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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

April 15th, 2024 | Embezzlers Are Nice People (2017)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 15th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Embezzlers Are Nice People (2017) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40042616&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:18): T-Mobile employees across the country receive cash offers to illegally swap SIMs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40045093&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:03): PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias Original post: https://n...

Apr 16, 202419 min

April 14th, 2024 | Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 14th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Redis re-implemented with SQLite Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40030746&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:29): Visualizing Attention, a Transformer's Heart [video] Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40035514&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:39): Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Apr 15, 202417 min

April 13th, 2024 | The darker side of being a doctor

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 13th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): The darker side of being a doctor Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025261&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:18): The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40024062&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:37): Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Government's Previous Formula Original post: https://ne...

Apr 14, 202420 min

April 12th, 2024 | Google threatens to cut off news after California proposes paying media outlets

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 12th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): I Lost Faith in Kagi Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40011314&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:29): Google threatens to cut off news after California proposes paying media outlets Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40014892&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:20): XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis Original post: https://news.ycombina...

Apr 13, 202417 min

April 11th, 2024 | Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 11th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39998849&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:16): Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40001971&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:50): Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary...

Apr 12, 202418 min

April 10th, 2024 | Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 10th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): Double-entry bookkeeping as a directed graph Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39988993&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:22): Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39991173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:06): Kobo announces color e-readers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Apr 11, 202419 min

April 9th, 2024 | Beeper acquired by Automattic

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 9th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, has died Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981034&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:58): Beeper acquired by Automattic Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39980268&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:28): Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3998...

Apr 10, 202417 min

April 8th, 2024 | Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streams

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 8th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): How much faster are the Gnome 46 terminals? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966918&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:24): Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39970915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:15): Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streams Original pos...

Apr 09, 202417 min

April 7th, 2024 | How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 7th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39959368&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:25): PumpkinOS, a Re-Implementation of PalmOS Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39962023&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:01): Mixture-of-Depths: Dynamically allocating compute in transformers ...

Apr 08, 202418 min

April 6th, 2024 | What I think about when I edit (2019)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 6th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:31): What I think about when I edit (2019) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39950760&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): Faces.js, a JavaScript library for generating vector-based cartoon faces Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39954422&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:35): Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloader unl...

Apr 07, 202418 min

April 5th, 2024 | Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 5th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39942880&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:11): So you wanna de-bog yourself Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39942288&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:00): Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse Original post: htt...

Apr 06, 202420 min

April 4th, 2024 | Anatomy of a credit card rewards program

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 4th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): Anatomy of a credit card rewards program Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39928604&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:20): Mario meets Pareto Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39936246&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:07): German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39928173&utm_sou...

Apr 05, 202420 min

April 3rd, 2024 | 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 3rd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39918245&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:15): Tips for linking shell companies to their secret owners Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39919401&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:09): Improvements to static analysis in GCC 14 Original post: ...

Apr 04, 202420 min

April 2nd, 2024 | Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 2nd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39908579&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): CityGaussian: Real-time high-quality large-scale scene rendering with Gaussians Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39907876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:56): 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, 34km d...

Apr 03, 202417 min

April 1st, 2024 | The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 1st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39896371&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:02): Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backdoor Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39895344&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:07): But what is a GPT? Visual intro to Transformers [video] Original post: http...

Apr 02, 202418 min

March 31st, 2024 | LLaMA Now Goes Faster on CPUs

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 31st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Guess my RGB Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39882018&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:03): Meta's Onavo VPN removed SSL encryption of competitor's analytics traffic Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881962&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:33): Shutting down the letsblock.it project and its official instance Original post: https:/...

Apr 01, 202419 min

March 30th, 2024 | Notes on El Salvador

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 30th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable." Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39877267&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:26): IrfanView Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874931&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:40): Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover Original post: https://news.ycombinator...

Mar 31, 202418 min

March 29th, 2024 | Simon Riggs has died

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 29th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:55): Simon Riggs has died Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39861680&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:05): OpenVoice: Versatile instant voice cloning Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Mar 31, 202417 min

March 28th, 2024 | Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 28th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39852953&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:23): What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39856413&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:59): NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad...

Mar 29, 202418 min

March 27th, 2024 | DBRX: A new open LLM

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 27th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): DBRX: A new open LLM Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39838104&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:09): Recent 'MFA Bombing' Attacks Targeting Apple Users Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39836350&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:48): FuryGpu – Custom PCIe FPGA GPU Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39836745&utm_so...

Mar 28, 202419 min

March 26th, 2024 | Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 26th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39827266&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:22): Flipping Pages: New Linux vulnerability in nf_tables and exploitation techniques Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39828424&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:25): Tech Debt: My Rust Library Is Now a CD...

Mar 27, 202419 min

March 25th, 2024 | Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia will be completed in 2026

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 25th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39814558&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:02): Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia will be completed in 2026 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39815805&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:53): Why choose async/await over threads? Ori...

Mar 26, 202419 min

March 24th, 2024 | What Happens When a Fifteen Year Old Pumps and Dumps with a Net Profit of $800k? (2002)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 24th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39810378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:20): TinySSH is a small SSH server using NaCl, TweetNaCl Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39806139&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:23): Aegis v3.0 – a free, secure and open source 2FA ap...

Mar 25, 202419 min

March 23rd, 2024 | Linux Crisis Tools

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 23rd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): Linux Crisis Tools Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804214&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:38): A Return to Blu-ray as Streaming Value Evaporates Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39801088&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:29): New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco Original post: https://news.ycombinator...

Mar 25, 202419 min

March 22nd, 2024 | Boom announces successful flight of XB-1 demonstrator aircraft

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 22nd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Boom announces successful flight of XB-1 demonstrator aircraft Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793044&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:20): Mapping almost every law, regulation and case in Australia Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788322&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:57): Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running Peo...

Mar 23, 202419 min

March 21st, 2024 | U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 21st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778999&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:04): Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778412&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:09): The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The stor...

Mar 22, 202419 min

March 20th, 2024 | Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 20th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:44): Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39768434&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:35): Regex character "$" doesn't mean "end-of-string" Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39763750&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:14): Suspicious discontinuities (2020) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=397...

Mar 21, 202418 min

March 19th, 2024 | How to Start Google

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 19th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): How to Start Google Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:12): Java 22 Released Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39755471&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:05): Lego price per part over the years Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39759693&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (05:45): In...

Mar 20, 202420 min

March 18th, 2024 | YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 18th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39746468&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:08): 900 Sites, 125M accounts, 1 Vulnerability Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39742422&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:07): Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law Original ...

Mar 19, 202418 min

March 17th, 2024 | Grok

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 17th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Grok Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39737281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:18): LLM4Decompile: Decompiling Binary Code with LLM Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39733275&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:06): When Armor Met Lips Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39735716&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (05:41): N...

Mar 18, 202419 min
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