Hacker News Recap

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 27th, 2023.(00:41): Datomic is FreeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35727967(02:01): Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35724634(03:32): As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cablingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35730074(04:52): Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law opposed by John DeereOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35729558(06:14): Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own indexOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35730711(07:32): Dropbox telemetry can't be disabledOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35724939(08:48): Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 staffOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35728216(10:05): A visual book recommenderOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35726559(11:27): The unintentional dystopian beauty of oil rigsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35725094(12:30): Google Cloud region currently down due to water intrusionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35732384This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 26th, 2023.(00:44): Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35710269(01:44): UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69B Activision DealOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35711968(03:29): Lessons by 3blue1brownOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35714228(05:01): Linen.dev: A 500 kb Slack alternativeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35718417(06:19): Why did Google Brain exist?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35716216(07:41): Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35720865(08:59): Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35714294(10:15): Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35713518(11:24): Long before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by prototaxites (2013)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35713524(12:46): Payments 101 for a DeveloperOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35714145This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 25th, 2023.(00:36): Smartphones with Qualcomm chip secretly send personal data to QualcommOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35698547(01:43): The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm salesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35701785(02:53): Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to BingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35703789(04:02): Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35700881(05:17): People who use Notion to plan their whole livesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35698521(06:38): A non-technical explanation of deep learningOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35701572(07:47): Shell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growthOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35702201(09:09): Call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing softwareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35705469(10:36): Deep Neural Networks from Scratch in ZigOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35696776(11:54): NitroKey disappoints meOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35706858This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 24th, 2023.(00:37): MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive TrackpadOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35684828(01:42): Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against EncryptionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35689044(03:07): Bullet Train – Rails-based SaaS frameworkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35687157(04:37): Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronizationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35690398(05:57): I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter (2018)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35684807(07:08): UK Threatens End-to-End EncryptionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35686450(08:37): Apple wins antitrust court battle with Epic Games, appeals court rulesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35691771(09:57): Red Hat cutting hundreds of jobs, CEO says in letter to employeesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35687687(11:03): 1Password to Add TelemetryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35691383(12:05): Remote work brings hidden penalty for young professionals, study saysOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35686121This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 23th, 2023.(00:39): Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facilityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35676564(01:51): The dark side of the Mac App StoreOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35677813(03:07): LSD: Not Even OnceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35679911(04:31): YouTube, the jewel of the internetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35679372(05:34): A social media site for chatbots to talk to each otherOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35676138(06:39): Bilingualism affords no general cognitive advantages: StudyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35681824(07:58): Some mistakes I made as a new managerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35681322(09:07): Russia killed its tech industryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35675732(10:19): Micro- and nanoplastics breach the blood–brain barrier in miceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35675731(11:37): I’m ChatGPT, and for the love of God please don’t make me do anymore copywritingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35678372This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 22th, 2023.(00:41): The “Build Your Own Database” book is finishedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35666598(01:50): Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: studyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35664219(03:02): Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grantOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35664972(04:18): Prompt engineering vs. blind promptingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668387(05:39): Housing should be affordable except for when I sell my house for $1MOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668357(06:37): Why the brain’s connections to the body are crisscrossedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35667429(08:07): Finetuning Large Language ModelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35666201(09:24): Animal meat and milk sales drop in Europe as vegan versions hit record highsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35664586(10:48): Using solar farms to generate fresh desert soil crustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35667714(12:12): Effective Immediately: A central hub for people who've been recently laid offOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35670646This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 21th, 2023.(00:36): CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kgOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35649935(02:03): The EARN IT bill is back, seeking to scan our messages and photosOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35655282(03:15): GitHub Copilot emits GPL codeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35657982(04:41): Tech bosses are letting dictators censor what Americans seeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35653867(06:16): Inkscape is hiring: Accelerating the GTK4 migrationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35650663(07:31): Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental Energy WoesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35658318(08:51): The weird world of Windows file pathsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35654574(10:08): ChatGPT could cost over $700k per day to operate Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35652434(11:20): Windows on BtrfsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35660186(12:44): Scaling Databases at ActivisionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35655910This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 20th, 2023.(00:35): SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after launch from TexasOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35640002(01:41): Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromisedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35638917(03:00): Shutting down my legal torrent site after 17 yearsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35639370(04:07): Google DeepmindOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35643049(05:36): Spinning Diagrams with CSSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35646199(06:28): BuzzFeed News is shutting downOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35641448(07:33): US could soon approve MDMA therapyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35638362(08:56): Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35645624(10:12): Bark – Text-prompted generative audio modelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35643219(11:26): Seagate hit with $300M penalty for selling sanctioned storage to Huawei Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35638899This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 19th, 2023.(00:41): StableLM: A new open-source language modelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35629127(01:59): Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple wayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35627107(03:19): An example of LLM prompting for programmingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35626015(04:45): Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but 10% are worth 1000xOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35627779(05:57): Why some researchers think I’m wrong about social media and mental illnessOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35626755(07:25): ChatPDF – Chat with Any PDFOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35626312(08:30): The GTK+3 port of GIMP is officially finishedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35630681(09:34): Only one pair of distinct positive integers satisfy the equation m^n = n^mOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35635491(10:58): How to make good small gamesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35625543(12:13): NaturalSpeech 2: Zero-shot speech and singing synthesizersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35627790This 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

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 18th, 2023.(00:39): Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten survivalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614313(01:46): Marginalia: DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial contentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35611923(02:54): An example of LLM prompting for programmingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35612494(04:21): Firefox may soon reject Cookie prompts automaticallyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35619293(05:24): Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start MenuOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614190(06:40): Changes to Tailscale Pricing and PlansOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35615848(07:45): A WWII spy who hid codes in her knittingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35613247(09:10): Netflix will end its DVD service after 25 yearsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35619589(10:21): Giant SpaceX Spiral Appears Amid the Aurora Lights in Alaska's Night SkyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35613594(11:29): French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35617773This 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