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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 16, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Charlie Chaplin is born in 1889, Apollo 16 launched in 1972, and we present you with these top quality stories. From This Illegal Android Hack Will Make You a Better Parent to The Voices That Inspire HackerNoon, let’s dive right in.


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hackernoon

The Voices That Inspire HackerNoon

TL;DR 2 weeks left to participate in the HackerNoon survey and win big prizes! Today, lets look at some of the heartfelt feedback weve received so far.

By @hackernoon [ 3 Min read ]

Hey Hackers,

It's precisely these voices we wanted to hear more from when launching two community surveys back on February 24th. We've been listening to the responses so far, and they're already giving us valuable insights and suggestions.

https://hackernoon.com/1-month-left-to-win-an-ipad-or-sony-headphones-share-your-feedback-and-shape-hackernoons-future?embedable=true

Don’t have our app yet? Download it here...

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programming

This Color Tool Turns Any Image Into a Wes Anderson Fever Dream

TL;DR Ditch RGB. Use LAB to extract, apply, and fine-tune color palettes that make your images look like they belong on the big screen.

By @nailyasaf [ 10 Min read ]

As we saw in the previous article, some colors and palettes displayed differently than we initially expected. This is due to the fact that we used the simplest tools — the RGB model and Euclidean distance calculation. For more advanced processes, however, we need something a little more sophisticated...

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programming

This Illegal Android Hack Will Make You a Better Parent

TL;DR I built a script that connects to your Android device wirelessly and keeps an eye on its volume.

By @sergeishaikin [ 14 Min read ]

Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only. Don't break the law, be nice to your kids, and don't forget that you're responsible for what you do with your own devices.

Download and Extract Platform Tools:

Go to the official Android Developers website:

Download the SDK Platform Tools:

Windows:..

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web3

The Fall of OM by Mantra DAO: Accident or Pattern?

TL;DR The OM Mantra crash exposes deeper market flaws—CEX manipulation, MM abuse, and insider risks. A call for DEX use, diversification, and onchain trust.

By @menaskop [ 3 Min read ]

Let’s not drag this out—I’ll give you the answer right away: it’s a pattern. And it’s not just about Mantra’s internal processes (let others dig into that). No. The real culprit here... is the CEXs and their market makers. Let me briefly share my thoughts on this.

Peace...

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machine-learning

AI is Still a Long Way From Directly Replacing Programmers

TL;DR As of April 2025, the current state of AI technology is that AI is not yet ready to replace programmers for serious tasks.

By @markpelf [ 4 Min read ]

In this article, we are giving a summary of three articles on the Internet supporting the above statement, and the last one is this author’s personal development experience with GitHub Copilot.

Article 1: AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say

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Additional Stories of your interest:

-Your Last MCP to Schedule All Your Social Posts! 🤯

-The Art of Arguing With Yourself—And Why It’s Making AI Smarter

On This Day

Charlie Chaplin is born

Charlie Chaplin, British actor and filmmaker, was born. He was one of the most important figures in the early history of cinema and is still beloved by audiences today. He is best known for his character, the Tramp, who appeared in many of his films.

Poll Of the Week

What's Your Favorite Workhorse Tool for Data Science?

An ever-changing field brings ever changing tool options. Whether you prefer open source or not, there's a plethora of data science tools to choose from. Is there one tool that remains indispensable for your workflow?

18% Excel

9% RStudio

9% Power Bi

57% Python

5% Tableau

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