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2025-05-05

Behind the dApp: Understanding Blockchain Architecture

This guide covers blockchain basics, the crucial role of different node types (light, full, archive), and the process of building decentralized applications (dApps). It highlights that managing your own nodes...

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No F-35 Fighters for Blue Angels? Lead Pilot Explained to Us Why It’s ‘Not Practical’

Key Points: Ahead of the Fort Lauderdale Air Show (May 3-4), Blue Angels lead pilot Cdr. Adam Bryan described the intense demands of the flight demonstration team, spending roughly 300...

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Canada Has a Message for the F-35 Fighter: It Can Be Replaced

Mark Carney has his victory and his mandate. During the campaign he promised to revisit a deal that would eventually bring eighty-eight F-35s to Canada. The same deterioration of relations...

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Iran Is Freaked: Navy Breakthrough Means Deck Guns Can Destroy Houthi Drones

Key Points: NATO warships operating in the Red Sea are increasingly employing deck guns—ranging from 5-inch cannons seen below to smaller autocannons—to shoot down attacking Houthi drones. -This tactical shift...

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Prioritization Techniques Compared – Part 2

In the first article in this series I reviewed common prioritization approaches, including opinion/consensus/HiPPO, rules-of-thumb, and Cost of Delay.  I also explained why prioritization as part of product discovery —...

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Are standardized tests effective?

Published on May 5, 2025 10:02 AM GMTI just finished my state testing. I know a lot of teachers and students don’t like the tests, but do they effectively improve...

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How Booking.com tackled a data quality crisis: Nimit Bhardwaj (Data Product Manager) – Product Unplugged

In this episode of Product Unplugged, host Mike Belsito sits down with Nimit Bhardwaj, a data product manager at Booking.com, to discuss how his product team faced a high-stakes data...

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The TechBeat: Celebrating Vitruvian Man Day at SDG: A Tribute to Arts, Science, & Human Potential (5/5/2025)

How are you, hacker? đŸȘWant to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set...

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Proposal: Liquid Prediction Markets for AI Forecasting

Published on May 5, 2025 5:13 AM GMTBackgroundPolymarket is a prediction market platform where people can trade contracts representing the probability of events occurring (e.g., "Who will win the 2024...

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How to Set Up a Free Oracle Cloud VM for Web Development (2025 Guide)

Oracle Cloud offers a free VM with 4 vCPUs, 24GB RAM, and 200GB storage (as of 2025). You just need to register with a credit card (no charges), set up...

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Spam vs Phishing: Know the Difference

While they may seem similar at first glance, there’s a big difference between spam and phishing, and understanding that difference is crucial for protecting yourself online.

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Empathy Is a Core Leadership Skill

Many leaders dismiss empathy as an optional, “touchy-feely” skill. But failing to demonstrate it can lead to low morale, poor retention, and a culture where people withhold ideas and concerns....

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Ukraine is a Building a Drone Wall Against Russia

Russia’s fresh spring offensive against Ukraine “has already begun,” Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said. The Kremlin is under domestic pressure to demonstrate progress on the battlefield. But Russia is increasingly colliding...

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Six Side Characters That Stole The Show In TV Shows

Some TV shows have had side characters who have become big hits. The Vampire Diaries, Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory have all had interesting side characters.

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A Beginner's Guide to Reading and Writing Smart Contracts on Explorers

Don't wait for dApp interfaces! Learn how to use blockchain explorers like Etherscan/Abscan to directly read data from and write transactions to smart contracts. This gives you transparency, allows you...

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From Zero to DR41: How I’m Ranking My New Site (and Aiming for “Socks” at 425K)

A new site I launched recently is ranked #1 on Google. I started from scratch and gave myself initially 90 days to “move the needle” on rankings. Here is how...

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READ THIS: The Complete Guide to Based and Native Rollups

Based Rollups use Ethereum (L1) for transaction sequencing, while Native Rollups use L1 for execution verification, enhancing security compared to traditional L2s. The ultimate "Ultra Sound" rollup uses L1 for...

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New Formula Could Make AI Agents Actually Useful in the Real World

This article introduces the L Function – a formal objective for optimizing large language models in multi-agent systems, unifying theory and applied implementation.

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