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Human Trafficking Victims Also Forced to Cyberscam

Las víctimas de la trata de personas se ven obligadas a realizar ciberestafas

Les victimes de la traite des êtres humains sont obligées de cyberscam

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人身売買の被害者はサイバー詐欺を強いられる

Vítimas de tráfico de seres humanos são forçadas a fazer cyberscam

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人口贩运受害者被迫接受网络诈骗

Is there life after COVID-19? Of course there is, even though it may be quite different, and it may be hard to get there. But there’s one thing in common in the “before” and “after” pictures: science and technology as the cornerstones of modern society, for better or worse. We have argued before that Knowledge Graph is a technology that enables other technologies to accelerate their growth, and it also enables humans to take stock of their own knowledge. This is why the future is Knowledge Graph. Today’s most pressing issue seems to be dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Science is taking on that task, too, and technology is there to facilitate it. Knowledge Graphs facilitate scientific research and business decision making, as they have been doing, and will continue to do. Producing results to fight against the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) is one of the most pressing issues today, bringing the entire scientific community together. Addressing issues related to scientific research can help produce results under pressure. Here is how prominent researchers Alexander Jarasch and Sören Auer use the state of the art in analytics and AI, graphs analytics and knowledge graphs, to facilitate scientific research for the COVID-19 pandemic. For an in-depth live discussion, join us in this Connected Data London online Meetup on April the 22nd. Graph analytics and knowledge graphs facilitate scientific research for COVID-19 State of the art in analytics and AI can help address some of the most pressing issues in scientific research. Here is how top scientists are using them to facilitate coronavirus research. There is a wide range of datasets and applications released lately centered around the coronavirus. Aaron Bradley has collected a good part of those in a Twitter thread. Add to those a couple of startup initiatives, from and Tellic Kahun Work being undertaken by the linked data/semantic web/knowledge graph world on COVID-19 Without much in way of annotation, here’s a thread enumerating work being undertaken by the knowledge graph world on COVID-19 I’ve spotted over the past couple of days Life goes on, however. Research and development, product releases, and new features never stop. Case in point – we’ve seen a few significant updates from graph database vendors in the last couple of months. Graph databases and analytics are getting ever more accessible and relevant, and vendors seem to be going through a virtuous circle of innovation. DataStax has , TigerGraph 3.0 brings , and and Neo4j for Graph Data Science. unified graph with native Cassandra data model in DSE 6.8 no code data migration and visual querying Neo4j has released a BI connector Announcing Neo4j for Graph Data Science With Neo4j for Graph Data Science, data scientists are empowered to operationalize graph analytics and machine learning models to infer behavior from connected data. Even though the Graph technology landscape is shifting rapidly all the time, it’s good to get a snapshot every once in a while. This is Janos Szendi-Varga’s 2020 update of his Graph technology landscape overview. Graph Technology Landscape 2020 Here it is, the new landscape, and I have a few thoughts about what happened in the last year, and what changes were introduced into the picture. Enjoy! Another hot topic we’ve been keeping an eye on is graph machine learning. A wealth of relevant information is out there. From an , to a roundup of . introduction to deep learning for graphs and where it may be heading knowledge graphs interwoven with AI in AAAI 2020 From , to an outlook of . making graph machine learning scalable AI, Machine Learning and the Future of Graphs Top Trends of Graph Machine Learning in 2020 Top Trends of Graph Machine Learning in 2020: More solid theoretical understanding of Graph Neural Networks; New cool GNN applications; Knowledge Graphs become more popular; New graph embedding frameworks How about some real world knowledge graph use cases? Joshua Fruhlinger built a knowledge graph of knowledge graphs, so to speak. Plus, . Walmart’s knowledge graph This map shows how the most innovative companies are using knowledge graphs What do eBay, Airbnb, Microsoft, Lending Club, and Comcast have in common? They’re all using knowledge graphs to understand their customers, business decisions, and product lines. On a different note: here is how to build your own knowledge graph, using your own data as Facebook stores them. And for some more fun distraction, here’s a . Kardashian knowledge graph Knowledge Graph Metadata: What Facebook really knows about you? Big Tech invested millions in creating knowledge graphs to power search engines, understand context of a query, meaning, user intent. Here’s how to flip the script. As knowledge graphs are attracting attention beyond their historical user base, educational resources are in high demand. Teodora Petkova has written a guide for people getting started in this domain. Crafting a Knowledge Graph: The Semantic Data Modeling Way Knowledge graphs – it’s what all businesses now are on the lookout for. But what exactly is a knowledge graph and, more importantly, how do you get one? If you’d rather attend an online class, Stanford has got you covered. A series of lectures is on offer, featuring top knowledge graph experts. It’s online, it’s free, and it’s recorded, too. CS 520 – Knowledge Graphs How should AI explicitly represent knowledge? Knowledge graphs have started to play a central role in machine learning and NLP as a method to incorporate knowledge, a target knowledge representation for extracted knowledge & #XAI If you’re more of a textbook kind of person, then this book by C. Maria Keet may be your thing. Version 1.5 of the textbook on ontology engineering is available now “Extended and Improved!” could some advertisement say of the new v1.5 of “An introduction to ontology engineering” that I made available online today. For the more hands-on group, here is , and automate the process as much as possible. how to use Wikipedia to build a knowledge graph Auto-Generated Knowledge Graphs Utilize an ensemble of web scraping bots, computational linguistics, natural language processing algorithms and graph theory. Wrapping up the knowledge graph educational section for the academically inclined. This publication has as many authors as it has angles. In its 130 pages it covers everything from history to future research directions for knowledge graphs. A propos, there is another deep dive in the history of knowledge graphs. Knowledge Graphs A comprehensive introduction to knowledge graphs, which have recently garnered significant attention from both industry and academia in scenarios that require exploiting diverse, dynamic, large-scale collections of data. What about lowering the barrier to entry for software engineers? That seems to be the rationale behind accessing knowledge graphs via GraphQL, and it makes sense. Given GraphQL’s popularity, it’s not surprising that many people have had a go at this. From to , and everything in between. 15 minute hands-on tutorials long reads on the roots of GraphQL and the synergies with graph databases GraphQL and Graph Databases A discussion on the synergies between GraphQL and Graph Databases, data architecture and how ontology models provide the special ingredients. Speaking of software development: a couple of new open source frameworks have been added to a growing list. , and AtomGraph has released what it dubs “the WordPress of graph data”. Zazuko has published a tutorial on getting started with RDF & JavaScript using open source libraries Finally, a Knowledge Graph Management System As the industry is building and researching Knowledge Graphs now more than ever, we are excited to introduce you to LinkedDataHub – AtomGraph’s open-source Knowledge Graph management system. Wrapping up with a roundup of research coming from the likes of and , plus open source graph embeddings: , and as a Web API. Salesforce Stanford RDF2Vec for Python KGvec2go KGvec2go is a semantic resource consisting of RDF2Vec knowledge graph embeddings trained currently on 4 different knowledge graphs. Subscribe here for the Year of the Graph Newsletter

