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Portable EPUBs
Article URL: https://willcrichton.net/notes/portable-epubs/#epub-content%2FEPUB%2Findex.xhtml$

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39138042

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 196 ⌘ Read more
Apple Announces Changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39132453

Points: 524
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Ollama releases Python and JavaScript Libraries
Article URL: https://ollama.ai/blog/python-javascript-libraries

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39125477

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 124 ⌘ Read more
Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
Article URL: https://zed.dev/blog/zed-is-now-open-source

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39119835

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 143 ⌘ Read more
Boeing whistleblower: MAX 9 production line has "enormous volume of defects"
Article URL: https://viewfromthewing.com/boeing-whistleblower-production-line-has-enormous-volume-of-defects-bolts-on-max-9-werent-installed/

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39102021](https://news.ycombinator.com/i ... ⌘ Read more
FTC bans TurboTax from advertising 'free' services, calls deceptive advertising
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/22/business/ftc-turbotax-free-services/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097356

Points: 510

\\# Comments: 131 ⌘ Read more
Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks
Article URL: https://flipperzero.one

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39084137

Points: 502

\\# Comments: 216 ⌘ Read more
Spotube: Open-source Spotify-Youtube client
Article URL: https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066136

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 508 ⌘ Read more
Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/cancel-subscriptions-save-money-streaming-peacock-da7e6123

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39057993

Points: 322

\\# Comments: 545 ⌘ Read more
Dave Mills has died
Article URL: https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/internet-history/2024-January/009265.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39051246

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 51 ⌘ Read more
Losing my son
Article URL: https://www.fortressofdoors.com/i-lost-my-son/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39036842

Points: 510

\\# Comments: 76 ⌘ Read more
Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2021)
Article URL: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/395382/which-word-begins-with-y-and-looks-like-an-axe-in-this-picture

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39034160

Points: 506

\\# Comments: 126 ⌘ Read more
US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission
Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/16/us-app-store-alternative-purchase-option/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39020365

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 686 ⌘ Read more
On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney
Article URL: https://catandgirl.com/4000-of-my-closest-friends/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39016395

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 569 ⌘ Read more
Vanna.ai: Chat with your SQL database
Article URL: https://github.com/vanna-ai/vanna

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38992601

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 215 ⌘ Read more
Stellarium: Software which renders realistic skies in real time
Article URL: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38981254

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 135 ⌘ Read more
I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy
Article URL: https://www.amazon.com/fulfill-request-respectful-information-users-Brown/dp/B0CM82FJL2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38971012

Points: 533

\\# Comments: 191 ⌘ Read more
Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC
Article URL: https://mfkl.github.io/2024/01/10/unity-double-oss-standards.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38964972

Points: 506

\\# Comments: 163 ⌘ Read more
The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit
Article URL: https://aftermath.site/the-internet-is-full-of-ai-dogshit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38952526

Points: 520

\\# Comments: 329 ⌘ Read more
A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
Article URL: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-storage/a-huge-battery-has-replaced-hawaiis-last-coal-plant

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38941747

Points: 504

\\# Comments: 329 ⌘ Read more
I pwned half of America's fast food chains simultaneously
Article URL: https://mrbruh.com/chattr/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38933999

Points: 505

\\# Comments: 183 ⌘ Read more
Python 3.13 Gets a JIT
Article URL: https://tonybaloney.github.io/posts/python-gets-a-jit.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38923741

Points: 507

\\# Comments: 230 ⌘ Read more
Polars
Article URL: https://pola.rs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38920043

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 211 ⌘ Read more
iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail
Article URL: https://twitter.com/SeanSafyre/status/1744138937239822685

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38907620

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 422 ⌘ Read more
Pocketbase: Open-source back end in one file
Article URL: https://pocketbase.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38898934

Points: 504

\\# Comments: 116 ⌘ Read more
FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/06/boeing-737-max-9-grounding-after-alaska-airlines-door-blows-midflight.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38893909

