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The state flag for all 50 states: See the state flags (plus D.C.) and the meaning behind each.http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974cb07774e08ab0cc9b3dfb1aee2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2023%2F03%2F18%2Fcomplete-us-state-flags-list%2F11025139002%2F&c=1314653371667582080&mkt=en-usWhile most Americans are familiar with the stars and stripes of the U.S. flag, others may not know the details and symbols of the other 51 flags of the nation. Each state's flag is representative of ...Mar 18, 2023 8:57 AM
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InterContinental Barcelona, an IHG Hotelhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf1d453114569a2b48ff90889284a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cntraveler.com%2Fhotels%2Fbarcelona%2Fintercontinental-barcelona-an-ihg-hotel&c=4723994272918781906&mkt=en-usThe only luxury hotel in the Poble Sec/Plaça d'Espanya area, new InterContinental Barcelona offers great-value, yet elegant stays for travelers who don’t mind not being smack bang in tourist central.Mar 18, 2023 8:39 AM
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Show HN: Ingest data from your customers (Prequel YC W21)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35170410Hey HN! Charles here from Prequel (https://prequel.co). We just launched the ability for companies to import data from their customer’s data warehouse or database, and we wanted to share a little bit more about it with the community.If you just want to see how it works, here’s a demo of the product that Conor recorded: https://www.loom.com/share/4724fb62583e41a9ba1a636fc8ea92f1.Quick background on us: we help companies integrate with their customer’s data warehouse or database. We’ve been busy helping companies export data to their customers – we’re currently syncing over 40bn rows per month on behalf of companies. But folks kept on asking us if we could help them import data from their customers too. They wanted the ability to offer a 1st-party reverse ETL to their customers, similar to the 1st-party ETL capability we already helped them offer. So we built that product, and here we are.Why would people want to import data? There are actually plenty of use-cases here. Imagine a usage-bMar 15, 2023 4:04 PM
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Ask HN: What should SVB customers have done?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35126141Some of the stories coming out about SVB customers are tragic. But did they do anything wrong? Could or should they have known this was coming? I don’t want to blame the victims, but might some of us be in the same place as they were a few months ago - blissfully unaware of how much our money is at risk? What could they have done? What can we do now?Mar 12, 2023 8:54 PM
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NASA’s State Fact Sheets Highlight Economic Impact in All 50 States, DChttp://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-state-fact-sheets-highlight-economic-impact-in-all-50-states-dcAs a follow-up to its biennial report demonstrating the economic impact of NASA nationwide, the agency released new state-specific information on Monday. Each of the 51 fact sheets, which are the first drafted by the agency, showcase how investments in NASA benefit humanity.Mar 10, 2023 4:45 PM
bing.com
Review: Music Carries the Drama in McVicar’s Normahttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb0375e744f1aa2de6dceca68157e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fobserver.com%2F2023%2F03%2Freview-mcvicars-norma-opera-met%2F&c=5261141277793249788&mkt=en-usThe second act of Bellini’s Norma contains two dramatic twists—one an act of solidarity and the other an act of self-immolation. After revealing that Druid priestesses Norma and Adalgisa are each ...Mar 9, 2023 1:56 AM
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NASA, Smithsonian to Discuss Air Quality Satellite Instrumenthttp://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-smithsonian-to-discuss-air-quality-satellite-instrumentMedia are invited to a joint briefing with NASA and The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 14, to discuss the first space-based instrument to observe major air pollutants across North America every hour during the daytime.Mar 8, 2023 8:35 PM
