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Last December, stories started surfacing of a new virus affecting the Chinese city of Wuhan. At the epicenter of the outbreak, Chinese officials started building new hospitals to aid the people in need. What started out as something that looked like a flu epidemic, soon escalated into a full blown pandemic, called the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). As numbers of infected people are on the rise, the impact on people’s lives continues to grow, beyond anything most of us have ever witnessed in our lives. Social distancing and thorough hand washing seem to be the primary action humans need to abide by in order to slow down the spreading of the virus. On the 19th of March, US President Trump announced three promising drug treatments to battle the coronavirus. Two of them, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been approved by the FDA to start clinical trials on treating the coronavirus. The other is Regeneron, a drug that has previously been used to successfully treat people infected with the Ebola virus. World Health Organization (WHO) Senior Advisor, Bruce Aylward, stated, ‘There’s only one drug right now that we think will have real efficacy, and that’s remdesivir’. Two US companies, and (starting the 23rd of March) have started the process of rolling out home COVID-19 tests. The Nurx one is projected to cost around $181 while Everlywell sells them for $135. The initial supply is low, but they project to be able to scale up manufacturing soon. Nurx will be selling their supply each morning, Monday through Saturday, at 7 AM PST, until stocks run out. Nurx Everlywell I would like to emphasize that I am not an expert in this field, all the information stated in this article is based on reliable sources (official government or national health authorities), field experts like virologists and research papers on the topic. At least until March 20th, there was not yet any proven antidote against the coronavirus. Chloroquine As a medicine used to treat malaria, chloroquine, has been discovered in 1934, , but it had been abandoned for decades as it was too toxic to be prescribed to humans. by Hans Andersag Back in 2004, when the SARS epidemic arose, lab-tested Chloroquine as an anti-virus and it worked. When the time came to test real-life patients the virus had stopped spreading, so there were no people left for clinical trial. Chinese researchers notices quicker recoveries and milder symptoms in COVID19 patients that were given chloroquine. researchers from KU Leuven Researchers of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in The Netherlands, are as a means to battle the coronavirus. Paul Hagedoorn and Erik Frijlink from the Rijksuniversiteit are working on cultivating the medicine so it can be used with an inhaler. This way, the medicine is directed straight into the place where it needs to be, the lungs. testing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine The only manufacturer of chloroquine located in the US (New Jersey), Rising Pharmaceuticals, amidst the increasing amount of people that got infected with the coronavirus. raised the price of chloroquine in January by 100%, Among others, chloroquine producers are located in: , , and . India, China The Netherlands The United States Hydroxychloroquine Hydroxychloroquine, or better known as Plaquenil (brandname), is a working substance used to prevent and treat malaria. It is also widely available to treat auto-immune diseases and rheumatic arthritis. While chloroquine can be highly toxic, an overdose can result in poisoning or death, hydroxychloroquine is about 40% less toxic. A recent , show positive results with patients that were administered hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to COVID-19. The preliminary results look promising, although the trial group was very small (20 patients in the treatment group, 16 in control group). In the treatment group, 6 patients were administered hydroxychloroquine in combination with azithromycin. Within 5 days all 6 patients tested negative on the coronavirus. The treatment group patients that solely received hydroxychloroquine had a 50% decrease in positive testing for COVID-19 after 6 days. Almost 90% of patients in the control group still tested positive for COVID-19 after 6 days. In Tweet, by @AppleHelix you can see the difference between groups very clear. clinical trial, in France this Regeneron and Sanofi Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi are working on getting Kevzara approved to be a treatment option for the novel coronavirus. Kevzara is officially a drug that is being used to treat rheumatic arthritis. The clinical trial will research the effect kevzara has on reducing inflammation in the lungs. This isn’t the only COVID-19 related trial they have planned. Scientists at Regeneron are testing on mice that have been genetically modified to have a working human immune system. The company aims to start clinical trials by early summer. The trial consists of a multi-antibody cocktail to be administered to people to treat the coronavirus either before or after infection. Remdesivir In the state of Nebraska, a has started on the 25th of February, using remdesivir as a drug to fight tcoronavirus. Remdesivir, manufactured by , is a broad-spectrum antiviral treatment. Initially they wanted to get the drug approved as a cure to Ebola. clinical trial Gilead Sciences Inc Remdesivir