Points: 513

\\# Comments: 347 ⌘ Read more
Fixing Macs door to door
Article URL: https://matduggan.com/fixing-macs-door-to-door/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38886030

Points: 505

\\# Comments: 70 ⌘ Read more
An app can be a home-cooked meal (2020)
Article URL: https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877423

Points: 512

\\# Comments: 146 ⌘ Read more
Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone
Article URL: https://www.clicks.tech/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38871987

Points: 510

\\# Comments: 312 ⌘ Read more
Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust
Article URL: https://blog.lenot.re/a/introduction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38852360

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 239 ⌘ Read more
1D Pac-Man
Article URL: https://abagames.github.io/crisp-game-lib-11-games/?pakupaku

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38845510

Points: 504

\\# Comments: 77 ⌘ Read more
Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos [video]**
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DKv5H5Frt0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38832959

Points: 507

\\# Comments: 137 ⌘ Read more
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Happy New Year HN!
I spend too much time on HN. But of all the places on the internet, this is the only place which feels worth visiting multiple times a day!

Wishing everyone a great 2024!

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38826283

Points: 502

\\# Comments: 104 ⌘ Read more*
Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT
Article URL: https://danluu.com/seo-spam/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38821248

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 206 ⌘ Read more
Blot turns a folder into a website
Article URL: https://blot.im/how

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38809145

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 127 ⌘ Read more
In 2024, please switch to Firefox
Article URL: https://roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-2024-please-switch-to-firefox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38806270

Points: 551

\\# Comments: 223 ⌘ Read more
Cold-blooded software
Article URL: https://dubroy.com/blog/cold-blooded-software/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38793206

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 198 ⌘ Read more
4B If Statements
Article URL: https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io//jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38790597

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 177 ⌘ Read more
First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation
Article URL: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61106

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38785468

Points: 505

\\# Comments: 444 ⌘ Read more
DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching
Article URL: https://github.com/hrvach/deskhop

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38780519

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 114 ⌘ Read more
Challenging projects every programmer should try (2019)
Article URL: https://austinhenley.com/blog/challengingprojects.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38768678

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 297 ⌘ Read more
Ruby 3.3
Article URL: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/12/25/ruby-3-3-0-released/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38760477

Points: 504

\\# Comments: 159 ⌘ Read more
Costs of running a macOS app studio business
Article URL: https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/Costs-of-running-a-macOS-app-studio-business

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38756029

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 155 ⌘ Read more
Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model
Article URL: https://github.com/apple/ml-ferret

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38745348

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 249 ⌘ Read more
How big is YouTube?**
Article URL: https://ethanzuckerman.com/2023/12/22/how-big-is-youtube/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38739563

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 162 ⌘ Read more
Show HN: Heynote – A dedicated scratchpad for developers
Hey!

I made Heynote entirely for my own use case. For many years, I always had an Emacs instance running with the scratch buffer open, even long after I had abandoned Emacs as my programming editor in favor of more recent IDE:s.

The simplicity of having just one big scratch buffer appeals to me, but I still want to separate the different things I jot down somehow (without using tabs or similar). Previously, my solution was to insert a bunch of blank lines between the notes, but hitting C- ... ⌘ Read more
ArXiv now offers papers in HTML format
Article URL: https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/12/21/accessibility-update-arxiv-now-offers-papers-in-html-format/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38724665

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 139 ⌘ Read more
Apple allows applications to track user locations without authorization
Article URL: https://wingu.se/2023/11/30/only-apple-can-do-allow-apps-tracking-users-location-without-consensus.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38720656

Points: 512

\\# Comments: 150 ⌘ Read more
Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi say they will use Tesla's EV charging plug
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/19/24008426/volkswagen-audi-porsche-tesla-nacs-ev-charging-plug

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38709319

Points: 374

\\# Comments: 542 ⌘ Read more
James Webb Space Telescope captures high-resolution image of Uranus
Article URL: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-150

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38695337

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 203 ⌘ Read more
Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger
Article URL: https://www.figma.com/blog/figma-adobe-abandon-proposed-merger/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38681861

Points: 509

\\# Comments: 266 ⌘ Read more
Database Fundamentals
Article URL: https://tontinton.com/posts/database-fundementals/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38655066

Points: 510

\\# Comments: 93 ⌘ Read more
Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/world/voyager-1-computer-issue-scn/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640900

Points: 515

\\# Comments: 324 ⌘ Read more
SMERF: Streamable Memory Efficient Radiance Fields
We built SMERF, a new way for exploring NeRFs in real-time in your web browser. Try it out yourself!

