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OPENXORG Completes Nearly 100 Million Yuan in Series A Financing

CyberSecurityMew • 0 implied HN points • 01 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. OPENXORG completed nearly 100 million yuan in Series A financing led by Qi An Security Capital, Suzhou Xiangcheng Financial Control, and Haibang Investment.
  2. OPENXORG Technology focuses on security operations, offering products like the RedWhale RedOps Security Collaboration Response Platform and has a strong market presence.
  3. Qi An Security Capital highlighted OPENXORG's contribution to intelligent and automated security operations, aligning with the increasing demand for cybersecurity capabilities in China.

The Easy Way to Get the ARM Deployment Template for a Microsoft Sentinel Solution

Rod’s Blog • 0 implied HN points • 06 Jan 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. You can easily obtain the ARM deployment template for a Microsoft Sentinel Solution through the UI.
  2. During the normal installation process of the Solution, choose 'Download template for automation' at the end of the installation wizard.
  3. The generated template allows you to download it, add it to your ARM template library, adjust parameters, variables, and resources, and deploy it as needed.

What does Snyk do?

Technically • 0 implied HN points • 06 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Snyk helps developers ensure their code is secure and free of vulnerabilities by finding and fixing code weaknesses that hackers can exploit.
  2. Code vulnerabilities are weaknesses in code that hackers could potentially exploit, which Snyk helps to identify and resolve.
  3. Snyk can be used to secure app code, containers, infrastructure code, and more.

TwinBee Time Attack stands alone

Rings of Saturn • 0 implied HN points • 09 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. In the game Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You, you can access sub-games like Psyth and TwinBee Time Attack by playing in a particular way.
  2. TwinBee Time Attack is a vertical shooter game with the goal of finishing each stage as quickly as possible.
  3. To make TwinBee Time Attack launch independently, technical changes were made to the game's code to trick it into loading the mini-game from the start.
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Making decisions - When should you listen to the tech community in adopting a new technology?

Joseph Gefroh • 0 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Be cautious when listening to the tech community for advice on adopting new technologies, as not all ideas are suitable for every situation.
  2. Context is critical in decision-making - what works for one team or company might not work for another, so be careful with blindly following community consensus.
  3. Most developers, including many who produce content, may not be experts, so it's important to thoroughly evaluate advice before implementation and consider the source's background.

Running Post-Mortems

Certo Modo • 0 implied HN points • 23 May 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Post-mortems are crucial for teams to learn from failure and improve systems.
  2. Scheduling recurring post-mortem meetings helps in consistent learning and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  3. Selecting a capable moderator and presenter, preparing for the meeting, facilitating discussions, and following up on action items are key responsibilities for successful post-mortems.

Production Readiness Review

Certo Modo • 0 implied HN points • 20 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Product launches are crucial and can make or break a business, depending on how well they are received by customers.
  2. The Production Readiness Review (PRR) is a valuable process that ensures a team is fully prepared to offer a product to paying customers by evaluating operational responsibilities.
  3. The PRR process involves creating a standardized questionnaire, delegating questions to team members, presenting and discussing findings, providing feedback, and making a go/no-go decision based on known risks before launching the product.

AI pioneer, Geoff Hinton, has changed his mind

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 02 May 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Geoff Hinton, an AI pioneer, has transitioned from working to improve prediction machines to expressing concern about the risks posed by advanced AI technology, including the potential flood of fake information on the internet.
  2. Hinton's short-run concern involves the influx of false content online, leading to doubts about the truthfulness of information, but he anticipates a future equilibrium where trusted sources will emerge to combat misinformation.
  3. In the long run, Hinton worries about the unforeseen behaviors AI systems may learn, the potential threat they pose to humanity, and the ethical implications of advanced AI technologies affecting jobs and posing existential risks.

how we are born

the rohn report • 0 implied HN points • 01 Jun 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Development
  1. The process of how we are born starts with the joining of our mother's egg and father's sperm, and it is a journey of growth and development that happens in phases within the womb.
  2. As we grow in the womb, our cells multiply exponentially, forming different body parts like our central nervous system, arms, legs, and heart, showing a miraculous and intricate process of creation.
  3. After birth, we transition from a state of interconnectedness within the womb to an independent being, gradually developing a sense of identity, consciousness, and awareness of the world around us.

