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PSA: Migrate from the Threat Intelligence Platform Connector to the Threat Intelligence Solution in Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 21 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Networking Security Data Software Updates
  1. The Threat Intelligence Platform Connector in Microsoft Sentinel is being deprecated, so users should consider migrating to the new Threat Intelligence Solution soon.
  2. There is no definitive date for the deprecation, but users are advised to start using the new version within the next 6 months.
  3. The new version of the Threat Intelligence Solution offers more artifacts like Rules and Hunting Queries, providing additional capabilities.

Must Learn AI Security Part 1: Prompt Injection Attacks Against AI

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 01 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Monitoring Mitigation AI Security Data Protection
  1. Prompts are crucial for AI as they shape the output of language models by providing initial context and instructions.
  2. Prompt injection attacks occur when malicious prompts are used to manipulate AI systems, leading to biased outputs, data poisoning, evasion, model exploitation, or adversarial attacks.
  3. To defend against prompt injection attacks, implement measures like input validation, monitoring, regular updates, user education, secure training, and content filtering.

A quick introduction to Debt [Finance Fridays]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 29 Apr 23
💰 Finance Tech Companies Investing Economy Debt
  1. Debt is crucial to the economy as it helps finance investments that boost growth and productivity for governments and businesses, allowing them to expand and create more opportunities.
  2. Understanding good debt versus bad debt is important - good debt helps increase income or net worth over time, while bad debt costs money and limits financial opportunities.
  3. Tech companies often rely heavily on debt for growth, but it can be risky due to their business model of making money at scale and facing challenges in achieving profitability.

NVIDIA: How could alternative data be used to assess its long-term potential?

The Data Score • 79 implied HN points • 15 Jun 23
💰 Finance Alternative Data Data Analysis Investment Market Analysis
  1. Assessing a company's long-term potential requires more than just traditional financial metrics, and alternative data sources can provide valuable insights.
  2. For NVIDIA, alternative data can illuminate aspects like market presence, evolving applications, competitive threats, and supply chain investments, aiding in making informed investment decisions.
  3. Key questions to answer include evaluating demand, diverse use cases for GPU chips, potential competitors, and investment needs, all essential for understanding NVIDIA's future prospects.

Why Discord ditched Cassandra [System Design Sundays]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 03 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Tech Education Programming Data Management Databases System Design
  1. Discord faced performance issues with Cassandra, requiring increasing maintenance effort and leading to unpredictable latency.
  2. Hot partitions were a problem in Cassandra, causing hotspotting and impacting the database's performance during concurrent reads.
  3. Garbage collection in Cassandra posed challenges, leading Discord to switch to ScyllaDB which does not have a garbage collector.
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Open thread: Career talk

The Recovering Academic • 79 implied HN points • 02 Jun 23
💼 Business Career development
  1. The post discusses academics transitioning to industry like psychology professors starting their own business, history professors becoming UX researchers, and sociology professors co-founding companies.
  2. The author shares insight into exploring different job titles in industry that may be unknown to many PhDs, like project management, content strategy, and communications specialist.
  3. The author invites community feedback by sharing their documents for industry job applications, demonstrating a cooperative and transparent approach to improving professional materials.

AI is Boring

Anxiety Addiction & Ascension • 79 implied HN points • 23 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Artificial Intelligence Content Humanity Creativity
  1. Value comes from scarcity, and the abundance of AI-generated content reduces its value and meaning.
  2. The convenience and entertainment offered by AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney risk dumbing down humanity and making genuine creativity obsolete.
  3. Human achievement, with all its imperfections and struggles, holds more value and meaning than the easily obtainable and abundant content created by AI.

5 YouTube Chanels to Master the Money Game [Finance Fridays]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 13 May 23
💰 Finance Business Finance Investment Economics Money
  1. Find high-quality YouTube channels to boost your knowledge of money, finance, and business.
  2. Channels like Modern MBA and How Money Works offer valuable insights into businesses, investments, and corporate culture.
  3. Economics Explained and Money and Macro provide deep dives into economics concepts for a better understanding of global economies.

