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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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Jun 5, 2023 • 17min
June 5th, 2023 | Is Apple back?
Use #hackernewsrecap and @wondercraft_ai on twitter to drop us feedback.This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 5th, 2023.(00:36): Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36201593(02:19): The Rust I wanted had no futureOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36193326(03:53): Our right to challenge junk patents is under threatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36198329(05:23): Google no longer automatically indexes websites?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36195600(06:57): Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web appsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36192777(08:34): SEC Sues Binance and CEO Zhao for Breaking US Securities RulesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197353(10:07): Moderation strikeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36192497(11:33): GPT Best PracticesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197291(12:56): Blink 1.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36189920(14:37): Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple Silicon to Mac ProOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36199639This 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

Jun 4, 2023 • 16min
June 4th, 2023 | Kenya standing strong against Meta
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 4th, 2023.(00:39): Anything can be a message queue if you use it wrongly enoughOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36186176(02:04): Meta Is Trying, and Failing, to Crush Unions in KenyaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185394(03:26): High prices make textbook ‘piracy’ acceptable to most studentsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36186080(04:55): Apple Virtualization FrameworkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36184400(06:25): Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by halfOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185173(07:52): Popular Subreddits are organizing a strike on 2023-06-12 b/c high API pricesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36187705(09:30): WFH – Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveillance creepOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36187550(10:57): World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive daysOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36187203(12:29): GitHub Private Repos Considered Private-IshOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36184948(13:54): At last, the Raspberry Pi shortage is finally coming to an endOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185872This 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

Jun 4, 2023 • 15min
June 3rd, 2023 | OpenAI does what OpenAI wants
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 3rd, 2023.(00:38): Fq: Jq for Binary FormatsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36175000(02:20): Red Hat dropping support for LibreOfficeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36174801(03:51): Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party appsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36179853(05:16): This site is no longer solar powered for nowOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36177762(06:55): Don’t store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warnsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36178265(08:30): OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's requestOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36177895(09:36): Still Love TelnetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36179850(10:58): Bytes are all you need: Transformers operating directly on file bytesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36176756(12:28): Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US diplomatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36174792(13:57): A DIY business card that runs Linux (2019)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36176198This 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

Jun 2, 2023 • 15min
June 2nd, 2023 | Netflix shareholders unite against executive pay packages...
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 2nd, 2023.(00:38): Scan iPhone backups for traces of compromise by “Operation Triangulation”Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36164340(02:01): System76's coreboot open firmware manages to disable Intel ME for Raptor LakeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36166649(03:48): The Analog Thing: an open source, educational, low-cost modern analog computerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36165513(05:07): North America is now the growth leader for new battery factoriesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36166250(06:51): Netflix Shareholders Vote to Reject Executive Pay PackagesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36167068(08:10): Brute.Fail: Watch brute force attacks fail in real timeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36169954(09:27): Lisa Su saved AMD – Now she wants Nvidia's AI crownOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36164055(10:55): Using Google’s code history to write more codeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36165208(12:35): Skybox AI: Use AI to generate 3D worldsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36166511(13:46): Speed running Monkey IslandOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36169019This 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

Jun 2, 2023 • 16min
June 1st, 2023 | Meta heating up the battle on AR/VR...
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 1st, 2023.(00:34): Zig is hard but worth itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36149462(01:46): Security.txt file now mandatory for Dutch government websitesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36149004(03:33): Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headsetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36151375(05:08): I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, so you won't have toOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36151140(06:40): Industry docs reveal makers of 'forever chemicals' covered up health dangersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36149789(08:11): Was modern art a CIA psy-op? (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36155204(09:40): SQL:2023 has been releasedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36154102(11:00): Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online CasinoOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36149690(12:44): Distcc: A fast, free distributed C/C++ compilerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36148475(14:10): Vectorization: IntroductionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36156444This 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

