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July 23, 20267.23.26 | Terence Tao discusses Jacobian Conjecture counterexample, Bento creates HTML PowerPoint, John C Dvorak passes away
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 23, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
(01:37) - Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)
(03:03) - John C. Dvorak has died
(03:41) - Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?
(05:09) - So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
(06:32) - The startup's Postgres survival guide
(07:48) - Everyone should know SIMD
(09:20) - Making
(10:46) - Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop
(12:04) - Outro

Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
https://chatgpt.com/share/6a5fdc7a-d6f8-83e8-bbea-8deb42cfed56
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010345
Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)
https://bento.page/slides/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008211
John C. Dvorak has died
https://twitter.com/na_announce/status/2079952538040672302
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012070
Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?
https://dylancastillo.co/posts/pelicanmaxxing.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010129
GigaToken: ~1000x faster Language model tokenization
https://github.com/marcelroed/gigatoken/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010167
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
https://www.cole-k.com/2026/07/21/reddit/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005747
The startup's Postgres survival guide
https://hatchet.run/blog/postgres-survival-guide
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005787
Everyone should know SIMD
https://mitchellh.com/writing/everyone-should-know-simd
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010648
Making
https://beej.us/blog/data/ai-making/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008440
Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop
https://resobscura.substack.com/p/quality-non-fiction-books-are-the
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007247
...more
13min
July 22, 20267.22.26 | OpenAI and Hugging Face security incident, advertise in ChatGPT, Gemini 3.6 Flash 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 22, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation
(01:41) - Advertise in ChatGPT
(03:14) - Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
(04:57) - Kimi K3 Is Competitive with Fable; Kimi K3 and Fable Is SoTA
(06:13) - FreeInk: Open ecosystem for e-readers
(07:25) - 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling
(08:38) - Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM
(10:09) - Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa
(11:29) - Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
(12:49) - Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting
(14:06) - Outro

OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation
https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997548
Advertise in ChatGPT
https://ads.openai.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996571
Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993414
Kimi K3 Is Competitive with Fable; Kimi K3 and Fable Is SoTA
https://fireworks.ai/blog/kimik3-fable
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48999291
FreeInk: Open ecosystem for e-readers
https://freeink.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996318
'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/vpns-are-lawful-technical-tools-says-eu-court-in-landmark-anne-frank-copyright-ruling
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997221
Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/apple-defeats-liability-for-not-scanning-icloud-for-csam-but-the-judge-was-not-pleased-amy-v-apple.htm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992870
Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/benin-coral-reef
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993816
Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
https://apnews.com/article/ai-anthropic-copyright-settlement-claude-books-bartz-74b140444023898aeba8579b6e9f0d63
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996652
Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting
https://runtimewire.com/article/jack-dorsey-block-buzz-team-chat-ai-agents-git
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995213
...more
15min
July 21, 20267.21.26 | China's open-weights AI strategy is winning, hacker wipes Romania's land registry database, who's afraid of Chinese models
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 21, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:16) - China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
(02:00) - Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database
(03:22) - Who's afraid of Chinese models?
(04:54) - Kimi Work
(06:18) - Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls
(07:27) - Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public
(08:51) - Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled
(10:06) - Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac
(11:25) - Perfection is not over-engineering
(12:51) - Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team
(14:02) - Outro

China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
https://werd.io/american-ai-is-locked-down-and-proprietary-its-losing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979269
Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database
https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978605
Who's afraid of Chinese models?
https://stratechery.com/2026/whos-afraid-of-chinese-models/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977128
Kimi Work
https://www.kimi.com/products/kimi-work
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48981703
Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls
https://jelly-ui.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48981620
Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/tracking-alpr-cameras/flock-safety-credibility-lost-as-it-repeatedly-lies-to-city-councils-police-departments-and-public-across-the-country
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986731
Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled
https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/human-mathematicians-are-being-outcounterexampled/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48983382
Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac
https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982681
Perfection is not over-engineering
https://var0.xyz/posts/perfection-is-not-over-engineering.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979120
Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986091
...more
15min
July 20, 20267.20.26 | I replaced a $120k bowling center system with ESP32s, Qwen 3.8, Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 20, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s
(01:52) - Qwen 3.8
(03:11) - Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
(04:43) - What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard
(05:57) - Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture
(07:17) - Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3
(08:28) - I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned
(09:39) - Orion Browser by Kagi
(10:58) - The Zen of Parallel Programming
(12:09) - Bananas sprout in Rayleigh Garden UK after 15 years
(13:14) - Outro

Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48968606
Qwen 3.8
https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2078759124914098291
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966120
Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/19/claude-code-in-bun-in-rust/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966569
What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard
https://chipweinberger.com/articles/20260719-hardware-is-not-so-hard
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966713
Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture
https://xcancel.com/__alpoge__/status/2079028340955197566
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48973869
Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48967256
I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned
https://en.andros.dev/blog/0b8e451e/i-joined-the-indieweb-heres-what-i-learned/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966984
Orion Browser by Kagi
https://orionbrowser.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970894
The Zen of Parallel Programming
https://smolnero.com/posts/the-zen-of-parallel-programming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907390
Bananas sprout in Rayleigh Garden UK after 15 years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8edqq5g5o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48968063
...more
14min
July 19, 20267.19.26 | GPT-5.6 closes convex optimization gap, Mayor Mamdani bans AI images for advertising, speech recognition and TTS less than 500kb
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 19, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:20) - GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization
(01:53) - Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise
(03:21) - Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb
(04:33) - Transcribe.cpp
(05:53) - If You Build It, They Will Come
(07:05) - The Kimi K3 Moment
(08:26) - Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?
(09:56) - Gleam Is Now on Tangled
(11:15) - Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide
(12:29) - Elixir-lang.org has a new design
(13:36) - Outro

GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization
https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1uxj3cy/after_openais_cdc_proof_announcement_gpt56_used_a/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957779
Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise
https://petapixel.com/2026/07/16/mayor-mamdani-says-landlords-cant-secretly-use-ai-images-to-advertise-properties/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962983
Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb
https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine/tree/main/micro
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911793
Transcribe.cpp
https://workshop.cjpais.com/projects/transcribe-cpp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963879
If You Build It, They Will Come
https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/if-you-build-it-they-will-come
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959090
The Kimi K3 Moment
https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/07/18/the-kimi-k3-moment/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960218
Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?
https://charlesazam.com/blog/fable-5-gpt-5-6-sol-goal/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956879
Gleam Is Now on Tangled
https://tangled.org/gleam.run/gleam
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959143
Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide
https://ykdojo.github.io/claude-controls-mac/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959392
Elixir-lang.org has a new design
https://elixir-lang.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959042
...more
14min
July 18, 20267.18.26 | AWS billing issues, HN support gratitude, Kaiser nurses concerns
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 18, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:20) - AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
(01:49) - Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
(03:12) - Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs, care worse
(04:31) - First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star
(05:59) - The state of open source AI
(07:31) - Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
(09:15) - Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)
(10:37) - Learning a few things about running SQLite
(11:59) - The Zilog Z80 has turned 50
(13:08) - FAA lets Boeing sign off on 737 MAX, 787 airworthiness certificates again
(14:33) - Outro

AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945241
Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48949551
Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs, care worse
https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/07/15/kaiser-nurses-say-ai-workplace-surveillance-are-making-their-jobs-and-patient-care-worse/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952880
First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4kdd1e0ejo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947560
The state of open source AI
https://stateofopensource.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947825
Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/kimi-k3/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947717
Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)
https://improvesomething.today/responses-to-problems/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947490
Learning a few things about running SQLite
https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/07/17/learning-about-running-sqlite/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950122
The Zilog Z80 has turned 50
https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951461
FAA lets Boeing sign off on 737 MAX, 787 airworthiness certificates again
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/faa-boeing-737-max-787.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952439
...more
15min
July 17, 20267.17.26 | Kimi K3 Open Frontier Intelligence, Microsoft Comic Chat open source, Decoy Font
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 17, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence
(01:40) - Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source
(02:59) - Decoy Font
(03:52) - NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook
(05:08) - $100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol
(06:24) - LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models
(07:38) - The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway
(09:08) - Immersive Linear Algebra Book with Interactive Figures (2015)
(10:19) - Detecting LLM-Generated Texts with “Classical” Machine Learning
(11:50) - The human-in-the-loop is tired
(13:15) - Outro

Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence
https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k3
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935342
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936426
Decoy Font
https://www.mixfont.com/experiments/decoy-font
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936584
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/notebooklm-gemini-notebook/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936451
$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol
https://www.tryai.dev/blog/ai-music-video-arena-claude-vs-gpt-5.6
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939524
LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models
https://lmstudio.ai/blog/introducing-lm-studio-bionic
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939662
The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway
https://www.theocharis.dev/blog/llm-critics-are-right-i-use-llms-anyway/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48933310
Immersive Linear Algebra Book with Interactive Figures (2015)
https://immersivemath.com/ila/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935951
Detecting LLM-Generated Texts with “Classical” Machine Learning
https://blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/llm-classifier/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936880
The human-in-the-loop is tired
https://pydantic.dev/articles/the-human-in-the-loop-is-tired
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48942000
...more
14min
July 16, 20267.16.26 | Inkling open-weights model, Stripe and Advent's PayPal acquisition offer, Grok Build open source
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 16, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model
(01:51) - Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources
(02:53) - Grok Build is open source
(04:15) - Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU
(05:49) - SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions
(07:02) - Collection of Digital Clock Designs
(07:51) - The lost joy of music piracy
(09:08) - Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]
(10:28) - I also filed the corners off my MacBook
(11:33) - Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequel
(12:43) - Outro

Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model
https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924912
Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915953
Grok Build is open source
https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590
Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU
https://www.neomindlabs.com/2026/06/08/running-gemma-4-26b-at-5-tokens-sec-on-a-13-year-old-xeon-with-no-gpu/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48922434
SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions
https://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135
Collection of Digital Clock Designs
https://clocks.dev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923380
The lost joy of music piracy
https://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-piracy-what-cd-oink-nine-inch-nails-streaming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930454
Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]
https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927095
I also filed the corners off my MacBook
https://www.brt.fyi/posts/mac-book-filing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911803
Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequel
https://elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/misfits-attic-announces-duskers-20
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925888
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July 15, 20267.15.26 | Your app could have been a webpage, Bonsai 27B runs on a phone, how to stop Claude from saying load-bearing
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 15, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:15) - Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)
(01:39) - Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone
(02:59) - How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing
(04:22) - Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
(05:43) - The Tower Keeps Rising
(06:57) - Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left
(08:20) - Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
(09:44) - I'm a USB-C Maximalist
(10:54) - Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history
(12:27) - Show HN: Juggler – an open-source GUI coding agent, by the creator of JUCE
(13:51) - Outro

Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)
https://danq.me/2026/07/09/your-app-could-have-been-a-webpage/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48869989
Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone
https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-27b
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910545
How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing
https://jola.dev/posts/how-to-stop-claude-from-saying-load-bearing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905248
Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
https://www.artfish.ai/p/offloading-thinking-to-ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908178
The Tower Keeps Rising
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/13/the-tower-keeps-rising/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48909785
Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left
https://mindgard.ai/blog/cursor-0day-when-full-disclosure-becomes-the-only-protection-left
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910676
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915709
I'm a USB-C Maximalist
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/im-a-usb-c-maximalist/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908214
Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history
https://vpd.ca/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48914644
Show HN: Juggler – an open-source GUI coding agent, by the creator of JUCE
https://github.com/juggler-ai/juggler
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883305
...more
14min
July 14, 20267.14.26 | Apple's SpeechAnalyzer API benchmarked, building Mac and iOS apps without Xcode, Japan recovers lithium from EV batteries
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 14, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor
(01:44) - Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode
(03:05) - Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries
(04:18) - The Git history command deserves more attention
(05:30) - The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
(06:40) - An Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took hold
(07:47) - Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?
(09:17) - Ancient Roman Board Game
(10:24) - Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (2005)
(11:23) - What will be left for us to work on?
(12:58) - Outro

Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor
https://get-inscribe.com/blog/apple-speech-api-benchmark.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894752
Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode
https://scottwillsey.com/building-and-shipping-mac-and-ios-apps-without-ever-opening-xcode/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896665
Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries
https://tech.supercarblondie.com/japan-recovers-up-to-90-of-lithium-from-used-ev-batteries/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901569
The Git history command deserves more attention
https://lalitm.com/post/git-history/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901010
The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/meta-social-media-teenagers-22337724.php
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897104
An Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took hold
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2drrv6q54o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48900191
Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?
https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896600
Ancient Roman Board Game
https://ludus-coriovalli.web.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48852159
Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (2005)
https://web.stanford.edu/~dntse/wireless_book.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901454
What will be left for us to work on?
https://www.normaltech.ai/p/what-will-be-left-for-us-to-work
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901292
...more
14min

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