

Hacker News Recap
Wondercraft.ai
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 2, 2023 • 19min
September 1st, 2023 | Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI?
Microsoft, a technology company, discusses the ethical implications of using personal data to train AI. Other topics include the features of Organic Maps, monitoring website updates, Supreme Court case on civil forfeitures, single-pair Ethernet, and browser-based Wikipedia search engine.

Sep 1, 2023 • 18min
August 31st, 2023 | When your coworker does great work, tell their manager (2020)
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 31st, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:40): When your coworker does great work, tell their manager (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37340010&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:09): CT scans of coffee-making equipmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37341799&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:54): Ghostfolio: Open-source wealth management softwareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37337482&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:28): Teaching with AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37340314&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:05): Social media decline: Users are shifting to messaging apps and group chatsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37334737&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:53): UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37333404&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:41): USENET rises again?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37336606&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:16): The Terraform Registry Terms of Service have been updatedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37334486&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:48): Shell abandons its plan to offset CO2 emissionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37336299&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:45): *@gmail.comOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37333848&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

Aug 31, 2023 • 20min
August 30th, 2023 | My Caste
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 30th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:46): My CasteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37323760&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:43): A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes careOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37321028&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:45): Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch ChromeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37321002&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:22): Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in EuropeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37320786&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:01): Making life (even) harder for proprietary modulesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37319537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:50): Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UNOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37320975&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:36): Long Live the 'GPU Poor' – Open-Source AI GrantsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37324683&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:39): Hacking the LG Monitor's EDIDOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37323604&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:24): Fairphone 5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37319626&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:20): Keeping Figma Fast: perf-testing the WASM editorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37324121&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

Aug 30, 2023 • 19min
August 29th, 2023 | A note to young folks: download the things you love
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 29th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): ISPs should not police online speech no matter how awful it isOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37313349&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:44): Keystroke timing obfuscation added to ssh(1)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37307708&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:15): Elixir saves Pinterest $2M a year in server costsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37304851&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:13): Accessible Palette: stop using HSL for color systems (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37307473&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:59): A note to young folks: download the things you loveOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37304125&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:33): iFixit Petitions Government for Right to Hack McDonald's Ice Cream MachineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37311239&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:25): Griffin – A fully-regulated, API-driven bank, with ClojureOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37313183&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:50): New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviourOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37306427&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:00): Grave flaws in BGP Error handlingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305800&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:54): Alexandria: A minimalistic cross-platform eBook readerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37303960&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

Aug 29, 2023 • 19min
August 28th, 2023 | ChatGPT Enterprise
This podcast covers topics such as felony charges from classmates, CLI text processing with GNU awk, Amazon's acquisition of Fig, Austin-made Tesla model Y's front casting issue, OpenTelemetry in 2023, Fortran programming language, and 3M's $5.5B litigation over defective combat earplugs.

Aug 28, 2023 • 18min
August 27th, 2023 | I Can Eat Glass
Challenges in mobile app development. Dominance of Monotype in the font industry. Breakthrough in regenerative medicine. Struggles of independent designers. Open source vs proprietary typefaces. Milestone study on cell therapies and stem cells. Online security communities. Techniques for better sleep. Nostalgia in computing. Story of translating 'I Can Eat Glass'. Python's variable argument operators. Arrest and censorship in Bangladesh.

Aug 27, 2023 • 19min
August 26th, 2023 | A venture-backed startup has quietly bought more than 80 mom-and-pop shops
This podcast explores the appeal of low-powered E-ink computing devices and discusses Slack's migration to cellular architecture. It also delves into the invitation for innovators to develop assistive technology through eye-tracking. Additionally, it examines a venture-backed startup quietly buying mom-and-pop shops and compares the workflow automation tool N8NIO. Lastly, the podcast discusses the complications of file systems in Linux and focuses on Unix Linux command line tools.

Aug 26, 2023 • 18min
August 25th, 2023 | Giving up the iPad-only travel dream
Topics discussed include a factorial game mod called Space Age, the OpenTF initiative fork of Terraform, beating GPT-4 with CodeLlama-34B, legal issues of web scraping, privacy concerns of educational platforms, and trapping microplastics in water.

Aug 25, 2023 • 17min
August 24th, 2023 | Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for coding
This podcast discusses Code Llama, a state-of-the-art language model for coding. It covers topics such as Hugging Face raising funding, Bitlocker vulnerability, leaving Haskell behind, a JVM written in Go, FreeBSD on Firecracker, adding water to Martian soil, and solving problems with large language models.

Aug 24, 2023 • 19min
August 23rd, 2023 | Common mistakes in salary negotiation
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 23rd, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:34): Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37233936&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:10): Common mistakes in salary negotiationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37239747&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:03): An excruciatingly detailed guide to SSH (but only the things I find useful)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37240187&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:52): Add dir=“auto” to your inputs and textareasOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37233902&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:45): Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in NetherlandsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37235770&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:16): A group of Motherboard folks just spun up their own new independent outletOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37237246&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:06): Nvidia Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal 2024Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37241487&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:04): Growing scientific interest in vagus nerve stimulationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37233977&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:00): Coffee grounds make concrete 30% strongerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37234404&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:51): My favorite prime number generatorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37236099&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


