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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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Sep 12, 2023 • 18min
September 11th, 2023 | In Germany, 27 people are in 'preventive detention' b/c they 'might do' climate protests
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 11th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve adsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37464574&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:15): The Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook CollectionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37466027&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:56): Calculate the difference and intersection of any two regexesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37470285&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:34): In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they might do climate protestsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37471048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:07): The right to data ownership is the only way to take on Big TechOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37465972&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:00): 9/11 in RealtimeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37467077&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:33): Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18BOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37468342&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:13): WiFi can read through wallsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37469920&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:00): Blood pressure should be measured lying down: studyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37471354&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:50): uBlock-Origin – 1.52.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37472994&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

Sep 11, 2023 • 19min
September 10th, 2023 | Earth had hottest 3-months on record; unprecedented sea temps & extreme weather
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 10th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:44): Nginx Unit – Universal web app serverOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37453854&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:49): Earth had hottest 3-months on record; unprecedented sea temps & extreme weatherOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37455534&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:41): Knightmare: A DevOps Cautionary Tale (2014)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37459495&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:26): Peredvizhnikov Engine: Lock-free game engine written in C++20Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37456471&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:16): Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 usersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37461449&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:02): I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel raceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37454766&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:38): How does Linux NAT a ping?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37455621&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:36): “Make” as a static site generator (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37454853&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:15): The Decline of Usability (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37453616&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:52): A Senior Engineer's Check-List (2019)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37458283&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

Sep 10, 2023 • 19min
September 9th, 2023 | Asking 60 LLMs a set of 20 questions
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 9th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by MozillaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37443644&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:27): Asking 60 LLMs a set of 20 questionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37445401&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:16): Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever foundOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37450915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:07): Every type of plastic used by LEGO (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37444268&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:38): Morocco earthquake kills more than 1,000Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37445284&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:18): Google, Meta, Amazon hiring low-paid H1B workers after US layoffsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37444386&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:04): Public restrooms are hard to find in AmericaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37446083&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:49): The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing marketOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37446790&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:45): Bare-Metal Kubernetes, Part I: Talos on HetznerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37443404&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:20): CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the labOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37444477&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

Sep 9, 2023 • 18min
September 8th, 2023 | Flexport is rescinding a bunch of signed offer letters
This podcast covers topics such as the challenges of using Rust for concurrent user space software, experiences with UI development in Rust, withdrawn job offer letters, deceptive advertising, the impact of air pollution on pollinators, CLI utilities, the longevity of software, optimization, and the expansion of NYPD surveillance capabilities on social media.

Sep 8, 2023 • 19min
September 7th, 2023 | Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 7th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:35): NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wildOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37425007&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:43): Kagi Small WebOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37420281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:23): Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the webOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37420053&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:25): North Korean campaign targeting security researchersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37420831&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:21): Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of CopilotOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37420885&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:17): Tailscale Has Partnered with MullvadOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37420382&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:46): Gaussian splatting is pretty coolOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415478&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:29): Exa Is DeprecatedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37416430&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:15): Textual Web: TUIs for the WebOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37418424&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:07): Report says PR firm has been paying Rotten Tomatoes critics for positive reviewsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37419427&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

Sep 7, 2023 • 19min
September 6th, 2023 | Why Socialism? (1949)
Discussion on Lego and Duplo track layouts, privacy issues with modern cars, translating English phrases to Latin, Linux network performance optimization, failure of car brands to comply with privacy and security standards, ad targeting in Google Chrome, socialism by Albert Einstein, subscription model for software apps, AI software and the story of Margaret Betts, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park.

Sep 6, 2023 • 19min
September 5th, 2023 | OpenTF repository is now public
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 5th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:41): OpenTF repository is now publicOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37392581&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:40): Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on SteamOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37394665&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:14): Learn WebAssembly by writing small programsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37393820&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:03): Android 14 blocks all modification of system certificates, even as root?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37391521&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:41): A currently maintained fork of SSHFSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37390184&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:27): The Federal Helium reserve is for saleOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37391584&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:19): Learn Physics with Functional ProgrammingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37391161&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:01): If you can use open source, you can build hardwareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37395096&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:12): Amiga Systems Programming in 2023Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37389376&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:48): Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37398202&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

Sep 5, 2023 • 19min
September 4th, 2023 | Sony sends copyright notices to TV Museum about shows 40 to 60 years old
The podcast covers topics such as open-source software, copyright notices sent by Sony to a TV Museum, cable fraud in 1999, a demake of Portal for Nintendo 64, the curl-wget Venn diagram, building a plane spotter for a child, the shipping of an Oscilloscope watch after 10 years on Kickstarter, the TinyLlama project aiming to pretrain a 1.1B Llama model, refactoring code LLM1.6B, and insights on ZFS administration and user experiences.

Sep 4, 2023 • 19min
September 3rd, 2023 | The boiling frog of digital freedom
Topics discussed in this podcast include the potential impact of the digital future on personal freedoms, balancing work and creativity in a small business, alternative food sources and financial safety, the correlation between transformers and SVMs in NLP, and the introduction of a powerful linter tool for digital writing called Vail Da-Ach.

Sep 3, 2023 • 19min
September 2nd, 2023 | The worst programmer I know
The podcast discusses topics such as the worst programmer's unseen contributions, challenges in office politics, and the value of craftsmanship. It also covers electric vehicles, AI language models, and the repairability of EVs. The analysis of PIPI code on GitHub reveals language features, project contents, and detected secrets. Semantic zoom and its applications in interactive interfaces are explored, along with the challenges faced at the Burning Man Festival. Lastly, the concept of spontaneous altruism and wealth growth is discussed, including debates on economics and the potential of AI.


