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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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March 15th, 2024 | 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 15th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39712618&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:22): Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural heritage list Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39713323&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:59): FTC and DOJ want to free Mc...

Mar 17, 202418 min

March 14th, 2024 | Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 14th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): A friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39712618&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:10): The Getty makes nearly 88k art images free to use Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39710454&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:44): Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got righ...

Mar 16, 202418 min

March 13th, 2024 | A generalist AI agent for 3D virtual environments

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 13th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): A generalist AI agent for 3D virtual environments Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39692387&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): How photos were transmitted by wire in the 1930s Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39690363&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:51): Paul Alexander, ‘the man in the iron lung’, has died Original post: https:/...

Mar 14, 202418 min

March 12th, 2024 | House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 12th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): JIT WireGuard Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39688545&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:12): House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39691808&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:59): A generalist AI agent for 3D virtual environments Original post: https://news.ycombinat...

Mar 14, 202418 min

March 11th, 2024 | Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 11th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): JSON Canvas – An open file format for infinite canvas data Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39670922&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:12): Boeing whistleblower found dead in US Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39673589&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:53): Webb and Hubble confirm Universe's expansion rate Original post: https://news...

Mar 12, 202418 min

March 10th, 2024 | Numbers every programmer should know

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 10th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): DBeaver – open-source database client Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660592&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): Tenstorrent unveils Grayskull, its RISC-V answer to GPUs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39658787&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:40): Monte-Carlo graph search from first principles Original post: https://news.ycom...

Mar 12, 202417 min

March 9th, 2024 | What Monks Know about Focus

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 9th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39653718&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:33): S3 is files, but not a filesystem Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39656657&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:32): U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry into Boeing Original post: ht...

Mar 10, 202420 min

March 8th, 2024 | Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 8th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): Home Lab Beginners guide Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39640992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39643981&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:59): The Man in Seat 61 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39639125&utm_source=wonder...

Mar 09, 202418 min

March 7th, 2024 | Sweden Is a NATO Member

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 7th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39629044&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:07): Sweden Is a NATO Member Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631139&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:55): Akira Toriyama has died Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39637471&utm_source=wondercraft_...

Mar 08, 202417 min

March 6th, 2024 | Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 6th,2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618673&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:26): FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618822&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:59): Detect when your installed Chrome exten...

Mar 08, 202418 min

March 5th, 2024 | OpenAI and Elon Musk

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 5th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Radicle: Open-Source, Peer-to-Peer, GitHub Alternative Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600810&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): Kagi and Wolfram Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39606048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:42): Meta outage Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39604590&utm_source=wondercraft_ai ...

Mar 06, 202418 min

March 4th, 2024 | Claude 3 model family

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 4th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): Claude 3 model family Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39590666&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:11): The hunt for the missing data type Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39592444&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:56): New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39589924&utm_sour...

Mar 05, 202418 min

March 3rd, 2024 | CSS for printing to paper

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 3rd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): CSS for printing to paper Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39584654&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Bug in reader/writer locks in Windows API Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39581664&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:02): The hater's guide to Kubernetes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39581976&utm_source...

Mar 04, 202419 min

March 2nd, 2024 | Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 2nd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39575803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): Weather.gov 2.0 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39571308&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:46): ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39576974&...

Mar 04, 202419 min

March 1st, 2024 | Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 1st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf] Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39559966&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:23): Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39563618&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:09): Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-lo...

Mar 02, 202419 min

February 28th, 2024 | Why I use Firefox

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 28th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): The Era of 1-bit LLMs: ternary parameters for cost-effective computing Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39535800&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Why I use Firefox Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39537543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:06): Look, ma, no matrices Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39538670...

Feb 29, 202418 min

February 27th, 2024 | Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 27th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Airfoil Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39526057&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:14): Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39528134&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:32): Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Feb 28, 202418 min

February 26th, 2024 | Microsoft strikes deal with Mistral in push beyond OpenAI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 26th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): Mistral Large Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39511477&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): Apache Superset Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39511676&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:05): How to find the AWS account ID of any S3 bucket Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512896&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (0...

Feb 27, 202418 min

February 25th, 2024 | Hallucination is inevitable: An innate limitation of large language models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 25th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Hallucination is inevitable: An innate limitation of large language models Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39499207&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:32): Osquery: An sqlite3 virtual table exposing operating system data to SQL Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39501281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:53): Marginalia: 3 Years Orig...

Feb 26, 202418 min

February 24th, 2024 | Does offering ChatGPT a tip cause it to generate better text?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 24th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39491863&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39493770&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:49): Architecture.md (2021) Original post: https://ne...

Feb 25, 202418 min

February 23rd, 2024 | Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 23rd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479001&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:23): Gemma.cpp: lightweight, standalone C++ inference engine for Gemma models Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39481554&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:07): Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011 Original post:...

Feb 24, 202419 min

February 22nd, 2024 | Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 22nd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Stable Diffusion 3 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39466630&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:26): Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39465250&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:06): Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters Original post: https://news.ycombinato...

Feb 23, 202417 min

February 21st, 2024 | Gemma: New Open Models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 21st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39452494&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:26): Gemma: New Open Models Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39453271&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:54): The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is video Original post: https://news.y...

Feb 22, 202418 min

February 20th, 2024 | I broke IKEA (2023)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 20th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444500&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:12): In Defense of Simple Architectures (2022) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440179&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:56): I broke IKEA (2023) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3943...

Feb 21, 202418 min

February 19th, 2024 | The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 19th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433451&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:28): The day I canceled my Spotify subscription Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39427876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:16): My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file ...

Feb 20, 202419 min

February 18th, 2024 | Lapce

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 18th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Lapce Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39421090&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:05): The Layoff Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39416543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:52): Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39416602&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (05:22): Apple broke iPhone web apps...

Feb 19, 202419 min

February 17th, 2024 | Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 17th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39405547&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:35): Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39407631&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:34): Coding in Vision Pro Original post: https://n...

Feb 18, 202418 min

February 16th, 2024 | My sixth year as a bootstrapped founder

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 16th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): My sixth year as a bootstrapped founder Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39398009&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:31): Magika: AI powered fast and efficient file type identification Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39391688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:48): Happy Birthday Lemmings Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Feb 17, 202418 min

February 15th, 2024 | Sora (OpenAI): Creating video from text

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 15th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Sora: Creating video from text Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39386156&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39383446&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:07): OpenAI – Application for US trademark “GPT” has failed Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Feb 16, 202419 min

February 14th, 2024 | YC: Requests for Startups

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 14th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39369653&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:17): Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39373327&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:58): Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1 Original post:...

Feb 15, 202419 min
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