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The French commander Nicole, surnamed the “Pilgrim,”

The Story-book of Science by Jean-Henri Fabre, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here . THE WILY DERVISH CHAPTER VI. THE WILY DERVISH “There are ant-hills everywhere, large or small,” observed Jules. “Even in the garden I could have counted a dozen. From some the ants are so numerous they blacken the road when they come out. It must take a great many plant-lice to nourish all that little colony.” Chess-board with pieces in position “Numerous though they be,” his uncle assured him, “they will never lack cows, as plant-lice are still more numerous. There are so many that they often seriously menace our harvests. The miserable louse declares war against us. To understand it, listen to this story: “There was once a king of India who was much bored. To entertain him, a dervish invented the game of chess. You do not know this game. Well, on a board something like a checkerboard two adversaries range, in battle array, one white, the other black, pieces of different values: pawns, knights, bishops, castles, queen and king. The action begins. The pawns, simple foot-soldiers, are destined as always to receive the first of the glory on the battlefield. The king looks on at their extermination, guarded by his grandeur far from the fray. Now the cavalry charge, slashing with their swords right and left; even the bishops fight with hot-headed enthusiasm, and the ambulating castles go here and there, protecting the flanks of the army. Victory is decided. Of the blacks, the queen is a prisoner; the king has lost his castles; one knight and one bishop do wonderful deeds to procure his flight. They succumb. The king is checkmated. The game is lost. “This clever game, image of war, pleased the bored king very much, and he asked the dervish what reward he desired for his invention. “‘Light of the faithful,’ answered the inventor, ‘a poor dervish is easily satisfied. You shall give me one grain of wheat for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, eight for the fourth, and you will double thus the number of grains, to the last square, which is the sixty-fourth. I shall be satisfied with that. My blue pigeons will have enough grain for some days.’ “‘This man is a fool,’ said the king to himself; ‘he might have had great riches and he asks me for a few handfuls of wheat.’ Then, turning to his minister:—‘Count out ten purses of a thousand sequins for this man, and have a sack of wheat given him. He will have a hundred times the amount of grain he asks of me.’ “‘Commander of the faithful,’ answered the dervish, ‘keep the purses of sequins, useless to my blue pigeons, and give me the wheat as I wish.’ “‘Very well. Instead of one sack, you shall have a hundred.’ “‘It is not enough, Sun of Justice.’ “‘You shall have a thousand.’ “‘Not enough, Terror of the unfaithful. The squares of my chessboard would not have their proper amount.’ “In the meantime the courtiers whispered among themselves, astonished at the singular pretensions of the dervish, who, in the contents of a thousand sacks, would not find his grain of wheat doubled sixty-four times. Out of patience, the king convoked the learned men to hold a meeting and calculate the grains of wheat demanded. The dervish smiled maliciously in his beard, and modestly moved aside while awaiting the end of the calculation. “And behold, under the pen of the calculators, the figure grew larger and larger. The work finished, the head one rose. “‘Sublime Commander,’ said he, ‘arithmetic has decided. To satisfy the dervish’s demand, there is not enough wheat in your granaries. There is not enough in the town, in the kingdom, or in the whole world. For the quantity of grain demanded, the whole earth, sea and continents together, would be covered with a continuous bed to the depth of a finger.’ “The king angrily bit his mustache and, unable to count out to him his grains of wheat, named the inventor of chess prime vizier. That is what the wily dervish wanted.” “Like the king, I should have fallen into the dervish’s snare,” said Jules. “I should have thought that doubling a grain sixty-four times would only give a few handfuls of wheat.” “Henceforth,” returned Uncle Paul, “you will know that a number, even very small, when multiplied a number of times by the same figure, is like a snow-ball which grows in rolling, and soon becomes an enormous ball which all our efforts cannot move.” “Your dervish was very crafty,” remarked Emile. “He modestly contented himself with one grain of wheat for his blue pigeons, on condition that they doubled the number on each square. Apparently, he asked next to nothing; in reality, he asked more than the king possessed. What is a dervish, Uncle?” “In the religions of the East they call by that name those who renounce the world to give themselves up to prayer and contemplation.” “You say the king made him prime vizier. Is that a high office?” “Prime vizier means prime minister. The dervish then became the greatest dignitary of the State, after the king.” “I am no longer surprised that he refused the ten purses of a thousand sequins. He was waiting for something better. The ten purses, however, would make a good sum?” “A sequin is a gold piece worth about twelve francs. At that rate, the king offered the dervish a sum of one hundred and twenty thousand francs, besides the sacks of wheat.” “And the dervish preferred the grain sixty-four times doubled.” “In comparison what was offered him was nothing.” “And the plant-lice?” asked Jules. “The story of the dervish is bringing us to that directly,” his uncle assured him. About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Jean-Henri Fabre (2018). The Story-book of Science. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. 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Small Puddle of Freedom