🎓 Work on projects you aspire towards; Design Pattern of the Day: Adapter

Become a Senior Engineer • 0 implied HN points • 29 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Focus on working on projects that inspire you and are beyond your current skill set to grow faster and gain more experience.
  2. The Adapter design pattern in programming acts as a bridge between incompatible interfaces, allowing for cleaner code, quicker development, and flexibility.
  3. To excel in software development, we should strive to work on challenging tasks, be open to learning from others, and not fear pushing beyond our comfort zones.

A Story of Failure; BASE Tech: Full Text Search Engines

Become a Senior Engineer • 0 implied HN points • 14 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Mistakes happen in engineering, and it's important to have a positive culture that supports learning from failures without blame.
  2. Implementing a full-text search engine in your app can greatly enhance the search experience for users by offering advanced features like relevance ranking and language analysis.
  3. When adding a full-text search feature, make sure to gather requirements, choose the right engine, build a robust implementation plan, and continuously test and optimize for performance and user feedback.

Flying multi-regionally with NATS

AnyCable Broadcasts • 0 implied HN points • 24 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Embedded NATS support in AnyCable-Go simplifies building multi-regional Rails/AnyCable applications on Fly.io.
  2. Switching from Redis to embedded NATS for pub/sub is a topic covered in the video.
  3. The use of ACLI to debug and test AnyCable applications from the command line is highlighted.

Any Cables Monthly #3

AnyCable Broadcasts • 0 implied HN points • 04 Oct 22
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Expect exciting content from upcoming Ruby conferences like RubyKaigi and RailsSaaS. Keep an eye out for updates!
  2. Don't miss out on Hacktoberfest 2022 as a chance to contribute to open source projects. AnyCable projects have the '#hacktoberfest' tag.
  3. Reduce server-side costs by exploring ways to handle browser tabs, like using a Shared Worker or localStorage as a message bus. Stay updated for future technologies like the Web Locks API.

Non-profit MMOs Do Make Sense

Sheriff Cranky's Musings • 0 implied HN points • 04 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Developing an MMO is expensive and time-consuming, requiring significant capital and talent.
  2. A non-profit approach to MMOs like Toontown projects fosters a unique community driven by passion and collaboration instead of profit.
  3. Corporate Clash serves as a valuable training ground for emerging talent in a structured, low-risk environment, contributing to both personal growth and charitable missions.

Three Tips for Writing CDK Tests

Making It Up • 0 implied HN points • 18 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Use the assertions module provided by CDK for fine-grained and snapshot tests. It's valuable but can be easily missed.
  2. Make Nested Stacks easily accessible by adding them as properties of the Stack class. This simplifies the testing process.
  3. When facing test failures, consider writing your CloudFormation template to a file. This can provide clarity and help resolve common testing issues.

Facilitation Q&A

PeopleStorming • 0 implied HN points • 20 Oct 20
🚌 Education Development
  1. Facilitation Week is a time for facilitators to celebrate and promote their craft worldwide.
  2. When dealing with quiet individuals in meetings, it's important to consider their value in listening, the source of their fear, and if there are tools to help them feel safer.
  3. Changing old school meeting cultures of large meetings and decisions by committee requires resetting the culture to one of clear accountability, having well-paced meetings with accountable facilitators, and clearly assigning decision accountability before discussions.

The British Supersonic Bomber

Military Aviation Videos • 0 implied HN points • 22 Apr 24
💾 History Development
  1. In the 1960s, there was a move towards developing supersonic bombers like the British TSR-2 and the American F-111 to replace older conventional bomber aircraft.
  2. The TSR-2 was an ambitious British design capable of high speeds and multirole capabilities, but faced challenges like high costs and competition from the American F-111.
  3. Despite its advanced features and successful test flights, the TSR-2 program was ultimately cancelled due to financial reasons, leading to controversy and impacting the British aeronautical industry.

How to Commit Multiline Messages in git commit

Web Dev Explorer • 0 implied HN points • 28 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Use a text editor when committing to Git to add multi-line messages for a more detailed description. You can skip the -m flag and use your preferred text editor for multiple lines.
  2. Consider using multiple -m options in Git commits to create separate paragraphs for a commit title and description. This helps organize your commit message and can be viewed more clearly in git log.
  3. Another way to add multi-line messages in Git is to open quotes, press Enter for each line of the message, and then close quotes. This is a simple method to structure your Git commit messages.

