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Colin is a YC-backed founder and open-sourcer. Kenny is a human-computer interaction whiz at Apple. Two best friends report daily from the depths of Hacker News.
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[#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 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
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
We discuss whether the metaverse is b******t, is the internet, or is minecraft. What's Sam Altman up to today? And how much money can you lose from automating home sales?
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Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89
The metaverse is b******t
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
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
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 -
[#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
Customer Reviews
Incredible rapport
Easily the best Hacker News podcast that I’m also a host of
The chemistry between the two leads is electric