Fiddling with a keyboard, often with restless nights and less kempt, staring at a computer screen for hours and hours at a time.
Hackers know a lot about the risks facing technology users.
It's a good thing to have giant tech companies provide the best they can, pampering end users through their various products and services. After all, end users are always given the best of treats.
How about those who are developers? Not so much.
This is because developers are sometimes the ones who are having the hardest of times.
Albert Einstein, the famous German-born theoretical physicist, can be quoted saying that if someone cannot explain it simply, "you don't understand it well enough."
Fast forward, in the modern days of the digital world where E=mc2 has gone way beyond just explaining nuclear fission and fusion, Meta, the company that becomes the parent of Facebook and others, cannot really describe its plan.
The world was once a place where the economy is controlled by governments, with the help of centralization of banks. But things changed, soon after the blockchain technology was introduced.
Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange, considered one of the largest in the world in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies.
Founded in 2017 and is registered in the Cayman Islands, Binance has long been shrouded in mystery.
When it comes to investing, some people may have their own favorites. For example, some may purchase real estates, while others prefer to buy stocks. Others invest in noble metals, like gold.
Others invest in other things that they think will go up in value.
Money talks. And when there is money involved, in one way or another, reasons can be made, and reasoning can be created.
However, there are always two sides of the same coin, and because of that, there are different ways of looking at or dealing with something.
When people expect the price of something to go higher, they will buy as many as they can, to then sell at the most expensive price possible.
But when price falls, most people will sell. The further the price falls, the more people will sell.
Not many people risk losing, or at least remain patience.
Edward Snowden is the famous NSA whistleblower, and he has faith in cryptocurrencies, regardless how high or low their prices are.
The internet has many uses. But not only it has become the most powerful tool capable of transforming the lives of billions of people as well as the global economy, the internet has also turned itself away from its original intention.
Tim Berners-Lee, the web inventor, is considered the father of the internet. And the World Wide Web was his creation, his invention, his life work, and his passion.
Not everyone can see it coming, and Timnit Gebru tried to warned everyone. Unfortunately, she was fired by her employers for trying.
Her job was to ensure that AI products will not perpetuate racism or other inequalities.
As a researcher of color, she has lots of experiences under her belt, and has spoken in public about many issues concerning AIs.
Every single company in this world, big or small, young or old, have employers that need employees, and employees and need employers.
No company can run without two parties working side-by-side.
Both employers of a company, and their employees, need to synergize in order to create a system that works. Without one, the other would be rendered useless.
That is at least what Brad Smith from Microsoft is trying to convey.