Year of the Graph Newsletter, April 2020: Graphs Power Scientific Research; Business Cases

Billions of dollars in venture capital have poured into direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands over the past ten years, funding hundreds of upstart brands challenging the incumbents in product category. These brands, once by investors, are now raising multi-million dollar rounds pre-launch and recruiting top talent. nearly every ignored There’s no question that there’s hype around the D2C space, but we’ve seen far less interest in the infrastructure that allows these brands to scale. D2C brands uniquely own every step of their production and distribution process — from product design to packaging to marketing to fulfillment. New brands can struggle to put all these pieces together, while established brands face challenges like figuring out how to serve an international audience and maintaining growth in a capital-efficient way. We see a huge opportunity for the rise of tools that better serve these brands, and we’re excited to share our research on companies in this space and areas where we hope to see further development. If you’re working on something in the D2C infrastructure space, please email us at twins@crv.com — we’d love to talk to you! Playbook for New Brands We’ve compiled a list of the tools we see D2C brands using today, based on our conversations with dozens of brands and data from Siftery . Product Design & Development Most brands handle design and development of products in-house, sometimes with heavy input from customers, which Glossier (and more brands are exploring via Instagram Stories and surveys). The development process typically involves finding a factory or manufacturing partner with expertise in the space, and working closely with them. famously does However, we’ve found a few startups that are aiming to use tech in the product development process. and offer this for 3D-printed products, while and do the same for hardware. and all focus on fashion, doing smaller production runs with quick turnaround times. (customers include , and ), and ( ) both work across industries. Voodoo Manufacturing Shapeways Shape Prototype , Kickr Design , Seeed Studios CALA , IndieSource , Nineteenth Amendment Parcel Supply Birchbox, S’well Blue Apron PCH International Walker and Company, Fitbit, Blaze Manufacturing Many brands find manufacturers through their personal networks or referrals, but there are also established marketplaces that connect companies with domestic and international factories — , , , , and are a few examples. Some of the newer players cater to younger brands who are concerned about eco-friendliness, quality control, and social responsibility — ( , ), , , and (fashion-specific) are a few examples. MFG.com Kompass Alibaba IndiaMart ThomasNet Anvyl LOLA, Hims, S’well Native Sourcify Maker’s Row Sewport Financing There’s a number of firms that focus on consumer brands, many of which combine an investment with incubation or branding, advertising, or other support. is a major player in this space — the company offers as well as financing options, as is is a newer firm that focuses on brands doing $1M+ in annual revenue. CircleUp credit equity Indie.vc . Assembled Brands Other funds include , , , , and invest exclusively in food and beverage. , , and (beauty-focused) all serve as accelerators that combine funding with agency-like support. Outroll Ventures Unilever Ventures Touchdown Ventures Beechwood Capital Simon Capital , Elizabeth Street , VTF Capital *. AccelFoods , First Beverage Group , Distill Ventures Bullish The Brandery SKU , XRC Labs , Sephora Accelerate and remain a popular way to fund an initial production run, as well as equity crowdfunding platforms like , , , and . Along with traditional credit options like small business loans (also offered via startups like , , and ), there are also a few new credit options catered directly to D2C brands. These include , (working capital), and (marketing funding). does the same via merchant cash advances and loans. Kickstarter Indiegogo SeedInvest Crowdfunder Republic Wefunder Fundbox SnapCap Kickfurther CircleUp Credit Advisors Dwight Funding Clearbanc Shopify Capital Inventory Management Inventory management and forecasting are crucial for young brands that are short on cash and storage space. Forecasting is complicated by the fact that these brands can have “viral” moments that are difficult to predict and lead to long waitlists. Like most other software categories, there are existing inventory management solutions (Netsuite, Workday, SAP, etc.). However, the pricing, features, and implementation often don’t work for early-stage, high growth companies. A few startup platforms that cater to D2C brands — ( , ) and ( ). Other options that are popular amongst e-commerce more broadly are , , , , , , and . Fuse Inventory Glossier, LOLA, MeUndies Snowe Stitch Labs Brooklinen, Thinx TradeGecko Finale Lightspeed Retail Ops Unleashed Veeqo Brightpearl Branding Many brands do this in-house, especially if they have a designer on the team or can easily consult with an expert. , and are a few of the more popular tools for managing brand assets, and some also include tools or design space for generating these assets. It’s also common to hire a freelancer on a platform like , , , , , and . Canva , Brandfolder , Bynder , Outfit , OpenBrand Frontify 99Designs , DesignCrowd Dribbble Behance Upwork Toptal Fiverr A number of design agencies have risen to fame for their work with top D2C brands — ( )and ( ) are two of the most popular. Others include ( ) ( ) ( ), ( ), ( ), ( ), and ( . Red Antler Casper, Allbirds, Keeps, Brandless Gin Lane Hims, Sweetgreen, Harry’s, Stadium Goods Pentagram Buffy, Tender Greens, The Wing , Condensed Pair Eyewear, Num Num, Keepers , Partners & Spade Allbirds, Flamingo, Warby Parker , M. Gemi Collins Heyday, Nourish, Archer Farms Motto Even, Keetsa, Crown & Buckle Circus Maximus Roman, Bombfell High Tide Warby Parker, Casper, LOLA) Marketing Like traditional e-commerce companies, many D2C brands devote most of their marketing dollars to Facebook, Instagram, and Google. There is a sea of marketing software tools for new brands to manage this spend. To get a sense of what both early and late-stage brands are using, we used to check out the marketing stack for the top 15 most well-funded D2C brands, as well as the 29 brands who raised a VC seed round last year. We’ve included below platforms that were used by five or more brands out of this group. Siftery Most of the brands we surveyed used at least one option in each of the sub-categories above, making it by far the most complex area of the stack we examined. Seed-stage brands were more likely to experiment with similarly early-stage marketing platforms (perhaps because they are the most hungry to acquire customers!)