The TechBeat: Leveraging MinIO and Apache Tika for Automated Text Extraction and Analysis (4/24/2024)

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Leveraging MinIO and Apache Tika for Automated Text Extraction and Analysis By @minio [ 7 Min read ] Discover how to … Read more

Left Curve

WE INTERRUPT REGULAR BULL MARKET PROGRAMMING FOR THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE: You’re fucking up! How, you ask? Some of you think you are masters of the universe right now because you bought Solana sub $10 and sold it at $200. Others did the smart thing and sold fiat for crypto during the 2021 to 2023 bear … Read more

The Power of User Feedback in Product Development

Today, a successful IT product is one that has been developed with customers’ needs, interests, and values in mind. This is why customer feedback is so important if we want to improve customer satisfaction and retention, and ultimately ensure the long-term growth of a business. Collecting user feedback is the foundation of the growth of … Read more

Storing Passwords In A Database: A Better Way to Do So

How Would You Store Your User’s Password? How would you store a password if you were asked to create an authentication system? The easiest solution would be to store the plain text inputted by the users. For example, if the users input their email as codecurated@codecurated.com and password as weakpassword, then we can insert it into our users table, right? … Read more

How to Use Knowledge Graphs for Retrieval-Augmented Generation—Without a Graph DB

Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) refers to a variety of techniques for retrieving information and using it to provide contextual information for generative AI. The most common form operates on text chunks and involves: Extracting the text from the original documents (HTML, PDF, Markdown, etc.). Chunking the text to specific sizes based on document structure and … Read more

Software Developers Can Build Beautiful Software: Here’s How

Software developers rarely design the most aesthetically pleasing software. These principles can help you and other developers change this narrative. Keep it simple. Simplicity is a principle to follow in design. Overcomplicating your design won’t make it better in most cases. Beautiful designs can be created from the simplest ideas. Sometimes, good ideas become useless … Read more

How to Compare the Same Contents but Different Ordered Arrays in JavaScript

Welcome, One common challenge developers face is comparing arrays—specifically, determining if two arrays contain the same contents, regardless of the order of those contents. This task might seem straightforward at first glance, but it quickly delves into complexities. In this blog post, we’ll discuss various methods, from the simple and direct to the more sophisticated … Read more

How Can You Integrate Cybersecurity Into Your Content Automation Process?

Every great innovation comes with some unique challenges. Automation can simplify your marketing processes, save time, and give insight you may otherwise miss. As helpful — even necessary — as automating content is, it carries some cybersecurity risks you should know about. That doesn’t mean these tools are strictly unsafe, but it does warrant attention. … Read more

How to Master the Art of Early-Stage Fundraising

The frustrations and trials of fundraising are well-known among entrepreneurs. While the repetitive nature of pitching, emailing, and responding to inquiries can be draining, the real challenge often lies in the strategic decisions about when and whom to raise funds from. As your experience reveals, an unenthusiastic VC who doesn’t grasp the essence of your … Read more

Zulu Network: Moving The Bitcoin Economy Forward With a Two-Tiered Bitcoin Layer 2 Architecture

While Bitcoin has gained greater institutional acceptance with the recent ETF launches in the US, it is still not a pure institutional asset, and it is not a pure commodity like gold. It is so much more: secure, decentralized, and programmable value. Zulu Network believes that Bitcoin can be so much more. The Bitcoin Ecosystem … Read more

Bitcoin Halving: Bearish Implications?

Every four years, the Bitcoin network undergoes a significant change known as “halving,” a process that reduces the rewards for mining new blocks by half. This mechanism is built into Bitcoin’s protocol to control inflation and cap the total supply at 21 million coins. Halving events, therefore, are pivotal, highly anticipated occasions within the cryptocurrency … Read more

Zircuit Staking Soars Past $2B TVL In Only Two Months

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, April 23rd, 2024/Chainwire/– Zircuit, a ZK rollup with parallelized circuits and AI-enabled security, today announced that its staking program has soared past $2B in TVL in only two months. As Zircuit forges ahead towards mainnet, the ZK rollup’s staking program is rapidly gaining momentum, attracting over $2B TVL in a short … Read more

