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What happens when an optimizer tries to embrace chaos? For someone who thrived on structure and predictability, diving into the world of creativity was like stepping into a tornado. My brain, wired for business goals and outcomes, struggled to adapt. How do you balance the relentless pursuit of optimization with the limitless nature of creativity? … Read more

To handle large datasets, distributed databases introduce strategies like partitioning and bucketing. Data is divided into smaller units based on specific rules and distributed across different nodes so databases can perform parallel processing for higher performance and data management flexibility. Like in many databases, Apache Doris shards data into partitions, and then a partition is … Read more

The aim of this article is to present a colored hyperspace, in which the distance is not extracted using numerical values, but by using the color’s change (or oscillation). Imagine the inside of a sphere; randomly add the seven colors of the rainbow as dots within that sphere; and then expand all of them at … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Sérgio M. Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; (2) Tiago Martins, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Sérgio M. Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; (2) Tiago Martins, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Sérgio M. Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; (2) Tiago Martins, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Sérgio M. Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; (2) Tiago Martins, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Sérgio M. Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; (2) Tiago Martins, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Sérgio M. Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; (2) Tiago Martins, University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal and a Corresponding author; … Read more

Half of the Internet thinks Bitcoin’s price peaked in March and will spend the next few years in a bear market. The other half thinks March’s new all-time high marked a waypoint on the journey to $300,000 by the end of 2025. Does that make Bitcoin a good investment? Yes, but not as good as … Read more

Enabling AWS Polly (Text-to-Speech service) in a web application involves several steps. Below, is a step-by-step guide to help you integrate AWS Polly into your web application Step 1: Set Up an AWS Account and Polly Service Create an AWS Account: If you haven’t already, sign up for an AWS account at aws.amazon.com. Access AWS … Read more

One of the fondest memories of the 2022 crypto boom is the vibrant Discord crypto community. Not only was it the most popular social messaging platform of choice for crypto projects and ideas, but it was also a beehive of activity with millions of daily active users as well.  While the platform hosted legit crypto … Read more

I have 9 years of experience as a venture investor, and I can confirm that one of the most important things in a startup’s early stages is the team. Therefore, whether or not I decide to invest in a project largely depends on my meeting with its founder. In addition to convincing me with figures, … Read more

The advent of new technologies and social media has changed the way we interact with people, meet new friends and partners, and maintain relationships. Our realities are becoming more mixed as we are walking a razor-thin line between the physical and the digital. Some say that this divide will continue to blur even more with … Read more

I began working on a TCP server for an upcoming CTF a few weeks ago. The goal is to enable players to quickly submit flags using a command like: echo “flag” | nc 127.0.0.1 8000 For this task, I needed to develop a console application. Instead of pulling packages independently, like the DB and Views … Read more

ISTJ is one of the 16 personality types according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It’s one of the most common personality types, comprising 11 to 14% of the world’s population, and is about 1.5 to 2 times more prevalent in men than women. Myers-Briggs framework distinguishes personality traits based on how a person perceives the … Read more

In a few short weeks, I will be leaving my job as Director of Engineering “in the industry” and starting a new one as a high school Computer Science and Cybersecurity Instructor. I am equal parts excited and scared shitless—or some other type of scared that is more professional… like…. panicked poopless… concernedly constipated?—so I … Read more

If the brain were to define sleep, how would it? The question refers to the adjustments made within the brain by the functional elements that result in the experience of sleep. Simply, how do the elements that ensure functions during the day change to help fall and stay asleep? Also, at what instance do these … Read more

With the saturation of gamified mining apps on Telegram, every app now feels the same, following similar approaches to building a community. From a player’s perspective, it is boring. Imagine having several games to play daily just to maintain streaks and earn rewards; which one will you prioritize, and which one will you abandon? Pioneers … Read more

I have been professionally involved in DeFi for 8 years (as a researcher, LP and advanced user). Today, I would like to talk about one of the major trends of 2023 – restaking. For this, I will try to go step by step, rather than giving the 1001st description of the general processes, of which … Read more

Imagine an industry that has seen little innovation since the Civil War. It may seem unbelievable, but the United States railroad infrastructure is still the same as it was back in the original era. Taking on the industry to improve and plan for the future is Evertrak — ready for a railroad infrastructure revolution. The … Read more

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Hey Hackers, exciting news! We’ve spruced up our profile pages, and they’re looking better than ever! Ready to take a stroll through the latest design tweaks? What’s new? Fresh Layout: We’ve moved the CTA placing for easier navigation. Now, you can easily spot the “Learn more about this author” button right under the bio. And … Read more

Self-driving cars always seem to be just out of reach. Technology improves and people make bold claims about when they will become the norm, only for new setbacks to further delay their inevitable rollout. Autonomous long-haul trucks, however, could arrive earlier. Semis often have relatively straightforward routes. Driverless AI would have an easier time navigating … Read more

Using large language models (LLMs) with your business data can give you a competitive advantage, but to realize this advantage, how you structure, prepare, govern, model, and scale your data matters. :::tip New Google Cloud customers from HackerNoon receive $300 plus an additional $50 in free credits to test, deploy, and explore Google Cloud for 90 … Read more

What is Graph RAG, what can it do, and how do you evaluate it? Are you interested in making your data more accessible? A rhetorical question indeed. Even if you are well-versed in dark arts such as databases, data modeling, data science, and information retrieval, why would you not want to make data more accessible … Read more

I spoke at Swiss PgDay in Switzerland in late June. The talk was about how to create a no-code API with the famous PostgreSQL database, the related PostgREST, and Apache APISIX, of course. I already wrote about the idea in a previous post. However, I wanted to improve it, if only slightly. PostgREST offers a … Read more

19 July, 2024/–SINGAPORE – ZKEX.com, the industry’s first multi-chain Super DEX, has raised $2.5 million in its latest funding round. This seed round features investors such as Fenbushi Capital, KXVC, and RockTree Capital. The funds will support ZKEX.com’s roadmap to launch its fiat on-ramp service, mobile app, and Telegram bot in the upcoming quarter. ZKEX.com … Read more

Logging is essential for successful DevSecOps teams. Logs are filled with the information needed to monitor and understand systems. Tracking down a defect? Trying to understand a sudden burst in questionable logins from a new region? Need to figure out why an app is crawling? Logs are that single source of truth for understanding what’s … Read more