identifiable First candidate to consider is , a Since it is formatted to be read by a human, it could potentially be an expressive long string containing unwanted characters ( etc…) thus not ideal. message “string description of the error intended for the developer[…]”. %, ç, à, $, €, @, white spaces, According to the specification, should be the dedicated space for any additional entry to Here, it gives us the ability to attach a key, providing a datum that can be extensions errors . code machine-readable “ seamlessly read, processed and handled ”. if (error.extensions.code === "NOT_A_PROPHET") {  // Do Something} Moving forward 🏇 We just saw that there are guidelines on how to output errors in the context of a GraphQL API. With that we should be able to: Throw and output and errors — thanks to — within our resolvers. spec-compliant identifiable _extensions_ Identify and handle errors client-side to . fail successfully However, the specification doesn’t specify guidelines for issues like APIs errors documentation, retry or failure handling, meaning that there are countless ways to properly arrange our code base for that purpose. The absence of explicit convention led me to build . Apollo-Prophecy The way of the pagan First, let’s illustrate what maintaining errors can be like without . To that end we’ll be using , a prominent, spec-compliant, fully-featured and well-maintained GraphQL server implementation for nodeJS. Apollo-Prophecy Apollo Server Because we’re using , we can use the constructor : errors thrown using this constructor produce a spec-compliant JSON output like the one above. Apollo Server ApolloError(message, code) throw new ApolloError("Only Prophets can do this", "NOT_A_PROPHET"); In order to make it easier for us to store errors we could organize our server-side code the following way: And properly handle errors like this: Done, right? No, we can do better. With this configuration, we end up doing the same work twice: since on the server we would have to write a client side. for every existing error entry corresponding key I don’t know about you but I prefer to say DRY. To leverage API documentation 📑 One of the most interesting propositions of GraphQL is that While this is usually done through a mechanism named “introspection queries” — giving us detailed information about the fields and types in our schema — this doesn’t mean that we cannot add documentation material to the schema itself: API should be self-documenting. What if errors were part of the schema? Here is how we could exploit this: We include errors in the schema: 1. type ErrorExtensions {  code: String!}

type Error {  name: String!  message: String  extensions: ErrorExtensions}

type Query { We create the corresponding resolver on the Query field: 2. ...const resolvers = {Query: {...errors: { ... }}}... That’s cool but what about the client? 🤷 Assuming that information about errors are accessible through our APIs, we need to find a way to access them from the client, keeping in mind that we want to avoid doing the same work twice. From here we can discuss two different implementations: Every time our app launches, the client could . perform a query to fetch all errors codes and store them locally 😒 Meh… Handle it on the dev-side by fetching and as part of the build process. storing errors statically in the codebase 💁 Why not? Since correct error-handling is critical to the good functioning of your application, going with would make fetching all errors’ definitions a mandatory step of the app launch process — therefore increasing loading duration. option 1 That’s why for cleanliness and overall performance, I like the better. second option The prophet way? 🧙🏼‍ I’ve started working on : a code generation Command Line interface that does what we need (and a tiny bit more!). It will: Apollo Prophecy Generate errors that we can throw in our resolvers and expose through the schema as documentation — apollo-prophecy generate Query the server schema and generate file with methods and helpers to gracefully consume errors — apollo-prophecy ask The goal is to always keep you server and client errors repository in sync. First, install it through your favorite package manager. [npm | yarn] install -g apollo-prophecy To generate errors like a greek God 🔮 The command will create a file containing throwable error classes. It takes as input a JSON file formatted like this: generate It can be run like below (if nothing is specified it will look for an file inside the running folder): errors.json apollo-prophecy generate errorsDef.json Using the above the CLI will generate the following file. errosDef.json Here are the generated file key components: — plain JSON array meant to be used as documentation output. It contains all error representations with their static data: , , . errorsList name message extensions -> code Always generated but empty if there is no error to generate. — GraphQL object type that we can include in our . It should be used alongside for documentation. . errorType schema definition errorsList Always generated as is — class extending ApolloError meant to be by other errors in this file. . PropheticError inherited Always generated as is — those are the two custom error classes generated with the information of the JSON file input. NotAProphetError ProphetNotFoundWithId We can use all these elements in our server. Given that we need errors to be part of our schema, we can do the following: import { errorsList, NotAProphetError } from './gen/GeneratedErrors' Query: {errors: () => errorsListgetAllUsers: () => {...throw new NotAProphetError()},} Hmm ok… Does that make us prophets now? 