Hacker News TLDR

Jan 14 2023 115 ep. 17 mins 70

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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).

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[#114] The meme of a meme search engine

Jan 14 2023 39 mins

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 touchscreens Lottie 4.0 for iOS: new render engine with significant performance improvements Building an internet-scale meme search engine Text to Speech: VALLE Text to Speech: Appl

[#113] Weird websites, dark skies, and spookiness galore

Sep 26 2022 40 mins

September 15, 2022 Patreon lays off 17% of Staff https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32826610 Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32837802 Don’t be spooky https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32863175 Increase https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32828669 Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

[#112] Long live the iPhone Plus Pro Max Ultra

Sep 09 2022 50 mins

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

[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again

Aug 27 2022 38 mins

Links covered: Reflections on my time in Y Combinator Removal of Heroku free product plans Google Timer is back Design the next iPhone Shazam turns 20 Fakery: An odd discovery on Spotify Fakery: Fake IMDB credits Fakery: More content by people, for people in Search Fakery: The coming tsunami of fakery

[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms

Aug 19 2022 39 mins

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 ~~~~~~~~~ Leave a Review @colinhacks @futurekennysf

[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings

Aug 05 2022 36 mins

Articles covered: Things I Have Drawn is a site in which the things kids draw are real Dalle-2 Prompt Book Part of my code makes Copilot crash Robinhood lays off 23% of staff Y 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 s

[#108] The music streaming wars, 1x engineers, and how to lose at Wordle

Jun 06 2022 32 mins

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.ycomb

[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion

Nov 06 2021 29 mins

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 89 The metaverse is bullshit The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft Review: The 14-inch MacBook Pro R

[#106] Worldcoin, a 500 Year Old Website, and a stock ticker

Oct 29 2021 29 mins

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

[#105] Be smart and look stupid

Oct 22 2021 19 mins

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