Dear Nintendo Switch players, owners of Stardew Valley farmers, coworkers, friends, loved ones, and whoever is interested in it! Many of you who have your fingers crossed for the release of the highly-anticipated 1.6 version may be slightly disappointed to find that there is no update available. It would be best to admit that waiting … Read more
I’m speechless. The new Anthropic model, Claude Sonnet 3.5 is the greatest model in reasoning capabilities. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a new AI model released by Anthropic. This model is the first in the Claude 3.5 family and is considered a significant improvement over its predecessor, Claude 3 Opus. It excels in various areas, including … Read more
Fluid Democratia – decentralised society Abstract Fluid Democratia is a fully integrated decentralised socio/economic system based on a decentralised ledger. It incorporates a new currency, universal income, P2P lending, currency exchange, Land registry, and liquid democratic resources and infrastructure management. The purpose is to create a parallel system to the current hierarchical organisational structure. The … Read more
As I work on various Go projects, I often find myself creating utility functions, extending existing packages, or developing packages to solve specific problems. Moving from one project to another, I usually have to copy or rewrite these solutions. So, I created ezpkg.io to have all these utilities and packages in one place. Hopefully, you’ll find them … Read more
Regarding technological advancement, the role of human intellect is supreme. This is a principle that is extremely refreshing in this day and age and also sits at the core of Experts Exchange (EE), a leading-edge platform in the tech community space. Established as a private question-and-answer community for tech pros, EE has been entirely steadfast … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## Confessions of a Freelancer: 5 Mistakes I Wont Repeat By @liorb [ 5 Min … Read more
As I hit the big 4-0 and prepare to dive back into the freelance world, I can’t help but chuckle at my younger self. Oh, the enthusiasm! The naivety! The sheer audacity to think I could do it all! But as they say, with age comes wisdom – or in my case, a hilarious collection … Read more
Hey Hackers! It’s Jose here. I’ll be taking over Tech What the Heck this week while Sheharyar is out. So, get strapped in because we have a lot to talk about. Adobe vs the U.S. If you’ve ever used Adobe, you know that their products are good but their subscription method is god awful. It’s … Read more
Hi there, my name is Alex Nekrashenko, you can think of me as an software-architect or fullstack developer. Eventually this arcticle isn’t about it. It’s about how I create my own telegram bot first time. I wanna share with you how I was choosing stack and why I decided to write my own telegram API … Read more
Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nida-nih/51015715423/in/photostream/ The observation that the brain makes [something described as] predictions is a gateway to exploring how placebos work. It also includes what follows after, to have therapeutic effects—in the conditions they do. Placebos involve the expectation to feel better and the experience of it. Placebos are used in studies. They, however, have … Read more
Job scheduling is an important part of data management as it enables regular data updates and cleanups. In a data platform, it is often undertaken by workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow and Apache Dolphinscheduler. However, adding another component to the data architecture also means investing extra resources for management and maintenance. That’s why Apache … Read more
I moved my blog from WordPress to GitLab Pages in… 2016. I’m happy with the solution. However, I used GitHub Pages when I was teaching for both the courses and the exercises, e.g., Java EE. At the time, there were no GitHub Actions: I used Travis CI to build and deploy. Recently, I had to … Read more
When considering cybersecurity, two things often come to mind nowadays: news of someone being hacked and discussions on whether generated code is good or bad for our security posture. Here are just a few examples: Indeed, generated code may contain vulnerabilities that could sneak in during the review process: Even software engineers have been caught … Read more
The Fed has recently released its interest rate decision, leaving the federal funds rate unchanged at 5.25 – 5.55%. This time, the publication of the interest rate decision was accompanied by the summary of economic projections. The Fed did not change the GDP and unemployment rate projections compared to the March meeting. However, the central … Read more
It is clear that navigating through any changes, whether they pertain to technology or legal aspects, can present challenges and are rarely straightforward. Ekaterina Besedina, the Data & Measurement Lead-Expert, has vast experience in adapting to the new demands regarding user data privacy. Ekaterina is currently working on a project focusing on user privacy and … Read more
In recent months, the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has witnessed the rise of Pump Fun, a Solana-based platform that enables users to generate memecoins. The platform has gained significant traction, particularly among celebrities, and has achieved notable financial milestones. Now, a new competitor, Omni Pump, has entered the market with a multi-blockchain token creation platform, … Read more