🤔 Not yet; prophets need to communicate with gods in order to anticipate the future, don’t they? Using , we can do something similar with the command : Apollo-Prophecy ask apollo-prophecy ask http://localhost:3000/graphql [--field] This will send a request to the specified endpoint and try to perform a GraphQL query on the option to try and fetch errors’ information (if nothing is specified, an will be queried by default). --field “errors” field Below is an extremely simplified version of the generated file. If you want to have an idea of what it really looks like go and ! try it yourself —an enum with the codes of all errors exposed in the schema. PropheticErrorCode and are the real two helper methods that enable us to handle client-side errors in a clean and reusable way. errorHere isThis - errorHere(error) When called, it returns an object that has found on the server. Depending on the supplied argument, the called property returns either : one property named after each errors true or false import { errorHere } from `./_generated/Errors.ts`; ...(error) => {if(errorHere(error).isNotAProphetError){// Do something} else if(errorHere(error).isProphetNotFoundWithId){// Do something else}} - isThis(error) When called, it returns an object that has found on the server**.** one handler function named after each errors import { isThis } from `./_generated/Errors.ts`; ...(error) => {isThis(error).UserNotFoundError(() => ...).NotAProphetError(() => ...).handle()} Handlers return the same instance object than , so that each function call can be chained. Once the method is called, it initiates the check and calls the corresponding handler if there is a match. isThis handle And… voilà! Thanks to the command we can keep our client-side error repository in sync with the API through the schema. By using and we now have a clean and expressive way of handling errors — and look, the code is pretty too! ask errorHere isThis Conclusion Just like any young technology, still has gaps to fill. is built to fill just one of these gaps: . But this isn’t the end of the conversation; is open-source, and I’m sure together we can come up with even better ways to improve it. GraphQL Apollo-Prophecy how we implement error handling and documentation Apollo-Prophecy Already there is a lot of work and fixes to be done on ; contributions and suggestions are both welcomed and needed. Please visit and take look at existing or even s. Apollo-Prophecy Github issues create new one If you’ve come this far, thank you for reading ❤️ I really hope you enjoyed this post and I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback 🙂. _apollo-prophecy - 🔮 GraphQL error management made Easy, generate custom machine-readable errors for Apollo…_github.com theGlenn/apollo-prophecy

Handling and documenting GraphQL errors using Apollo-Prophecy + Apollo

“If it takes 200 years to achieve artificial intelligence and then finally there’s a textbook that explains how it’s done, the hardest part of that textbook to write will be the part that explains why people didn’t think of it 200 years ago.” ~John McCarthy The topic of essay was part of application.The word count of the essay is limited to 1000. “Envision the year 2118: What will become reality that is not possible today?” Mindfire Mission-2 The open challenge for the community is to present your version. It will be fun! Here is my version. This is a video excerpt of a typical day from a journal of individual named “ ” passed on to me by a gentleman named . This story is narrated by me by going through all his notes and the journey of his life as described in the diary. I have chosen this particular date to narrate his story. Cypher John Titor September 30th, 2188 (Enceladus, a moon of the Saturn) ​( ) Hello Cypher, I am noticing an unusual spike in your heart rate. Cypher wakes up startled by the voice walks to the mirror. Sensing his motion a guiding light directs Cypher to the mirror. Stepping in front of mirror full body check-up, he commands. The voice immediately responds the artificial heart has run its course boss, it’s time to replace. Cypher removes his artificial heart replaces it with the new. Mirror screen shows time until next replacement ~ 50 years, a detailed report of all functioning organs, potential diseases likely to occur, those prevented and precautions being taken by molecular “ ” circulating inside the body, nanoparticles, the size of molecules, that seek out cancer cells and destroy them years before they become a problem. All data glowing in front of him. All his veins, arteries, entire body, everything scanned and mapped in an explorable holographic model to examine from any angle. Suddenly a voice alarms​ ​smart bombs​ Finding a relief, Cypher walking downstairs towards kitchen tells Friday ( ) to prepare the breakfast. The usual he says but Friday has prepared something special. Cypher questioned from finding his “ ” drink enquiries Friday what’s the special occasion? his personal intelligent and conscious assistant Macallan 65 Image Source: Friday………. Marvel Wiki Friday replies, “ . Cypher realizes he forgot about it amid all the chaos caused early in the morning, looks at his ageless body wondering what it was like 100 years ago, how far we have come and laughs at the imaginary (​_but realistic_)​ looking holographic image of Friday sitting in front of him. Friday interrupts with a breaking