—particularly in categories that go beyond the basics like referrals, re-targeting, and conversion. We know many brands are also using tools to schedule and post content to social media, which wouldn’t show up in a Siftery stack. Examples include (Instagram scheduler), (Twitter scheduler) as well as cross-platform schedulers and — which we’ve included in the “Customer Success” map below as they also support customer service. Later Tweetdeck Sprout Social Buffer Customer Success Similar to marketing, many of the customer success platforms built for traditional e-commerce seem to be working for D2C brands. Unlike marketing, however, we found most D2C brands used a fairly tight set of customer success solutions — most commonly a live chat tool ( and were the top two), an email/ticketing system ( and —which all also offer social support) and a social-focused service platform ( and ) Olark Zendesk Zendesk , Kustomer , Gorgias , Conversocial Sprout . We’ve also included customer review systems in the “Customer Success” category — though they could arguably be considered “Marketing” tools as well. and were by far the most-used platforms in this category. Yotpo Okendo Commerce & Payments Almost all of the seed-stage D2C brands we surveyed used either or as their commerce platform, while later-stage brands commonly used to process payments. About half of the 43 brands we looked at also used one or more of the following: and is another newer option that handles checkout, analytics, and fraud protection. Shopify Magento Stripe Google Wallet , Paypal , Apple Pay , Amazon Payments . Bolt Payments Outside of the core payment processing functionality, almost all of the subscription-based D2C brands we looked at used for their billing, and several of the later-stage brands used a fraud protection solution like and Brands with higher-priced items also often implements solutions to allow customers to pay over time — with platforms like , , and . ReCharge Payments Riskified Signifiyd . Affirm Klarna Quadpay Fulfillment, Shipping, & Returns We’ve discussed Inventory Management above, so in this category we‘ve focused on packaging, shipping and fulfillment, and returns. In packaging, arguably the most well-known brand is ( ) but many earlier-stage brands that struggle with Lumi’s prices and minimums turn to and also have quite a bit of traction in this space. Lumi Parachute, MeUndies, Rockets of Awesome Packlane . Arka Pakible On the shipping side, ( ), , and are three of the most popular options, though some brands ship directly via USPS or FedEx. helps companies offer same-day delivery. , , , , , and are other popular 3PL and fulfillment options for D2C brands and e-commerce more broadly. Shippo MeUndies, Ipsy, Hims ShipStation ShipBob Darkstore Flexe ShipHero RubyHas Quiet Logistics ID Logistics Dotcom Distribution , Fosdick and are focused on international shipping, which remains a huge problem for brands of all sizes. Brands use platforms like and to help customers track orders. On the returns side, and (sometimes used together!) are the two most popular options we found, with and as other common options. Passport Shipping , Flow , FlavorCloud Arrive , Newgistics , AfterShip , Narvar Returnly Happy Returns ReturnMagic Narvar Brick & Mortar Space As we’ve , D2C brands are increasingly experimenting with physical retail space — usually via pop-ups or by renting shelf space in their early days, and then setting up permanent stores further down the line. The last few years has seen the birth of many startups that aim to help brands tackle this without having to hire a broker or realtor. written about before In the shelf or display space category, some of the biggest contenders are (with an online marketplace and three stores in NYC), (focused on consumer hardware) (in Edmonton and Minneapolis), (Plano, TX), (NoHo in NYC), and (SF). On the short-term or pop-up side, and all offer solutions. assists with longer-term retail placements alongside (formerly thisopenspace), a CRV portfolio company that also helps smaller brands find short-term and shelf space. Bulletin b8ta Fourpost Neighborhood Goods Showfields Re:Store Storefront , AppearHere , Go-PopUp Leap Uppercase (customers include and ), also helps D2C brands with retail — but with a focus on connecting companies to vendors and service providers who can manage store operations. This includes maintenance, events, dry cleaning, and other custom services that brands may not have the time or expertise to set up themselves. Worksmith Outdoor Voices, Casper, Bonobos, Stance What’s Left To Build? There are several areas where we see considerable room for improvement on existing solutions, as well as other categories that have yet to be tackled. Here are just a few areas of opportunity we are particularly excited about: CACs continue to rise on Instagram and Facebook — though consumers remain excited to try new brands, it’s hard to cut through the noise on social feeds. Many brands are turning to cross-promotions with other brands to lower acquisition costs, and sites like have popped up to aggregate brands. We’ve also seen new entrants focus on dominating specific product categories (e.g. in beauty) or distribution via friend referrals (e.g. ). We’re excited to see more scalable, software-based solutions for brands to reach the right customer. Discovery. Newfound Supergreat MASSE It’s surprising how hard it is for brands large and small to ship internationally — just take a look at the variety of products on ! Because D2C brands advertise heavily on social media, where content can be shared globally (even if ads target a domestic audience), it’s especially important to be able to serve these potential customers. We’re very excited about starting to tackle this problem, and are looking forward to seeing these solutions expand to more brands. International Shipping. Grabr Passport , FlavorCloud , Flow We continue to see D2C brands struggle to finance their inventory, particularly given that they often can’t negotiate favorable payment terms with manufacturers early on. This results in many companies raising more venture funding (and taking more dilution) than they need to scale. , , , and have been making progress in providing working capital to brands, and we’re interested in watching how this space evolves. Financing. Clearbanc Assembled Brands Dwight Funding CircleUp As shown by the many categories above, brands have to piece together and manage a huge amount of different resources just to get a first product out the door. This can be especially overwhelming for small teams running on limited capital, who don’t have partnerships or contracts with larger retailers. It will likely take more time and capital in the space, but we’d be excited to see something closer to an end-to-end solution (even just for one category!) that simplifies brand operations. is one example — as well as serving as a subscription platform for brands like , , and , they also offer fulfillment, customer service, and business intelligence. Resource Aggregation. OceanX Ladder Cora Seed Thanks for reading! If you’re working on something in this space, please email us at twins@crv.com — we’d love to hear from you! Like this post? to help more people see our story, and share it with your friends! Clap for it Interested in reading more content from us? You can subscribe to our weekly newsletter, , for more insights on millennial and Gen Z trends: Accelerated https://accelerated.carrd.co/ Thank you to Saar Gur for his help with this post.