Over the last few months, my collaborators and I have put together a new, real-time method that makes NeRF models accessible from smartphones, laptops, and low-power desktops, and we think we’ve done a pretty stellar job! SMERF, as we like to call it, distills a large, high quality NeRF into a real-time, streaming-ready representation that’s easily deployed to devices as small as a smartph ... ⌘ Read more
Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted
Article URL: [https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/12/google-promises-unlimited-cloud-storage-then-cancels-plan-then-tells-journalist-his-lifes-work-will-be-deleted-without-enough-time-to-transfer-the-data/](https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/12/google-promises-unlimited-cloud-storage-then-cancels-plan-then- ... ⌘ Read more
YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18gjiqy/youtube\\_doesnt\\_want\\_to\\_take\\_down\\_scam\\_ads/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611466

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 311 ⌘ Read more
Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/23945184/epic-v-google-fortnite-play-store-antitrust-trial-updates#stream-entry-65d34a06-1fa5-4eab-abf6-ce450441b543

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607424](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3 ... ⌘ Read more
Mistral: Mixtral of Experts
Article URL: https://mistral.ai/news/mixtral-of-experts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598559

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 256 ⌘ Read more
Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet
Article URL: https://blakewatson.com/journal/omg-lol-an-oasis-on-the-internet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38594697

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 218 ⌘ Read more
Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application
Article URL: https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38586767

Points: 506

\\# Comments: 74 ⌘ Read more
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38579899

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 288 ⌘ Read more
The pro-Israel information war
Article URL: https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/inside-the-pro-israel-information

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38572675

Points: 502

\\# Comments: 754 ⌘ Read more
Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware hacking
Article URL: https://badcyber.com/dieselgate-but-for-trains-some-heavyweight-hardware-hacking/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38567687

Points: 521

\\# Comments: 205 ⌘ Read more
Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice
Article URL: https://twitter.com/parmy/status/1732811357068615969

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38559582

Points: 508

\\# Comments: 256 ⌘ Read more
JSONB has landed
Article URL: https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/fa6f64e3dc1a5d97

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540421

Points: 503

\\# Comments: 131 ⌘ Read more
Polish trains lock up when serviced in third-party workshops
Article URL: https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k/111528162462505087

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38530885

Points: 512

\\# Comments: 168 ⌘ Read more
Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $500M Zuckerberg donation
Article URL: https://live-whistleblower-aid.pantheonsite.io/joan-donovan-press-release/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519012

Points: 555

\\# Comments: 127 ⌘ Read more
LLM Visualization
Article URL: https://bbycroft.net/llm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38507672

Points: 513

\\# Comments: 37 ⌘ Read more
Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage
Article URL: https://scitechdaily.com/tinnitus-linked-to-hidden-undetected-auditory-nerve-damage-a-step-towards-a-cure/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38495720

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 293 ⌘ Read more
Code is run more than read
Article URL: https://olano.dev/2023-11-30-code-is-run-more-than-read/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38483181

Points: 505

\\# Comments: 241 ⌘ Read more
I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was seeing with PIP plans
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hr-performance-improvement-plans-pip-pivot-had-to-quit-2023-11

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38471744

Points: 501

\\# Comments: 485 ⌘ Read more
Llamafile lets you distribute and run LLMs with a single file
Article URL: https://github.com/Mozilla-Ocho/llamafile

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38464057

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 131 ⌘ Read more
SDRs and Account Executives job has just been automated
Article URL: https://jusdr.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38457497

Points: 550

\\# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
My $500M Mars rover mistake
Article URL: https://www.chrislewicki.com/articles/failurestory