news, “Boss, the first colony has been established on ‘ . That’s a terrific achievement! The most important after having reverse engineered the brain completely”, and continues, I have thanked all the wishes and sent each of them a copy of your favourite novel “ ” and here is your schedule for today. Rejoicing about the achievement, Cypher thinks about the checklist he has, “​ ” , Type II down, next is Type III ( ), thinking we really have come a long way! Happy 124th Birthday, Boss”​ Proxima Cen b’ Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy Types of Civilization by Michio Kaku​ controls the power of an entire galaxy Glancing at the projection of Friday sitting in front of him, he reads aloud the itinerary from the holographic display, “Trip to earth (​Space Elevators), test the prototype, work on the secret project codename ‘USS Enterprise’, go to the fighting arena to watch the favourite robo fight virtually, celebrat..”, Friday interrupts warning Cypher that the self-driving flying taxi will here shortly to take him to Captain James Kirk Base Station. Noticing the usual pattern of being late, the robot butler pack up the essentials and Cypher hurries up and hops into the ride, still wondering how conscious these robots are getting and the fear about the possibility of Artificial Super Intelligence in near . He thought about his friend who was among the search party sent out in the exploration of the alien signal received 50 years ago. ( Friday keep me informed on any news regarding his whereabouts. future Still, haven’t received a word on that.) Having completed with all routine check and cleared for the journey, Cypher thinks about his time on the Earth, the once beautiful planet brought down by its very own people’s greed. The Earth now has become very uninhabitable for the living, global warming, biological attacks but lucky for some incredible minds we had already started looked and acted for an opportunity to make our species an interplanetary and today possibly interstary species. The mission down here was to make the Earth beautiful and habitable again. The final secret to maximizing the use of renewable sources was finally decoded and this secret, if decoded several decades ago, could have avoided such a catastrophic disaster. Upon reaching the earth and taking precautionary measures, to avoid the deadly UV rays exposure due to ozone depletion and the inhabitable air by the Biological terrorists, Cypher walks into the remote office. He is still amazed by the tandem of robots and humans and truly appreciates “_Intelligent Augmentation_​”, working side by side. He couldn’t have imagined any humans building up such high structures and making Mars, moons of Jupiter and Saturn a habitable place without the help of these robots. Cypher links up the super fast interconnect network, present everywhere in any size from the contact lens, the earpiece, etc. He thinks century ago about the time big companies used high-speed computers for training deep models, now everyone have their own supercomputer and capacity of storage is orders of magnitude greater and smaller in size than a typical data center back in those days. Thinking back to his time on earth, a lot has changed and changed for good. Today we have everything any way cooler, flying taxis, contact lens internet, artificial organs, DNA extractor, artificial organisms, self-conscious robots, ageless body, Space Elevators, Quantum computers running all these astronomical time taking tasks super quick, chips faster than the whole data center lying around, household robots, Type III civilization which reminds the time people were excited about Apollo Mission, The Internet, Expert Systems, AI, Robotics, Deep Learning, first artificial organ, interplanetary exploration and today everything on a piece of glass(screen). All those fictions are turning gradually into reality. Truly, a lot has changed and keep changing for generations to come. learning “ ”, by Albert Einstein. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution (​ Friday adds: Apparently she is a fan!​ ) As Bruno Bettelheim has observed in On the Uses of Enchantment, “If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in the true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.” After a long tired day, tiring for his brain, not his body, he wonders what is the true purpose of his life. Happy Birthday! ~ From Friday (This marks my day complete and the same routine of thoughts flows by my mind and this journal is the way to keep track of my thoughts with help of Friday who does all the heavy lifting by shaping these thoughts into a journal.) **Things that inspired this story:**​ Michio Kaku “World by 2030”, Ray Kurzweil predictions, Rodney Brooks prediction, Tony Stark, Deep Learning, AI, AGI, ASI, Robotics, Artificial organs, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Her Movie, Star Trek, Jack Clark stories from his newsletters Import AI, Moore’s Law, Elon Musk, Max Tegmark Life 3.0, Nick Bostrom Super intelligence, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Quantum Computers, Interplanetary Travel. If you liked my article, ( limit, I tried!) so other people will see this here on Medium. please smash the 👏 below as many times as you liked the article spoiler alert: 50 is If you have any thoughts, comments, questions, feel free to comment below.Also, don’t forget to post the link to your version of essay, I would love to read it.

Envision the year 2118: What impossible reality will become reality?

