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Hacker News Recap

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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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Episodes

June 17th, 2023 | Hillarious report on Bullshit Jobs

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 17th, 2023. This podcast was generated by Wondercraft: https://www.wondercraft.ai/?utm_source=hackernews_recap Please ping at team AT wondercraft.ai with feedback. (00:36): Update: U+237C ⍼ &Angzarr; Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36369553&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:57): Bullshit Jobs (2018) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373190&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:18): I don't need you...

Jun 18, 202315 min

June 16th, 2023 | Do the Reddit mods really have that much power?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 16th, 2023. This podcast was generated by Wondercraft: https://www.wondercraft.ai/?utm_source=hackernews_recap Please ping at team AT wondercraft.ai with feedback. (00:38): Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36350938?utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:06): Full Time Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36356876?utm_source=wondercraft...

Jun 17, 202315 min

June 15th, 2023 | Reddit strikes back!

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 15th, 2023. This podcast was generated by Wondercraft: https://www.wondercraft.ai/?utm_source=hackernews_recap Please ping at team AT wondercraft.ai with feedback. (00:38): Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36341941?utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:12): Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Continuing Blackouts Original post: https://news.ycombinator...

Jun 16, 202316 min

June 14th, 2023 | Guinness World Record of Linux Reboots

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 14th, 2023. This podcast was generated by Wondercraft: https://www.wondercraft.ai/ Please ping at team AT wondercraft.ai with feedback. (00:36): New York State Senate passes prohibitions on non-competes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36329483 (02:11): I booted Linux 293k times in 21 hours Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36325986 (03:30): The Reddit blackout will continue Original post: https://new...

Jun 15, 202317 min

June 13th, 2023 | David VS Reddit

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 13th, 2023. This podcast was generated by Wondercraft. Full stats: https://www.wondercraft.ai/post/hacker-news-recap-ai-podcast-metrics (00:39): Comic Mono Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36312200 (02:04): Cormac McCarthy has died Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36316079 (03:31): McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36316134 (04:33): ...

Jun 14, 202317 min

June 12th, 2023 | Stable diffusion goes into video

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 12th, 2023. This podcast was generated by Wondercraft: https://www.wondercraft.ai/ Please ping at team AT wondercraft.ai with feedback. (00:36): Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295364 (01:59): The concurrence of three climatic events Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295136 (03:52): Video to video with Stable Diffusion Original post: https://news.yco...

Jun 13, 202317 min

June 11th, 2023 | The darkest day ever for Reddit...

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 11th, 2023. (00:36): Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36277814 (02:02): Reddit Strike Has Started Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36283249 (03:21): Before he was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski was a mind-control test subject Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36279639 (05:06): Inside the Wuhan lab weeks be...

Jun 11, 202316 min

June 10th, 2023 | Mercedes beats Tesla in autonomous driving in Cali

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 10th, 2023. This podcast is produced by Wondercraft https://www.wondercraft.ai/ (00:36): Debian 12 “Bookworm” Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36269934 (02:43): MusicGen: Simple and controllable music generation Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36271926 (04:13): OBS merges WebRTC support Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36273075 (05:48): Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days ...

Jun 10, 202314 min

June 9th, 2023 | The Reddit special

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 9th, 2023. This episode was generated by Wondercraft https://www.wondercraft.ai/ (00:36): ArchiveTeam has saved over 11.2B Reddit links Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254172 (02:15): Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254086 (03:36): Apollo Back end just made public Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36256167 (05:07): The Stack Over...

Jun 10, 202315 min

June 8th, 2023 | Well, Apollo is gone...

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 8th, 2023. Podcast generated by https://www.wondercraft.ai/ (00:34): Apollo will close down on June 30th Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36245435 (01:38): Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36235779 (02:59): iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36243955 (04:34)...

Jun 08, 202315 min

June 7th, 2023 | So are you buying the Vision Pro?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 7th, 2023. (00:37): Notes on Vision Pro Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36219585 (02:05): uBlock Origin 1.50.0 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36227411 (03:30): Royal Navy says quantum navigation test a success Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36222625 (05:05): Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36231313...

Jun 07, 202316 min

June 6th, 2023 | Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good

Check out the brand new Product Hunt Daily podcast: https://www.wondercraft.ai/podcasts/product-hunt-daily This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 6th, 2023. (00:36): Preparing for the Incoming Computer Shopper Tsunami Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36206526 (01:51): Reddit permanently bans account of user advocating Lemmy migration Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36215914 (03:16): GGML – AI at the Edge Original post: https://news.ycomb...

Jun 06, 202314 min

June 5th, 2023 | Is Apple back?

Use #hackernewsrecap and @wondercraft_ai on twitter to drop us feedback. This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 5th, 2023. (00:36): Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36201593 (02:19): The Rust I wanted had no future Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36193326 (03:53): Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36198329 (05:23): Googl...

Jun 05, 202317 min

June 4th, 2023 | Kenya standing strong against Meta

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 4th, 2023. (00:39): Anything can be a message queue if you use it wrongly enough Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36186176 (02:04): Meta Is Trying, and Failing, to Crush Unions in Kenya Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185394 (03:26): High prices make textbook ‘piracy’ acceptable to most students Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36186080 (04:55): Apple Virtualization Framework Or...

Jun 04, 202316 min

June 3rd, 2023 | OpenAI does what OpenAI wants

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 3rd, 2023. (00:38): Fq: Jq for Binary Formats Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36175000 (02:20): Red Hat dropping support for LibreOffice Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36174801 (03:51): Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36179853 (05:16): This site is no longer solar powered for now Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36177762 (...

