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April 17th, 2024 | The NSA is just days away from taking over the internet Apr 18, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 17th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:40): The NSA is just days away from taking over the internet
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40062271&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:04): Embeddings are a good starting point for the AI curious app developer
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067486&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:41): Mixtral 8x22B
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40064736&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:12): CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067939&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:55): How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40063367&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:19): ChatControl: EU ministers want to exempt themselves
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40063025&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:52): An electric new era for Atlas
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40064105&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:43): Hardest problem in computer science: centering things
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40069599&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:27): The biggest source of waste is untapped skilled pragmatists
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40065704&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:02): How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067575&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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April 16th, 2024 | This is a teenager Apr 17, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 16th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): This is a teenager
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40053774&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:12): NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40050844&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:55): Loading a trillion rows of weather data into TimescaleDB
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40051191&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:57): We need to rewild the internet
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40055120&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:38): Redis is forked
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40054326&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:29): A Visual Guide to Vision Transformers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40051975&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:00): Google DeepMind's Aloha Unleashed is pushing the boundaries of robot dexterity
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40054019&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:32): Firefox 125
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40053710&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:10): Thoughts on low latency trading if exchanges went full cloud
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40050717&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:06): A framework to help B2B founders find product-market fit
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40051818&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 15th, 2024 | Embezzlers Are Nice People (2017) Apr 16, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 15th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:32): Embezzlers Are Nice People (2017)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40042616&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:18): T-Mobile employees across the country receive cash offers to illegally swap SIMs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40045093&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:03): PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40044665&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:57): Neon Serverless Postgres is generally available
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40040593&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:45): A tiny ultrabright laser that can melt steel
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40038251&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:54): An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40041430&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:29): We are moving to General Availability
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40039191&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:12): Tesla to lay off more than 10% of its staff
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40038549&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:10): Beautifying Org Mode in Emacs (2018)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40037844&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:00): A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40037396&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 14th, 2024 | Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes Apr 15, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 14th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:32): Redis re-implemented with SQLite
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40030746&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:29): Visualizing Attention, a Transformer's Heart [video]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40035514&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:39): Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40032233&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:17): Kate editor on all platforms
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40032869&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:49): Problem with selling developer tools is that devs have no purchasing authority
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40029283&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:20): My cat alerted me to a DDoS attack
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40034045&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:00): Discovering my roommate's death on Facebook
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40033033&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:48): The Guide to Stock Options Conversations
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40030721&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:27): Personal VPN services are snake oil
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40033522&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:10): Phanpy: A minimalistic opinionated Mastodon web client
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40033039&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 13th, 2024 | The darker side of being a doctor Apr 14, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 13th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:37): The darker side of being a doctor
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025261&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:18): The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40024062&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:37): Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Government's Previous Formula
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025339&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:30): Tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm (2023)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40023319&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:36): Obituary for a Quiet Life
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40028643&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:15): A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40022709&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:09): Making Truth Social Comply with the AGPL
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40028338&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:51): 350 tons of of chocolate and wine arrive on world’s largest cargo sailboat
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40022801&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:40): Old CSS, new CSS (2020)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40023892&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:31): Ford Mustang Mach-E using BlueCruise at time of crash: NTSB
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40026732&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 12th, 2024 | Google threatens to cut off news after California proposes paying media outlets Apr 13, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 12th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:40): I Lost Faith in Kagi
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40011314&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:29): Google threatens to cut off news after California proposes paying media outlets
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40014892&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:20): XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40017310&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:11): 96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40012466&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:50): Japanese police arrest man for tampering with Pokémon Violet save data
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40019124&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:06): Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40018948&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:38): Why I recommend Renovate over any other dependency update tools
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40011111&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:20): I continue to no longer attend vintage computer festivals
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40018990&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:46): Defeated CEOs are now conceding hybrid working is here to stay
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40018087&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:10): "Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway timber bridge
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40015851&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 11th, 2024 | Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem Apr 12, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 11th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:38): AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39998849&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:16): Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40001971&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:50): Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40002987&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:14): Mental health in software engineering
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40001150&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:52): Transformers.js – Run Transformers directly in the browser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40001193&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:46): Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27B fraud case
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40002851&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:27): Using ClickHouse to scale an events engine
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40005005&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:11): Stacking triangles for fun and profit
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40001597&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:05): If Inheritance is so bad, why does everyone use it?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39999019&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:06): Roll-to-roll fabricated perovskite solar cells under ambient room conditions
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39998740&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 10th, 2024 | Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers Apr 11, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 10th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:35): Double-entry bookkeeping as a directed graph
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39988993&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:22): Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39991173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:06): Kobo announces color e-readers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39991693&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:56): Aider: AI pair programming in your terminal
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39995725&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:54): 2023 ACM Turing Prize awarded to Avi Wigderson
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39990004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:38): EPA Says 'Forever Chemicals' Must Be Removed from Tap Water
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39996433&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:41): Deep Bug
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39988716&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:23): Code search is hard
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39993976&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:04): Meta used monolithic architecture to ship Threads in only five months
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39987466&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:53): Meta MTIA v2 – Meta Training and Inference Accelerator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39991675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 9th, 2024 | Beeper acquired by Automattic Apr 10, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 9th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:33): Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, has died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981034&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): Beeper acquired by Automattic
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39980268&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:28): Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981032&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:59): Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981550&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:37): Cow Magnets
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39982024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:01): The U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39977058&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:34): A MySQL compatible database engine written in pure Go
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39983490&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:14): Google Axion Processors – Arm-based CPUs designed for the data center
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39978577&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:15): SSSL – Hackless SSL bypass for the Wii U
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39977862&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:47): ScreenAI: A visual LLM for UI and visually-situated language understanding
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981623&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 8th, 2024 | Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streams Apr 09, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 8th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:38): How much faster are the Gnome 46 terminals?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966918&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:24): Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39970915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:15): Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streams
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966743&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:40): Notepad++: Help us to take down the parasite website
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39968761&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:22): After AI beat them, professional Go players got better and more creative
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39972990&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:54): Hello World
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39967709&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:24): Vala Programming Language
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39969131&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:47): Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39968103&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:11): How engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. saved Ethernet
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39968382&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:58): Find My Device on Android
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39971673&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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