Since 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been a Hollywood juggernaut. And even 15 years later, it still has millions of fans around the world. But many would agree that the peak of the MCU’s popularity is already in the past, particularly, it seemed to peak in the third phase. The MCU’s phase 3 was a time of extreme hype. There really was nothing quite like it, and it’s something that could most likely never be successfully replicated again. If you missed out on it, don’t worry. Here are all the MCU Phase 3 movies in chronological order. The MCU Phase 3 Movies in Order 1. Captain America: Civil War 2. Doctor Strange 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 4. Spider-Man: Homecoming 5. Thor: Ragnarok 6. Avengers: Infinity War 7. Ant-Man and the Wasp 8. Captain Marvel 9. Avengers: Endgame 10. Spider-Man: Far From Home 1. Captain America: Civil War (2016) The beginning of the phase started off with a bang because in Captain America: Civil War, trouble was brewing, and not just because of the supervillains. There was trouble brewing within the Avengers. The government and the public were fed up with the mistakes of the Avengers, and they wanted to hold them accountable by forcing them to work for the United Nations. Captain America and a few other heroes were extremely against this while Iron Man and his side were in favor. The two sides can’t see eye-to-eye and clash in epic fashion. 2. Doctor Strange (2016) After an accident leaves him with shaky hands, Doctor Stephen Strange’s days as a surgeon are over forever. However, what happens next no one could expect as Strange then begins his journey to be a sorcerer. First, he only does so for selfish reasons. But the more time he spends training, the more he realizes that he wasn’t meant to be a rich and selfish surgeon; he was meant to be the Sorcerer Supreme. In simpler terms, he was destined to be a superhero. 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Jumping from the mystical side of the MCU to the cosmic one, everyone’s favorite rag-tag team of mischiefs returns for a second adventure. In the first movie, it’s heavily implied that Peter’s father is an important figure and somebody we’ll one day get to see. Well, in Vol. 2, we finally meet the mysterious man. And nothing is ever the same for the Guardians of the Galaxy. But beyond that, we get to meet the interesting Mantis, flesh out more of Gamora and Nebula’s relationship, and get to know another side of Rocket. 4. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) It was a long time coming, but it finally happened. One of the most popular superhero characters of all time finally got his own movie in the MCU. After making his debut in Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man goes back to living a “regular” life as a teenager in Brooklyn. As regular as can be when you’re a superhero that is. But he quickly realizes that he won’t just be nabbing purse snatchers and petty thieves. He’ll have to deal with his own supervillain in the form of the Vulture. Even though he’s already gone toe-to-toe with some of the Avengers, this may be his biggest challenge yet. 5. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Although this was the third movie for Thor, it felt like a fresh beginning. This version of Thor was more silly and comedic, and although future installments played too much into this, he was perfect in Thor: Ragnarok. In fact, everything about this movie is amazing. After their sister returns, Thor and his brother Loki find themselves in a strange new world that they can’t seem to escape of. That doesn’t matter though because they need to figure out a plan quickly before their sister destroys all of Asgard. Luck is on their side, however, as two allies are also stranded on the strange planet. Together, the 4 of them do everything they can to stop Hela. 6. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Since his small teaser at the end of the first Avengers movie, Thanos had been built up as the final boss of the Avengers. A bigger threat than they could ever dream of. And in Infinity War, we find out if they’re up to the task. Still reeling from the prior events of Civil War, the Avengers (alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy) fight the Mad Titan before he can reclaim all of the Infinity Stones. Because it’s just not Earth that is being threatened but the entire universe. 7. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) While the Avengers are fighting for their lives, Ant-Man and the Wasp have their own mini (ha) adventure in San Francisco. The Wasp’s mom, Janet van Dyne, is stuck in the Quantum Realm after she shrunk too small. Decades later, Ant-Man and the Wasp believe they have the power and know-how to bring her back. Unfortunately, it won’t be an easy journey. Along the way, they’ll have to deal with both Sonny Burch and Ghost, 2 opponents who have their own agendas. 8. Captain Marvel (2019) Captain Marvel was released toward the tail-end of Phase 3, but it actually takes place before most of the other movies in the MCU. It follows a mysterious Kree soldier who suffers from memory loss. As more of her memories get uncovered, she has to ask herself, “Who can she trust?”  This question itself opens up doors and reveals secrets she never thought possible and allows her to become Captain Marvel. 9. Avengers: Endgame (2019) This was it. The culmination of the 21 movies that came before it. The Avengers once again have to come together and join forces to fight Thanos for a second and hopefully final time. But a lot has changed since they last encountered him, and many of the Avengers have changed (some for better and some for worse). None of that matters, however, because the stakes are higher than ever, and only the Avengers can make everything right. Although there was one more movie in Phase 3, Avengers: Endgame seemed to be a fitting conclusion to the saga. 10. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Even though Peter Parker isn’t finished with high school, he’s had enough adventure and excitement for a lifetime. But the hits keep on coming for Spidey. On a school trip to Europe, he’ll come across other superpowered beings such as the Elementals and Mysterio who will turn his life upside down. And if that wasn’t enough, he still has to deal with being a teenager: getting bullied, having girl problems, and having a love-sick best friend. Conclusion Phase 3 of the MCU was one of its best, and this article should help you get on track to relive the journey or start it for the first time. 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