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Out of this definition, we can already infer the key points of value of this process: to uncover what your target audience is actually searching for and how; to find resonating ideas for future content that would appeal both to your audience and the search engines; to create on-spot marketing campaigns that target the right queries; and if done correctly, to optimize your budget and resource allocation by helping you only focus on high-impact yet less competitive search terms. All the metrics around a keyword - search volume (the query’s popularity and search frequency), ranking difficulty (competition level within organic search), and more -  will help you create a data-driven and simply smart SEO and online marketing strategy. Growth-Minded Keyword Research We promised to focus here on growth-minded keyword research, which essentially implies discovering keywords that have the perfect balance between search volume and competition level. 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All you have to do is enter the competing domain, and the tool will gather a list of all keywords the site organically ranks for, along with the key metrics you need to consider. Then, simply cross-reference each keyword’s search volume with the keyword difficulty metric, and select the keywords that have both high monthly volume and low-ish competition rate. If you’re planning to run any PPC campaigns, you should also take into account the cost-per-click (CPC) estimates provided by the tool. To get more keyword ideas from your rivals, hover on to Keyword Gap. Essentially, the tool allows you to enter up to 5 competitors and stacks their organic and PLA keyword profiles up against yours, revealing all the missed and untapped opportunities. Make sure to use the tool’s filters to narrow down the research scope to keywords within a certain search volume range. Pro tip: Step 2.  Maximize your keyword strategy efficiency with long-tail keywords While it’s a big win to rank for broad terms as they normally have higher search volumes, it may take a while to get the rankings. Thus, long-tail keywords (aka longer keyword phrases that tend to have 3+ words) selected right can get you quicker wins that are often even more preferable. Long-tail keywords typically imply a more specific user intent - just think of a difference between “dress” and “affordable black sequin dress” searches, which user would you rather get to visit your e-fashion site? This way, by targeting long-tail keywords, you are more likely to attract a more relevant audience without wasting your efforts (and money) on people who aren’t searching for your product or solution. Now how do you uncover those long-tails? Guessing and intuition won’t really cut it at this point. Thus, we’ll run you through the process with the help of our powerful Keyword Magic tool - the key thing here is to understand the logic behind your research. 1. Enter your seed keyword (you should use keywords from the list you have built throughout step 1) and the tool will automatically gather semantically-related long-tails that are divided into various subtopics. 2. Pick subtopics that are most relevant to you and play around with filters: sort these groups by monthly search volume or keyword number, and hide the ones you don’t want to pay attention to (eye icon). 3. Select match modifiers to expand or narrow down the tool’s keyword selection. 4. Then, use advanced filters to only focus on keywords with a certain search volume range and keyword difficulty. Once again, if you’re thinking of running ads, also make sure to set up CPC and competitive density criteria. 5. Pay attention to the keyword trend - if the popularity of a given search term is going down, it might not be worthy of your attention. Make sure to go through the Questions filter to tackle question-based queries, which are gaining traction thanks to voice search and featured snippets. Pro tip: Step 3. Make your final keyword selection Now, once you’ve made all the research - it’s time to actually laser-focus on a set of keywords you will be targeting first. Many SEOs are still managing this process in Excel - manually entering all the keywords and the key metrics (search volume, keyword difficulty, CPC, and more). Yet if you’re working with Semrush, you can instantly send each keyword that caught your attention to Keyword Manager. This tool keeps all your keyword lists in one place, allowing you to get a full picture of your selection, get an estimate of the click potential (based on SERP features), and instantly see all the keyword metrics, helping you to prioritize your efforts and focus on keywords that can really make an impact. Over to You Now, you’re armed with all the essentials - so, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start your growth-minded keyword research journey. And if you don’t want to go all alone, we prepared a special FREE Semrush trial for Hacker Noon readers to try out the full power of our keyword capabilities that go way beyond what we mentioned in this post. Start your 14-day FREE trial now!

