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The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The Launch of the Etch A Sketch in 1960, The Rolling Stones Played Their First Show in 1962, Thomas J. Watson Predicted That Eectronics Would Replace Mechanical Moving Parts in Machines. in 1949, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Futurism Is Broken to Turn Your PDF Library into a Searchable Research Database with 100 Lines of Code, let’s dive right in.
A Beginners Guide On How to Be More Visible at Work
By @vinitabansal [ 9 Min read ] How do you get your work noticed, acknowledged, and valued so that you can put your skills to use? Read More.
How to Actually Read Weather Radar (Like a Developer)
By @oleksiischastlyvyi [ 3 Min read ] You’ve probably used a weather app. Maybe you’ve even built one. But do you actually know what a radar map is really telling you – or hiding from you? Read More.
Turn Your PDF Library into a Searchable Research Database with 100 Lines of Code
By @badmonster0 [ 10 Min read ] How to index academic research papers by extracting metadata (e.g., title, authors, abstract) for AI agents and AI workflows using LLMs and CocoIndex. Read More.
Futurism Is Broken
By @tprstly [ 2 Min read ] Will futurists remain passive researchers, become activists, or something else entirely? Read More.
How We Got ChatGPT to Recommend Us (And How You Can Too)
By @genprompt [ 5 Min read ] AI discovery is the new frontier—and if your agency isn’t AI-citable, you’re invisible. Learn how we engineered our way into ChatGPT and how you can, too. Read More.
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