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

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

Sep 27th, 2022 40m 7s

September 15, 2022Patreon lays off 17% of Staff https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32826610Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32837802Don’t be spooky https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32863175

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

Sep 9th, 2022 50m 56s

Queen Elizabeth has died https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32768834dang's "royalist" comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32769925The rise of workplace surveillance [audio] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32603565An HN profil

[#111] Google Timer, gone and back again

Aug 27th, 2022 38m 19s

Links covered:Reflections on my time in Y CombinatorRemoval of Heroku free product plansGoogle Timer is backDesign the next iPhoneShazam turns 20Fakery: An odd discovery on Spotify Fakery: Fake IMDB creditsFakery: More cont

[#110] Dots, Buttons, and Booms

Aug 19th, 2022 39m 32s

Engineering FestivusDotfiles being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012)Is there a spiritual successor to deliciousPhysical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test findsLogisticsAmerican Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Ov

[#109] Layoffs, Salt Water, and Drawings

Aug 6th, 2022 36m 4s

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

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

Jun 7th, 2022 32m 16s

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=31618746GitHub user sends notification to 400k users https://news.ycombinator.

[#107] Metaverses, Selling Homes, and Fusion

Nov 6th, 2021 29m 3s

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?LinksPhysics Student Earns PhD at Age 89The metaverse is bullshit

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

Oct 30th, 2021 29m 34s

This Word Does Not ExistmacOS MontereyAsk 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 WorldcoinGreatest single trade of all timeArchitect Resigns in

[#105] Be smart and look stupid

Oct 22nd, 2021 19m 25s

MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inchBuilding an ULTRA-BRIGHT water-cooled TVWillingness to look stupidBeyond SmartFacebook chooses profits over peopleFacebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand

[#104] Find a cofounder and load a website

Jul 7th, 2021 16m 34s

Haiti’s President Is AssassinatedTell HN: YC will help you find a co-founderReddit.com weighs 1.39MB. Here’s what that costs around the globeShow HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobsInstant water cleaning method ‘milli

[#103] Copyright, copyleft, and copilot

Jul 6th, 2021 19m 31s

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyberattackCopilot regurgitating quake code including sweary commentsGitHub Copilot is not infringing your copyrightMusic for programmingNo more movies

[#102] How to work hard

Jul 2nd, 2021 17m 44s

How to Work HardGitHub CopilotSimple solar-powered desalination

[#101] McAfee, Javascript, and iPods

Jun 28th, 2021 19m 43s

John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to USHow To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus YouTube VideoJohn McAfee Fled to Belize, But He Couldn't Escape Himself (2012)JavaScript Is WeirdUser Inyerface – A worst-practic

[#100] What's the show about?

Jun 24th, 2021 15m 11s

Reflecting on 100 episodes.

[#99] Sundar, Andrew, and Loki

Jun 23rd, 2021 17m 50s

Google executives see cracks in their company's successBrave Search betaWhat is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?Disney will send you a copyright strike if you look like Loki

[#98] Test emails, apologies, and thermal shutdowns

Jun 22nd, 2021 17m 56s

HBO Max accidentally sent an integration email test to usersWhy I no longer contribute to RacketApologyWhat it’s like to be cancelledStarlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° FahrenheitRethining TripleByte

[#97] Revery is styling but Reverie is hiring

Jun 16th, 2021 16m

Reverie Labs (YC W18) Is Hiring an ML Lead in Cambridge, MAUtopia, a visual design tool for React, with code as the source of truthDon't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening (2010)GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of

[#96] Hacks, trolls, and AI dresses

Jun 15th, 2021 17m 47s

"Please don’t add any of my stuff to this project"Supreme Court revives LinkedIn bid to shield personal dataUniversities have formed a company that looks a lot like a patent trollLaunch HN: Revery.AI (YC S21) Scalable deep learning-based vir

[#95] The diver, the whale, and the great resignation

Jun 14th, 2021 17m 49s

'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whaleStripe IdentityPaul Graham’s Hype CycleOpinion: The secret gag orders must stopHN “Why Not Simply” “Great resignation” wave coming for companiesForget going back to the o

[#94] Paul, Boom, and Taxes

Jun 11th, 2021 14m 39s

A Project of One’s OwniOS 15 HumaneUnited Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom SupersonicLinus Torvalds on mRNA VaccinesStripe Tax

[#93] Replit's Emails, WWDC's Announcements, and Facebook's Watch

Jun 10th, 2021 16m 31s

Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source projectHow Universal Control on macOS Monterey WorksiOS 15 adds offline Siri for faster query recognitionHighlights of new technologies introduced at WWDC 2021Facebook plans first smartwatch

[#92] Fake twitter trends, Stack Overflow sells, and NEvil hacks meat

Jun 3rd, 2021 16m 10s

Beef Ransomware FollowupStack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8BKinda a big announcementEtsy to buy fashion reseller DepopApple asks staff to return to office 3 day a weekAlmost half of local Twitter trending topics in Turkey are fake – stu

[#91] Working from home, working for yourself, and working on certificates

Jun 2nd, 2021 18m 5s

Employees are quitting instead of giving up working from homeMaking $100k as an Employee versus Being Self-EmployedAmerica Has a Drinking ProblemOne-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS CyberattackGQless: A GraphQL client built for

[#90] Twitter Blue blows

Jun 1st, 2021 16m 19s

youtude-dl can no longer download age restricted videosTwitter confirms Twitter BlueWikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people to donate?Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?