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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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December 14th, 2023 | Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 14th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38638865&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640900&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:04): Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp Original post...

Dec 15, 202319 min

December 13th, 2023 | Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 13th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:44): Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38627652&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:43): SMERF: Streamable Memory Efficient Radiance Fields Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38632492&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:51): Polish Hackers that repaired DRM trains...

Dec 14, 202319 min

December 12th, 2023 | 23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 12th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): 23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38613386&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:16): YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611466&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:50): FFmpeg lands CLI multi-threading as its "most comple...

Dec 13, 202319 min

December 11th, 2023 | Mistral: Our first AI endpoints are available in early access

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 11th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:39): Beeper Mini is back Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38602575&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:28): Mixtral of experts Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598559&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:23): Mistral: Our first AI endpoints are available in early access Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598568&utm_s...

Dec 12, 202319 min

December 10th, 2023 | Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 10th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38594697&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:46): Bad NEWS, Emacs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38591584&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:20): Write your own retro compiler Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38591662&utm_source=wondercraft_ai ...

Dec 11, 202320 min

December 9th, 2023 | Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 9th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38586767&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:08): W4 Games raises $15M to drive video game development with Godot Engine Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38580742&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:00): Murder is a pixel art ...

Dec 10, 202319 min

December 8th, 2023 | The pro-Israel information war

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 8th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:45): Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38574888&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:40): The pro-Israel information war Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38572675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:28): Mistral "Mixtral" 8x7B 32k model [magnet] Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38570537&am...

Dec 09, 202319 min

December 7th, 2023 | Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 7th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38559582&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:01): SVG Tutorial Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38556116&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:35): Making noisy SVGs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38559607&utm_source=wonderc...

Dec 08, 202318 min

December 6th, 2023 | Gemini AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 6th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Gemini AI Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38544729&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:15): Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38544746&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:39): Apple confirms governments using push notifications to surveil users Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Dec 07, 202317 min

December 5th, 2023 | 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 5th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:39): Polish trains lock up when serviced in third-party workshops Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38530885&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): iMessage, explained Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38532167&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:22): 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users Original post: https://news.ycom...

Dec 06, 202318 min

December 4th, 2023 | Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 4th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:44): Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $500M Zuckerberg donation Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519012&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17% Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38514537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:54): A decade of Have I Been Pwned Orig...

Dec 05, 202319 min

December 3rd, 2023 | LLM Visualization

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 3rd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): LLM Visualization Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38507672&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:05): LLM Visualization Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38505211&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:41): Learn how modern JavaScript frameworks work by building one Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38510209&utm_source=...

Dec 04, 202319 min

December 2nd, 2023 | Not a real engineer (2019)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 2nd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Not a real engineer (2019) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38503486&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:19): Infants understand language via rhythm and tone rather than individual sounds Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38500906&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:11): Clang now makes binaries an original Pi B+ can't run Original post:...

Dec 03, 202319 min

December 1st, 2023 | Accidental database programming

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 1st, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): The Seamless Communication models Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38487359&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:24): Accidental database programming Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38489307&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:08): HTML hacks that shaped the Internet Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38485295&utm_s...

Dec 02, 202319 min

November 30th, 2023 | I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was seeing with PIP plans

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 30th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Visual Anagrams: Generating optical illusions with diffusion models Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38477259&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:47): I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was seeing with PIP plans Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38471744&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:35): Brickception Original post:...

Dec 01, 202319 min

November 29th, 2023 | Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 29th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38457125&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:14): Rust std fs slower than Python? No, it's hardware Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38457247&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:06): Llamafile lets you distribute and run LLMs with a singl...

Nov 30, 202318 min

November 28th, 2023 | Charlie Munger has died

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 28th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Charlie Munger has died Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38451278&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:08): MeshGPT: Generating triangle meshes with decoder-only transformers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38448653&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:49): My $500M Mars rover mistake Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Nov 29, 202319 min

November 27th, 2023 | My toddler loves planes, so I built her a radar

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 27th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38429370&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:24): Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38429291&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:05): My toddler loves planes, so I built her a radar Original ...

Nov 28, 202319 min

November 26th, 2023 | They're Made Out of Meat (1991)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 26th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): Darling: Run macOS Software on Linux Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38423469&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38421862&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:01): They're Made Out of Meat (1991) Original post: https://news.y...

Nov 27, 202318 min

November 25th, 2023 | Nvidia sued for stealing trade secrets: blunder showed rival company's code

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 25th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Nvidia sued for stealing trade secrets: blunder showed rival company's code Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38415875&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:29): Naev – open-source game about space exploration, trade and combat Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38418262&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:16): Why 56k is the fastest dial u...

Nov 26, 202316 min

November 24th, 2023 | Generative AI for Beginners

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 24th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:44): Generative AI for Beginners Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38405823&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:37): The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violation of privacy Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38402586&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:46): Shopify live dashboard Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Nov 25, 202320 min

November 23rd, 2023 | YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 23rd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:45): Developer account removed by Apple Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38394364&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:44): YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38397817&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:22): Ansel Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38390914&utm_...

Nov 24, 202320 min

November 22nd, 2023 | Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 22nd, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Reflecting on 18 Years at Google Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38381573&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:30): Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38378216&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:07): OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster...

Nov 23, 202319 min

November 21st, 2023 | Stable Video Diffusion

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 21st, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Stable Video Diffusion Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38368287&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:07): Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38371361&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:35): Binance founder Changpeng Zhao agrees to step down, plead guilty Original post: https://news...

Nov 22, 202318 min

November 20th, 2023 | OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 20th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:48): OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38347868&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:21): Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38352891&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:06): After Boeing declines to pay up, ransomware group leaks 45 GB of data...

Nov 21, 202316 min

November 19th, 2023 | StyleTTS2 – open-source Eleven-Labs-quality Text To Speech

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 19th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): StyleTTS2 – open-source Eleven-Labs-quality Text To Speech Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38335255&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:21): Deep Learning Course Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38331200&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:01): HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoder Original post: https://news.ycombinator....

Nov 20, 202319 min

November 18th, 2023 | OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 18th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38325552&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): New York may ban noncompete employment agreements and Wall Street is not happy Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38316870&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:09): Details emerge of surprise boar...

Nov 19, 202318 min

November 17th, 2023 | OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 17th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:31): OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38309611&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:07): 280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38304485&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:52): Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam A...

Nov 18, 202319 min

November 16th, 2023 | Sweden plans new nuclear reactors by 2035, will share costs

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 16th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38291427&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:34): Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38293082&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:24): The real realtime preemption end game Original post: https://n...

Nov 17, 202319 min

November 15th, 2023 | Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 15th, 2023. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:44): Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38282166&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:27): Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38274782&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:11): The Small Website Discoverability Crisis (2021) Original post: https...

Nov 16, 202318 min
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