has not been officially approved by any national health organization yet, but the manufacturer is working closely with various organizations to start clinical testing on COVID-19 patients. In the past remdesivir has been successfully tested on rats, as a working antivirus against SARS and MERS infections. According to their website, Gilead Sciences has eight locations in the US. On March 17th remdesivir has been as a drug to treat COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms in the Czech Republic. officially approved Concluding remarks After doing this research, I must say I am surprised by the overall abilities to use existing medicine to treat COVID-19. The research that has been previously done on anti-virus drugs to treat SARS and MERS, can be further built upon with coronavirus patients after approval from the proper authorities. However, most treatments are for faster recovery and/or reducing the symptoms. Besides the four drugs discussed in this articles, there are also other promising anti-virus medicine that are being tested at the moment. In China, COVID-19 patients show positive results after using favipiravir, in a clinical trial. (developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm) is used in Japan as a treatment against the flu. Patients that took part in the trial recovered sooner from the Coronavirus (after 4 days median, in oppose to 11 days, without favipiravir). Their X-rays also showed improvement in lung conditions with over 90% of clinical trial participants. starts a clinical trial, on a new Coronavirus vaccine, at the end of April. Favipiravir Innovio Pharmaceuticals When I check out the in my home country on how to treat COVID-19, I noticed that patients can request to be treated with Chloroquine, Remdesivir or Hydroxychloroquine, but only if they sign a waiver stating the care givers are not at fault when the patients’ situation decreases. They further state that the drugs have not been tested properly on people with the coronavirus, so it is no official treatment drug yet. country-wide guidelines I hope clinical testing with the previously mentioned drugs will have a positive effect on COVID-19 patients. I applaud national health organizations for stepping up to the plate and working around the clock to get clinical trials approved as soon as possible. Hopefully a drug treatment will be approved and the medicine will be available at a reasonable cost for everyone. Some interesting reads about clinical trail related to treating COVID-19 patients: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/03/06/covid-19-small-molecule-therapies-reviewed http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/17/WS5e708666a31012821727fcbd.html https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/analysis/coronavirus-mers-cov-drugs/ Subscribe to my channels , , and if you like my articles and would like to be informed about Blockchain, cryptocurrency projects and news. You can also read my articles on . Steemit Medium Twitter LinkedIn If you have any questions about this article, please comment in the comment section below. Thank you! You can contact me on Telegram @LindaCrypto. LindaCrypto

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As it stands now, the twenty-tens will be remembered for the rise of mobile, and the emergence of as a major actor on the stage. However, there are two years worth of chapters left to write. Artificial Intelligence technology I believe that 2018 will be the year commercialized science arrives in force. In 2010, humanity first birthed using genomic sequencing. Since then, technological forces in this decade have been slowly greasing the wheels of innovation so that science can make its mainstream debut. Now, the stage is set for scientific breakthroughs to reach the market faster, and with more force, than ever before. synthetic life The Master Tool In addition to taking center stage as a technology in its own right, AI is playing an important role in science. When AI first earned our attention, many thought of it as its own technology vertical. Venture firms invested in AI. Pundits estimated disruption costs. Companies planned for AI budgets. And while it’s clear that interest and investment in AI is still on the rise (for context, investments into AI technology is expected to grow from $640 million in 2016 to $37 billion by 2025), an important shift is happening. AI is no longer viewed as a siloed technology. Smart VCs no longer invest in generalized AI, but now focus on applied AI for specific solutions. The verticals that AI now permeates are leaving their analog competitors in the dust. Now, the horizontal integration of AI into science platforms is driving breakthroughs and commercialization at unprecedented scale. Drug discovery is a strong case study. What if we could get a drug to market in one year instead of ten? Imagine the effect that would have on big pharma and biotech, a trillion dollar industry, along with the lives of the millions of people they treat, including our loved ones. With AI, we can automate, scale, and innovate the scientific processes that go into drug development, which results in increased speed to breakthrough, and in turn, speed to market. Emerging science companies are already leveraging AI. TwoXAR is leveraging its computational platform to identity promising drug candidates, mitigating some of the risk through preclinical studies. Another, , is able to leverage machine