2025-04-04
Costco Only Accepts Visa Credit Cards
I observed yesterday that, in general, Visa and Mastercard credit cards are both accepted at the same locations. The most notable exception is Costco, which, as part of the deal...
New Law Would Force Elon Musk to Be Drug Tested for His Government Work
Congressional Democrats want unelected billionaire and ketamine enthusiast Elon Musk to be regularly and randomly drug-tested. In a statement announcing the bill, New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill said that the...
Handling JSON, Schema Issues, and Doris Quirks in an Apache SeaTunnel Pipeline
A guide for data engineers, backend devs, and open source tinkerers who need to wrestle REST APIs into Apache SeaTunnel and Apache Doris—without losing their minds to JsonPath quirks or...
Bill Gates on the Creation of Microsoft, and the Source Code for Its First Product
Bill Gates, commemorating Microsoft’s 50th anniversary: The story of how Microsoft came to be begins with, of all things, a magazine. The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured an...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: The AI Bible: Are We Asking For Trouble? (4/4/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 4, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Martin Luther King...
The Making of the Lumon Industries WoeMeter
Wonderfully detailed write-up of a perfect prop from Make3: Repurposed Nagra Knobs & Switches — To ground the device in a tangible, vintage aesthetic, we salvaged original knobs and switches...
Proper Display of Custom Dropdown Elements: A How-to Guide
A little trick that helps to show your dropdown items everywhere without being cut off.
Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
Tesla Investors Suddenly Terrified as They Realize Musk Has Dug Their Grave
Tesla's horrendous first quarter numbers has some of its backers rethinking a few things. Namely, their CEO Elon Musk, whose once immense starpower is now inverting on itself. Still haunted...
Jason Snell’s M4 MacBook Air Review
Jason Snell, last month: The new M4 MacBook Air is the Mac most people should buy. [...] That’s why perhaps the most important change in the M4 MacBook Air is...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
Decentralization Expert Butian Li Says This Is How We Tackle the Compute Crisis
Big data centers, once overlooked despite their profitability, are now critical profit engines for tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, driven by the explosive demand for computing power fueled...
25 Product Designs That Will Make You Jealous
In today's episode, we break down the best websites, signup flows, onboarding pages, invite flows, and upgrade triggers so that you can get inspired for your next feature.
Matrix AI Co-founder Says Intelligent Stablecoins Could Autonomously Manage Payments
Ian Estrada, CEO of The MATRIX AI and X Network, discusses how stablecoins and AI agents will shape the future economy. He highlights crypto's UX challenges, DeFi's lag in AI...
Gamers Panic as Tariffs Poised to Spike Prices for Gaudy RGB PC Components
President Donald Trump's baffling escalation of his trade war has bodychecked international markets and is expected to leave countless industries with major bruises. Americans, in particular, will bear the brunt...
A torpedo “bat” of innovation?
A “bat” isn’t always just a bat. Sometimes it’s a perfect alchemy of data, science, and ingenuity. The “Torpedo” bat, which is making waves in Major League Baseball, serves as...
Apache SeaTunnel's Latest Update Brings Improved Connector Functionality
This update significantly improves connector functionality, enhances configuration options, and fixes various bug fixes.
Hallucinations by Design - (Part 3): Trusting Vectors Without Testing Them
This is the third part in the series on Hallucinations by Design. It is a continuation of our previous discussion on how embeddings hallucinate. We're basically working with models that...
Find Your Next Tech Read: Personalized 'For You' Technology Blogs on HackerNoon
HackerNoon’s notification board is revamped! Discover personalized tech stories with 'For You' recommendations, track community engagement, and stay updated on new features. Read this story to learn more!
SpaceX Tourist Says Whole Crew Got Horribly Sick When They Reached Orbit
SpaceX launched its Fram2 private astronaut mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Monday. Soon after, a crew of four astronauts on board the Crew Dragon vehicle entered a highly...
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