

Hacker News Recap
Wondercraft.ai
A podcast that recaps some of the top posts on Hacker News every day. This is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by Wondercraft.ai. Create your own news rundown podcast at app.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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Feb 12, 2024 • 19min
February 11th, 2024 | Finding a new software developer job
Topics discussed in this podcast include a homemade self-balancing cube, working for Gitlab, finding a new software developer job, Keycloak SSO with Docker Compose and Nginx, OpenStreetMap vector maps, RLHF approach in Python, controversial practice of scrapping finished movies, user finance sustainability and control.

Feb 11, 2024 • 18min
February 10th, 2024 | I Was Illegally Fired by Amazon for Speaking Out About a Coworker's Death
A whistleblower shares her experience getting fired by Amazon for speaking out about a coworker's death. The podcast also discusses OpenTTD, a simulation game, and AWK as a scripting language. Other topics include cloud egress costs, underrated OPML, exorbitant broker fees in NYC, property taxation challenges, effective study techniques, and scripting with JavaScript.

Feb 10, 2024 • 24min
February 9th, 2024 | How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years
This podcast covers topics such as writing HTTP services in Go, infrastructure decisions, adding coffee stains to LaTeX documents, data structures for data-intensive applications, the adoption of heat pumps, Permutation City, responsible AI models, making the blue LED, lean software, and Reddit's defense of user anonymity.

Feb 8, 2024 • 23min
February 7th, 2024 | “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement
In this podcast, they discuss topics such as RustPython, Python-based search engine, collaboration between Disney and Epic Games, remembering John Walker and his impact, Unix and Cloud features, comparison to Unison Programming Language, uncovering the Paperwall campaign, historical patterns, GPT-4 update, and implications of AI-generated content.


