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Mar 4, 2024 • 19min

March 2nd, 2024 | Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 2nd, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:34): Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39575803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:09): Weather.gov 2.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39571308&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:46): ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhoodOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39576974&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:49): Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39572858&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:34): Mathematicians prove Pólya's conjecture for the eigenvalues of a diskOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39572106&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:25): The One Billion Row Challenge in Go: from 1m45s to 4s in nine solutionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39578501&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:03): R: Introduction to Data Science (2019)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39571439&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:49): Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboardOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39574397&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:25): Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent KeyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39573756&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:41): Rogue editors started a competing Wikipedia that's only about roadsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39572441&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 4, 2024 • 19min

March 3rd, 2024 | CSS for printing to paper

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 3rd, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:35): CSS for printing to paperOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39584654&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:17): Bug in reader/writer locks in Windows APIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39581664&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:02): The hater's guide to KubernetesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39581976&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:00): I'll refrain from providing code that involve concepts as you're under 18Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39583473&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:04): Enough with the dead butterflies (2017)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39585207&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:38): An Unbelievable Demo (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39579833&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:29): Supermium – Chromium fork for Win 2003/XP and newerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39580439&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:00): Interesting ideas in Observable FrameworkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39582745&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:47): Better PC cooling with Python and GrafanaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39582116&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:08): French artists in 1899 envisioned what life would look like in the year 2000Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39584566&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 2, 2024 • 19min

March 1st, 2024 | Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on March 1st, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:33): Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39559966&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:23): Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EUOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39563618&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:09): Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-long GRU spyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39561021&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:46): JPEG XL and the Pareto FrontOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39559281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:23): CACM Is Now Open AccessOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39559411&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:05): Study: 61 UK firms tried a 4-day workweek and after a year, they still love itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39562760&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:11): Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39560705&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): The 'Atlanta Magnet Man' is saving our car tires, one bike ride at a timeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39561356&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:50): Company forgets why they exist after 11-week migration to Kubernetes (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39560033&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:49): California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39567597&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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Feb 29, 2024 • 18min

February 28th, 2024 | Why I use Firefox

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 28th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): The Era of 1-bit LLMs: ternary parameters for cost-effective computingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39535800&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:17): Why I use FirefoxOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39537543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:06): Look, ma, no matricesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39538670&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:52): 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien techOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39538425&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:44): HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought by AMDOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39543291&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:25): SymPy: Symbolic Mathematics in PythonOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39537448&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:05): Pingora: build fast, reliable and programmable networked systemsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39535969&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:49): MicroZig: Unified abstraction layer and HAL for Zig on several microcontrollersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39540886&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:19): Intel puts 1nm process (10A) on the roadmap for 2027Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39538526&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:00): How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targetsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39540738&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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Feb 28, 2024 • 18min

February 27th, 2024 | Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 27th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): AirfoilOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39526057&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:14): Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odysseyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39528134&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:32): Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator YuzuOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39530203&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:14): I turned my open-source project into a full-time businessOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39522348&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:11): Testing the F-35C TailhookOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39525243&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:48): Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5°COriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39524164&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:37): Boeing missing key elements of safety culture: FAA reportOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39523813&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:58): Why time seems to pass faster as we ageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39522249&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:35): TestcontainersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39531536&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:30): Ant GeopoliticsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39523495&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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Feb 27, 2024 • 18min

February 26th, 2024 | Microsoft strikes deal with Mistral in push beyond OpenAI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 26th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:35): Mistral LargeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39511477&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:25): Apache SupersetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39511676&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:05): How to find the AWS account ID of any S3 bucketOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512896&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:46): Microsoft strikes deal with Mistral in push beyond OpenAIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39511530&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:22): New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B giftOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39516927&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:20): Pains of building your own billing systemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39510147&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:14): A bad day at the officeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512332&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:39): Home Screen AdvantageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508257&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:36): Let's compile like it's 1992 (2014)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39509983&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:12): Xkcd: Greenhouse EffectOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39509379&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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Feb 26, 2024 • 18min

February 25th, 2024 | Hallucination is inevitable: An innate limitation of large language models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 25th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): Hallucination is inevitable: An innate limitation of large language modelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39499207&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:32): Osquery: An sqlite3 virtual table exposing operating system data to SQLOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39501281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:53): Marginalia: 3 YearsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39501061&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:44): Earth just experienced its hottest 12 months in recorded historyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39498345&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:35): Coroutines in C (2000)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39502276&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:01): Inside North Korea's Forced Labor ProgramOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39504981&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:05): Mamba Explained: The State Space Model Taking On TransformersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39501982&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:56): TSMC is having more luck building in Japan than in AmericaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39498863&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:40): You almost never see a clock at the mallOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39500263&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:55): Microsoft Is Driving Users AwayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39504703&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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Feb 25, 2024 • 18min

February 24th, 2024 | Does offering ChatGPT a tip cause it to generate better text?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 24th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solutionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39491863&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:09): Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39493770&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:49): Architecture.md (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494925&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:22): Does offering ChatGPT a tip cause it to generate better text?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39495476&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:07): V Language Review (2023)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39492680&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:57): Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely knownOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39493046&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:39): How Does Bluesky Work?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39495355&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:16): How to think about software quality (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39490543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:54): Coding the anime "woosh" screen on AmigaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494227&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:31): A modest update to Qubes OSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39490264&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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Feb 24, 2024 • 19min

February 23rd, 2024 | Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 23rd, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:41): Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phishedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479001&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:23): Gemma.cpp: lightweight, standalone C++ inference engine for Gemma modelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39481554&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:07): Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39480407&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:56): Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression FailuresOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39478551&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:44): Beyond A*: Better Planning with TransformersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479478&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:53): German Bundestag Passes Cannabis LegalizationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39481188&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:29): Mamba: The Easy WayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39482428&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:25): Meta's new LLM-based test generator is a sneak peek to the future of developmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39486717&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:05): I Spent a Week with Gemini Pro 1.5–It's FantasticOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39481670&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:39): Certain dogs are capable of learning the names for more than 100 different toysOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39481805&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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Feb 23, 2024 • 17min

February 22nd, 2024 | Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues

The podcast discusses Google pausing Gemini image generation, Bluesky's data federation, a private company landing on the moon, cellular outage in U.S., layoffs at a successful company, Vice website shutdown, and Intuitive Machines successfully landing on the moon.

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