learning for metabolic engineering. Applying computational biology and synthetic chemistry, Arzeda has expanded computational de novo design beyond single enzymes. The application of AI and ML brings us one step closer to applying this process to drug development. Arzeda AI enables us to reverse-engineer proteins to design drugs and predict side effects, to determine market demand, and anticipate outcomes and treatments — all of which accelerate the time to commercialization by an order of magnitude. The potential is limitless, as these companies, and countless others, leverage AI to underwrite scientific breakthroughs across industries. Commercialization Platforms & Pipelines The cost to edit DNA was once hundreds of thousands of dollars. Today, a grad student in a basement with a couple thousand dollars can author a new species. But could she introduce that species to the world? Almost. Companies and researchers are no longer happy with simply making a breakthrough; they also want to get it to market as fast as possible. The new pace of innovation is driving companies to think two steps ahead and design purpose built pipelines to get discoveries into customers’ hands more rapidly. In this new packaging, science-driven platforms are modern-day assembly lines, connecting workflows from lab to lab and rigging them with analytics along the way. It’s customer friendly, and designed to disrupt. Fast. A great example is of this is . NuMat can research, design and develop a new material aimed at solving a specific problem such as storing gases more efficiently. NuMat then follows its production all the way through its customer’s implementation pipeline — a truly end-to-end journey from idea to impact. NuMat Technologies , a food testing company, is taking next-generation sequencing and commercializing it for the food safety industry. Built on their proprietary platform, they have developed a distribution model in which this kind of testing can be used for multiple use-cases, from GMO testing to authenticity verification. Clear Labs has taken the mammalian olfactory system (the system that makes you taste) and put it on a chip, opening the door for a new scale of testing in fragrance, food, defense, and countless other industries. Aromyx Another company, is cutting out the process of animal and human testing and replacing it with technology at the chip level. Their “Organs-on-Chips” technology emulates human biology, helping researchers understand how different diseases, medicines, chemicals and foods affect human health. This kind of testing platform is the perfect example of how science has shifted from single use cases to cross industry scale, simply by building a platform structure and an ecosystem around the breakthrough. Emulate Bio Just as AI is powering breakthroughs at scale, the building of these fully integrated commercialization platforms and pipelines will help science transform industries in ways we can’t fathom. Consumer Focused Until recently, one could argue that scientific discovery has been locked in the ivory towers of academic research and commercial labs. Tech Transfer programs at universities and incubators have now started to bring breakthroughs to market. However, science is facing an even more radical shift. Catalyzed by AI and powered by commercialization platforms and pipelines, we are now enabling the consumerist movement in science. Examples of consumer-first science are already reaching the market. Driven by the dramatic cost reductions in sequencing, genomics companies have reached the hands of consumers in spades. , , — all of these companies have democratized complex lab testing by driving down user costs, providing a user-friendly interface, and making it directly available to the consumer without seeing your doctor. , too, are on the shelves. For each of these products, not only are the costs accessible to the masses, they are designed to be used at home. These breakthroughs all took this use case into consideration when they were being developed. UBiome 23andME EverlyWell Hand-held sequencers The food industry is also ripe for disruption based on this new model. Companies like , , and are redefining how we develop foods for consumers, outside of traditional agriculture and processed products. Often categorized as meat replacements, these brands have spent years in research labs understanding the building blocks — down to the molecular level — of our food, and how we can recreate it with FDA approved ingredients that are better for humans and better for the environment. Hampton Creek Beyond Meat Impossible Foods While we have science to thank for these new kinds of foods, each of these companies had to take into consideration the regulatory landscape, consumer demand, and the structure of the food industry in order to have their breakthrough reach the market. The foods you eat tomorrow will be a direct result of consumer first thinking today. The Resurgence of Science 2018 is here, and with it a new pace of scientific innovation, a new production platform, and a new mentality that puts us, the common consumer, at the center of the design process. While we only have two years left to leave our mark on this decade, that’s more than enough time to roll out the next lifesaving drug, your next ethically developed hamburger, or the next device to understand and track your own biology. This year will be remembered as the resurgence of science and the dawn of a new age of innovation.