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**GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, June 11th, 2024/Chainwire/--**Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Zircuit, a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security. Zircuit is a new Layer 2 (L2) network that introduces a novel approach to on-chain security. The network safeguards users with sequencer-level security and built-in, automated AI mechanisms that guard against smart contract exploits and malicious actors. The network’s hybrid architecture, which combines battle-tested rollup infrastructure with zero-knowledge proofs, results in a fast, low-cost, and fully EVM-compatible ZK rollup to provide unparalleled security for users without sacrificing speed or compatibility. More specifically, Zircuit’s performance comes from decomposing circuits into specialized parts and aggregating proofs, which achieves greater efficiency and lower operating costs. Yi He, Co-Founder of Binance and Head of Binance Labs said: "At Binance Labs, we support projects that are innovating in Web3 and accelerating the blockchain industry. Through its integration of sequencer level security, Zircuit is providing a more secure L2 solution and we look forward to watching it grow and develop further.” As Zircuit prepares to debut its mainnet this summer, its ecosystem is already demonstrating impressive growth. The network presently hosts over $3.5 billion in staked assets and its “Build to Earn” program has drawn more than 1,100 applications. Ethena, Renzo, Ether.fi, KelpDAO, Elixir, Ambient, Pendle, LayerZero, and others are among its launch partners. “Zircuit was born out of cutting-edge scaling and security research. We’re innovating on top of a deep technical foundation, and making Ethereum safer for the next billion users. We’re thrilled to have Binance Labs join us in this journey”, said Dr. Martin Derka, Co-Founder of Zircuit. About Zircuit Zircuit is a ZK rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security and parallelized circuits. Built by a team of web3 security veterans and PhDs in computer science, algorithms, and cryptography, Zircuit’s unique architecture combines the best of both worlds of performance and security. To learn more visit zircuit.com or follow us on Twitter/X @ZircuitL2 About Binance Labs As the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, Binance Labs has now grown to be worth over $10 billion. Its portfolio covers 250 projects from over 25 countries across six continents and has a return on investment rate of over 14X. Fifty of Binance Labs’ portfolio companies are projects that have gone through our incubation programs. For more information, follow Binance Labs on X. Contact Jessica Graber Zircuit jessica@zircuit.com This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here. **GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, June 11th, 2024/Chainwire/--**Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Zircuit, a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security. Zircuit is a new Layer 2 (L2) network that introduces a novel approach to on-chain security. The network safeguards users with sequencer-level security and built-in, automated AI mechanisms that guard against smart contract exploits and malicious actors. The network’s hybrid architecture, which combines battle-tested rollup infrastructure with zero-knowledge proofs, results in a fast, low-cost, and fully EVM-compatible ZK rollup to provide unparalleled security for users without sacrificing speed or compatibility. More specifically, Zircuit’s performance comes from decomposing circuits into specialized parts and aggregating proofs, which achieves greater efficiency and lower operating costs. Yi He, Co-Founder of Binance and Head of Binance Labs said: "At Binance Labs, we support projects that are innovating in Web3 and accelerating the blockchain industry. Through its integration of sequencer level security, Zircuit is providing a more secure L2 solution and we look forward to watching it grow and develop further.” Yi He, Co-Founder of Binance and Head of Binance Labs said: "At Binance Labs, we support projects that are innovating in Web3 and accelerating the blockchain industry. Through its integration of sequencer level security, Zircuit is providing a more secure L2 solution and we look forward to watching it grow and develop further.” As Zircuit prepares to debut its mainnet this summer, its ecosystem is already demonstrating impressive growth. The network presently hosts over $3.5 billion in staked assets and its “Build to Earn” program has drawn more than 1,100 applications. Ethena, Renzo, Ether.fi, KelpDAO, Elixir, Ambient, Pendle, LayerZero, and others are among its launch partners. “Zircuit was born out of cutting-edge scaling and security research. We’re innovating on top of a deep technical foundation, and making Ethereum safer for the next billion users. We’re thrilled to have Binance Labs join us in this journey”, said Dr. Martin Derka, Co-Founder of Zircuit. “Zircuit was born out of cutting-edge scaling and security research. We’re innovating on top of a deep technical foundation, and making Ethereum safer for the next billion users. We’re thrilled to have Binance Labs join us in this journey”, said Dr. Martin Derka, Co-Founder of Zircuit. About Zircuit Zircuit is a ZK rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security and parallelized circuits. Built by a team of web3 security veterans and PhDs in computer science, algorithms, and cryptography, Zircuit’s unique architecture combines the best of both worlds of performance and security. To learn more visit zircuit.com or follow us on Twitter/X @ZircuitL2 zircuit.com zircuit.com @ZircuitL2 @ZircuitL2 About Binance Labs As the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, Binance Labs has now grown to be worth over $10 billion. Its portfolio covers 250 projects from over 25 countries across six continents and has a return on investment rate of over 14X. Fifty of Binance Labs’ portfolio companies are projects that have gone through our incubation programs. For more information, follow Binance Labs on X . X X Contact Jessica Graber Zircuit jessica@zircuit.com This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here. This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here . here here

Binance Labs Invests In Zircuit To Advance L2 With AI-Enabled Sequencer Level Security

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