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Hacker News TLDR

Catch up on all the best stories and discussion on Hacker New each week. Hosted by Colin (a YC-backed founder and typescript fanatic) and Kenny (a human-computer interaction whiz who just wants software to be fast).

Episodes

[#114] The meme of a meme search engine

We discuss touchscreens in cars, text to speech, and gail.com. A rant about cross platform libraries is included free of charge. Study finds that buttons in cars are safer and quicker to use than touchscreens Lottie 4.0 for iOS: new render engine with significant performance improvements Building an internet-scale meme search engine Text to Speech: VALLE Text to Speech: Apple Books Text to Speech: This voice does not exist Gail dot com...

Jan 14, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#113] Weird websites, dark skies, and spookiness galore

September 15, 2022 Patreon lays off 17% of Staff https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32826610 Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32837802 Don’t be spooky https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32863175 Increase https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32828669 Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884467 Uber investigating breach of its computer systems https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32860728 Ask HN: How do y...

Sep 27, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#112] Long live the iPhone Plus Pro Max Ultra

Queen Elizabeth has died https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32768834 dang's "royalist" comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32769925 The rise of workplace surveillance [audio] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32603565 An HN profile worth perusing https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kennethfriedman AirPods Pro 2nd Gen https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32754440 Globalstar SEC filing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32754963 I Got Banned for Life from Airbnb (2018) https:...

Sep 09, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again

Links covered: Reflections on my time in Y Combinator Removal of Heroku free product plans Google Timer is back Design the next iPhone Shazam turns 20 Fakery: An odd discovery on Spotify  Fakery: Fake IMDB credits Fakery: More content by people, for people in Search Fakery: The coming tsunami of fakery...

Aug 27, 2022•38 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast

[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms

Engineering Festivus Dotfiles being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012) Is there a spiritual successor to delicious Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds Logistics American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft ~~~~~~~~~ Leave a Review   @colinhacks   @futurekennysf...

Aug 19, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings

Articles covered: Things I Have Drawn is a site in which the things kids draw are real   Dalle-2 Prompt Book   Part of my code makes Copilot crash  Robinhood lays off 23% of staff   Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding  MIT invents $4 solar desalination device  Put down devices, let your mind wander, study suggests...

Aug 06, 2022•36 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast

[#108] The music streaming wars, 1x engineers, and how to lose at Wordle

Spotify table of songs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31618092   Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31618746 GitHub user sends notification to 400k users https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31627061 Coinbase “Update on hiring plans” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31600505 1x Engineer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31568895 Show HN: Can you lose at Wordle if you tried? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31572258...

Jun 07, 2022•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion

We discuss whether the metaverse is bullshit, is the internet, or is minecraft. What's Sam Altman up to today? And how much money can you lose from automating home sales? Links Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89 The metaverse is bullshit The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft Review: The 14-inch MacBook Pro Resets the Timeline Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now public Now you can (try to) serve fiv...

Nov 06, 2021•29 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast

[#106] Worldcoin, a 500 Year Old Website, and a stock ticker

This Word Does Not Exist macOS Monterey Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why? Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years? Edward Snowden on Sam Altman's Worldcoin Greatest single trade of all time Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm Facebook Renames to Meta...

Oct 30, 2021•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#105] Be smart and look stupid

MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch Building an ULTRA-BRIGHT water-cooled TV Willingness to look stupid Beyond Smart Facebook chooses profits over people Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand...

Oct 22, 2021•19 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast

[#104] Find a cofounder and load a website

Haiti’s President Is Assassinated Tell HN: YC will help you find a co-founder Reddit.com weighs 1.39MB. Here’s what that costs around the globe Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs Instant water cleaning method ‘millions of times’ better: study...

Jul 07, 2021•17 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast

[#103] Copyright, copyleft, and copilot

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyberattack Copilot regurgitating quake code including sweary comments GitHub Copilot is not infringing your copyright Music for programming No more movies...

Jul 06, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#102] How to work hard

How to Work Hard GitHub Copilot Simple solar-powered desalination

Jul 02, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#101] McAfee, Javascript, and iPods

John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus YouTube Video John McAfee Fled to Belize, But He Couldn't Escape Himself (2012) JavaScript Is Weird User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment Show HN: iPod.js – An online iPod that connects to Spotify and Apple Music...

Jun 28, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#100] What's the show about?