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The 14 concepts are: 🔨 Operant Conditioning, 🧠 Classical Conditioning, 🤔 Cognitive Dissonance 🔍 Heuristics, 🚫 Inhibiting Pressures, 🧱 Procedural Knowledge, 🕰️ Hick's Law 📊 Fogg Behavior Model, 🎁 Variable Rewards, 🤯 Predictably Irrational 🔎 Inside View, 🦩 Ostrich Effect, 💡 Spotlight Effect,💡 Pro-Innovation Bias Behavioral Psychology Product Managers Should Know As a product manager, understanding the psychology of your target audience is crucial to creating a successful product. One area of psychology that is particularly relevant to product management is behavioral psychology. This field of psychology focuses on understanding how people's behavior is influenced by their environment, and it can provide valuable insights for product managers looking to create products that are tailored to their customer's needs and preferences. 🔨 Operant Conditioning Operant conditioning is a key concept in behavioral psychology that suggests that behavior is shaped by the consequences that follow it. Use this principle to design products and features that provide positive reinforcement for certain behaviors, encouraging users to continue engaging with the product. Opportunity: 🧠 Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning is another important concept in behavioral psychology that suggests behavior can be learned through the association of a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that naturally evokes a response. Opportunity lies in using the principle to associate their product with positive emotion, such as happiness, by consistently using happy colors and imagery in their marketing materials. Opportunity: Source: https://www.verywellmind.com/classical-conditioning-2794859 🤔 Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive dissonance is a theory that suggests that when people are confronted with information that contradicts their beliefs, they experience psychological discomfort. Use this principle to create products that align with their target audience's beliefs and values and to communicate with their customers in a way that reduces cognitive dissonance and increases customer satisfaction. Opportunity: Source: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cognitive-dissonance-2795012 🔍 Heuristics Heuristics are mental shortcuts that people use to make decisions quickly and easily. Use heuristics to design products that are easy to understand and use, and that help customers make decisions quickly and easily. For example, by using familiar icons and symbols, product managers can make it easy for users to understand how to navigate and use a product. Opportunity: Source: https://mind.help/topic/heuristics/ 🚫 Inhibiting Pressures Inhibiting pressures refer to internal and external factors that discourage or prevent people from taking a particular action. Use this principle to identify and remove any inhibiting pressures that may be preventing customers from using a product, or to design products that have built-in mechanisms to overcome inhibiting pressures. Opportunity: 🧱 Procedural Knowledge Procedural knowledge refers to the knowledge of how to perform a particular task or action. Use this principle to design products that are easy to learn and use, and that help customers acquire procedural knowledge quickly and easily. Opportunity: 🕰️ Hick's Law Hick's Law states that the time it takes for a person to make a decision increases with the number of options available. Opportunity lies in presenting a limited number of options to users, making it easier for customers to make decisions quickly and easily. Opportunity: 📊 Fogg Behavior Model The Fogg Behavior Model states that behavior is a function of motivation, ability, and triggers. Opportunity lies in using this principle to design products that provide the right triggers at the right time to motivate customers to take a specific action. Opportunity: Source: https://behaviormodel.org/ 🎁 Variable Rewards Variable rewards refer to the use of unpredictable rewards to keep customers engaged with a product over time. Opportunity lies in using this principle to design products that provide customers with unpredictable rewards, such as bonuses or special offers, to keep them coming back for more. Opportunity: Source: https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-hooked-how-to-build-habit-forming-products/ 🤯 Predictably Irrational Our irrational actions are not random or meaningless, but rather follow a pattern. Use this principle to understand and anticipate the irrational decisions that customers may make and to design products that take these potential biases into account. Opportunity: 🔎 Inside View The Inside View is a cognitive bias that refers to the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events based on personal experiences. Use this principle to understand the perspective of their customers and to design products that take into account the customer's personal experiences and biases. Opportunity: 🦩 Ostrich Effect The Ostrich Effect is a cognitive bias that refers to the tendency to avoid dealing with negative information. Use this principle to design products that make it easy for customers to access and process negative information, and to communicate with customers in a way that helps them overcome this bias. Opportunity: Source: https://medium.com/gravityblog/6-the-ostrich-effect-3b79715de71f 💡 Spotlight Effect The Spotlight Effect