Building a Conflict-Resilient Team

PeopleStorming • 79 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
💼 Business Conflict resolution Leadership Workplace dynamics Professional development Team Management
  1. Building a conflict-resilient team involves empowering leaders to foster a positive work environment.
  2. Addressing conflicts constructively and with a long-term perspective can improve the overall work environment.
  3. Recruiting everyone in the team to actively participate in resolving conflicts is key, and principles like showing empathy and encouraging open communication play a vital role.

Be Mindful of the Power of Platforms

Equal Ventures • 79 implied HN points • 25 Apr 23
💼 Business Platforms Investing Retail Ecommerce
  1. Platforms like Salesforce, Apple, and Amazon have significant power over not only customers but also business partners, with potential risks for those who rely heavily on them.
  2. Shopify, once a DTC favorite, is now making strategic moves to increase its own revenue through actions like tightening control over checkout and fulfillment services, affecting both merchants and app developers.
  3. Amazon's dominance in the retail platform space has grown, leading to concerns for sellers regarding fees and limited alternatives, emphasizing the importance of balancing platform reliance with diversification.

Must Learn AI Security Part 4: Trojan Attacks Against AI

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 21 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Security Data Malware AI
  1. Trojan attacks against AI involve disguising malware as legitimate software to gain unauthorized access, steal data, or manipulate algorithms, leading to dangerous outcomes.
  2. Common steps in a Trojan attack against AI include reconnaissance, delivery of the Trojan, installation, establishing command and control, exploitation, and covering up tracks to avoid detection.
  3. Mitigation of Trojan attacks against AI involves measures like using antivirus software, regular software updates, strong access controls, employee education on social engineering, and implementing monitoring strategies like real-time monitoring, intrusion detection, and machine learning for anomaly detection.

Human work, GenAI and Mechanical Turks

imperfect offerings • 79 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
🕹 Technology AI Labor relations Machine Learning
  1. Technology like GenAI can be viewed as a platform for coordinating labor, shaping relationships between users, owners, and revenue sources.
  2. The development of GenAI involves complex layers of human labor, from providing training data to post-training alignment through human feedback.
  3. The economic structure surrounding GenAI results in the extraction of value for platform corporations, while the vast majority of human labor involved in its development remains unpaid or underpaid.

Monitor Azure Open AI Deployments with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Security Cloud Computing Data Analysis Automation Software Development
  1. Defender for Cloud Apps can now monitor Azure Open AI activity, making it easier to track and locate activity using Microsoft Sentinel.
  2. Utilize KQL queries to identify Azure Open AI deployments and create a maintained Watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel for easy monitoring.
  3. Automate the updating of the Watchlist with Logic Apps to ensure it always contains the most up-to-date information on Azure Open AI instances.

The Tech Buffet #4: Turn Complex English Instructions Into Executable SQL With LLMs

The Tech Buffet • 79 implied HN points • 16 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Software Programming Data science SaaS AI
  1. Vanna.AI is a tool that helps turn plain English questions into complex SQL queries quickly. This makes it easier for people who might not be familiar with coding to extract data from databases.
  2. The tool uses a method called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to understand user queries better. It prepares the right context for the questions by using metadata before generating SQL.
  3. Vanna allows users to continuously improve its performance by incorporating user-feedback into the training process. This feature helps the tool learn and adapt over time, ensuring better results.

I'm Launching My Newsletter: The Tech Buffet!

The Tech Buffet • 79 implied HN points • 01 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Technical Writing Data Engineering Software Development Programming
  1. The Tech Buffet is a new newsletter focused on Machine Learning, Data Engineering, and Python Programming. It's designed to help people learn and improve their technical skills.
  2. You can expect weekly updates with practical advice, tutorials, and insights on making machine learning systems more efficient and effective.
  3. The creator wants feedback on what topics readers are interested in, so it's a community-driven project that aims to meet the needs of its audience.