D2C 2.0: The Rise of Infrastructure

I wanted to have my setup inside of a container so that all of its dependencies were isolated from any Ruby installs on my host and to allow me to easily run different versions side by side for testing upgrades. ChefDK Docker So I started with a basic Dockerfile to install ChefDK… from ubuntu:16.04 RUN apt-get update RUN apt-get install -y curlRUN curl -O RUN dpkg -i chefdk_2.4.17-1_amd64.deb https://packages.chef.io/files/stable/chefdk/2.4.17/ubuntu/16.04/chefdk_2.4.17-1_amd64.deb If we build this and then get a bash shell inside it … docker build -t chefdk .docker run -it chefdk bash We have Chef and Knife installed! root@6bb552c50752:/# which chef/usr/bin/chefroot@6bb552c50752:/# which knife/usr/bin/knife Great, now I’ll need to mount my cookbooks inside of the container so I can run test-kitchen, I’ll mount them at /cookbooks docker run -it -v /Users/aaronkalair/cookbooks:/cookbooks chefdk That works but as we didn’t specify a user in the Dockerfile we’re root and so every new file is also owned by root inside the container. root@d374bab13add:/cookbooks/teabot# touch test.txtroot@d374bab13add:/cookbooks/teabot# ls -lah test.txt-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 23 15:28 test.txt To avoid any issues here lets make a user inside the container that has the same UID as my user on the host… On the host I’m UID 501 and this is consistent across the 3 machines I tested it on so it seems that Mac assigns 501 to the first user account created. Aarons-iMac:chefdk aaronkalair$ iduid=501(aaronkalair) ... So we can make a user called inside the container with by adding this to the end of our Dockerfile aaronkalair uid 501 RUN useradd -u 501 aaronkalairRUN mkdir -p /home/aaronkalairRUN chown aaronkalair:aaronkalair /home/aaronkalairUSER aaronkalair And now let’s test spinning up a test kitchen for my teabot cookbook. First we’ll need to install the gems root@6c602759d146:/cookbooks/teabot# bundle installbash: bundle: command not found Hmm we didn’t install Ruby or any of its associated tools, but we shouldn’t need to because Chef comes with an embeded version of them. root@6c602759d146:/cookbooks/teabot# ls /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/ ... <124 packages including, bundle, gem, ruby etc... > So lets drop that into our path by adding this to our Dockerfile ENV PATH="/opt/chefdk/embedded/bin:${PATH}" And now lets try the again. bundle install As I use different versions of Gems in different cookbooks lets just install them into folders in this cookbook rather than having a mish mash of different versions installed globally depending on the cookbook I last worked on bundle install --path vendor --binstubs Unfortunately this explodes with an error about extconf failing Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. current directory: /cookbooks/teabot/vendor/ruby/2.4.0/gems/libyajl2-1.2.0/ext/libyajl2/opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20171223-8-1u0q211.rb extconf.rbcreating Makefile/cookbooks/teabot/vendor/ruby/2.4.0/gems/libyajl2-1.2.0/ext/libyajl2extconf.rb:104:in `makemakefiles': unhandled exceptionfrom extconf.rb:138:in `<main>' extconf failed, exit code 1 Native extensions, Makefiles and extconf sounds like we’re missing some dependencies to install C dependencies, lets grab and see what happens and whilst we’re editing the Dockerfile lets alias the bundle command. build-essentials RUN apt-get install -y curl build-essential RUN echo "alias bundle-install='/opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/bundle install --path vendor --binstubs'" >> /home/aaronkalair/.bashrc There we go that worked aaronkalair@3ac49ab61513:/cookbooks/teabot$ bundle-install....Bundle complete! 3 Gemfile dependencies, 104 gems now installed.Bundled gems are installed into ./vendor. Now we need Docker available from within the container so kitchen-docker can make containers. The easiest way to do this appears to be to mount the socket from the host into the container . So let's change the run command to: docker run -it -v /Users/aaronkalair/cookbooks:/cookbooks -v chefdk /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock And install the Docker cli inside the container RUN apt-get install -y curl build-essential docker.io This gets us access to the Docker CLI inside the container but it doesn’t appear to be able to talk to the Deamon on the host aaronkalair@4280bf11224b:/$ docker psGot permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get : dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.26/containers/json Looking at its permissions reveals why aaronkalair@4280bf11224b:/$ ls -lah /var/run/docker.socksrw-rw---- 1 root staff 0 Dec 22 11:32 /var/run/docker.sock Only the user or users in the group can read and write from the socket, I’m going to fix this by adding my user to the staff group. Be careful what you do here though as anyone with access to the Docker socket has root access to the host. root staff aaronkalair RUN usermod -a -G staff aaronkalair And now we can talk to the Docker deamon aaronkalair@43db476d04f7:/$ docker psCONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES43db476d04f7        chefdk              "/bin/bash"         2 seconds ago       Up 1 second                             upbeat_panini So let's try and converge our test kitchen! aaronkalair@43db476d04f7:/cookbooks/teabot$ ./bin/kitchen converge....Lots of Good Things... Failed to complete #create action: [Cannot assign requested address - connect(2) for [::1]:32776] on default-ubuntu-1604 That’s odd, isn’t much more helpful just saying kitchen list Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL Have I just gotten really unlucky and something else has used 32776 for its empheral port? Lets install and have a look. netstat aaronkalair@43db476d04f7:/cookbooks/teabot$ apt-get install net-tools E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? Oops, we’ll need to pop into the container as root to debug this docker run -it -v /Users/aaronkalair/cookbooks:/cookbooks -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock chefdk -u root And then shows just one connection on port netstat 50332 root@e075956d7a2b:/# netstatActive Internet connections (w/o servers)Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         Statetcp        0      0 e075956d7a2b:50332      keeton.canonical.c:http TIME_WAITActive UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers)Proto RefCnt Flags       Type       State         I-Node   Path Interesting, we are doing some weird Docker inside of Docker thing, maybe its in use on the host? Aarons-iMac:~ aaronkalair$ netstat | grep 32776 Nope not being used there either. Can we bind to port ourselves outside of kitchen? 32776 root@e075956d7a2b:/# nc -l 32776 root@e075956d7a2b:/# nc -l 0.0.0.0 32776 Yep, that all works fine Can we this magical thing that’s hogging port ? curl 32776 root@e075956d7a2b:/# curl -v localhost:32776* Rebuilt URL to: localhost:32776/*   Trying 127.0.0.1...