is a cognitive bias that refers to the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others are paying attention to us. Use this principle to design products that make customers feel more in control and less self-conscious and to communicate with customers in a way that helps them overcome this bias. Opportunity: Source: https://sketchplanations.com/the-effect-effect 💡 Pro-Innovation Bias Pro-innovation bias refers to the tendency to overestimate the potential benefits of new technologies and innovations. Use this principle to understand and anticipate the potential biases of their customers, and to design products that take these potential biases into account. Opportunity: Conclusion Behavioral psychology is a powerful tool that product managers can use to create products that are tailored to the needs and preferences of their customers. By understanding the key concepts and principles of behavioral psychology, product managers can design products that are easy to use, engaging, and that align with their target audience's beliefs and values. 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Who wouldn’t want to be less anxious and stressed? Who wouldn’t want to enjoy calm and inner peace? You might have heard about the benefits of meditation. As a reminder, this article . from Mayo Clinic recaps them Meditation helps with: Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations Building skills to manage your stress Increasing self-awareness Focusing on the present Reducing negative emotions Increasing imagination and creativity Increasing patience and tolerance Having fallen out of meditation practice over and over again, I know that sometimes you can’t keep up with meditation on your own, no matter how good it is for you. That is definitely not a personal failing. Life can get in the way. It helps to have a community of other people to discuss meditation with. But even without that, I found that meditation videos and apps can be extremely helpful meditation guides. Calming Meditation Apps and Websites There are a wide variety of meditation apps available. This article on and another article from are two great articles that discuss a comprehensive view of the pros and cons of many apps. I can discuss three apps that I have tried in my personal experience. Verywellmind.com Healthline.com Insight Timer One of my first experiences with a meditation app was with Insight Timer. Insight Timer has certain aspects that are free and some paid programming as well. Though it’s been a few years since I’ve used the platform, I appreciated that there was some free content. As I was beginning on my meditation journey, having the free Insight Timer app seemed risk-free and less intimidating for me. Looking at the Insight Timer website now, I see the company still has a commitment to providing helpful and free content. I was able to listen to an hour-long talk about mindfulness by Lama Rod Owens without even signing up. Headspace The next meditation app I tried was Headspace in 2019 before the beginning of the Pandemic. Headspace has quirky branding and a unique message. I found it very educational. I learned more about deep breathing techniques through the app. Some of these breathing techniques really helped my sleep if I did them consistently at bedtime. This was also an app that introduced me to sleep stories which are short ASMR stories you can listen to as you are falling asleep. These were also great for my bedtime routine. I did find that the app had some slowness and technical issues when I was using it, but I enjoyed using the app immensely for the most part. The company has special sales plans for and . students families Calm.com Most recently, I have tried the Calm app. I have tried the app for about 2 weeks so far and I have explored the daily content as well as sleep music and stories. I have not noticed any technical issues so far with the phone app or the website, which was reassuring. There are several daily lessons in mindfulness and mindful movement from teachers like Jay Shetty, Tamara Levitt, and Jeff Warren. Also, the numerous sleep stories are narrated by many celebrities like PINK and Matthew McConaughey. I allowed the app to send me reminder notifications, and the app reminds me to write down things I am grateful for. It also sends me messages to remind me to be more mindful during the day. These have actually been really helpful for me to take a minute to breathe and remember to practice gratitude. The app allows you to turn off the notifications or adjust the frequency so you don't feel overwhelmed by them. Strangely enough, during the Pandemic, I did not turn to any meditation apps to feel less stressed. I found Youtube to be the most accessible for me at the time. I found myself scrolling through my Youtube feed a lot for entertainment and stress relief. I found some channels that were helpful for meditation music and meditation ideas. Using these as a starting point, I encourage you to explore the internet for other resources! Meditation Youtube Channels Healing Vibrations Media https://youtu.be/nDBKREP3LkU The Meditative Mind https://youtu.be/mr8GBzTsWqM https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMeditativeMind Take Care of Your Mental Health, You Are Worth It Taking care of ourselves should not be the last thing on our minds. I know it's easy to put your mental health priorities behind others in your life. Poor mental health can affect everything else though. Having access to a meditation app might help. With the Calm app notifications, I have been getting some meditation and meditative thought on most days recently and that has been a welcome change in my life. There are numerous other resources even beyond the ones I have highlighted. Find the one that’s right for you. You are worth it. References Mayo Clinic. “Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress.” https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858 https://www.verywellmind.com/best-meditation-apps-4767322 https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/top-meditation-iphone-android-apps#A-quick-look-at-the-best-meditation-apps