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452959

Points: 509

\\# Comments: 182 ⌘ Read more
Charlie Munger has died
Article URL: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov2823.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38451278

Points: 505

\\# Comments: 137 ⌘ Read more
$20k bounty was claimed
Article URL: https://prettier.io/blog/2023/11/27/20k-bounty-was-claimed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38434613

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 215 ⌘ Read more
Why Bother with uBlock Being Blocked in Chrome? Time to Switch to Firefox
Article URL: https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38429370

Points: 529

\\# Comments: 324 ⌘ Read more
The Dunning-Kruger effect is autocorrelation
Article URL: https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38415252

Points: 502

\\# Comments: 171 ⌘ Read more
Generative AI for Beginners
Article URL: https://microsoft.github.io/generative-ai-for-beginners/#/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38405823

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 78 ⌘ Read more
YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/181vbmk/youtube\\_is\\_now\\_blocking\\_ad\\_blockers\\_so\\_i\\_just/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38397817

Points: 506

\\# Comments: 528 ⌘ Read more
Developer account removed by Apple – $108,878 frozen
Article URL: https://seraleev.notion.site/Our-developer-account-was-removed-by-Apple-and-they-haven-t-paid-out-108-878-b61192711c74487480373badc70d42c0

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38394364](https://news.ycombinator ... ⌘ Read more
OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38386487](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38 ... ⌘ Read more
Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
Article URL: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38381573

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 279 ⌘ Read more
We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
Article URL: https://twitter.com/openai/status/1727206187077370115

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38375239

Points: 537

\\# Comments: 428 ⌘ Read more
Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA?**
Article URL: https://insiderockstarnorth.blogspot.com/2023/11/why-does-moon-change-size-when-you.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38371361

Points: 516

\\# Comments: 62 ⌘ Read more
Stable Video Diffusion
Article URL: https://stability.ai/news/stable-video-diffusion-open-ai-video-model

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38368287

Points: 502

\\# Comments: 138 ⌘ Read more
Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23969586/sam-altman-plotting-return-open-ai-microsoft

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38352891

Points: 504

\\# Comments: 730 ⌘ Read more
OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-staff-walk-protest-sam-altman/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38347868

Points: 514

\\# Comments: 335 ⌘ Read more
YouTube artificially slows down video load times when using Firefox
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/login/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38345858

Points: 523

\\# Comments: 160 ⌘ Read more
Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
Article URL: https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726509045803336122

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38344196

Points: 521

\\# Comments: 408 ⌘ Read more
StyleTTS2 – open-source Eleven-Labs-quality Text To Speech
Article URL: https://github.com/yl4579/StyleTTS2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38335255

Points: 500

\\# Comments: 169 ⌘ Read more
Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
Hi HN!

Since Youtube no longer allows AdBlockers, I built my own extension to get around their video ads. If there is an ad it temporarily manipulates the video; Mutes the volume, sets speed to 10x, and skips it if there is a button.

Chrome Webstore link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-accelerator/gpbo...

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OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/11/18/openai-investors-scramble-to-reinstate-sam-altman-as-ceo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38325552

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Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI
Jakub Pachocki, director of research; Aleksander Madry, head of AI risk team, and Szymon Sidor.

Scoop: theinformation.com

Paywalled link: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/three-senior-openai-...

Submitting information since paywalled links are not permitted.

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Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
Article URL: https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559?s=20

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38312704

Points: 502

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280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Article URL: https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

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I think I need to go lie down
Article URL: https://twitter.com/multikev/status/1724908185361011108

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38288130

Points: 502

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Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year
Article URL: https://younganimator.uk/winner/1699875910225x437970782709919500

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38282166

Points: 505

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Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
Article URL: https://www.ledger.com/blog/hacking-adhd-strategies-for-the-modern-developer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38274782

Points: 506

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GraphCast: AI model for weather forecasting
Article URL: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/graphcast-ai-model-for-faster-and-more-accurate-global-weather-forecasting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38264641

Points: 500

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