* TCP_NODELAY set* connect to 127.0.0.1 port 32776 failed: Connection refused*   Trying ::1...* TCP_NODELAY set*** Immediate connect fail for ::1: Cannot assign requested address*   Trying ::1...*** TCP_NODELAY set* Immediate connect fail for ::1: Cannot assign requested address* Failed to connect to localhost port 32776: Connection refused* Closing connection 0curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 32776: Connection refused That’s interesting, gives us the same error as from test-kitchen, is this some weird IPv6 thing? ::1: A quick Google confirms that IPv6 only works in Docker if you specify a special flag — https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/default_network/ipv6/ By default, the Docker daemon configures the container network for IPv4 only. You can enable IPv4/IPv6 dualstack support by running the Docker daemon with the flag. --ipv6 Ok well I don’t actually need IPv6 so how do I stop it trying to use it? Well is defined in as localhost /etc/hosts root@e075956d7a2b:/# cat /etc/hosts127.0.0.1 localhost::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopbackfe00::0 ip6-localnetff00::0 ip6-mcastprefixff02::1 ip6-allnodesff02::2 ip6-allrouters172.17.0.2 e075956d7a2b So if I just nuke those IPv6 lines maybe it will be fine? (Sidenote: Apparently editing can alter the IPv6 before IPv4 behaviour — ) /etc/gai.conf https://askubuntu.com/a/38468 root@e075956d7a2b:/# vi /etc/hostsroot@e075956d7a2b:/# cat /etc/hosts127.0.0.1 localhost172.17.0.2 e075956d7a2b And lets try to converge again (with debug logging incase its helpful) root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# ./bin/kitchen converge -l debug...D      [SSH] opening connection to kitchen@localhost<{:user_known_hosts_file=>"/dev/null", :port=>32776, :compression=>false, :compression_level=>0, :keepalive=>true, :keepalive_interval=>60, :timeout=>15, :keys_only=>true, :keys=>["/cookbooks/teabot/.kitchen/docker_id_rsa"], :auth_methods=>["publickey"], :verify_host_key=>false}>$$$$$$ [SSH] connection failed, terminating (#<Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2) for 127.0.0.1:32776>) Alright then that confirms the issue above was from trying to use IPv6 in a Docker environment not configured for it. Now we have a new issue, the SSH connection to port is being refused. 32776 Is anything actually listening on that port locally? Back to our friend netstat root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# netstat --listeningActive Internet connections (only servers)Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         StateActive UNIX domain sockets (only servers)Proto RefCnt Flags       Type       State         I-Node   Path Nope. Has test-kitchen actually managed to make a container running an SSH deamon? root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# docker psCONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                   NAMES9ca4e56ab0b4        2fe546b254ce        "/usr/sbin/sshd -D..."   56 minutes ago      Up About an hour    0.0.0.0:32776->22/tcp   defaultubuntu1604-nologin-43db476d04f7-hds4zcup Certainly looks like it, if we exec into that container is actually running? sshd root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# docker exec -it 9ca4e56ab0b4 bashroot@9ca4e56ab0b4:/# ps -efUID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMDroot         1     0  0 16:17 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D -o UseDNS=no -o UsePAM=no -o PasswordAuthentication=yesroot         6     0  0 17:15 pts/0    00:00:00 bashroot        16     6  0 17:15 pts/0    00:00:00 ps -ef Yep! And looking at the output of above we see where came from, its the port that 22 in the container is mapped to on the host. docker ps 32776 But we’re not on the host machine we’re inside a container on Dockers own network. Ok so here’s where we are: kitchen-docker has made a container that it can run inside but it assumes we’re running on the host machine and there will be listening at the port Docker has mapped onto, on chef sshd 22 localhost We’re inside a Docker container on the network Docker has made, not the host, and therefore can’t use the port mapping and no matter what port it's on its not on localhost for us 22 -> 32776 Fortunately all of these problems should be solvable, we’re on the same network as the container running so we should be able to talk to IP via its IP address. sshd root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# docker inspect 9ca4e56ab0b4 | grep -i ipaddress"SecondaryIPAddresses": null,"IPAddress": "172.17.0.3","IPAddress": "172.17.0.3", A quick sanity check to see if we can talk to it In the container created by kitchen-docker root@9ca4e56ab0b4:/# nc -l -p 5000PING^C In the container running chefdk root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# telnet 172.17.0.3 5000Trying 172.17.0.3...Connected to 172.17.0.3.Escape character is '^]'.PING Excellent so that works, now to modify kitchen-docker The port and hostname are set here — https://github.com/test-kitchen/kitchen-docker/blob/master/lib/kitchen/driver/docker.rb#L124 So let's just quickly hack the IP address and port 22 into there to check it works root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# vi vendor/ruby/2.4.0/gems/kitchen-docker-2.6.0/lib/kitchen/driver/docker.rb <some quick edits> And lets see if that works: root@e075956d7a2b:/cookbooks/teabot# ./bin/kitchen converge -l debug... D      [SSH] kitchen@172.17.0.3<{:user_known_hosts_file=>"/dev/null", :port=>"22", :compression=>false, :compression_level=>0, :keepalive=>true, :keepalive_interval=>60, :timeout=>15, :keys_only=>true, :keys=>["/cookbooks/teabot/.kitchen/docker_id_rsa"], :auth_methods=>["publickey"], :verify_host_key=>false}> (sudo -E sh -c ' [SSH] Established... There we go it works! I wrote this patch for kitchen-docker to do the above without hardcoding in the IP address — https://github.com/test-kitchen/kitchen-docker/pull/283/files (Sidenote: A really easy way to get the IP address of a Docker container given its ID is) docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' <container id> So there we go you can run ChefDK and kitchen-docker inside of a Docker container (with some small changes to kitchen-docker). To finish this off I installed inside the container, and mounted my , and config from the host into the container so I don’t have to leave the container to switch between editing and testing. vim vim git chef (Although the cookbooks are mounted from the host so you could just edit them on the host and then switch to the container to test if you wanted) You can see the final Dockerfile and run commands on my Github repo here — https://github.com/AaronKalair/docker_apps/tree/master/chefdk Follow me on Twitter @AaronKalair

