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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 13, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Microsoft Goes Public in 1986, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Using Mavens Dependency Analyzer to Get Rid of Unused Dependencies is Dangerous Advice Today to Man Who Lost $775 Million in Bitcoin Now Wants to Buy the Entire Landfill, let’s dive right in.


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machine-learning

Why AI Needs to Lose (a Little) to Recognize Your Face Better

TL;DR A review of Face Recognition loss functions, exploring advancements from ArcFace to modern adaptive and prototype-based methods for improved accuracy.

By @evansky [ 13 Min read ]

Significant progress has been made in Face Recognition in recent years. This review offers a brief overview of key tasks, models, and solution methods, focusing on the evolution of loss functions.

For this review, I’ll focus on how the FR landscape has changed since ArcFace, particularly in recent years...

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machine-learning

MCP: The Universal Standard Making AI Systems Talk (And Why Big Tech Is Betting Everything On It)

TL;DR The Model Context Protocol has emerged as the universal translator for artificial intelligence, and its redefining what integrated AI systems can achieve.

By @jay9thakur [ 8 Min read ]

While everyone's been obsessing over model sizes and benchmark scores, a quiet revolution has been unfolding behind the scenes. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as the universal translator for artificial intelligence, and it's redefining what integrated AI systems can achieve.

Implementation timelines tell the story:..

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programming

Using Mavens Dependency Analyzer to Get Rid of Unused Dependencies is Dangerous Advice Today

TL;DR The current state of the Maven analyzer doesnt offer any benefit to modern Spring Boot projects.

By @nfrankel [ 4 Min read ]

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While it was a great idea years ago, it's dangerous advice today. In this post, I'd like to explain what the plugin does and why you shouldn't use it but in the most straightforward projects.

-- dependency:analyze

-- maven-dependency-analyzer

Here's a very simplified flow:..

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startups

Lessons I’ve Learned as a UX/UI Designer in a Failed Startup

TL;DR Lessons from a failed website builder startup fro UI/UX designers and developers

By @kristinazima [ 8 Min read ]

Working as a solo UX/UI designer in a startup can be an exhilarating experience, filled with opportunities for innovation, rapid learning, and creative freedom. Failure, however, is an inevitable part of growth — I know this firsthand as the UX/UI designer for a website builder startup that didn’t succeed...

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web3

Man Who Lost $775 Million in Bitcoin Now Wants to Buy the Entire Landfill

TL;DR James Howells, who lost 8,000 Bitcoins in a landfill, now plans to buy the entire site in a last-ditch effort to recover his $775M fortune. Will it work?

By @jonstojanjournalist [ 2 Min read ]

The saga began when Howells’ then-girlfriend mistakenly threw away the hard drive while cleaning out old computer parts. Realizing his devastating loss, Howells rushed to the sprawling landfill, roughly the size of a football field. The sheer scale of the task made recovery seem nearly impossible...

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On This Day

Microsoft Goes Public

Ten years after the company’s founding, Microsoft Corporation stock goes public at $21 per share. The stock, which eventually closed at $27.75 a share, peaked at $29.25 a share shortly after the opening. It is said that the rising value of Microsoft stock has made an estimated 4 billionaires and...

Poll Of the Week

Will true decentralization ever be achieved?

Decentralization - the ultimate goal of modern internet development. Will it be able to leverage blockchain and peer-to-peer networks to shift power from central authorities to communities, promoting collective trust and transparency?

Yes – True decentralization is achievable. Innovative technologies and evolving governance models can eventually overcome centralized power structures.
No – It’s unlikely true decentralization will ever be realized. Challenges like scalability, economic incentives, and inherent human tendencies toward hierarchy may always lead to some centralization.
It depends – It may depend on the definition and context. The feasibility of true decentralization can vary depending on how it is defined across technical, political, and social contexts.
Unsure – I need more information before deciding. The complexities and evolving nature of decentralization leave some uncertain until further evidence and developments emerge.

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