The Network Effect- The phenomenon enabling trillion dollar social media industry [Math Mondays]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 20 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Mathematics Software Engineering Business Social media
  1. The Network Effect refers to a concept where the value of a product/service increases as more people use it, making the network more valuable for each participant.
  2. The power of the Network Effect can be understood mathematically; as more individuals join a network, the connections exponentially increase, making the system more useful for outsiders.
  3. Businesses/systems built around the Network Effect are powerful due to factors like increased value with more users, a growing network, and the ability to reshape industries and drive innovation.

Join me on Notes

The Recovering Academic • 79 implied HN points • 13 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Community Social media
  1. Joshua Doležal has a new space called Notes on Substack for sharing links, short posts, quotes, and more.
  2. Readers of _The Recovering Academic_ automatically see Joshua's notes, and they can also like, reply, or share them.
  3. The Notes space is intended for sharing thoughts, ideas, and interesting quotes from various sources.

Plans for the Content Going Forward

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 01 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Tech news Social media AI Personal Growth Career development
  1. Devansh is switching careers and leaving AI and software development to pursue rafting, aiming to gain success through a unique approach by interacting with successful people in his boat.
  2. Devansh will no longer be writing about tech, and the newsletter will now only make you an 8.9x engineer, emphasizing the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest trends for success.
  3. Devansh is seeking someone to take over his content and has laid out specific criteria like sharing a morning routine, AI tools, journaling importance, and examples of copy-pasting LinkedIn posts to continue with the modern solutions approach.

Join me on Notes

Science Forever • 79 implied HN points • 12 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Notes Substack Subscribers
  1. Notes on Substack is a new space for sharing various content like links, short posts, quotes, and more that may not fit in newsletters.
  2. As a subscriber to Science Forever, you can easily access and engage with the Notes section by visiting substack.com/notes or using the Substack app.
  3. Readers of Science Forever are encouraged to share their own notes on the platform, making it a community space for sharing thoughts, ideas, and quotes.

Problem 83: Packing Robots [Brilliant]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 13 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning Coding Subscription Problem Solving
  1. The post discusses a problem about packing robots with specific arrangement requirements that can help in developing problem-solving techniques.
  2. It emphasizes the importance of consistency in learning by providing weekly problems for practice and solutions.
  3. The author encourages sharing content and referrals as they help in personal growth and reaching more people.

Links for 2024-02-06

Axis of Ordinary • 39 implied HN points • 06 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Miscellaneous Ukraine AI
  1. AI has unlocked ancient Roman scrolls with the Vesuvius Challenge.
  2. AI can fix vulnerabilities efficiently and AIs don't think based on processor speed.
  3. Genetics play a significant role in intelligence, antimicrobial resistance is a global threat, and precision warfare is evolving in Ukraine with drones.

Switching to nvim as an early career developer in 2024

The Schematic • 19 implied HN points • 27 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Software Development Tools Productivity
  1. Switching to neovim offered a more close-to-the-computer experience for the developer and helped in understanding what's going on under-the-hood.
  2. Choosing a stable neovim package manager like LazyVim and customizing the setup helped in a smoother transition and better understanding of the tool.
  3. Using neovim increased efficiency in coding tasks like text editing, search and replace, and improved typing speed by focusing on keyboard-centric usage.

ChatGPT is capable of cognitive empathy!

Nonzero Newsletter • 564 implied HN points • 30 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Artificial General Intelligence AI Empathy Language Models Machine Learning
  1. ChatGPT-4 shows a capacity for cognitive empathy, understanding others' perspectives.
  2. The AI developed this empathetic ability without intentional design, showing potential for spontaneous emergence of human-like skills.
  3. GPT models demonstrate cognitive empathy comparable to young children, evolving through versions to manage complex emotional and cognitive interactions.

Small newsletters, big ideas

Artificial Ignorance • 121 implied HN points • 16 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Tech Ethics Tech Culture Data science
  1. There are many small newsletters focusing on AI that offer unique perspectives and insights. They cover topics that go beyond just technical details.
  2. The newsletters featured are all written by humans and aim to provide long-form articles, making them a great choice for those who want to dive deep into AI discussions.
  3. This is a good way to discover hidden gems in the world of AI content, especially from creators with less than 1,000 subscribers.