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Libra Is Not A Gateway Cryptocurrency Oh Facebook. I remember when you were just a kid, full of people’s lunch menus, workout pics, and the occasional political ramble (OK, so some things never change). Now you’re trying to create a cryptocurrency. It was easy to be excited when Libra was first announced. This must mean big things for Bitcoin and for cryptocurrencies of all sorts. That excitement quickly died. It’s honestly a shame Facebook is even calling Libra a cryptocurrency. It’s one big facade. They’re the con man promising you a decentralized, tamper-proof digital currency when all you’ll be getting is a glorified PayPal that will steal your anonymity and sell your data like hotcakes. I don’t blame people for seeing Facebook’s Libra as a big step forward for blockchain and decentralized technology. They see that Libra puts crypto on the radar. They think that if people are willing to use Libra, they’ll be willing to use Bitcoin. I get it. It’s not the start of a worldwide shift towards digital currencies. In reality, Libra is why crypto matters at all. It’s the answer to the classic question: “Why do we need Bitcoin?” But Libra is not a gateway cryptocurrency. EXACTLY Why Would Facebook Create Libra? Great question. I wondered the same thing. Why would a company that’s getting regularly slammed for censorship, , and data abuse suddenly make a move into the realm of finance?Why would Facebook thrust their necks out in an environment where people are already wary of “sell-us-your-soul” social media platforms?That’s not the face of someone who loves testifying before Congress. Source: Why would they take on the and in what they must have known would be a costly slog through a cumbersome regulatory environment? I’m sure that Zuckerberg is but excited to go before Congress . And all this for something that is barely distinguishable from PayPal? election manipulation WSJ U.S. SEC House Financial Services Committee anything again No. Upon initial review, it’s easy to think that perhaps Facebook made a mistake. Or maybe it was purely an opportunistic gamble. Jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon before it fully leaves the station and Google makes an entrance. Spearhead regulatory efforts to earn the praise of both crypto-fundamentalists and Facebook shareholders. But that’s not it. This isn’t just a “let’s-be-the-first-to-do-this” mentality. This is part of a much, much broader move by Facebook, and the Feds happy to hop on the Libra train (whether they will is hard to tell. I don’t think our lawmakers have a good enough understanding of either finance or technology to see the writing on the wall). should be The recent of the Libra Association’s founding members shows just what Facebook is willing to endure to get this through. exit of seven What is the move? The public outcry over data concerns and the regulatory shit show is Facebook’s price to pay, not an unforeseen consequence. In fact, I would imagine it’s all going according to plan. We all know that we all played it… source The reality is that Facebook’s business model has shifted dramatically from its inception. No one under the age of 40 is posting regularly on Facebook and FarmVille has long since faded to irrelevance. They have billions of dollars and a finger on the social media pulse, so they regularly buy up those companies that catch lightning in a bottle (think Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.). They make them an offer they can’t refuse and then add that app into the United Apps of Facebook. God Bless. But they’re clearly not content to stop there. I expect that what Facebook envisions is to be the digital identity manager. They’re already doing this. Look anywhere and you’ll see the convenient “Login with Facebook” button. You can use Facebook to prove your identity so you can swipe away to your heart’s content on dating apps. And the Facebook cash cow just keeps on growing as they drill deeper and deeper for that precious data. all-in-one Drill baby drill. Libra is like the offshore oil rig of data collection. It’s opening up a whole new oil field for data drilling, all under the guise of “censorship-resistant” and “decentralized.” . Now don’t get me wrong, if Libra works it will be It will be the “sign up through Facebook” button of digital subscriptions. Signup for Netflix, Spotify, or Tinder Gold with a click of a button. Pay bills, rent cars, earn rewards, send money to friends, or contribute to your fantasy league pool with no more trouble than logging in with Facebook today. Venmo is nice, but this would be Venmo 2.0. Yeah right convenient. Consider too that Libra is the puzzle piece that conveniently brings financial data into the digital identity picture for all Facebook users. Imagine the value of these digital identities when spending habits and financial metrics are included. All owned by Facebook. It’s like a Facebook wet dream. This is like the Cookie Monster discovering edibles for the first time (cookies that make me want to eat more cooookies?!). I wish I had been a fly on the wall for that Facebook board room meeting. The Feds will support Libra. Happily, with open arms. They’ll guffaw and huff until they’re convinced that Facebook will play by their rules and why wouldn’t they? Facebook is trying to tap into the world’s greatest data field. The Feds will be glad to classify Libra as a cryptocurrency because it will take the heat off their regulatory suppression of Bitcoin. They’ll yell “we’re not against crypto! Look, we let you have Libra!” They’ll remind us that if we play by their rules, they’ll let us have crypto. But only if the cryptocurrency looks like Libra. That’s what I think of Libra. It sounds less like the champion for the success of decentralized technologies and more like the manifestation of every Bitcoiner’s nightmare. This doesn’t bring us closer to Bitcoin. It reminds us why we need decentralized assets. Facebook is the reason that every single one of us should be concerned with the exploitation of our data. If anything, Facebook and Libra are the antithesis of Bitcoin. exactly Let that sink in for a second. What now? I don’t mean to be a downer. If Libra works out it will end up being extremely convenient for all of us. I used the “Login with Facebook” feature twice just in the writing of this article. But we can’t lose sight of what Libra actually is. It is a ploy to collect a complete picture of every Facebook user. It is another move in the large scale exploitation of our data. Remember that. Now, definitely go double-check your private keys. I’m not going to tell you to go delete your Facebook or not use Libra. I’ll probably use it. But know exactly what it is you’re doing. Remember that Facebook owns everything you give it. So be you’re careful about what it is that you give them. And don’t let anyone call Libra a cryptocurrency. FOLLOW me on Twitter: @noamlevenson I love getting questions or suggestions, so comment away! I do my best to respond to all thoughtful comments.