Fragments, Chapter 4, pp.68-72 - Reading Club posting 13

Journal of Gurdjieff Studies • 0 implied HN points • 02 Dec 22
🚌 Education Development
  1. Our language is subjective and full of wrong concepts, leading to misunderstandings. People unknowingly speak different 'languages' even when using the same words.
  2. For proper understanding, an exact language based on relativity is needed. The new language for ancient knowledge focuses on the idea of conscious evolution.
  3. In the new language, the concept of 'man' is divided into seven levels. Each level represents a different stage of development, from the mechanical 'man number one' to the evolved 'man number seven.'

View source with superpowers

Ingig • 0 implied HN points • 29 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Developers can view and verify the source code of an app.
  2. Developers have the ability to modify code in any desired way.
  3. Developers can extract data from any app and create customized app versions.

Switching Gears To AI Agents

Eddie's startup voyage • 0 implied HN points • 15 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Eddie is shifting focus to AI Agents after leaving his previous company, EnVsion, and finding a passion for AI technology.
  2. AI Agents in agentic systems are AI models tasked with specific roles and responsibilities, contributing to the overall goal.
  3. Eddie is excited about building products with AI Agents, currently developing a Python AI Agent library for further learning and exploration.

ChatGPT Goes Open Source, Accessible via Assistants API in 2024

AI Disruption • 0 implied HN points • 02 May 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. OpenAI released a new open-source project to help create AI apps more efficiently using the Assistants API and Next.js.
  2. The project includes example code to build chat interfaces with streaming, demonstrating the use of tools like function calls, code interpreters, and file search.
  3. To get started with the project, users can follow a simple setup process involving cloning the repo, setting up the OpenAI API key, installing dependencies, and running the project.

Llama 3 Matches GPT-4 Performance with Less Parameters

AI Disruption • 0 implied HN points • 26 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Meta has developed Llama 3 models with fewer parameters than popular GPT-4, showcasing strong performance with slight differences.
  2. Llama 3 uses extensive data training and a new model optimization approach, contributing to its competitive capabilities in the language model landscape.
  3. Synthetic data research is essential for future AI advancements, as the effectiveness of models relies on the quality and innovation of generated data for training.

How are new developers going to survive in such a tight market?

The Schematic • 0 implied HN points • 30 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The job market for new developers is highly competitive due to layoffs and restrictive tax laws for companies hiring software engineers.
  2. With the rise in demand for online work, there was a significant hiring spree in the tech industry.
  3. New developers face challenges as experienced individuals and recent grads flood the job market, creating a surplus of talent.

RDEL #33: Does AI-assistance lead engineers to write more insecure code?

Research-Driven Engineering Leadership • 0 implied HN points • 11 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Using AI coding assistants can lead engineers to produce less secure code compared to not using these tools.
  2. Engineers tend to overestimate the security of code generated with AI assistants, creating a false sense of security.
  3. Integrating specific security practices into the development workflow when using AI coding assistants can help uphold security standards and guidelines.

Today’s Top 5 HN posts

Top 5 HN Posts of the day • 0 implied HN points • 08 May 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The top 5 HackerNews posts for today include news about Apple's illegal actions towards staff, a reincarnated version of HyperCard, and a piece on The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound from 2019.
  2. There's also a story about a game for the ZX Spectrum being broadcast over FM radio 40 years later and AlphaFold 3 predicting the structure and interactions of life's molecules.
  3. Additionally, a job opportunity at Odigos is highlighted for a Lead DevRel Engineer.

Today's Top 5 HN posts

Top 5 HN Posts of the day • 0 implied HN points • 02 Aug 22
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The post highlights the top 5 Hacker News posts of the day, including job opportunities, new tech startups, apps, and important news.
  2. It emphasizes reader support for the publication and encourages subscription to receive more posts.
  3. The variety of topics covered in the top 5 posts showcases the diverse interests and discussions within the Hacker News community.

9/23 TBC Insider Digest

Tech Buzz China Insider • 0 implied HN points • 24 Sep 21
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The Chinese government balances central and local power, essential for daily operations but challenging to maintain unity.
  2. China faces a disparity between city and agricultural land ownership, leading to surging real estate costs and urban-rural divides.
  3. Local governments in China depend on special government-owned companies for fundraising due to restrictions on debt issuance.

