Hacker News Recap

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Jul 26, 2023 • 20min

July 25th, 2023 | What we know about LLMs

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 25th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:44): The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36864624&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:02): Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36862494&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:51): At this company, we are familyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36864476&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:28): OpenAI shuts down its AI Classifier due to poor accuracyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36862850&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:16): Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remoteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36863280&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:19): What we know about LLMsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36860992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:23): Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36864115&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:13): PRQL: Pipelined Relational Query LanguageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36866861&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:10): Guide to running Llama 2 locallyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36865495&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:57): From Python to Elixir Machine LearningOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36859785&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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Jul 25, 2023 • 18min

July 24th, 2023 | Twitter beats Facebook in useless logo change

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 24th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:39): ZenbleedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36848680&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:31): Attention Is Off By OneOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36851494&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:34): Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36845111&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:17): 40 years ago yesterday Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel mid-flightOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36850111&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:00): Inkscape 1.3Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36843794&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:38): Unicode Character “𝕏” (U+1D54F)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36846076&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:16): Driver.js: Product tours, highlights, contextual help and moreOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36846520&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:52): Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently deleted for inactivityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36843572&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:48): Bruce Lee and MeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36843514&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:20): Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36855342&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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Jul 24, 2023 • 20min

July 23rd, 2023 | A Romanian economist legally gamed the lottery

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 23rd, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:42): Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit nodeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837273&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:32): All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for freeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36839983&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:24): Llama2.c: Inference llama 2 in one file of pure COriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36838051&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:24): Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745miOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36833836&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:12): I found an IT job thanks to this blogOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36833089&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:00): A Romanian economist legally gamed the lotteryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36834415&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:20): Why Host in Kosovo?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837690&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:18): Deutsche Bank's “dysfunctional” IT division (2018)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36833915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:13): Icon Buddy – 100K+ Open Source SVG Icons, Fully CustomizableOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837442&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:49): The night an audience member filled in for Keith Moon (2016)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36835735&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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Jul 23, 2023 • 19min

July 22nd, 2023 | I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 22nd, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reachOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36827438&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:27): Plane – Open-source Jira alternativeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36824450&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:13): Shopify employee breaks NDA to reveal firm replacing laid off workers with AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36828409&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:00): FBI improperly used 702 surveillance powers on US senatorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36822654&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:45): Putting the “You” in CPUOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36823605&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:13): Compromised Microsoft key: More impactful than we thoughtOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36823007&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:18): A Caltech Nobel laureate celebrates his 100th birthday, then gets back to workOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36828811&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:07): AWS networking concepts in a diagramOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36823516&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:53): Important Coding HabitsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36826755&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:38): What we talk about when we talk about system designOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36823375&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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Jul 22, 2023 • 19min

July 21st, 2023 | For the love of god "Open Source" does not mean "Downloadable Weights"

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 21st, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:40): I have written a JVM in RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36811554&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:23): In the LLM space, "open source" is being used to mean "downloadable weights"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36815255&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:28): Journalists should be skeptical of all sources including scientistsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36818896&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:38): Web Environment Integrity API ProposalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36817305&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:14): ‘World of Warcraft’ players trick AI-scraping website into publishing nonsenseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36815744&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:46): Dementia risk linked to blood-protein imbalance in middle ageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36813564&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:38): Nanosecond timestamp collisions are commonOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36810818&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:17): Llama: Add grammar-based samplingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36819906&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:13): Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak with major consequencesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36811018&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:03): Managing Kitchen Fruit Flies with a Little Shop of HorrorsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36820469&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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Jul 21, 2023 • 18min

July 20th, 2023 | Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 20th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:31): Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryptionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36800297&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:03): FedNow Is LiveOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36801491&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:46): No-more-secrets: recreate the decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie SneakersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36799776&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:46): Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from them about itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36808296&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:38): TypeChatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36803124&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:30): Accidentally Load BearingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36800151&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:19): IRS moves forward with a new free-file tax return systemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36804710&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:58): Anytype – local-first, P2P Notion alternativeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36799548&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:30): JPEG XL: How it started, how it’s goingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36801448&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:15): A 17th-century font in a 21st-century thesisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36807108&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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Jul 20, 2023 • 18min

July 19th, 2023 | Kevin Mitnick has died

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 19th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): Kevin Mitnick has diedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36795173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:17): Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract 3 papersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36790301&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:05): Advanced Python MasteryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36785005&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:41): Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, PittOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36788274&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): Senators to Propose Ban on U.S. Lawmakers, Executive Branch Members Owning StockOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36785467&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:57): Bookwyrm – A federated social network for reading booksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36785285&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:37): Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript (1995)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36782761&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:41): GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not betterOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36786407&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:29): ‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spendersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36787746&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:16): Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny from the EU over Teams, Office 365Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36782918&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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Jul 19, 2023 • 19min

July 18th, 2023 | Llama 2

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 18th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:36): Llama 2Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36774627&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:15): Firefox has surpassed Chrome on SpeedometerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36770883&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:46): Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36774940&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:27): Stable Diffusion WebGPU demoOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36766523&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): A Grub theme in the style of MinecraftOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36771980&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:55): A few things to know before stealing my 914 (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36767092&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:57): Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trialsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36770624&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:41): The office is a theatre for work (2019)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36773554&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:34): The Drivers Cooperative: New York’s driver-owned ride-hailing appOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36766844&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:30): Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hackedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36770235&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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Jul 18, 2023 • 19min

July 17th, 2023 | Never waste a midlife crisis

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 17th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:43): A Firefox-only minimap (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757542&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:16): Bad numbers in the “gzip beats BERT” paper?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36758433&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:29): The Wikimedia Foundation joins Mastodon and the FediverseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36763357&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:58): The force that shapes everything around us: ParkingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36758355&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:46): The C Programming Language: Myths and RealityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757798&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:47): Wikipedia-grounded chatbot “outperforms all baselines” on factual accuracyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757520&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:32): A surprisingly simple way to foil car thievesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36759882&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:10): Never waste a midlife crisisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36765479&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:41): Notes on PuzzlesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757492&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:26): Temporary ban on behavioural advertising on Facebook and InstagramOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36756101&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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Jul 17, 2023 • 19min

July 16th, 2023 | Discord is not documentation

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 16th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:49): Discord is not documentationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36746154&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:27): Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firmOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36747572&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:17): How I run my servers (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36744090&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:12): The Pacific Northwest Tree OctopusOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36747893&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:51): 6 days to change 1 line of code (2015)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36746014&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:44): How to Use AI to Do Stuff: An Opinionated GuideOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36743784&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:40): Underwater ears everywhereOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36750716&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:14): SoundStorm: Efficient Parallel Audio GenerationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36749059&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:10): Unauthenticated RCE on a RIGOL oscilloscopeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36745664&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:56): Nuclear fission fuel is inexhaustible (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36744699&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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