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The Noonification: State of the Noonion 2024: HackerNoon Keeps on Blogging (4/2/2024)

This is a redacted version of the by CEO David Smooke and COO Linh Smooke sent to 1.3k shareholders. Picture: HackerNoon Team in an All-Hands Meeting. HackerNoon shareholders' newsletter TL;DR Revenue is slightly down, traffic is slightly up, rate of product development is up, expenses are down, and AI is assisting us but is not replacing us anytime soon 🙂 How can you help? Referral, referral, referral: we recently experimented with a Business Blogging Sales Referral Program for a 12 or 52-credit pack. If you think you can help refer customers to publish their announcements, blog posts, or technical documentation with HackerNoon, we are more than happy to share the details of the Referral Program with you! Here are some high-level updates since our last shareholder letter, which was . We keep this update succinct, with lots of links sprinkled throughout, as we’ve actually written a throughout the year. sent on June 19, 2023 lot of mini-updates Read the full Blog Post below for full context. 📈 Traffic & Editorial in the Age of AI 📈 HackerNoon Readership & Traffic HackerNoon readership and traffic remain stronger than ever: 2023 (especially the latter half) was a great year for traffic. With for different types of and , simpler micro-engagement mechanisms for users ( , , ), we published 18,659 stories (compared to 13k in 2022), and on-boarded 29k new writers (compared to 22k in 2022). I think this is a huge testament to our human-first (we are documenting our protocol at , which is powered by the HackerNoon CMS). In a world where content is inundated by AI, HackerNoon remains one of the few places on the internet with , , and . simpler sign-up flows users actions open commenting for all published writers polls voting & commenting history for readers easy-peezy templates for aspiring writers editorial protocol EditingProtocol.com a Second Human Rule an AI & Plagiarism Detector 2-way communications between editors & writers Even more encouragingly, we continue to ride this tailwind into 2024 as well: Here’s a list of the top-performing HackerNoon stories/pages in 2023: Niche: by Programming 14 Patterns to Ace Any Coding Interview Question Fahim ul Haq Niche: , by , translated to 7 different languages, including Spanish Cybersecurity Cómo hackear cuentas de Facebook: 5 vulnerabilidades comunes original English version Jessica Truong Niche: by Media The Tom Holland Spider-Man Movies in Order of Release Date Jose Hernandez Niche: by Futurism Apple CarPlay Not Working [SOLVED] How to Fix Common Issues Khunshan Ahmad Niche: , published by Web3 How to Implement a Merkle Tree in Solidity Daniel Shvetsov ! HackerNoon Search And here’s a list of top performing HackerNoon stories/pages YTD in 2024: Niche: 任天堂、パルワールドで沈黙を破る, by , translated into 12 languages, including Japanese Gaming original English version Player Auctions Niche: by Programming How to Read Text File in Python? Srinivas Ramakrishna Niche: , published by Machine Learning Open-Source: The Next Step in AI Revolution MinIO Niche: , published by Product Management To Focus or Not Focus: How to Find the Right Product-Market Fit Denis Pushkin Niche: , published by Tech Companies Apple Customers Return Vision Pro By The Droves Allan Grain page! Why Publish on HackerNoon We’ve continued to scale up audiences via niche newsletter growth. Notably, which is an editor-written weekly commentary on our , has now passed 100 editions and 45k+ subscribers. Additionally, the 22 niche technology newsletters (one for each new category) have been growing steadily and now total 280k+ subscribers. In total, we send well over half a million emails a day (!) The Tech Company Brief, proprietary tech company ranking data AHREFs, the top SEO software, . This is a testament to building up our internet presence over the years, publishing more quality stories day after day and year after year, and the rest of the internet’s willingness to cite and talk about HackerNoon stories. For reference, here are some similarly ranked domains that historically carry much higher valuations, many of which are also community-driven technology education destinations: , , , , , , , , , , , and . Here’s a screenshot from 2/29/24: ranks HackerNoon.com as the 2,750th most valuable domain worldwide Kaggle at 2,802 Heroku at 2,824 Google Earth at 2,861 Delaware at 2,870 NextJS at 2,880 GQ at 2,881 Brown at 2,834 Seeking Alpha at 2,844 Hotels at 2,907 Snap at 2,993 Cal Tech at 2,999 1Password at 3,011 Since we started HackerNoon, we’ve outlived many tech sites and products that we’ve (mostly) admired: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and of course, . We don’t take joy in these (mostly) impactful businesses dying, but it is a reminder that HackerNoon keeps on blogging. Vice Artifact Protocol Future Apple EV InVision The Messenger, IRL (lol) Meta Portal Buzzfeed News Anki Google+ Microsoft’s Mixer Recur, HouseParty Essential The Outline Bodega Loon LG Phones Nuzzel Mandolin Fast Argo AI, Kite Kitty Hawk Udayy Blackberry (again), Telltale Games Revue Quibi 💰 Revenue & Business Development Net Income 📉amist & in tech & media bear markets mass layoffs Both revenue and expenses are down in 2023 YoY. We made in revenue in 2023, and spent about - a slight dip compared to 2022. Our net income remains level; however, we have some catching up to do in 2024. Our 2024 revenue projection is , and expenses project to be in 2024. We are determined to be profitable again in 2024, 2025, and beyond. redacted redacted redacted redacted Business Blogging We’ve fine-tuned our to include better returns for customers and better margins for HackerNoon. We built a , raised the prices per post and improved the performance per premium post by adding , , , and better customer service. In 2023, we onboarded 609 new businesses and published 1,624 , averaging a net income of /story (compared to 2022 net income of /story). Business Blogging self-service flow to request a business blogging trial 12 language translations multi-voice audio file creation managed paid social promotion good company stories redacted redacted Encouragingly, so far in 2024, we’ve made about half of our revenue in , surpassing both and . Not only is this good because content is at the heart of our business value prop, but also because this is a true unlimited inventory, independent of past or future traffic, we can always publish another blog post. Business Blogging Niche Ads Writing Contests Additionally, we’ve seen an increased demand to publish press releases from wire services, with customers such as , , , and . We’re building a custom technology press release solution that includes distribution across traditional press release sites in addition to business blogging’s default, social, audio, multi-lingual, email, and