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May 7th, 2024 | Apple introduces M4 chip May 08, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 7th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): Apple introduces M4 chip
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40286029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:13): Cold brew coffee in 3 minutes using acoustic cavitation
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40284823&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:39): LPCAMM2 is a modular, repairable, upgradeable memory standard for laptops
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40286734&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:23): Pyspread – Pythonic Spreadsheet
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40284219&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:11): Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40285211&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:44): Boeing faces new US investigation into 'missed' 787 inspections
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40284389&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:18): Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40284291&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:03): Linux When?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40286959&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:48): Microsoft closes several large Bethesda affiliated game studios
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40285476&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:11): SecureDrop Protocol
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40286632&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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May 6th, 2024 | The best way to have complex discussions? May 07, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 6th, 2024.
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(00:43): The best way to have complex discussions?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40277547&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:23): A fourteen-day free trial ain’t gonna cut it
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40274662&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:56): NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties to Juul
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40273598&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:34): Caniemail.com – like caniuse but for email content
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40280490&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:20): Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40273651&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:58): Attackers can decloak routing-based VPNs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40279632&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:43): Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40281274&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:43): A useful productivity measure?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40272186&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:32): How LLMs Work, Explained Without Math
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40271457&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:26): Results of the Grand C++ Error Explosion Competition (2014)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40277469&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 5th, 2024 | Meta spent almost as much as the Manhattan Project on GPUs in today's dollars May 06, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 5th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): MIT abandons requirement of DEI statements for hiring and promotions
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262921&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:29): Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40267639&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:57): Social engineering takeovers of open source projects
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40267666&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:10): Bollards: Why and What
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40267675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:46): Take a look at Traefik, even if you don't use containers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40264042&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:16): First 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40264669&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:35): Machine Unlearning in 2024
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40264352&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:37): “Meta spent almost as much as the Manhattan Project on GPUs in today's dollars”
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40268204&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:15): Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40266845&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:06): Xmake: A cross-platform build utility based on Lua
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262779&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 4th, 2024 | Spotify getting into enterprise IT tools May 05, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 4th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:36): I don't want to fill out your contact form
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40256868&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:07): In Praise of Idleness (1932)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40257677&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:19): How to build a $20B semiconductor fab
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40258037&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:59): Does the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40259196&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:37): Verified Rust for low-level systems code
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40259185&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:20): Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40257064&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:47): Atari's Mike Jang
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40260210&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:32): Automated integer hash function discovery
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40261681&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:53): The Matrix: A Bayesian learning model for LLMs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40256173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:16): Spotify getting into enterprise IT tools
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40258315&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 3rd, 2024 | As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs May 04, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 3rd, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:35): DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40247604&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:20): Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40245601&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:00): Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40248627&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:54): As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40250056&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:41): Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40250226&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:32): How to Use JSON Path
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40245637&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:07): CSS Text Box Trim
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40247871&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:41): Deletion of user account
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40246171&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:58): Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40248217&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:24): Microsoft ties executive pay to security after multiple failures and breaches
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40252619&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 2nd, 2024 | Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality May 04, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 2nd, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:32): Making a 3D modeler in C in a week
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40239164&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:37): Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40243238&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:30): Online Cryptography Course (2017)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40237745&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:09): I'm writing a new vector search SQLite Extension
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40243168&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:47): Building a rocket engine from scratch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40240724&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:40): Microsoft bans U.S. police from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40240037&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:58): Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2024
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235968&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:44): Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, something else
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40240737&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:40): Piccolo – A Stackless Lua Interpreter
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40239029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:21): Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40237855&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 1st, 2024 | New startup sells coffee through SSH May 02, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 1st, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:35): New startup sells coffee through SSH
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40227208&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:27): Better and Faster Large Language Models via Multi-Token Prediction
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40220851&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:02): New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40223457&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:36): Car manufacturers break promise about sharing location data with police
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40222499&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:07): At Microsoft, years of security debt come crashing down
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40228212&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:01): The AWS S3 Denial of Wallet Amplification Attack
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40227736&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:39): Tire toxicity faces fresh scrutiny after salmon die-offs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40223253&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:29): Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40222501&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:38): I've forked neofetch to keep it alive
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40222213&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:59): LLMs can't do probability
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40221154&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 30th, 2024 | Dear Europe, please wake up May 01, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 30th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40213591&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:39): Pyinfra: Automate Infrastructure Using Python
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40211655&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:01): Printing Music with CSS Grid
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40216057&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:55): Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40211891&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:13): Reddit is full of bots: thread reposted comment by comment, 10 months later
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40211010&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:55): The File Filesystem (2021)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40213731&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:51): Dear Europe, please wake up
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40213400&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:50): Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40209382&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:40): Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, Sysco, UPS, and Walmart
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40211254&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:26): Alice's adventures in a differentiable wonderland
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40213292&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 29th, 2024 | Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe Apr 30, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 29th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:35): Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199624&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:26): Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199193&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:10): The Internet Archive's last-ditch effort to save itself
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40201053&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:58): 93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40197013&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:42): GPT-4.5 or GPT-5 being tested on LMSYS?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199715&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:36): I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199967&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:06): FCC fines largest wireless carriers for sharing location data
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40202695&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:53): GitHub Copilot Workspace: Technical Preview
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40200081&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:41): How do you accidentally run for President of Iceland?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199713&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:37): SB-1047 will stifle open-source AI and decrease safety
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40198766&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 28th, 2024 | TfL's simple pop-up message led to a significant drop in paper ticket sales Apr 29, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 28th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): A small lathe built in a Japanese prison camp (1949)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40190542&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:02): Zilog Z80 CPU – Modern, free and open source silicon clone
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40187656&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:47): TfL's simple pop-up message led to a significant drop in paper ticket sales
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40187379&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:25): Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18M for falsely labeling products 'Made in USA'
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40190446&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:59): Did we lose our way in making efficient software?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40189682&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:46): LoRA+: Efficient Low Rank Adaptation of Large Models
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40188511&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:09): Zed Decoded: Rope and SumTree
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40187971&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:43): The unstallable plane that stalled
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40189346&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:34): Flow Field Pathfinding
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40187334&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:56): The Myth of the Second Chance
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40189928&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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