Jun 04, 202315 min

June 2nd, 2023 | Netflix shareholders unite against executive pay packages...

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 2nd, 2023. (00:38): Scan iPhone backups for traces of compromise by “Operation Triangulation” Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36164340 (02:01): System76's coreboot open firmware manages to disable Intel ME for Raptor Lake Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36166649 (03:48): The Analog Thing: an open source, educational, low-cost modern analog computer Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Jun 02, 202315 min

June 1st, 2023 | Meta heating up the battle on AR/VR...

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 1st, 2023. (00:34): Zig is hard but worth it Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36149462 (01:46): Security.txt file now mandatory for Dutch government websites Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36149004 (03:33): Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36151375 (05:08): I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, so you won't have to Original post...

Jun 02, 202316 min

May 31st, 2023 | I thought Reddit was free...

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 31st, 2023. (00:32): Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36141083 (01:58): The greatest risk of AI is from the people who control it, not the tech itself Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36139852 (03:24): Reddit API Pricing Would Cost Apollo Developer $20M per Year Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36142285 (04:46): Notes apps are where ideas go...

Jun 01, 202316 min

May 30th, 2023 | I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog – their lawyers have subpoenaed me

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 30th, 2023. (00:34): I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog – their lawyers have subpoenaed me Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127800 (01:55): Federal judge: Border searches of cell phones require a warrant Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36130166 (03:33): JMAP – a modern email open standard Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127703 (04:59): Rust has been forked to the Crab La...

May 31, 202316 min

May 29th, 2023 | Putting a Smile on Prisoners' Faces (Literally, with AI)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 29th, 2023. (00:28): Let us serve you, but don't bring us down Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36110527 (01:43): India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arrested protesters' faces Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36113551 (03:05): 300ms Faster: Reducing Wikipedia's total blocking time Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36113430 (04:31): Donut: OCR-Free Document Understa...

May 30, 202316 min

May 28th, 2023 | FBI Infiltrates Discord, Reddit, and WhatsApp

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27th, 2023. (00:31): Why I Left Rust Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36101501 (02:11): YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTube Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36105629 (03:48): Rust: The wrong people are resigning Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36106942 (05:16): ARM’s Cortex A53: Tiny but Important Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

May 29, 202317 min

May 27th, 2023 | ChatGPT in the Courtroom: Maybe We Still Need Human Lawyers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27th, 2023. (00:33): Scar tissues make relationships wear out (2013) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36093954 (01:59): Tarkovsky's films online for free Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36096652 (03:43): Lawyer cites fake cases invented by ChatGPT, judge is not amused Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36097900 (05:00): Servo, the parallel browser engine written in Rust Original post...

May 28, 202316 min

May 26th, 2023 | An Unusual Dementia Deterrent

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 26th, 2023. (00:36): Evidence that the shingles vaccine prevents a good chunk of dementia cases Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36083620 (02:01): Paper Airplane Designs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36087442 (03:27): 0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 years Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36088672 (05:12): Layoffs push down scores on Glassdoor – how compan...

May 27, 202315 min

May 25th, 2023 | Tesla's Autopilot Problems

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 25th, 2023. (00:35): Everything you always wanted to know about mathematics (2013) [pdf] Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36069847 (02:01): AI Canon Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36072268 (03:24): Whistleblower drops 100 GB of Tesla secrets to German news site Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36075886 (05:09): How to Finetune GPT-Like Large Language Models on a Custom Dataset Ori...

May 26, 202316 min

May 24th, 2023 | DoJ Goes After PyPI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 24th, 2023. (00:31): PyPI Was Subpoenaed Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36061407 (02:02): Simple exercise to eliminate gastroesophageal reflux (2022) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36059247 (03:29): Don’t open the details in a modal window, have it be a separate page Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36056376 (05:02): The long road to recover Frogger 2 source from tape drives Ori...

May 25, 202316 min

May 23rd, 2023 | Watched by the Watchmen: FBI's Surveillance Abuse

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 23rd, 2023. (00:29): FBI misused surveillance powers more than 280k times in a year Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36041059 (02:03): Apple announces multibillion deal with Broadcom to make components in the USA Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36044977 (03:30): Waymo and Uber partner to bring autonomous driving technology to Uber Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36043322 (05:08): ...

May 24, 202316 min

May 22nd, 2023 | The Billion-Dollar Blow: EU Hands Meta a Record $1.3bn Privacy Fine

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 20th, 2023. (00:36): Memory Allocation Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36029087 (02:02): Meta fined $1.3B over data transfers to U.S. Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36028845 (03:41): Meta AI announces Massive Multilingual Speech code, models for 1000+ languages Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36034211 (05:16): Severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation Original post: https://new...

May 23, 202316 min

May 21st, 2023 | GPT Bias: Non-native English Speakers Left Behind

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 20th, 2023. (00:33): Writing Python like it's Rust Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36018621 (02:02): The end of the accounting search Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36021197 (03:42): GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36019580 (05:15): Suspicious iOS KeePass Client Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=360201...

May 22, 202316 min

May 20th, 2023 | The Unfortunate Reality Behind Most Suicides

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 20th, 2023. (00:35): Don Knuth plays with ChatGPT Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36012360 (02:11): Rooms.xyz Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36009430 (03:52): People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to stop living Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36010975 (05:13): Writing summaries is more important than reading more books Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com...

May 21, 202316 min

May 19th, 2023 | Building Virtual Worlds: Google Maps, ChatGPT, and Unreal Engine

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 19th, 2023. (00:33): Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles and Unreal Engine Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36000631 (02:10): Orb Farm Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35999835 (03:16): Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36000407 (04:31): Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36006423 (05:51): FreeBSD spend...

May 20, 202315 min
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