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Progressive Summarization is not a method for remembering as much as possible—it is a method for forgetting as much as possible. As you distill your ideas, they naturally improve, because when you drop the merely good parts, the great parts can shine more brightly.
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
Ethereum’s proponents claim that a key advantage proof of stake offers over proof of work is an economic incentive to play by the rules. If a node validates bad transactions or blocks, the validators face “slashing,” which means all their ether are “burned.” (When coins are burned, they are sent to an unusable wallet address where nobody has access to the key, rendering them effectively useless forever.)
Why Ethereum Is Switching to Proof of Stake and How It Will Work
technologyreview.com
Eviction defense lawyers say that justices of the peace, the elected judges who decide the outcomes for hundreds of eviction cases a day, are erratic and operate the courtrooms as “kingdoms,” with many interpreting emergency eviction protections in idiosyncratic ways and often ruling incorrectly.
When Harris County Tenants Have the Means to Appeal Evictions, Two-Thirds Have Cases Dismissed
R.A. Schuetz
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