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How we built a social network with No-Codehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35070143In the Fall of last year, we launched a social network for college students with No-Code.Here’s how we did it:Last summer (after having conversations with a few dozen college students), we stumbled across a very interesting insight:*80% of college students aren’t on Facebook anymore*.Sure, tools like Snapchat and Instagram exist that represent someone’s social graph, but there isn’t a central place for students to go get guidance from other peers. For students to even do simple transactions like exchanging textbooks, finding roommates, or buying sports tickets is messy.This gave us the idea that just maybe students were hungry for a new social network to fill the void Facebook left behind.Our goal was to create a digital community where students could discuss campus life, discover housing options, and buy/sell from other students.### Step 1: Build the PlatformTo make this happen, we started by setting up a (Circle)[https://circle.so/] community specifically for our first college, the UMar 8, 2023 3:27 PM
absurd.design
Show HN: Non-AI created illustrations, crafted by human imaginationhttps://absurd.design/chapter/chapter5Hi Hacker News community! I'm thrilled to introduce my wife, Diana, the creative mastermind behind absurd.design. As a team, we offer hand-drawn illustrations to project makers who appreciate free-spirited and quirky aesthetics.In a time where technology is transforming artwork, Diana strongly believes that the love and emotion a human artist puts into their work cannot be replaced by anything else. That's why absurd.design illustrations are carefully crafted with love and dedication, designed to speak to the emotions of humans like you.We're excited to share our latest project with you - Chapter 5. This collection features 30 hand-drawn illustrations that tell stories about everyday thoughts and emotions. We invite you to explore their expressive strokes and ignite your creativity.If you resonate with Diana's work and want to add a touch of quirky aesthetics to your digital projects, we invite you to join our universe of absurd.design. We love sharing our newest works with project memMar 7, 2023 12:54 PM
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Launch HN: Vellum (YC W23) – Dev Platform for LLM Appshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35042836Hi HN – Noa, Akash, and Sidd here. We’re building Vellum (https://www.vellum.ai), a developer platform for building on LLMs like OpenAI’s GPT-3 and Anthropic’s Claude. We provide tools for efficient prompt engineering, semantic search, performance monitoring, and fine-tuning, helping you bring LLM-powered features from prototype to production.The MLOps industry has matured rapidly for traditional ML (typically open-source models hosted in-house), but companies using LLMs are suffering from a lack of tooling to support things like experimentation, version control, and monitoring. They’re forced to build these tools themselves, taking valuable engineering time away from their core product.There are 4 main pain points. (1) Prompt engineering is tedious and time consuming. People iterate on prompts in playgrounds of individual model providers and store results in spreadsheets or documents. Testing across many test cases is usually not done because of the manual nature of prompt engineeringMar 6, 2023 4:20 PM
spacenews.com
Lonestar raises $5 million for lunar data centershttps://spacenews.com/lonestar-raises-5-million-for-lunar-data-centers/SAN FRANCISCO – Lonestar Data Holdings raised $5 million in seed funding for its plan to establish lunar data centers. Scout Ventures led the round. Participants included Seldor Capital, 2 Future Holding, The Veteran Fund, Irongate Capital, Atypical Ventures and KittyHawk Ventures. “We are thrilled to have completed this successful seed round and are sincerely […]Mar 6, 2023 11:00 AM
bing.com
The 10 best course-management tactics to instantly save you strokeshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cdddcfe2849a9a43de6e80b6b62a3&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgolf.com%2Finstruction%2Fcourse-management-tactics-save-strokes%2F&c=8174556144320176010&mkt=en-usOne way every golfer can improve their game is by mastering course-management tactics. While the best golfers in the world are capable of incorporating such strategies, for amateurs, it’s not always ...Mar 4, 2023 7:52 AM
spaceflightnow.com
SpaceX capsule docks at space station with multinational crewhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2023/03/03/spacex-capsule-docks-at-space-station-with-multinational-crew/SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station Friday, delivering two NASA astronauts, an Emirati astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut to the complex after a short delay for ground teams to uplink a software fix to mask a bad sensor on the capsule’s docking mechanism.Mar 3, 2023 7:25 AM
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Extreme Announce First New Album in 15 Years, Release Driving New Song ‘Rise’http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf633b86c462ba4e17e3fed8a1fb3&url=https%3A%2F%2Floudwire.com%2Fextreme-six-album-rise-video%2F&c=1633852679184749196&mkt=en-usWelcome back, Extreme! The band has announced their first new studio album in 15 years, Six, and also shared the first single from the upcoming set, a driving, gritty rocker called "Rise." Speaking ...Mar 1, 2023 10:31 AM
