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February 5th, 2024 | Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll Feb 06, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 5th, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:44): Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39261861&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:57): Relativistic Spaceship
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39266396&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:39): Deno in 2023
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39259068&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:27): More misdrilled holes on 737 MAX in latest setback
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39261482&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:27): Companies embracing SMS for account logins should be blamed for SIM-swap attacks
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39269327&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:55): WA House bill would make it illegal for police to lie during interrogations
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39264383&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:15): Report on the role of standardized test scores in undergraduate admissions [pdf]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39263106&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:30): Yandex to divest its Russia-based businesses
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39258560&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:39): How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39259316&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:30): UUID v7
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39260614&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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February 4th, 2024 | Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight? Feb 05, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 4th, 2024.
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(00:32): Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251095&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:17): Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39248225&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:25): Write code for the web
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250406&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:42): Finance worker pays out $25M after video call call with deepfake CFO
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39248649&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:32): How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39248631&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:42): Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in my life (2022)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39253099&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:57): Beyond self-attention: How a small language model predicts the next token
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251909&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:45): Plastic bag bans work
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250434&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:29): Caesars abruptly cancels contract with DEF CON
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39256930&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(21:26): Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39254807&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 3rd, 2024 | How Quora died Feb 04, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 3rd, 2024.
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(00:32): A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39244254&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:45): How much bigger could Earth be before rockets wouldn't work?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39243303&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:31): How Quora died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39241448&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:28): Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39246664&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:10): Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39248225&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:14): A lesson in dockerizing shell scripts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240471&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:19): Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240205&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:01): The underground world of hobby tunneling
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39245893&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:55): The engineering behind Figma's vector networks (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39241825&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:53): DIY MBA: My Reading List (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39243044&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 2nd, 2024 | Google has another secret browser Feb 03, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 2nd, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:32): Google has another secret browser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39226754&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:14): Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230513&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:32): Tailwind color palette generator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39227831&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:04): The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230263&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:11): How is a binary executable organized? Let's explore it (2014)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39231663&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:19): Carl Weathers has died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39235336&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:14): Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230244&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:11): Why isn't the <html> element 100% supported on caniuse.com?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39235001&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:12): Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39229070&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(18:52): When should you give up on a project that doesn't work?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39232004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 1st, 2024 | My favourite Git commit (2019) Feb 02, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 1st, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): My favourite Git commit (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39217149&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:54): Damn Small Linux 2024
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39215846&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:13): Sorry Appin, we're not taking down our article about your attempts to silence
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39221337&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:04): The VAE Used for Stable Diffusion Is Flawed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39215242&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:01): The web just gets better with Interop 2024
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39218638&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:21): Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39225004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:40): Bard's latest updates: Access Gemini Pro globally and generate images
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39217046&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:59): 'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39223766&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(18:23): FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39223982&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(20:16): CyberChef from GCHQ: Cyber Swiss Army Knife
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39219761&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

January 31st, 2024 | Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's online rant spurs threats to supes, police reports Feb 01, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 31st, 2024.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:34): Infinite Craft
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39205020&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:18): Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's online rant spurs threats to supes, police reports
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39205676&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:27): Making a PDF that's larger than Germany
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39210507&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:32): Mistral CEO confirms 'leak' of new open source AI model nearing GPT4 performance
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39208213&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:56): Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39201317&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:09): The Far Side – By Gary Larson
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39204918&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:28): Macaroons Escalated Quickly
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39204314&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:37): Sega AI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39206529&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:34): Adobe gives up on web-design product to rival Figma after deal collapse
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39204955&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:48): Gitlab's ActivityPub architecture blueprint
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39201453&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

January 30th, 2023 | How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech Jan 31, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 30th, 2023.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:31): Researchers have found a faster way to do integer linear programming
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39185198&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:51): Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39189481&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:25): How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39190791&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:15): Quickemu: Quickly run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39188432&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:17): I just wanted Emacs to look nice – Using 24-bit color in terminals
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39189881&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:42): Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it's not
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39190506&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:59): CEOs Are Using Return to Office Mandates to Mask Poor Management
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39191696&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:18): Everyone hates the electronic medical record
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39186252&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:38): Why flying insects gather at artificial light
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39192807&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(21:28): There's So Much Data Even Spies Are Struggling to Find Secrets
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39187069&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

January 29th, 2023 | Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16 Jan 30, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 29th, 2023.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:35): --libcurl
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39175873&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:36): Meta AI releases Code Llama 70B
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39178886&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:20): Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39175883&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:18): Helios: A distribution of Illumos powering the Oxide Rack
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39178521&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:48): Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39183063&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:46): Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39173775&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:53): Harmonics Explorer
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39174549&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:56): Amazon and iRobot call off their planned acquisition
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39176297&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:01): A Tour of the Lisps
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39182721&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:03): An Air Force officer who spent $11M searching Earhart's plane may have found it
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179031&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

January 28th, 2023 | I hacked a train toilet Jan 29, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 28th, 2023.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:32): I looked through attacks in my access logs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39165711&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:43): New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168105&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:42): I need to grow away from these roots
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168986&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:32): I hacked a train toilet
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163797&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:23): Bartkira: The Simpsons and Akira
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39165080&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:10): German train company are looking for a Windows 3.11 Administrator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168469&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:04): Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions on the International Space Station
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168900&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:06): When the "R" goes missing from R&D (2021)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39166678&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(16:33): General purpose MCUs built in to LEDs emulate candle flicker
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39169048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(18:35): Hell is other people: performance management at Big Tech
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39172054&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

January 27th, 2023 | Disney unveils the HoloTile floor Jan 28, 2024

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 27th, 2023.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:32): Disney unveils the HoloTile floor
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39156444&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:21): Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39151937&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:11): Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while inside the wrecked airplane?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39157797&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:44): Implementing a ChatGPT-like LLM from scratch, step by step
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39156778&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:58): Proposed top-level domain string for private use: ".internal"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39152306&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:02): Sxmo: Linux tiling window manager for phones
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39155103&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:10): Brave Leo now uses Mixtral 8x7B as default
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39152763&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(15:18): Something peculiar in my 2yo's bedroom led me to a revelation about our universe
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39151768&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(17:00): The FCC Is Taking Steps to Wind Down the Affordable Connectivity Program
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39152332&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(19:02): Gitlab password reset bug leaves more than 5.3K servers up for grabs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159002&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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