Staking On Bitcoin, SatoshiDEX Staking For Presale Investors Is Now Live

London, UK, April 23rd, 2024/Chainwire/–SatoshiDEX, the pioneering Bitcoin DEX, announces the Staking system, enabling users to earn rewards in advance of the platform’s official launch. Boasting a successful presale exceeding $10 million, SatoshiDEX continues to gain momentum. The SatoshiDEX team has implemented a dynamic APY for their Staking System, allowing presale participants to access significantly … Read more

Hybrid Meta-Heuristic for Efficient Course Timetabling

:::info Authors: (1) Jo˜ao Almeida, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (2) Jos´e Rui Figueira, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (3) Alexandre P. Francisco, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (4) Daniel Santos, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal. ::: 6 Conclusion and future research We … Read more

Instance Decomposition with Fixed Curriculum Increments

:::info Authors: (1) Jo˜ao Almeida, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (2) Jos´e Rui Figueira, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (3) Alexandre P. Francisco, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (4) Daniel Santos, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal. ::: 5 Computational experiments In this section, … Read more

Breaking Down the Timetable Puzzle: IST’s Algorithmic Framework

:::info Authors: (1) Jo˜ao Almeida, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (2) Jos´e Rui Figueira, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (3) Alexandre P. Francisco, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (4) Daniel Santos, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal. ::: 4 Algorithmic framework In this section, … Read more

IST’s Timetabling Dilemma: Constraints, Variables, and Real-World Instances

:::info Authors: (1) Jo˜ao Almeida, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (2) Jos´e Rui Figueira, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (3) Alexandre P. Francisco, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (4) Daniel Santos, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal. ::: 3 The course timetabling problem for … Read more

Meta-heuristics and Feasible Solutions in Course Timetabling

:::info Authors: (1) Jo˜ao Almeida, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (2) Jos´e Rui Figueira, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (3) Alexandre P. Francisco, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (4) Daniel Santos, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal. ::: 2 Literature Review In this section, … Read more

A Hybrid Meta-Heuristic for Feasible Large-Scale Course Timetables With Instance Decomposition

:::info Authors: (1) Jo˜ao Almeida, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (2) Jos´e Rui Figueira, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (3) Alexandre P. Francisco, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal; (4) Daniel Santos, CEGIST, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal. ::: Abstract This work presents a hybrid … Read more

BlackCard Redefines Crypto Payments With Token Launch And Key Listings

By introducing a plethora of useful features for crypto users, including the launch of the $BcCoin token (which will be featured on prominent crypto exchanges soon), BlackCard aims to be at the forefront of revolutionizing global cryptocurrency payment operations. By utilizing AI technology, the BlackCard Crypto Credit Card empowers users to easily integrate their digital … Read more

Managing Large Data Volumes With MinIO, Langchain and OpenAI

In the rapidly evolving world of data storage and processing, combining efficient cloud storage solutions with advanced AI capabilities presents a transformative approach to handling vast volumes of data. This article demonstrates a practical implementation using MinIO, Langchain and OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 model, focusing on summarizing documents stored in MinIO buckets. The Power of MinIO MinIO … Read more

Exploring Dart Fundamentals – Part 5: Inheritance and Method Overriding

1. Inheritance Definition and Importance: Inheritance is a core principle of object-oriented programming where a new class, called a subclass or derived class, can inherit properties and methods from an existing class, known as a superclass or base class. Example Clarification: In your example, the Car the class serves as the superclass, representing a generic … Read more

How To Build a Referral System for Your Flutter Web App

You already know that Google will shut down Dynamic Links, one of the most popular Firebase features that allowed building a referral system for your service or app. :::info Deprecated: Firebase Dynamic Links is deprecated and should not be adopted in projects that don’t already use it. The service will shut down on August 25, … Read more

Leetcode: Two-sum an Intuitive Approach

Imagine yourself as the proud owner of a souvenir shop inside the Spot-On Change Hotel. When closing the cash register, you notice an excess of 8 euros. It seems that a guest didn’t receive the exact change. This could tarnish the hotel’s reputation. To avoid this, you decide to solve the mystery of the incorrect … Read more