Jun 1, 2023 • 16min
May 31st, 2023 | I thought Reddit was free...
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 31st, 2023.(00:32): Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36141083(01:58): The greatest risk of AI is from the people who control it, not the tech itselfOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36139852(03:24): Reddit API Pricing Would Cost Apollo Developer $20M per YearOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36142285(04:46): Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136179(06:29): Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn’t Apply to AI TrainingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36144241(08:13): Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36135955(09:55): Examples using Photoshop’s new “Generative Fill” featureOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36135525(11:11): AI camera with no lensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36139729(12:41): India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36137261(14:08): OpenAI's plans according to samaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36141544This 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

May 31, 2023 • 16min
May 30th, 2023 | I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog – their lawyers have subpoenaed me
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 30th, 2023.(00:34): I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog – their lawyers have subpoenaed meOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127800(01:55): Federal judge: Border searches of cell phones require a warrantOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36130166(03:33): JMAP – a modern email open standardOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127703(04:59): Rust has been forked to the Crab LanguageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36122270(06:31): Plane: Open-Source Alternative to JiraOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36129594(07:50): Statement on AI RiskOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36123082(09:26): Hacking my “smart” toothbrushOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36128617(10:57): Lyft’s plan to take control of its maps and its futureOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127058(12:33): The FBI as advanced persistent threatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36123670(14:02): WASIX, the Superset of WASI Supporting Threads, Processes and SocketsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36126032This 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

May 30, 2023 • 16min
May 29th, 2023 | Putting a Smile on Prisoners' Faces (Literally, with AI)
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 29th, 2023.(00:28): Let us serve you, but don't bring us downOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36110527(01:43): India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arrested protesters' facesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36113551(03:05): 300ms Faster: Reducing Wikipedia's total blocking timeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36113430(04:31): Donut: OCR-Free Document Understanding TransformerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36111878(06:07): Removing support for forwarded portsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36113215(07:49): Production AI systems are hardOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36111596(09:33): ‘Massive’ Tesla leak reveals data breaches, thousands of safety complaintsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36115034(11:12): Connect() – a new API for creating TCP sockets from Cloudflare WorkersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36111683(13:14): C++17’s useful features for embedded systemsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36114147(14:46): Wikipedia had wrong Vatican flag for years – now incorrect flags are everywhereOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36114896This 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

May 29, 2023 • 17min
May 28th, 2023 | FBI Infiltrates Discord, Reddit, and WhatsApp
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27th, 2023.(00:31): Why I Left RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36101501(02:11): YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTubeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36105629(03:48): Rust: The wrong people are resigningOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36106942(05:16): ARM’s Cortex A53: Tiny but ImportantOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36102406(06:58): Private spies hired by FBI and corporations infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsAppOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36100994(08:29): The Gemini protocol seen by this HTTP client personOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36104533(09:53): Octopuses are building small “cities” off the coast of Australia (2017)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36103801(11:16): About Dolly Parton’s Imagination LibraryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36100992(13:03): Lua: The Little Language That CouldOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36106267(14:39): HP printers should have EPEAT ecolabels revoked, trade group demandsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36103604This 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

May 28, 2023 • 16min
May 27th, 2023 | ChatGPT in the Courtroom: Maybe We Still Need Human Lawyers
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27th, 2023.(00:33): Scar tissues make relationships wear out (2013)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36093954(01:59): Tarkovsky's films online for freeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36096652(03:43): Lawyer cites fake cases invented by ChatGPT, judge is not amusedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36097900(05:00): Servo, the parallel browser engine written in RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36092852(06:05): Building a Personal VoIP SystemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36092718(07:46): Oxidizing OCaml: LocalityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36094799(09:18): Hard stuff when building products with LLMsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36096811(11:06): Defining a new HTTP method: HTTP Search (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36095032(12:48): A man sued Avianca Airline – his lawyer used ChatGPTOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36095352(14:24): Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre-Covid forecastsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36097246This 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