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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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October 15th, 2023 | Finland to vote against the EU mass surveillance and encryption ban directive

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 15th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Finland to vote against the EU mass surveillance and encryption ban directive Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37891886&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:26): "Hacker News" for retro computing and gaming Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37888144&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:12): Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data Original ...

Oct 16, 202318 min

October 14th, 2023 | Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the actual date

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 14th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:39): Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the actual date Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37880818&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:27): ChatGPT’s system prompts Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37879077&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:18): Undermining Democracy: The EU Commission's Controversial Push for Surveillance O...

Oct 16, 202318 min

October 13th, 2023 | Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 13th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37869760&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:29): Every app that adds AI looks like this Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37870437&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:16): TimeGPT-1 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37874891&utm_source=wondercraft...

Oct 14, 202319 min

October 12th, 2023 | The midwit home

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 12th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Introduction to Modern Statistics Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37854846&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:28): First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37857417&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:13): The midwit home Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=378...

Oct 13, 202319 min

October 11th, 2023 | Starlink Direct to Cell

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 11th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:46): Starlink Direct to Cell Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37848212&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:20): US citizens with permanent disabilities get free lifetime pass to National Parks Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37850930&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:05): How I Made a Heap Overflow in Curl Original post: https://news.ycom...

Oct 12, 202319 min

October 10th, 2023 | The largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398M rps

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 10th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:45): The largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398M rps Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37831062&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:37): Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37829926&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:22): Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay ...

Oct 11, 202319 min

October 9th, 2023 | John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 9th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37825292&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Blackmagic Camera for iPhone Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37817152&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:01): Ardour 8.0 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37818422&utm_source=wondercraft_a...

Oct 10, 202319 min

October 8th, 2023 | Why I can no longer recommend a Mac to fellow blind computer users

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 8th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37810144&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:18): OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37812217&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:56): Why I can no longer recommend a Mac to fellow blind computer users...

Oct 09, 202318 min

October 7th, 2023 | Wired has removed "How Google alters search queries" story

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 7th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Paperless-ngx – Open source document management system Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37800951&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): Wired has removed "How Google alters search queries" story Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37802116&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:27): The glass at McCormick Place in Chicago is a lethal obstacl...

Oct 08, 202319 min

October 6th, 2023 | Making Hard Things Easy

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 6th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): Making Hard Things Easy Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37791002&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:38): AMD may get across the CUDA moat Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37793635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:27): We’re opening up access to Gov.uk forms Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37789107&utm_source=...

Oct 07, 202319 min

October 5th, 2023 | Where does my computer get the time from?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 5th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:43): Where does my computer get the time from? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37778496&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:28): HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37777050&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:22): Bitmagnet: A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, and torrent search Original post: http...

Oct 06, 202319 min

October 4th, 2023 | How US intelligence agencies hid their most shameful experiments

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 4th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:43): An interactive intro to CRDTs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37764581&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:33): The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax” Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37763424&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:19): Pixel 8 Pro Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37766446&...

Oct 05, 202319 min

October 3rd, 2023 | Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 3rd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): Running Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 in 298MB of RAM Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37752632&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:33): Pgroll: zero-downtime, reversible schema migrations for Postgres Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37752366&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:14): Hey, computer, make me a font Original post: https://news.yc...

Oct 04, 202319 min

October 2nd, 2023 | Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 2nd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37739376&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:32): What every software developer must know about Unicode in 2023 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37735801&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:22): Nomnoml Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Oct 03, 202320 min

October 1st, 2023 | Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 1st, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37726539&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:08): Influxdb made the switch from Go to Rust Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37725778&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:03): Fine, I'll run a regression analysis but it won't make you happy Original pos...

Oct 02, 202318 min

September 30th, 2023 | Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 30th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Flexbox Froggy Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37713530&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:34): Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37714579&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:27): Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths Original post: https://news.ycombinato...

Oct 01, 202319 min

September 29th, 2023 | Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 29th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): Everything authenticated by Microsoft is tainted Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37702095&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:41): Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700847&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:27): RealFill: Image completion using diffusion models Original ...

Sep 30, 202319 min

September 28th, 2023 | WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 28th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Raspberry Pi 5 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37685580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:37): WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37691232&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:16): That's a Lot of YAML Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37687060&utm_source=wondercraft_ai...

Sep 29, 202318 min

September 27th, 2023 | Mistral 7B

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 27th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:43): Mistral 7B Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37675496&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:32): I got robbed of my first kernel contribution Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37671991&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:08): Essence: A desktop OS built from scratch, for control and simplicity Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Sep 28, 202320 min

September 26th, 2023 | FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 26th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37661446&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:43): The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37667266&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:30): macOS Containers v0.0.1 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Sep 27, 202319 min

September 25th, 2023 | We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 25th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37642335&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:23): Unity's oldest community announces dissolution Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37648068&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:22): Ian's Shoelace Site Original post: https://news.yc...

Sep 26, 202318 min

September 24th, 2023 | Text editing on mobile: the invisible problem

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 24th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Text editing on mobile: the invisible problem Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37630804&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:24): Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37634713&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:02): Choose Postgres queue technology Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37636841...

Sep 25, 202318 min

September 23rd, 2023 | My solopreneur story

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 23rd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:31): My solopreneur story Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37622702&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:24): iCloud Drive silently deletes your content Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37626273&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:10): Blocking Visual Studio Code embedded reverse shell before it's too late Original post: https://news.ycombi...

Sep 24, 202318 min

September 22nd, 2023 | I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 22nd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37608580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:11): 0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37614816&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:04): GitHub Actions could be so much better Original post: https://new...

Sep 23, 202319 min

September 21st, 2023 | Airlines make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 21st, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37603905&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:15): Cisco Acquires Splunk Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37596497&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:52): Studio Ghibli set to become subsidiary of Nippon TV Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37...

Sep 22, 202319 min

September 20th, 2023 | DALL·E 3

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 20th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37584399&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:23): DALL·E 3 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37586900&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:14): My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37584134&utm_sou...

Sep 21, 202320 min

September 19th, 2023 | Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 19th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37576633&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:21): I digitalized Berlin's registration form Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37566992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:10): We are retroactively dropping the iPhone’s repairability score Original post: https:/...

Sep 20, 202319 min

September 18th, 2023 | Data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 18th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37556605&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:29): OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37553193&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:35): What if OpenDocument used SQLite? (2014) Original post: h...

Sep 19, 202320 min

September 17th, 2023 | Run LLMs at home, BitTorrent‑style

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 17th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): CatalaLang/catala: Programming language for law specification Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37546874&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:30): Linear Book Scanner – Open-source automatic book scanner (2014) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37544628&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:19): Run LLMs at home, BitTorrent‑style Original ...

Sep 18, 202320 min

September 16th, 2023 | Tracking Austrian grocery prices by scraping store sites

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 16th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): Tracking Austrian grocery prices by scraping store sites Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37532973&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:26): Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37534615&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:14): Cystic fibrosis treatment wins Breakthrough Prize Original post...

Sep 17, 202318 min
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