Reflecting on 100 episodes.

Jun 24, 2021•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#99] Sundar, Andrew, and Loki

Google executives see cracks in their company's success Brave Search beta What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? Disney will send you a copyright strike if you look like Loki

Jun 23, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#98] Test emails, apologies, and thermal shutdowns

HBO Max accidentally sent an integration email test to users Why I no longer contribute to Racket Apology What it’s like to be cancelled Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit Rethining TripleByte...

Jun 22, 2021•18 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast

[#97] Revery is styling but Reverie is hiring

Reverie Labs (YC W18) Is Hiring an ML Lead in Cambridge, MA Utopia, a visual design tool for React, with code as the source of truth Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening (2010) GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a GUI application...

Jun 16, 2021•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#96] Hacks, trolls, and AI dresses

" Please don’t add any of my stuff to this project " Supreme Court revives LinkedIn bid to shield personal data Universities have formed a company that looks a lot like a patent troll Launch HN: Revery.AI (YC S21) Scalable deep learning-based virtual dressing room...

Jun 15, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#95] The diver, the whale, and the great resignation

'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale Stripe Identity Paul Graham’s Hype Cycle Opinion: The secret gag orders must stop HN “Why Not Simply”   “Great resignation” wave coming for companies Forget going back to the office – people are just quitting instead...

Jun 14, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#94] Paul, Boom, and Taxes

A Project of One’s Own iOS 15 Humane United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic Linus Torvalds on mRNA Vaccines Stripe Tax

Jun 11, 2021•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#93] Replit's Emails, WWDC's Announcements, and Facebook's Watch

Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project How Universal Control on macOS Monterey Works iOS 15 adds offline Siri for faster query recognition Highlights of new technologies introduced at WWDC 2021 Facebook plans first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras...

Jun 10, 2021•17 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast

[#92] Fake twitter trends, Stack Overflow sells, and NEvil hacks meat

Beef Ransomware Followup Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B Kinda a big announcement Etsy to buy fashion reseller Depop Apple asks staff to return to office 3 day a week Almost half of local Twitter trending topics in Turkey are fake – study California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved by Senate...

Jun 03, 2021•16 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast

[#91] Working from home, working for yourself, and working on certificates

Employees are quitting instead of giving up working from home Making $100k as an Employee versus Being Self-Employed America Has a Drinking Problem One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack GQless: A GraphQL client built for rapid iteration W3.org cert expired...

Jun 02, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#90] Twitter Blue blows

youtude-dl can no longer download age restricted videos Twitter confirms Twitter Blue Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people to donate? Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

Jun 01, 2021•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast

[#89] UFOs, Lab Leaks, and boring boring avatars

Boring Avatars – React library to generate custom avatars Radar data confirms: USS Omaha was surrounded by swarm of UFOs The media's lab leak fiasco Paul Graham Article-Edit Tweet Second-guessing the modern web (2020) Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering...

May 28, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

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Episodes

Hacker News TLDR

Episodes

[#114] The meme of a meme search engine

[#113] Weird websites, dark skies, and spookiness galore

[#112] Long live the iPhone Plus Pro Max Ultra

[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again

[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms

[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings

[#108] The music streaming wars, 1x engineers, and how to lose at Wordle

[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion

[#106] Worldcoin, a 500 Year Old Website, and a stock ticker

[#105] Be smart and look stupid

[#104] Find a cofounder and load a website

[#103] Copyright, copyleft, and copilot

[#102] How to work hard

[#101] McAfee, Javascript, and iPods

[#100] What's the show about?

[#99] Sundar, Andrew, and Loki

[#98] Test emails, apologies, and thermal shutdowns

[#97] Revery is styling but Reverie is hiring

[#96] Hacks, trolls, and AI dresses

[#95] The diver, the whale, and the great resignation

[#94] Paul, Boom, and Taxes

[#93] Replit's Emails, WWDC's Announcements, and Facebook's Watch

[#92] Fake twitter trends, Stack Overflow sells, and NEvil hacks meat

[#91] Working from home, working for yourself, and working on certificates

[#90] Twitter Blue blows

[#89] UFOs, Lab Leaks, and boring boring avatars

[#88] MDN Plus

[#87] Links, lions, and Libera

[#86] You have to serve somebody

[#85] Fancy Tools, Flamin Hot Cheetos, and TikTok