Feb 23, 2025 | DOGE's public ledger has errors, FFmpeg teaches Assembly Language, smartphone-less individuals face app-related penalties - podcast episode cover

Feb 23, 2025 | DOGE's public ledger has errors, FFmpeg teaches Assembly Language, smartphone-less individuals face app-related penalties

Feb 23, 202513 minEp. 33
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 23, 2025.

DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/upshot/doge-musk-trump-errors.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43138238

FFmpeg School of Assembly Language
https://github.com/FFmpeg/asm-lessons/blob/main/lesson_01/index.md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43140614

'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43137488

Amazon now discloses you're buying a license to view Kindle eBooks
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2025/02/22/amazon-now-openly-discloses-youre-buying-a-license-to-view-kindle-ebooks/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43141825

OpenBSD Innovations
https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43143777

Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022)
https://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/3518
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43144611

Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time
https://indieblog.page
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43139953

DigiKey's Tariff Resources
https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/tariff-resources
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43135934

These years in Common Lisp: 2023-2024 in review
https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/these-years-in-common-lisp-2023-2024-in-review/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43089415

Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/02/penn-graduate-student-class-size-cut-trump-funding
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43144940

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