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Blackhawks’ David Gust scores first NHL goal on first shift: The unlikely story behind ithttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ceaf0f8db4c92b8c25c9764f2dc79&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F4252814%2F2023%2F02%2F26%2Fblackhawks-david-gust-first-nhl-goal-first-shift%2F&c=16265604832443552991&mkt=en-usSAN JOSE, Calif. — David Gust had decided this summer he was moving on from hockey. He was 28 years old. He had put together a fine pro career, including signing an NHL contract with the Carolina ...Feb 25, 2023 11:48 PM
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Microsoft Works: How to Download & Install on Windows 11/10http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf6d801114534b05545892a454cbc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewindowsclub.com%2Finstall-run-microsoft-works-on-windows-10&c=604642840764880280&mkt=en-usMicrosoft actively developed a productivity software suite – Microsoft Works. It was a one-stop-shop for a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a database management system. Later, it was updated to get ...Feb 24, 2023 10:25 AM
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Novel Prompt Injection Threats to Application-Integrated Large Language Modelshttps://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12173Title: More than you've asked for: A Comprehensive Analysis of Novel Prompt Injection Threats to Application-Integrated Large Language ModelsAbstract: We are currently witnessing dramatic advances in the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). They are already being adopted in practice and integrated into many systems, including integrated development environments (IDEs) and search engines. The functionalities of current LLMs can be modulated via natural language prompts, while their exact internal functionality remains implicit and unassessable. This property, which makes them adaptable to even unseen tasks, might also make them susceptible to targeted adversarial prompting. Recently, several ways to misalign LLMs using Prompt Injection (PI) attacks have been introduced. In such attacks, an adversary can prompt the LLM to produce malicious content or override the original instructions and the employed filtering schemes. Recent work showed that these attacks are hard to mitigate,Feb 24, 2023 2:19 AM
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Investing in Space: Texts from orbithttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/23/investing-in-space-texts-from-orbit.htmlRecently I woke up to a text message from a satellite, sent by Lynk Global co-founder and CEO Charles Miller. Satellite communications are in a new era of disruption, and “direct to device” has become one of the hottest topics in the past year. So I caught up with Miller to have him explain the significance of the 20-word message I received, sent by a Lynk team in an area outside of D.C. that has no cell coverage.Feb 23, 2023 5:15 PM
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Ask HN: Shift from Product to Data Engineeringhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34899305TL:DR I have a PhD, 8 years experience in tech PMing. Interested in exploring a change to data engineering...asking advice:1- sources to learn2- does my background help or hurt?3- best way to break in4- any "career therapy" sources--I have a PhD in chemistry and fell into PMing 8 years ago. I have touched a lot of technologies and dealt with embedded systems, consumer tech, SaaS and, of course, data analysis totally out of my field and comfort zone.My current company is good enough on the surface- good package, cool clients, cool tech. It does suffer from key drawbacks - nepotism, micromanagement, silos, total lack of strategic awareness. The result being old-timers rule the roost and even though we're 500 employees it's still managed like a 15-body startup. Turn over is high - senior hires tend to leave in a hurry (1-3 years). I was brought in to help with one of the main product lines. The idea of the hiring manager to get a senior with outside experience to scale. The hiring managerFeb 22, 2023 5:34 PM
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Rode NT1 5th-Generation Microphone Pairs USB-C And XLR With No-Clipping Promisehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb605a64c49a6a298ef433d5bc858&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slashgear.com%2F1204770%2Frode-nt1-5th-generation-microphone-pairs-usb-c-and-xlr-with-no-clipping-promise%2F&c=12413198834053826763&mkt=en-usStudios, podcasters, and streamers aren't short on options for affordable microphones these days, but Rode's latest still manages to stand out with its connectivity, flexibility, and some extra ...Feb 20, 2023 3:01 PM
