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Catch up on all the best stories and discussion on Hacker New each week. Hosted by Colin (a YC-backed founder and typescript fanatic) and Kenny (a human-computer interaction whiz who just wants software to be fast).
Language:
English
Website:
https://anchor.fm/hackernews
Episodes
[#114] The meme of a meme search engine
1/14/2023
We discuss touchscreens in cars, text to speech, and gail.com. A rant about cross platform libraries is included free of charge.
Study finds that buttons in cars are safer and quicker to use than touchscreensLottie 4.0 for iOS: new render engine with significant performance improvementsBuilding an internet-scale meme search engineText to Speech: VALLEText to Speech: Apple BooksText to Speech: This voice does not existGail dot com
Duration:00:38:00
[#113] Weird websites, dark skies, and spookiness galore
9/27/2022
September 15, 2022
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32826610https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32837802https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32863175https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32828669https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884467https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32860728https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32804832https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884213https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32817555
Duration:00:40:07
[#112] Long live the iPhone Plus Pro Max Ultra
9/9/2022
Queen Elizabeth has died https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32768834
dang's "royalist" comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32769925
The rise of workplace surveillance [audio] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32603565
An HN profile worth perusing https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kennethfriedman
AirPods Pro 2nd Gen https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32754440
Globalstar SEC filing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32754963
I Got Banned for Life from Airbnb...
Duration:00:50:56
[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again
8/27/2022
Links covered:
Reflections on my time in Y CombinatorRemoval of Heroku free product plansGoogle Timer is backDesign the next iPhoneShazam turns 20An odd discovery on Spotify Fake IMDB creditsMore content by people, for people in SearchThe coming tsunami of fakery
Duration:00:38:19
[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms
8/20/2022
Engineering Festivus
Dotfiles being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012)
Is there a spiritual successor to delicious
Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds
Logistics
American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft
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Duration:00:39:32
[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings
8/6/2022
Articles covered:
Things I Have Drawn is a site in which the things kids draw are realDalle-2 Prompt BookPart of my code makes Copilot crash Robinhood lays off 23% of staffY Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding MIT invents $4 solar desalination device Put down devices, let your mind wander, study suggests
Duration:00:36:04
[#108] The music streaming wars, 1x engineers, and how to lose at Wordle
6/7/2022
Spotify table of songs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31618092
Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31618746
GitHub user sends notification to 400k users https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31627061
Coinbase “Update on hiring plans” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31600505
1x Engineer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31568895
Show HN: Can you lose at Wordle if you tried?...
Duration:00:32:16
[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion
11/6/2021
We discuss whether the metaverse is bullshit, is the internet, or is minecraft. What's Sam Altman up to today? And how much money can you lose from automating home sales?
Links
Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89The metaverse is bullshitThe metaverse is already here, it's called the internetThe metaverse is already here – it's MinecraftReview: The 14-inch MacBook Pro Resets the TimelineGoogle's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now publicNow you can (try to) serve...
Duration:00:29:03
[#106] Worldcoin, a 500 Year Old Website, and a stock ticker
10/30/2021
This Word Does Not Exist
macOS Monterey
Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why?
Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
Edward Snowden on Sam Altman's Worldcoin
Greatest single trade of all time
Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm
Facebook Renames to Meta
Duration:00:29:34
[#105] Be smart and look stupid
10/22/2021
MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
Building an ULTRA-BRIGHT water-cooled TV
Willingness to look stupid
Beyond Smart
Facebook chooses profits over people
Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
Duration:00:19:25
[#104] Find a cofounder and load a website
7/7/2021
Haiti’s President Is Assassinated
Tell HN: YC will help you find a co-founder
Reddit.com weighs 1.39MB. Here’s what that costs around the globe
Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs
Instant water cleaning method ‘millions of times’ better: study
Duration:00:16:34
[#103] Copyright, copyleft, and copilot
7/6/2021
US companies hit by 'colossal' cyberattack
Copilot regurgitating quake code including sweary comments
GitHub Copilot is not infringing your copyright
Music for programming
No more movies
Duration:00:19:31
[#102] How to work hard
7/2/2021
How to Work Hard
GitHub Copilot
Simple solar-powered desalination
Duration:00:17:44
[#101] McAfee, Javascript, and iPods
6/28/2021
John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus YouTube Video
John McAfee Fled to Belize, But He Couldn't Escape Himself (2012)
JavaScript Is Weird
User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment
Show HN: iPod.js – An online iPod that connects to Spotify and Apple Music
Duration:00:19:43
[#100] What's the show about?
6/24/2021
Reflecting on 100 episodes.
Duration:00:15:11
[#99] Sundar, Andrew, and Loki
6/23/2021
Google executives see cracks in their company's success
Brave Search beta
What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?
Disney will send you a copyright strike if you look like Loki
Duration:00:17:50
[#98] Test emails, apologies, and thermal shutdowns
6/22/2021
HBO Max accidentally sent an integration email test to users
Why I no longer contribute to Racket
Apology
What it’s like to be cancelled
Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
Rethining TripleByte
Duration:00:17:56
[#97] Revery is styling but Reverie is hiring
6/16/2021
Reverie Labs (YC W18) Is Hiring an ML Lead in Cambridge, MA
Utopia, a visual design tool for React, with code as the source of truth
Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening (2010)
GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell
Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a GUI application
Duration:00:16:00
[#96] Hacks, trolls, and AI dresses
6/15/2021
"Please don’t add any of my stuff to this project"
Supreme Court revives LinkedIn bid to shield personal data
Universities have formed a company that looks a lot like a patent troll
Launch HN: Revery.AI (YC S21) Scalable deep learning-based virtual dressing room
Duration:00:17:47
[#95] The diver, the whale, and the great resignation
6/14/2021
'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale
Stripe Identity
Paul Graham’s Hype Cycle
Opinion: The secret gag orders must stop
HN “Why Not Simply”
“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
Forget going back to the office – people are just quitting instead
Duration:00:17:49