Hacker News Recap

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Jul 27, 2024 • 14min

July 25th, 2024 | AI solves International Math Olympiad problems at silver medal level

AI's stunning ability to solve International Math Olympiad challenges at a silver medal level takes center stage. A Swiss town's decision to ban billboards sparks a debate on urban aesthetics and visual pollution. There’s a dive into the ethical implications of online anonymity and the sophistication of algorithms in finding medians. Plus, the introduction of SearchGPT promises real-time information retrieval amidst complex international regulations. The discussion wraps up with a look at data security practices and the chemistry behind decaf coffee.
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Jul 25, 2024 • 13min

July 24th, 2024 | Google is the only search engine that works on Reddit now, thanks to AI deal

Topics include Google becoming the only search engine on Reddit due to an AI deal, Node.js supporting TypeScript, CrowdStrike issuing apology gift cards, challenges with AI models trained on recursive data, applying Dungeons and Dragons skills to write alt text, and investigations into phishing schemes through domain registries.
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Jul 24, 2024 • 13min

July 23rd, 2024 | Open source AI is the path forward

Topics in this podcast include open source AI advancements, opting out of airport face scans, database design for Google Calendar, detecting counterfeit flash drives, demystifying the Linux audio stack, and efforts to catch 'motor doping' in competitive cycling.
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Jul 23, 2024 • 13min

July 22nd, 2024 | Jellyfin: We're Good, Seriously

The podcast covers topics like Jellyfin's financial transparency, a miniature Nintendo Wii called Kawaii, and a new hormone for building strong bones. It also delves into the importance of design copying, a legal win for Ryanair, and discussions on human-readable dates and the crisis among young men.
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Jul 22, 2024 • 13min

July 21st, 2024 | User returns after 100k-hours ban to continue conversation that got them banned

The podcast covers topics like advanced CSS box shadow techniques, RR debugger for C/C++, banned user's return, ChatGPT limitations, and Intel's mobile CPU issues. It also delves into technical discussions on Rust, TXTIE embeddings database, Glisp visual coding tool, and workplace safety concerns.
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Jul 21, 2024 • 13min

July 20th, 2024 | Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data

Researcher finds flaw in a16z website exposing data, Typst as Latex alternative, Cuban migration, CrowdStrike's issues with Debian and Rocky Linux, tracking Linux kernel syscalls, CrowdStrike vulnerability roadmap, Minuteman missile communications, public toilet crisis
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Jul 20, 2024 • 13min

July 19th, 2024 | Crowdstrike Outage Causing Widespread Issues

Topics discussed include FCC limiting prison telecom charges, Crowdstrike outage, Bangladesh curfew after protests, Ryanair dark patterns, AI paid for by ads, record-breaking methane leak, NASA's Curiosity rover discovery, and BERT and T5 updates.
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Jul 19, 2024 • 13min

July 17th, 2024 | Panic at the Job Market

Topics covered in the podcast include panic at the job market, jailbreaking RabbitOS, Apple Watch case with scroll wheel, NVIDIA's transition to open-source Linux GPU kernel modules, the benefits of learning math early, the poetry of PhD acknowledgements, GitLab exploring sale, Puerto Rico filing lawsuit against fossil fuel companies, and the importance of error text in warnings.
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Jul 19, 2024 • 13min

July 18th, 2024 | GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence

The podcast discusses a 7-year-old creating a website, Mistral NeMo AI, USPS sharing data with tech giants, GPT-4o Mini AI advancements, dark patterns in design, and the innovative Q-pixel ink display technology.
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Jul 17, 2024 • 13min

July 16th, 2024 | For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default

Explore Firefox's data collection for advertising, coding productivity with Codestral Mamba, and the insights on using the transformer model. Delve into preventing reaction emails, AI safety risks, community growth strategies, and OCaml integration in game development.

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