April 22th, 2023 | Parrots use Zoom

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 22th, 2023.

(00:41): The “Build Your Own Database” book is finished
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35666598

(01:50): Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35664219

(03:02): Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35664972

(04:18): Prompt engineering vs. blind prompting
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668387

(05:39): Housing should be affordable except for when I sell my house for $1M
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668357

(06:37): Why the brain’s connections to the body are crisscrossed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35667429

(08:07): Finetuning Large Language Models
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35666201

(09:24): Animal meat and milk sales drop in Europe as vegan versions hit record highs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35664586

(10:48): Using solar farms to generate fresh desert soil crust
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35667714

(12:12): Effective Immediately: A central hub for people who've been recently laid off
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35670646

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