November 16, 2024

Software

The Rise of Cyber Militias | HackerNoon

The internet has long been a powerful resource, partially because it connects people. Relatedly, it allows like-minded individuals to come together and communicate about shared interests. Some parties have taken such activities to the next level, deciding to collaborate on common goals. This phenomenon has led to a rise in so-called cyber militias. Hacktivism, online armies, and online/digital activism are other synonyms for this emerging trend. What Is the Purpose of Cyber Militias? Although some

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From Gut Feeling to Data-Driven: Navigating Bias in the Tech Interviews | HackerNoon

Hiring the right talent is a crucial part of building a healthy organization. Obviously, professional and motivated people deliver bigger outcomes. Furthermore, a suboptimal hiring decision will result in a loss of money. In 2019, the US Small Business Administration estimated the cost of a bad hiring decision at between 1.25 and 1.4 of the yearly salary[1]. Even for experienced leaders, conducting interviews can be difficult. Based on a few hours of interviews, you need

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Handbooks for Tech: How I Made Documentation “Better” | HackerNoon

Hello beautiful developers! Being a developer, one of the most boring things I come across is reading Documentation for hours. Despite being the best source of information for using software, their monotony and complexity are sometimes unbearable. That’s when an idea hit me— can I make them better? Well, there were a few options. In short, here’s what we do at Handbooks for Tech: We offer product documentation for technical products intended for developers and

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Is the Nonce in Bitcoin Really Random? Analyzing Over 860,000 Blocks | HackerNoon

The graph shouldn’t look like this… or should it? The distribution of the nonce value in Bitcoin could indicate pure randomness or, on the contrary, reveal strategies used by miners. A frequency analysis of over 860,000 blocks should reflect a trend towards randomness, but is that really the case? Before we begin… What is the nonce? The nonce (number used once) in Bitcoin is a 32-bit number that miners use to generate a valid hash

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Software

How to Solve the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Incorrect syntax near ‘$ Error | HackerNoon

NET8/EF8 Breaking Change. Old servers/databases might not understand queries from EF8. Abstract: In .NET8/EF8, when working with the SQL Server, EF might create a newer version of SQL queries that old SQL servers/databases will not understand and will consider that as a Syntax Error. The solution is to synchronize Server and Client Compatibility levels. 1 Problem Description 1.1 The Environment The typical environment to which this article applies is C#/.NET8/Entity Framework 8/MS SQL Server. 1.2

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AI

Why Most Cross-Validation Visualizations Are Wrong (And How to Fix Them)

MODEL VALIDATION & OPTIMIZATION Stop using moving boxes to explain cross-validation! Samy Baladram · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 13 hours ago — You know those cross-validation diagrams in every data science tutorial? The ones showing boxes in different colors moving around to explain how we split data for training and testing? Like this one: Have you seen that? Image by author. I’ve seen them too — one too

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AI

Open the Artificial Brain: Sparse Autoencoders for LLM Inspection

|LLM|INTERPRETABILITY|SPARSE AUTOENCODERS|XAI| A deep dive into LLM visualization and interpretation using sparse autoencoders Salvatore Raieli · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 13 min read · 11 hours ago — Image created by the author using DALL-E All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche As AI systems grow in scale, it is increasingly difficult and pressing to

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Hardware

Google Gemini Goes Evil, Tells Student ‘You’re A Burden, Please Die’

Fears about AI rising up and annihilating humans are a bit premature at this point, but neural networks can still behave in some unpredictable and shocking ways at times. Case in point: Google’s Gemini AI chatbot just unsubtly told a human to die—but at least it was polite enough to say “please” first. Jokes aside, it really happened. The Gemini conversation link is still up, and available to look at on Google’s website if you’re

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Predictions From IEEE’s 2024 Technology Megatrends Report

5 min read Kathy Pretz is the editor in chief of The Institute, IEEE’s member publication NatalyaBurova/iStock It’s time to start preparing your organization and employees for the effects of artificial general intelligence, sustainability, and digital transformation. According to IEEE’s 2024 Technology Megatrends report, the three technologies will change how companies, governments, and universities operate and will affect what new skills employees need. A megatrend, which integrates multiple tendencies that evolve over two decades or

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