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Can We Control the Economy Once Machines Take the Wheel?

TL;DR The Machine Economy is not simply a question of process optimization. It is a fundamental transformation of the very forces driving the economy.

By @monnetbat [ 4 Min read ]

The machine age is no longer simply about robots on assembly lines. We are now poised on the threshold of a new era in which artificial intelligence, automation and robotization are reshaping the workings of the world economy. Welcome to the Machine Economy.

A Systematic Transformation..

Indonesia’s Web3 Ambition Risks Colliding With Beijing’s Playbook

TL;DR Indonesia’s Danantara sovereign wealth fund aims to drive economic growth, but its deepening ties with China raise critical questions about national sovereignty

By @hughharsono [ 7 Min read ]

However, Danantara could also become a major conduit for Chinese strategic influence in Southeast Asia’s digital infrastructure and governance.

Sovereign wealth funds as instruments of strategic competition

SOE-to-SOE diplomacy and China’s influence architecture

Indonesia, Web3, and Danantara

Examining the governance risks surrounding Danantara

Conclusion

Image Source: Reuters..

Seven Years in Tech Taught Me This: Low-Code Is a Power Tool, Not a Magic Wand

TL;DR Tired of waiting on dev queues, I turned to low-code—and accidentally became a one-person product team. Here’s how I went from designer to builder.

By @peoplegeek [ 10 Min read ]

In my nearly seven years navigating the digital trenches, I've seen the full spectrum of software development. I've collaborated closely with developers across tech stacks and spent considerable time exploring the low-code ecosystem. But low-code was the tool that truly changed my career...

How to Compress Images With SVD and TensorFlow Core APIs

TL;DR Learn how to compress images using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) in TensorFlow with practical examples, low-rank approximations, and energy-based tuning.

By @tensorflow [ 15 Min read ]

The singular value decomposition of a matrix, A, is determined by the following factorization:

A=UΣVT

where

When m<n, U and Σ both have dimension (m×m), and VT has dimension (m×n).

The rank-r approximation of A in terms of the SVD is defined by the formula:

Ar=UrΣrVrT

where

Now, compute rank-r approximations for the following ranks : 100, 50, 10

x=(m×r)+r+(r×n)=r×(m+n+1)

c=xy=r×(m+n+1)m×n..

Outsmarting Akamais Bot Detection with JA3Proxy

TL;DR Bypass Akamais network checks by chaining JA3Proxy and residential proxies, spoofing TLS fingerprints and IP reputation for successful web scraping

By @pigivinci [ 14 Min read ]

Akamai Bot Manager is one of the most common anti-bot solutions on the market. It’s used by many high-profile websites, ranging from e-commerce sites to travel sites, and, depending on its configuration, can be challenging to bypass.

While Scrapy Impersonate is a powerful tool, it comes with certain limitations:..

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