Hacker News Recap

A podcast that recaps some of the top posts on Hacker News every day. This is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by Wondercraft.ai. Create your own news rundown podcast at app.wondercraft.ai

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April 19th, 2023 | Is social media linked mental illness?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 19th, 2023. (00:41): StableLM: A new open-source language model Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35629127 (01:59): Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35627107 (03:19): An example of LLM prompting for programming Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35626015 (04:45): Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but ...

Apr 20, 2023•14 min

April 18th, 2023 | Netflix DVD service comes to an end after 25 years

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 18th, 2023. (00:39): Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten survival Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614313 (01:46): Marginalia: DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35611923 (02:54): An example of LLM prompting for programming Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35612494 (04:21): Firefox may soon reject Cookie ...

Apr 19, 2023•13 min

April 17th, 2023 | Making friends as an adult is tough

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 17th, 2023. (00:43): MiniGPT-4 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35598281 (02:16): RedPajama: Reproduction of LLaMA with friendly license Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35600860 (03:31): Samsung considers moving to Bing as default search engine Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35600087 (04:51): iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps on iPhone Original post: htt...

Apr 18, 2023•15 min

April 16th, 2023 | De-stressing Booking.com

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 16th, 2023. (00:45): De-Stressing Booking.com Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35590734 (01:25): I used Stable Diffusion and Dreambooth to create an art portrait of my dog Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35592847 (02:01): AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35592607 (02:45): 'Algebra for none' fails in San Fr...

Apr 17, 2023•8 min

April 15th, 2023 | Google's internal chat deletion

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 15th, 2023. (00:37): Why does a plastic-wrapped turkey sandwich cost $15 at the NYC airport? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35580847 (02:20): WebGPU Fundamentals Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35579334 (03:43): Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to history-off” Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35585174 (04:50): Remote code execution vulnerability in Google th...

Apr 16, 2023•15 min

April 14th, 2023 | TikTok's recommendation algorithm: Monolith

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 14th, 2023. (00:44): Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island (2007) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35567026 (01:38): Prompt injection: what’s the worst that can happen? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35572290 (03:19): The FAA has granted SpaceX permission to launch its Starship rocket Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35575298 (04:30): Spanish climber emerg...

Apr 15, 2023•14 min

April 13th, 2023 | Bob Lee's alleged killer in custody

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 13th, 2023. (00:42): Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35555525 (01:54): YouTube-DL Hosting Ban Paves the Way to Privatized Censorship Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35553337 (03:14): The art of auto engineering Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35552393 (04:32): Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in...

Apr 14, 2023•14 min

April 12th, 2023 | Replacing friends with an LLM?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 12th, 2023. (00:42): Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35536550 (01:53): Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35543668 (03:10): Replacing my best friends with an LLM trained on 500k group chat messages Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35540154 (04:25): NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affi...

Apr 13, 2023•15 min

Hacker News Recap | April 11th, 2023

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 11th, 2023. (00:45): I worked at Google for -10 days Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35525294 (02:22): Substack Notes Launched Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35526768 (03:45): We're building a browser when it's supposed to be impossible Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35521704 (05:13): SQL Maxis: Why We Ditched RabbitMQ and Replaced It with a Postgres Queue Original post: http...

Apr 12, 2023•17 min

Hacker News Recap | April 10th, 2023

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 10th, 2023. (00:36): Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75% Original post (02:08): Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source Original post (04:01): rePalm Original post (05:35): Effective Spaced Repetition Original post (07:33): The biggest EV battery recycling plant in the US is open for business Original post (09:40): FTX stored private keys to crypto ass...

Apr 11, 2023•18 min

Hacker News Recap | April 9th, 2023

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 9th, 2023. Show notes: 00:42: The LLama Effect : How an Accidental Leak Sparked a Series of Impressive Open Source Alternatives to ChatGPT Original post 02:10: From Deep to Long Learning? Original post 04:07: EY gets banned from new audit business in Germany Original post 06:22: This USPS facility in Utah does nothing but decipher your bad handwriting Original post 07:56: Perseus -- NextJS alternative in Rust Original post 09:55: Permaf...

Apr 10, 2023•19 min

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