Hacker News Recap January 2nd, 2023 | Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antenna (2022)
Jan 3, 2024
Salim Kara, who stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antenna, discusses money-skimming scams and the impact of coin magnetism. Other topics include the benefits of large-language models for code assistance, Tetris achievements, do-it-yourself home repairs, coordination failures in society, and the complexity of government codes and formulas for financial calculations.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Value of LLMs for Code Assistance and Discussion on Tetris
02:47 • 3min
Tetris nostalgia, user-friendly repairs, coordination failures, and effective governance
05:34 • 3min
Extinction of Megafauna, Canadian Tax System, Open Formulas, Generative Art, and Collision Detection in Graphics
08:41 • 4min
Fluid Dynamics and Error Prevention
12:21 • 6min