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During my time as a (GDSC) Lead, a lot of my fellow students who were just starting out with various tech-related concepts often approached me with various problems. Google Developer Student Clubs A lot of them were in the form of "I just got started with technology x. How do I get started working on / completing projects or applying for jobs? I feel like I still suck at it, and have imposter syndrome." How can an absolute beginner be a fake / an imposter? Imposter syndrome had become a very common term, especially on , that everyone thought the difficulties they encountered when starting out were signs of imposter syndrome. It's very likely people starting out might have Twitter beginner syndrome instead. A few clarifications: My intended definition of a beginner - someone just getting started with tech (or any other similar concept), most likely still in the tutorial phase, most likely just before or just after getting their first tech role. The intended goal of this article - help beginners separate (or be aware of) the normal beginners' fears & difficulties from imposter syndrome. Why you might not have imposter syndrome as a beginner. Let’s talk about it. What is Imposter Syndrome? is the overwhelming feeling that you don't deserve your success and accomplishments. You become convinced that you're not as intelligent, creative, or talented as you may seem or people may see you to be. Imposter Syndrome You suspect that your achievements are down to , good timing, or just being "in the right place at the right time." One of your biggest fears is that one day you'll be exposed as a . luck fraud You may feel that you need to work harder because of your perceived inadequacies, to avoid being "unmasked." This may even lead to further success and recognition – and feeling like an even bigger fraud. Beginner Syndrome Learning to do anything worthwhile when you’re just starting out is . Freaking out about not knowing anything is totally normal, and every budding beginner feels . hard overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of all that they don’t know These signals are actually just hints that we're just not yet that good at what we are trying to do. This is not this is the reality for almost anyone starting out. Imposter Syndrome, Those feelings of inadequacy are just “beginner’s fear.” Trying something new can induce so much anxiety that it causes many to quit something they may have dreamed of starting for years. Not knowing how/where to start, how to catch up to the experts, things feeling very difficult, e.t.c - All this is normal for a beginner. Impossible for Beginners to Have Imposter Syndrome An actual imposter’s sole goal is to be what they’re not. They hide behind a mask, and they base their strategy on deceit and dishonesty. In addition, experiencing imposter syndrome means you have accomplished something in the specific area you are experiencing it in. Most of us feel like we’re imposters, but we’re just beginners, we’re just starting out. Imposter syndrome is more of “somebody who doesn’t feel like they know what they are expected to know” and beginner syndrome is “not knowing much and not being expected by others to know much”, . technically impossible to be an imposter Imposter syndrome usually shows up in the middle, and beginner syndrome in the complete beginning of The chart. Dunning-Kruger effect The chart explains how the less someone knows about the topic, the more confident (and sometimes arrogant) they are about their understanding of it (this comes right after beginner’s syndrome). Imposter syndrome describes the opposite: it manifests when people who are experts on a topic do not feel confident in their understanding and show modesty. While it is common for us to experience such feelings, they’re signs that we are often unable to accurately assess our own competence. Note that in the beginning, both confidence and competence are very low. This is what encompasses beginner’s syndrome. To Beginners “ Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple [of] years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. .” It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take a while. It’s normal to take a while. You’ve just gotta fight your way through ~ Ira Glass Conclusion All beginners should realize that there is a tonne of stuff they don't know, their confidence is low and this is not a sign of imposter syndrome. However, they are also not expected to know that much and will typically not be punished for not knowing. The easiest way to deal with the above problems is to be self-aware, practice, be dedicated and enough to overcome the obstacles (that almost all beginners do encounter). work hard More reading: