Hacker News Recap

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Dec 29, 2023 • 18min

December 29th, 2023 | In 2024, please switch to Firefox

This podcast discusses the benefits of using Firefox as a browser, ideal display rotation angles for programmers, Gentoo Linux's support for binary packages, a U.S. Government Database of Dad Jokes, major pharmacy chains accessing medical records without warrants, Apple Silicon VMs, copyright as a monetization strategy, Korea's new Workcation Visa, and the smallest typeface. It also covers discussions on back-end databases, AWS usage, scalability issues, public funding spending efficiency, data privacy concerns, and immutable B-plus trees.
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Dec 29, 2023 • 19min

December 28th, 2023 | 4B If Statements

This podcast covers topics such as odd/even number determination, text-based IDEs, FDA warning to Amazon, software adaptability, financial changes in Mozilla, government syops' influence on AI, Google's influence and alternative search options
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Dec 28, 2023 • 20min

December 27th, 2023 | The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

Topics discussed in this podcast include a fast desktop switching solution, the operation of a new U.S. nuclear reactor, The New York Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft, a 3D map of Shinjuku Station, the curse of goitre in Switzerland, a 4-year iPhone backdooring campaign, eradicating roach infestations, focusing on a single product's success, and the viability and impact of scaling businesses.
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Dec 27, 2023 • 20min

December 26th, 2023 | A list of Hacker News's undocumented features and behaviors

Japan's proposed regulations to disrupt Apple and Google's app store monopolies, undocumented features of Hacker News, Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine, challenges of website search functionalities, Amazon Prime's plan to show ads, development of a just-in-time compiler for CPython, the significance of a black triangle in software creation, declining quality of care after private equity takes over hospitals, data corruption bug in OpenZFS, analysis of data structures for text editors.
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Dec 26, 2023 • 18min

December 25th, 2023 | Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

Impressive features of Ruby 3.3.0; Tesla has highest fault rate in car brands; Debate on PDF usage and victory for free speech; SSH password authentication and software updates in vehicles; Importance of Wi-Fi connectivity, learning networking, and programming projects; Impending shutdown of Nintendo Network and concerns about instability.
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Dec 25, 2023 • 13min

December 24th, 2023 | How can Santa keep his lists when the GDPR is around?

This podcast recap covers the challenges and financial aspects of running a macOS app studio business, language differences throughout history, updates on the game Generals.io, Sam Altman's role in various organizations, and the humorously explored implications of GDPR on gift-giving entities. It also discusses parental consent, Santa's mechanics, the loss of the American Chestnut Tree, toothbrush NFC chips, and dental hygiene habits.
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Dec 24, 2023 • 19min

December 23rd, 2023 | Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model

A recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News includes discussions on a new multimodal large language model, content moderation policies on social media platforms, the impact of social media on public discourse, the signing and vetoing of bills in New York, the scaling of Organic Maps, and exploring challenging statistically significant findings and Bayesian vs. frequentist statistics.
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Dec 23, 2023 • 19min

December 22nd, 2023 | How big is YouTube?

Topics discussed include: comprehensive educational platform from NAND to Tetris, implications of Digital Services Act, Biden's marijuana pardon, Google's battle against spam, Blue Sky platform, impact of AI on film restorations, Simbo-SZ80 multitasking operating system and Z80 capabilities, and the connection between the Schrödinger equation and classical mechanics.
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Dec 22, 2023 • 20min

December 21st, 2023 | Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs

This podcast discusses topics like Apple allowing some iOS apps to track user locations, the battle with Beeper Mini over encrypted chats, a vulnerability in Google OAuth, legal battles over ad blocking extensions, revolutionizing asteroid defense, and enhancing nursing home ownership information.
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Dec 21, 2023 • 17min

December 20th, 2023 | Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi say they will use Tesla's EV charging plug

Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi will use Tesla's EV charging plug. Mamba Python library in PyTorch. Advice for new software devs. High-speed large language models on PCs. Wireflow, a tool for user-flow prototypes. On/off switch for breast cancer metastasis. iMessage key verification. KDE Plasma theme resembling Windows 7. What's next for Tor and privacy online?

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