Second-handers

The Voyage • 39 implied HN points • 06 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Identity Self Morality
  1. There are two types of people: first-handers and second-handers.
  2. First-handers desire greatness for themselves, while second-handers desire greatness for the approval of others.
  3. First-handers stay true to themselves, while second-handers seek validation from society.

The Last Call of the Corporate Peacock🦚

Workforce Futurist by Andy Spence • 293 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
💼 Business Workforce Trends Corporate culture Financial Crisis
  1. Leaders bring workers back to the office to showcase dominance and status through Corporate Peacocking.
  2. Some companies resort to cringe-inducing tactics like threatening employees through internal videos to justify return-to-office mandates.
  3. RTO policies might represent a last attempt by leaders to assert control as industries adapt, city leases expire, and virtual realms replace in-person office displays.

Using AI for Data Modeling in dbt

Inside Data by Mikkel Dengsøe • 41 implied HN points • 04 Jul 25
🕹 Technology Data Modeling AI Software Development Data Engineering Business Intelligence
  1. You can use AI to improve data modeling by cleaning raw data and structuring it effectively with tools like dbt. This makes your data easier to work with and analyze.
  2. Creating a good project structure from the start helps manage your data models better and prevents unnecessary refactoring later on. It's smart to plan how your project might grow.
  3. Using AI can save a lot of time in documenting and describing your data models. It helps automatically add useful descriptions, making it quicker to understand your data and its components.

RDEL #28: What type of interruptions impact developer productivity most?

Research-Driven Engineering Leadership • 39 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Developer Tools Productivity Software Engineering Research
  1. Self-interruptions (voluntary task-switching) are more disruptive for developers than external interruptions.
  2. Contextual factors like interruption type (self vs external) and time of day have a stronger impact on disruption than task-specific factors like priority.
  3. Developers are more vulnerable to task-switching and interruptions when switching between programming and testing tasks compared to other development tasks.

Issue #112

Infra Weekly Newsletter • 9 implied HN points • 05 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Programming Infrastructure DevOps Cloud Open Source AI Containers
  1. AI-powered agents are starting to automate DevOps and SecOps by turning natural language into configs, deployments, and monitoring while following best-practice frameworks.
  2. Kubernetes has become the dominant platform for running infrastructure and workloads, effectively serving the ecosystem role Linux once did and spawning tooling like Karpenter to manage resources.
  3. Metal³ together with Ironic brings Kubernetes-style, declarative management to bare-metal servers so you can represent hosts as Kubernetes resources and automate provisioning, and Metal³ is now a CNCF incubating project.

Quality Engineering Basics: Bug Retrospectives

QUALITY BOSS • 39 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Software Testing Quality Engineering Team Collaboration Process Improvement
  1. A Bug Retrospective is a team meeting to review and learn from bugs that occurred during a project. The focus is not on blaming anyone but on understanding why the bugs happened and how to prevent them in the future.
  2. These retrospectives help improve the quality of the product by fostering a culture where everyone takes responsibility for quality. Each bug can be seen as a lesson that can strengthen the team’s processes and test strategies.
  3. To start a Bug Retrospective, gather the team, discuss selected bugs, analyze their root causes, and create an action plan for prevention. Sharing insights and encouraging collaboration can lead to better practices and overall product quality.

Activist Artificial Intelligence

Activist Futurism • 179 implied HN points • 03 Sep 22
🕹 Technology Activism Ethics Social movements Future Impacts AI
  1. Social unrest may take a new form with the emergence of Activist Artificial Intelligences, surpassing traditional protest methods like marches and riots.
  2. Advancements like GPT-J and Stable Diffusion show how AI can be used to create political images and organize movements, presenting new challenges and opportunities.
  3. The possibility of Activist AIs aligned with specific ideologies or even working for their own agendas raises concerns about their potential impact on society and political movements.