https://www.wisdomgeek.com/self-help/life-tips/the-beginner-syndrome https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/imposter-syndrome-incompetence-how-do-you-know-amber-naslund https://rachsmith.com/i-dont-have-imposter-syndrome https://www.verywellmind.com/imposter-syndrome-and-social-anxiety-disorder-4156469 Thank you for your time. Enjoyed the article? Find similar content on my personal blog at: https://paulonteri.com/thoughts Editor’s Note: Although Imposter Syndrome is , neither condition seems to appear in the acknowledged by the American Psychological Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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If you have children you may have worried about how easy it is for them to come across hard-core porn on the internet. If this worries you and you want to do something about it, here is a completely free and easy way you can configure most home networks to filter out porn, along with malware and other unwanted content. How it works Every time you go to a website, like cnn.com, for example, your browser needs to find the unique IP address that belongs to that website (when I wrote this article cnn.com, for example, had an IP address of 151.101.1.67). The human-readable address (cnn.com) only exists to make life easier for us people. The computers on the Internet all use IP addresses to communicate with each other. There are special servers on the Internet called Domain name Servers (DNS) that ‘know’ about all websites on the Internet and exist for the sole purpose of translating website addresses to IP addresses. When you type an address into your browser, the browser first asks your computer, then your Wifi router, and then your Internet Service Provider (in that order) for a DNS server it should use to translate the website address to an IP address. It will use the first one it gets back and asks that DNS server to provide it with the IP address for the website you are trying to visit. The browser then uses the IP address to fetch the webpage from the webserver. Two DNS servers from OpenDNS will check every request they get and will block requests to inappropriate sites. So, when the browser requests an IP address from one of these DNS servers, the family friendly DNS server checks if the website is a porn site and, if it does, returns the IP address of its error page instead of the actual IP address of the website. So, to make sure porn sites cannot be viewed on a home network, all we need to do is configure the Wifi router to use the OpenDNS servers. The instructions below explain how to set up your router to point to a family-friendly DNS server. Setup Instructions To set this up, all you need to do is configure your home Wifi router to use a family-friendly DNS server from called ‘OpenDNS Family Shield’. Here are the three simple steps you need to follow to implement this: OpenDNS Browse to your router and log in Find the DNS configuration setting and enter the following two DNS servers 208.67.222.123 and 208.67.220.123 Save and reboot your router Unfortunately, this is not always as straightforward as it was on my router. If you have trouble getting this right, you can try the ‘The Ultimate Guide to Changing Your DNS Server’ linked below. Some caveats Most, but not all routers allow for a DNS configuration. If yours does not you can still set the OpenDNS up on every computer your children use. If you want to do this, use the ‘The Ultimate Guide to Changing Your DNS Server’ linked below. If your children are tech-savvy enough to know how to set their device up to use a specific DNS server, they can bypass the router DNS altogether. Then a DNS filter set up on the router will not work, but then, I assume, no technical solution will be able to stop them from viewing pornography if that is what they want to do. Mobile data bypasses your router altogether and goes straight to a cellphone tower. If your children switch their devices to mobile data, they can get access to any site the cellphone providers DNS allows. Some mobile providers allow you to set up a family filter option on the account. You may need to check with the provider if yours does. This filter method will also not work if you use a VPN. VPN’s use their own DNS servers and unless your VPN provider has a DNS with a family filter, this will not work for you. However, a VPN is a simple way to get around this setup in case you want specific computers on your network to get around the filter. Talk to your children The reality is that no filtering is 100% and most children will come across porn at some stage. This is why I recommend that you talk with your children about it, regardless of whether you set up this filter or not. There are many resources on this topic on the web and I included just a few of them below. References The Ultimate Guide to Changing Your DNS Server ( ) https://www.howtogeek.com/167533/the-ultimate-guide-to-changing-your-dns-server/ Pornography: talking about it with teenagers 12-18 years ( ) https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/pornography-talking-with-teens How to Talk to Kids About Pornography ( ) https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-pornography-5104965 How To Talk To Your Kids About Internet Pornography ( ) https://www.mghclaycenter.org/parenting-concerns/grade-school/talk-kids-internet-pornography/ This article was also published here .

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