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[#114] The meme of a meme search engine

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

14 Jan 202339:39

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

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.c

27 Sept 202240:07

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

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.ycombi

9 Sept 202250:56

[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again

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 Se

27 Aug 202238:19

[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms

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 Re

19 Aug 202239:32

[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings

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 fun

6 Aug 202236:04

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

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 “

7 Jun 202232:16

[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion

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

6 Nov 202129:03

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

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 Faceboo

30 Oct 202129:34

[#105] Be smart and look stupid

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

22 Oct 202119:25

[#104] Find a cofounder and load a website

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

7 Jul 202116:34

[#103] Copyright, copyleft, and copilot

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

6 Jul 202119:31