There are many reasons why you would want to create your own token, and also multiple ways and platforms to do it. However, not all of them are easy to use, let alone free of high costs. That’s not the case with Obyte, where you can quickly and securely create your own customized token, including … Read more
An Experimental WiFi LAN I designed and tested in 1985 under an FCC Special License So in 1985, I was kind of adrift. I had a living by doing what I’ll loosely call “consulting” but many would call computer support. Much of it was a kind of freelance piece-by-piece existence. One day I was at … Read more
Fuse Network, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has recently announced the launch of its second airdrop campaign, following the successful completion of Season 1. The new campaign, which began on June 17, 2024, aims to distribute 2.5 million $FUSE tokens to participants who engage in various tasks and quests within the Fuse ecosystem. The points-based … Read more
DUBAI, UAE, June 20th, 2024, CyberNewsWire/–1inch,a leading DeFi aggregator that provides advanced security solutions to users across the entire space, has announced today the launch of the 1inch Shield. This solution, that is offering enhanced protection against a wide range of potential threats, was completed in partnership with Blockaid, a major provider of Web3 security tools. … Read more
CARY, United States, June 20th, 2024/CyberNewsWire/–2024 is rapidly shaping up to be a defining year in generative AI. While 2023 saw its emergence as a potent new technology, business leaders are now grappling with how to best leverage its transformative power to grow efficiency, security, and revenue. With the near-universal integration of AI into global … Read more
Image upload is a fundamental feature of many modern websites and web apps. Take, for example, social media platforms, e-commerce sites, job portals, etc. A simple image upload functionality may have worked back then. But today, users want quick image upload solutions with advanced features like drag and drop, previews, progress bars, and more. Quick … Read more
HONG KONG, Hong Kong, June 20th, 2024, Chainwire/– Zeek has completed a USD 3M seed funding round from investors including OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Mask Network Zeek will be changing the way social collaboration works in SocialFi through the use of reputation mechanisms The Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped … Read more
The historical significance of crypto bull markets lies in the fact they showcase a potential for mass adoption, raise regulatory concerns and highlight underlying market sentiment. However, the upward trends are not constant. Corrections or bear markets, marked by price drops, are a common feature following crypto bull runs. Markus Thielen in his book Crypto … Read more
SINGAPORE, Singapore, June 19th, 2024/Chainwire/–SynFutures, the leading DeFi derivatives protocol, today announced its plans to expand to Base, Coinbase’s L2 network. To mark this milestone, SynFutures is launching “Meme Perp Summer,” a six-week campaign blitz aimed at expanding its community asset listings and rewarding the meme communities driving organic traction on Base. With a total … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Xiaohan Ding, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: xiaohan@vt.edu); (2) Mike Horning, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: mhorning@vt.edu); (3) Eugenia H. Rho, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: eugenia@vt.edu ). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work Study 1: Evolution of Semantic Polarity in Broadcast Media Language … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Xiaohan Ding, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: xiaohan@vt.edu); (2) Mike Horning, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: mhorning@vt.edu); (3) Eugenia H. Rho, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: eugenia@vt.edu ). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work Study 1: Evolution of Semantic Polarity in Broadcast Media Language … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Xiaohan Ding, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: xiaohan@vt.edu); (2) Mike Horning, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: mhorning@vt.edu); (3) Eugenia H. Rho, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: eugenia@vt.edu ). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work Study 1: Evolution of Semantic Polarity in Broadcast Media Language … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Xiaohan Ding, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: xiaohan@vt.edu); (2) Mike Horning, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: mhorning@vt.edu); (3) Eugenia H. Rho, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: eugenia@vt.edu ). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work Study 1: Evolution of Semantic Polarity in Broadcast Media Language … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Xiaohan Ding, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: xiaohan@vt.edu); (2) Mike Horning, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: mhorning@vt.edu); (3) Eugenia H. Rho, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, (e-mail: eugenia@vt.edu ). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work Study 1: Evolution of Semantic Polarity in Broadcast Media Language … Read more