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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).

115 Episodes

[#114] The meme of a meme search engine
1/14/2023
39:39
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: Apple Books Text to Speech: This voice does not exist Gail dot com
[#113] Weird websites, dark skies, and spookiness galore
9/27/2022
40:07
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?id=32884467 Uber investigating breach of its computer systems https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32860728 Ask HN: How do you find the weird parts of the web? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32804832 Gen Z never learned to read cursive https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884213 Dark Sky shutting down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32817555
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[#112] Long live the iPhone Plus Pro Max Ultra
9/9/2022
50:56
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 (2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32761930 Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32746922 Steve Jobs emails himself (2010) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32761060
[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again
8/27/2022
38:19
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
8/19/2022
39:32
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
8/6/2022
36:04
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 suggests
[#108] The music streaming wars, 1x engineers, and how to lose at Wordle
6/7/2022
32:16
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? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31572258 Spotify podcasters are making $18k a month with nothing but white noise https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31630148
[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion
11/6/2021
29:03
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 Resets the Timeline Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now public Now you can (try to) serve five terabytes, too Backblaze S-1 IPO The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy HashiCorp – S1 IPO Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lays off 25% of staff Keith Rabois's Twitter Helion
[#106] Worldcoin, a 500 Year Old Website, and a stock ticker
10/30/2021
29:34
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
10/22/2021
19:25
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

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Hacker News TLDR

Tuesday Labs

115 Episodes

[#114] The meme of a meme search engine

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

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

[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again

[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms

[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings

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

[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion

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

[#105] Be smart and look stupid