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Mar 14, 2024 • 18min

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

Topics covered include a generalist AI for 3D virtual environments, photos transmission in the 1930s, the story of 'the man in the iron lung', IRS's free tax filing service, open-source solution for web automation, AI tool for spreadsheets, giant sequoias in the UK, mass timber construction challenges, and a sand battery for storing heat in a town.
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Mar 14, 2024 • 18min

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

House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app, AI agent for 3D environments, Direct File opens in 12 states, 'Man in the iron lung' dies, Ragtag internet friends forecasting events, Insult Passphrase Generator, Photos transmission in 1930s, Features lost in macOS versions
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Mar 12, 2024 • 18min

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

Topics include Boeing whistleblower found dead in US, Universe's expansion rate confirmed, Python GILOriginal disabling, Diffusion model application, Open Source E-Book Search Engine creation, Kdenlive 24.02 update, AirBnB indoor security camera ban
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Mar 12, 2024 • 17min

March 10th, 2024 | Numbers every programmer should know

Topics include open-source DB client DBeaver, Tenstorrent's Grayskull processors, Monte-Carlo graph search, essential numbers for programmers, local file sharing tool LocalSend, Yi Open Foundation Models, essays in technology, open-core project dynamics, PaperMC Minecraft server, and the cognitive impact of lead in gasoline on IQ.
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Mar 10, 2024 • 20min

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 filesystemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39656657&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:32): U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry into BoeingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39656455&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:17): Bypassing Safari 17's advanced audio fingerprinting protectionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39653431&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:31): What Monks Know about FocusOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39653517&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:27): My Clients, the LiarsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39656475&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:22): I'm Betting on Call-by-Push-ValueOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39653895&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:34): AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI ModelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39652262&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:22): Activision QA Workers Vote to Form Largest US Video Game Worker Union to DateOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39655859&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:34): When 'open core' projects reject contributions for competing with the EEOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39658408&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai
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Mar 9, 2024 • 18min

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 guideOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39640992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:17): Epic says Apple will reinstate developer accountOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39643981&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:59): The Man in Seat 61Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39639125&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:27): A UK college student explaining congressional procedure to WashingtonOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39642920&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:37): Fishing for oil and meat drives defaunation of deepwater sharks and raysOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39641113&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:11): Chlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in childrenOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39638836&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:54): OpenAI board reappoints Altman and adds three other directorsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647105&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:27): Self-control signals and affords powerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39640647&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:12): Rolldown: Rollup compatible bundler written in RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39639689&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:49): Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647331&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai
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Mar 8, 2024 • 17min

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 MemberOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631139&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:55): Akira Toriyama has diedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39637471&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:25): You cannot simply publicly access private secure links, can you?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39630985&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:26): Don't fuck with pasteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39636470&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:01): The Pile is a 825 GiB diverse, open-source language modelling data set (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631516&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:40): Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing trade secretsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628842&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:03): Sky lapse in two toneOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39627443&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:41): My favourite animation trick: exponential smoothingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39637487&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:10): Hurried Thoughts: You're Wrong About Tidal-LockingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39629225&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai
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Mar 8, 2024 • 18min

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 iOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618673&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:26): FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618822&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:59): Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed ownersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39620060&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:44): The end of Airplane.devOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39619041&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:18): Dada, an experimental new programming languageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39614433&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:52): NTSB says Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 MAX 9Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39622787&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:37): Pg_vectorize: Vector search and RAG on PostgresOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39613669&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:20): We hacked Google A.I.Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39620608&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:03): Medellín's Green CorridorsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39617325&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:56): Network Tunneling with QEMUOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39613198&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai
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Mar 6, 2024 • 18min

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 AlternativeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600810&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:09): Kagi and WolframOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39606048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:42): Meta outageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39604590&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:11): OpenAI and Elon MuskOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39611484&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:28): Open-source project ZLUDA lets CUDA apps run on AMD GPUsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39604745&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:10): I spend £8,500 a year to live on a trainOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39601538&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:45): Cracking Meta's Messenger Certificate Pinning on macOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39609336&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:31): Nerdy internals of an Apple text editorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39603087&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:21): Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good managementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39602417&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:01): The "missing" graph datatype already exists. It was invented in the '70sOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39606885&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai
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Mar 5, 2024 • 18min

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 familyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39590666&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:11): The hunt for the missing data typeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39592444&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:56): New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chipOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39589924&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:48): Opus 1.5 released: Opus gets a machine learning upgradeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39593256&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:42): How I keep myself alive using GolangOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39597131&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:16): European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controlsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39598189&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:54): Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software to run on other chipsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39592689&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:25): Twenty years is nothingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39587947&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:06): Singapore Airlines ConcordeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39588830&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:45): Rust for Embedded Systems: Current state, challenges and open problemsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39591694&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

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