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August 21st, 2024 | I've built my first successful side project, and I hate it Aug 23, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 21st, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:36): I've built my first successful side project, and I hate it
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308599&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:49): The semantic web is now widely adopted
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41307011&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:03): ShadPS4 – PlayStation 4 emulator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41307195&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:13): Linux desktop market share climbs to 4.45%
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41312883&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:32): How to build a 50k ton forging press
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41310384&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:50): US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she'd died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41313740&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:55): Midjourney web experience is now open to everyone
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41312225&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:01): Rye and Uv: August Is Harvest Season for Python Packaging
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41309072&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:12): Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41307166&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:19): Breaking down a record-setting day on the Texas grid
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41313290&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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August 16th, 2024 | Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk Aug 23, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 16th, 2024.
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(00:35): Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263143&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:50): VanillaJSX.com
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41269321&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:58): PyScript: An open source platform for Python in the browser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263843&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:09): Aristotle – How to live a good life
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263951&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:20): Discrete Mathematics – An Open Introduction, 4th edition
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41267478&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:23): MIFARE Classic: exposing the static encrypted nonce variant [pdf]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41269249&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:35): Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41268803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:55): A Texas "moth man" photographed 550 species in his own yard
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41267045&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:13): Crafting a 13KB Game: The Story of Space Huggers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41264270&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:28): FUTO
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41268245&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 15th, 2024 | CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers return to office Aug 16, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 15th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:38): Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41254989&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:48): Galois Theory
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41255456&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:05): Nomad, communicate off-grid mesh, forward secrecy and extreme privacy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41253922&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:18): CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers return to office
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41261986&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:28): CockroachDB license change
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41256222&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:37): Google is a monopoly – the fix isn't obvious
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41254976&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:50): Exact Polygonal Filtering: Using Green's Theorem and Clipping for Anti-Aliasing
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41253461&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:11): Markdown is meant to be shown (2021)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41254936&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:17): WriteFreely: An open source platform for building a writing space on the web
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41253870&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:20): It's the land, stupid: How the homebuilder cartel drives high housing prices
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41259229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 13th, 2024 | Hacking the largest airline and hotel rewards platform (2023) Aug 16, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 13th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:39): All of Earth's water in a single sphere (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41238102&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:47): Google Pixel 9 Pro
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41237275&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:00): Hacking the largest airline and hotel rewards platform (2023)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41232446&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:15): Ex-Kansas police chief who raided local newspaper criminally charged
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41240755&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:24): The Webb Telescope further deepens the Hubble tension controversy in cosmology
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41234964&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:36): The new PostgreSQL 17 make dist
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41232621&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:39): What you learn by making a new programming language
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41235677&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:52): AudioFlux: A C/C++ library for audio and music analysis
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41235462&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:00): Go 1.23 Released
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41237542&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:15): From object transition to RCE in the Chrome renderer
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41236430&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 11th, 2024 | The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009) Aug 12, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 11th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41215727&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:33): Firefox Browser Ported to HaikuOS
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41214762&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:51): OpenStreetMap Is Turning 20
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41214259&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:01): CrowdStrike accepting the PwnieAwards for "most epic fail" at defcon
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41217037&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:05): Things I've learned building a modern TUI Framework
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41215679&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:19): The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41214180&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:39): Judge orders CDC to stop deleting emails of departing staff: 'likely unlawful'
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41217162&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:54): Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41217136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:08): China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41220098&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:23): OpenDevin: An Open Platform for AI Software Developers as Generalist Agents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41215593&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

Jeff Bezos and Amazon tried to imprison my husband | August 10th, 2024 Aug 12, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 10th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:33): A wonderful coincidence or an expected connection: why π² ≈ g
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41208988&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:50): OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41209688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:00): I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41213053&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:24): Deep Live Cam: Real-time face swapping and one-click video deepfake tool
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41209181&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:37): "Jeff Bezos and Amazon tried to imprison my husband"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41211437&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:41): Things I Won't Work With: Dimethylcadmium (2013)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41211540&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:51): Ladybird browser to start using Swift language this fall
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41208836&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:50): Entropic Engineering DEFCON 32 Statement
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41212899&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:05): Apple. Apple Please
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41211235&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:10): Stapler: I remade a 32 year old classic Macintosh app
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41212193&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 9th, 2024 | Susan Wojcicki has died Aug 12, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 9th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:37): Susan Wojcicki has died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41207415&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:31): Defcon stiffs badge HW vendor, drags FW author offstage during talk
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41207221&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:33): Urchin Software Corp: The unlikely origin story of Google Analytics (2016)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41205176&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:51): A wonderful coincidence or an expected connection: why π² ≈ g
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41208988&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:13): Building a highly-available web service without a database
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41206908&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:34): DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear power systems
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41205439&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:47): Ladybird browser to start using Swift language this fall
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41208836&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:56): Rivian reduced electrical wiring by 1.6 miles and 44 pounds
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41206443&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:09): Deep Live Cam: Real-time face swapping and one-click video deepfake tool
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41209181&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:17): Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41204160&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 8th, 2024 | Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers Aug 10, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 8th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:38): Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41188295&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:35): I got almost all of my wishes granted with RP2350
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41191069&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:11): Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41192118&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:18): LibreCUDA – Launch CUDA code on Nvidia GPUs without the proprietary runtime
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41194024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:33): RLHF is just barely RL
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41188647&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:31): Do quests, not goals
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41194431&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:35): Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41192341&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:57): Cosmic: A New Desktop Environment
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41192303&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:13): FlexAttention: The Flexibility of PyTorch with the Performance of FlashAttention
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41188966&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:22): How we migrated onto K8s in less than 12 months
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41193045&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 7th, 2024 | Tony Hawk's Pro Strcpy Aug 10, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 7th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:36): Tony Hawk's Pro Strcpy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41183115&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:53): Puppeteer Support for Firefox
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41182847&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:09): Prevention of HIV
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41184365&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:21): Apple memory holed its broken promise for an OCSP opt-out
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41184153&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:35): Official proposal for Type Unions in C#
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41183240&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:45): 70% of new NPM packages in last 6 months were spam
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41178258&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:59): How Uber tests payments in production
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41178959&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:11): 1970 Clean Air Act was intended to cover carbon dioxide
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41183269&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:22): Mistral Agents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41184559&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:36): What are the Olympics shooting competitors wearing on their faces?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41183808&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

August 6th, 2024 | OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic Aug 10, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 6th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:37): Moments in Chromecast's history
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41171060&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:45): Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike's bogus DMCA takedown
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173486&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:01): OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41168904&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:15): Please do not attempt to simplify this code
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41175586&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:21): Tracking supermarket prices with Playwright
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173335&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:38): The real "Wolf of Wall Street" sales script
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173377&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:44): Full text search over Postgres: Elasticsearch vs. alternatives
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173288&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:56): X is closing San Francisco HQ and relocating staffers to San Jose
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41168889&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:43): Medieval
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41176831&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:52): Proton announces release of a new VPN protocol, "Stealth"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173089&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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