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Feb 22, 2024 • 18min

February 21st, 2024 | Gemma: New Open Models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 21st, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper ZeroOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39452494&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:26): Gemma: New Open ModelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39453271&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:54): The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is videoOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39458264&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:34): iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic ProtocolOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39453660&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:25): ChatGPT went berserkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39450669&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:21): Stop postponing things by embracing the messOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39451793&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:55): Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) distributed version control systemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39452543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:32): Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made UpOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39455131&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:05): Useful Uses of catOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39457875&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:34): Things I don't know about AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39453622&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 21, 2024 • 18min

February 20th, 2024 | I broke IKEA (2023)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 20th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:32): Keep your phone number private with Signal usernamesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444500&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:12): In Defense of Simple Architectures (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440179&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:56): I broke IKEA (2023)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436358&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:22): Microsoft is spying on users of its AI toolsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39442429&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:11): Web Scraping in Python – The Complete GuideOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39442273&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:09): WebKit switching to Skia for 2d graphics renderingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39438908&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:57): Translating OpenStreetMap data to HTML5 Canvas with Rust and WebAssemblyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39439655&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:50): SSDs have become fast, except in the cloudOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39443679&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:22): Hetzner GPU ServerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440503&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:54): AI your home on street viewOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39439771&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 20, 2024 • 19min

February 19th, 2024 | The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 19th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendationsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433451&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:28): The day I canceled my Spotify subscriptionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39427876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:16): My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39432876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): How to make a better default Firefox UIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428409&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:44): AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39430095&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:18): Castle Engine – Free open-source cross-platform 3D/2D game engine using PascalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39426631&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:21): Biologists discover four new octopus speciesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39427202&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:22): The boundary of neural network trainability is fractalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428047&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:04): Gemini 1.5 outshines GPT-4-Turbo-128K on long code prompts, HVM authorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39426452&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:49): OTP at a High Level (2019)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39432085&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 19, 2024 • 19min

February 18th, 2024 | Lapce

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 18th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): LapceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39421090&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:05): The LayoffOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39416543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:52): Apple Watch Ultra 2 HackedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39416602&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:22): Apple broke iPhone web apps in the EU for anticompetitive reasons – Tim SweeneyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39418412&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:27): CorsixTH: Open-source clone of Theme HospitalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39418283&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:36): Wddbfs – Mount a SQLite database as a filesystemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39417503&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:26): EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500M penalty over music streamingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39418386&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:18): RoR DebugbarOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39420453&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:07): USGS Historical Topographic MapsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39419210&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:38): Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spywareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39422399&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 18, 2024 • 18min

February 17th, 2024 | Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D

This podcast discusses Big Pharma's prioritization of executive payouts over research, Raspberry Pi alternatives, Air Canada's customer compensation, TestGen LLM tool success, transitioning from developer to manager, challenges of entrepreneurship, and Apple's decision to kill web apps in the EU.
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Feb 17, 2024 • 18min

February 16th, 2024 | My sixth year as a bootstrapped founder

Topics include a bootstrapped founder's journey to profitability, AI-powered file identification, German credit agency manipulation, Gix installation challenges, $5 breast cancer detection device, and Firefly 3 personal finance manager introduction.
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Feb 16, 2024 • 19min

February 15th, 2024 | Sora (OpenAI): Creating video from text

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 15th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): Sora: Creating video from textOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39386156&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:25): Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39383446&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:07): OpenAI – Application for US trademark “GPT” has failedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39380165&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:35): Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purposeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39388218&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:36): Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data appsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39383386&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:19): Uv: Python packaging in RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39387641&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:02): Every default macOS wallpaperOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39384731&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:57): Asahi Linux project's OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses AppleOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39383798&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:46): Goodbye Auth0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39380790&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:35): Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a scapegoatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39385301&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 15, 2024 • 19min

February 14th, 2024 | YC: Requests for Startups

European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of encryption, Core Nginx developer announces fork, OpenGL 4.6 on M1, YC Requests for Startups, inside the proton, Google removes Conversations IM, macOS audio left/right balance bug unresolved for a decade, frustrations with Matrix chat platform, US government says only real people can patent inventions
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Feb 14, 2024 • 17min

February 13th, 2024 | Is something bugging you?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 13th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:40): Is something bugging you?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39356920&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:35): Stable CascadeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39360106&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:16): Git tips and tricksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39356042&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:43): Original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4 file from 1990, can we open it?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39357709&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:13): Memory and new controls for ChatGPTOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39360724&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:50): Fly.io has GPUs nowOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39363499&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:27): How to center a div in CSSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39360856&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:55): The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39356066&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:20): Non-code contributions to open sourceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39356320&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:08): Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglariesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39360050&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 13, 2024 • 18min

February 12th, 2024 | Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers

AMD's open-source initiative for CUDA implementation, confusion over button indicators and wage theft from US workers, employer no-hire lists and software development challenges, the importance of notation in math and programming, advancements in renewable tidal energy, controversy surrounding the MacBook Pro notch design, Nvidia's rise in AI and chip technology

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