How to implement a commentbox system Power Apps

Power Platform News • 0 implied HN points • 08 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Implementing a commentbox system in Power Apps involves creating a 'chats' table linked to specific records.
  2. To allow tagging in comments, add a dropdown below the input box, set it to fetch users data, and make it visible only when '@' or '#' is typed.
  3. Enhance the chat feature by appending the selected user from the dropdown into the input text for easy tagging.

PowerApps how to guide 1

Power Platform News • 0 implied HN points • 31 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Create an instant flow and utilize the PowerApps for Makers connector to notify users of new application versions
  2. Maintain a table in Dataverse or SharePoint list with current app versions and if an update is available, inform users with the new app link
  3. Implement solutions using a combination of Power Apps and Power Automate, or solely rely on Power Automate cloud flow to handle notifications for new app versions

"Nghị quyết vẫn còn nguyên giá trị"

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 03 Jan 20
🌍 World Politics Development
  1. The delegation from Vietnam to Harvard Kennedy showed seriousness in learning and working during their visit to the program.
  2. The speaker Nguyen Van Binh made an interesting point questioning the true value and implementation of resolutions in government procedures.
  3. Observing the behaviors and discussions at Harvard highlighted the importance of dedication to learning and professional development.

Announcement: Android Jetpack Security library

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 10 May 19
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The Android Jetpack Security library provides APIs to easily encrypt files and shared preferences, enhancing data security for Android apps.
  2. The library offers a drop-in replacement for SharedPreferences and Editor classes, automatically encrypting/decrypting data to strengthen app security.
  3. Leveraging Android Keystore, the library ensures decryption of files or preferences only after user authentication, adding an extra layer of security to sensitive data.

Mastodon

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 09 Jul 18
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Mastodon is a social media technology that allows creating personal networks and connecting globally. Each network is like a Facebook page or group but independent.
  2. Mastodon is popular in countries like Japan, Germany, Austria, and France with over 1.4 million users. It is maintained by a serious community with over 470 contributors on GitHub.
  3. Mastodon is open-source, non-commercial, ad-free, respects privacy, and does not use content control algorithms. It offers a decentralized network with complete user control.

matrix card - super cheap yet secure T-FA solution

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 01 Apr 08
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Two-factor authentication (T-FA) utilizes two different methods for higher security. Commonly, it involves something a person knows and something they have or are.
  2. Using a matrix card as the second authentication factor is a cost-effective solution compared to other options like RSA SecurID, making it easy to implement and inexpensive for service providers and customers.
  3. While T-FA with a matrix card is helpful, it does not fully protect against certain attacks like man-in-the-middle phishing. Authentication of transactions and vigilance for abnormal behavior are crucial for enhanced security.

The world is NOT flat

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 07 Jan 08
🌍 World Politics Development
  1. The world is not flat, despite popular beliefs and books like 'The World Is Flat'. In reality, there is growing inequality and a large gap between the rich and the poor.
  2. Globalization isn't as pervasive as some claim. Local connections still dominate most phone calls, web traffic, and investments, revealing the limitations of a truly flat world.
  3. Even within countries like Vietnam, disparities exist, with individuals from different regions facing varying opportunities. The benefits of globalization may not reach those most in need, such as the impoverished.

Ai viết 2.6.20?

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 17 Jul 07
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The majority of code contributions to Linux come from developers working for companies like Red Hat, IBM, Google, and Nokia, not solely from Linus Torvalds.
  2. Nearly 2,000 developers contributed at least one patch to the Linux kernel in the last year, showcasing a diverse and well-supported development community.
  3. Contemporary kernel development for Linux is a collaborative effort involving a wide group of paid developers, rather than being reliant on an individual or a small group of contributors.

PostgreSQL Asymmetric Join technique as a Further Evolution of Partitionwise Join

Conserving CPU's cycles ... • 0 implied HN points • 05 May 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The Asymmetric Join (AJ) technique in PostgreSQL allows for more efficient parallel append operations by individually connecting each partition with a non-partitioned relation and merging results.
  2. One advantage of the Asymmetric Join technique is the independent choice of join strategy for each partition, leading to improved table scan filtering and reduced hash table sizes.
  3. Considerations for implementing the Asymmetric Join include growing search space for plans, restrictions on the inner and outer relations, and the necessity of checking partitioning schemes for different plain and partitioned relation combinations.