on-site distribution. ChainWire FinanceWire GamingWire BTCWire Business Database Scale Up with and Startups of the Year Evergreen Tech Company News Pages Startups of the Year 2023 concluded with ! The winners and nominees were excited, you can see a taste of their enthusiasm on , , and . Our evergreen news pages are up to covered (ranking S&P 500, public companies, and startups alike). Companies with a regular to an Evergreen Premium with more control over their internet presence. Our is also hosted on ( & ) and ! over 623k votes, 30k startups, and 1k+ winners Twitter/X J) LinkedIn around the web 12k+ total companies Evergreen Page can claim, edit and also upgrade their page unique dataset curating the news about these companies Hugging Face their CEO CTO commented reused by MongoDB Vertical Category Curation Diversifies Streams of Income We curated our entire library of 100k+ stories and into . This divides the library into 22 starting points, like , / , / , to name a few. Advertisers now buy entire categories to ensure across our site. We made combined in Niche Ads & Billboard ads in 2023, compared to the total in Billboard alone in 2022. That means each pageview on the page is worth 11% more! 50k tags 22 categories /ai cloud business content-relevant ad placements redacted redacted HR, Payroll Reduction, “trimming the fats” Both David & Linh have taken a payroll reduction in 2023 by 50%, and we will continue to cut our salaries significantly in 2024 until the company gets back on track. We’ve also reduced our staff by half. HackerNoon started 2023 with 40 staff members and started 2024 with only 20. Experiments with new inventories in 2023 and beyond We introduced with our European partner, . We learned in 2022 & 2023 that convert more advertisers & long-term business partners than our regular top-nav billboard ads. HackerNoon’s Job Board Jobbio targeted, niched and relevant ads We also launched the ! This is proof of concept for a docu-series on the future of the internet. It costs $2.99 and is a great way to spend 30 minutes of your time while supporting HackerNoon. HackerNoon Documentary In 2024, we are thoughtfully looking into programmatic ads to capitalize on our stable, quality traffic more efficiently. 🚀 Infrastructure Overhaul & Product Development HackerNoon 3.0 The great refactoring. As a platform that makes software completely in-house, we get to choose . Starting mid-2023, we’ve decided to migrate our backend database from Firestore/Google to Mongodb, our frontend tech from Vercel premium to a combination of Vercel/Svelkit, and our email host from Sendgrid to Elastic. Removing Firestore greatly reduces the number of reads we pay for, and removing SendGrid greatly reduces the cost per email sent.  Not only will these refactorings make HackerNoon lighter, simpler, and more efficient, but they will also help reduce our cost of production by an estimated 25-35%. which technology companies to partner with ( , ) HackerNoon Mobile App Apple Google Our mobile app officially and has gone through 9 iterations already since September 2023! We were briefly the in the US, Vietnam, Brazil, and Ukraine during launch month. (version ), users can , , , and any story to HackerNoon. And we added 12 additional languages to read our prime library of technology stories. This update is a commitment to helping technologists to not only more easily create content but also to reach and serve worldwide readers from their mobile devices. launched top 100 apps With the latest version 1.9 read write listen submit More mobile app release notes. Niche Technology Publication Network powered by the HackerNoon CMS (beta) In just a few clicks, a HackerNoon account can turn into a standalone site. This year, we are building a 500+ owned network of sites via the HackerNoon CMS with a focus on curating and distributing the world’s highest-quality open-source content. HackerNoon sites are now going live every week. Some WIP examples include: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and more coming soon! LearnRepo.com Memeology.tech HackerNoon.tech EditingProtocol.com Escholar.tech TextModels.tech Blog.DavidSmooke.Net HackerNoon.LinhDaoSmooke.com PublicDomain.tech LegalPDF.tech OpenDatasets.tech Roasts.tech CompanyBrief.tech StoryTemplates.tech SupportNoon.com UnknownAuthor.tech Noonion.tech HackerEvents.tech DearElon.tech Blog.Slogging.com CoinWikis.com Noonification.com HistoricalEmails.com Beautiful Landing Pages powered by the HackerNoon CMS We also started to host many pages in-house using our own page-builder as opposed to using 3rd party CMS like Squarespace, Wix, or Strikingly. Examples of some of these in-house landing pages using our own page builder Include: , , ( ,  # , # , # ), , , ( , , ), & . HackerNoon Mobile App Web 2.5 Why Publish Pages Content Startups AI Programming About Page Slogging.com Testimonial Pages Writers Customers Readers Writing Contests Technological Integration In order to make the content management system that powers HackerNoon best in class, we can’t build everything ourselves. Some of the recent notable CMS integrations include: We integrate a lot of best-in-class solutions and technologies. for all published writers. Username.HackerNoon namespaces minted on the blockchain via namespace.gg . AI-written submissions have gone through the roof, but unlike other blogging platforms, we do not blindly publish AI-created content. This cat-and-mouse game will continue to evolve! Originality.ai and other tools for AI Writing Detection (for those visitors currently logged into Google). This one is averaging about 850 new accounts per day 😀 Signup/Signin with Google for easier account creation and login and . This type of content portability increases our rate of publishing. Importing of text transcripts from Youtube Importing of full blog posts from RSS and other blogging platforms to make the site more fun. Added GIPHY to story editing and commenting New search discovery experience and renewed partnership with Algolia Yet another year of our mutually beneficial partnership (we pay them via in-kind ads!) Algolia helps beautifully index and discover our content, while we surface their Ad on & . our search page search bar Steering into the internet’s pixelated ethos and using open source design as an adoption channel are the 1,440 original icons used on HackerNoon, and now they are open sourced and available on , and as This builds on our open source release of the , which is up to Use of our icons and fonts in other sites and apps are subtle endorsements of HackerNoon’s way of publishing, and our network of owned CMS sites will scale up this usage. 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Stand der Noonion 2024: HackerNoon bloggt weiter

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State of the Noonion 2024: HackerNoon continua blogando

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