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• Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up production vehicles now

  The Verge was discussed at least 2 times, most recently yesterday, on the Wheel Bearings podcast (which I enjoy for the simple motorhead banter). https://overcast.fm/+AA7tJqdxHkE Robbie from SAE International, who is of the hosts, and an avid motorcyclist, is impressed with the bike and the promise of SSBs. I only ride bicycles, can’t comment on the bike itself, but thought to share and widen their audience. It... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Ask HN: How do you share info within podcasts?

  I frequently find myself wanting to share information surfaced in a podcast, usually a 1 - 3 minute bit from an episode. I'm not naive enough to think friends or random people on the internet will sit through the hour I just sat through, but I don't have a great way of sharing. My current method is to use Overcast,¹ which allows you to clip up to 90 seconds from an episode and export with a deep link to a... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Pentagon Pizza Index

  There was an excellent podcast covering this on Endless Thread! https://overcast.fm/+PCa9DKnMg. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month

  In the first segment of the very first episode of the Abstractions podcast, we talked about Google killing its goo.gl URL obfuscation service and why it is such a craven abdication of responsibility. Have a listen, if you’re curious: Overcast link to relevant chapter: https://overcast.fm/+BOOFexNLJ8/02:33 Original episode link: https://shows.arrowloop.com/@abstractions/episodes/001-the-rubber-never-hits-the-road. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites

  Here's a great podcast he was on today if you want more depth than one of those big bombs: https://overcast.fm/+AA4I1vyy4qY. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Our Narrative Prison

  I believe it might be this one : https://overcast.fm/+L-hr-xp6c. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Continuous glucose monitors reveal variable glucose responses to the same meals

  Yeah, I think so, though my recollection is that a baked potato's glycemic index is kinda high. For more authoritative list of details, you could listen to the following podcast with Inchauspé: https://overcast.fm/+AA4G32XuwoA. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• RIP Skype

  Accidental Tech Podcast episode 581 [1] had a great conversation about the reason why Teams is winning: Microsoft was using their dominant position in office applications to win market share. Specifically, they would offer Teams for free in a bundle with Office (which basically every company buys anyway). Every manager could strike Slack from their expenses, replace it with Teams and claim great success. Microsoft... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: A friend has brain cancer: any bio hacks that worked?

  Exercise can supposedly help outcomes for some types of cancer—-I wonder whether the mechanism is similar to that of fasting. The supposed mechanism AIUI is that exercise makes less glucose available to the tumor. Podcast with more info here: https://overcast.fm/+6j6rLbfGM. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Australia Threatens to Force Companies to Break Encryption

  Interesting interview from the last week or so with the head of Australia’s domestic intel agency here which talks about this in quite some detail which I found helpful to get some better context (hint: as usual it’s more nuanced than a headline would allow for) https://overcast.fm/+AAIt0hqfC1w. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Whither CockroachDB?

  The related podcast episode has an extended discussion of past experience pushing postgres beyond its original design. Despite working with Bryan and dap at Joyent post Samsung acquisition, I had no idea about much of this. https://overcast.fm/+AA4jBHynCD8. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• The A.I. Bubble is Bursting with Ed Zitron [video]

  I particularly liked this interview on Ed Zitron’s own show: https://overcast.fm/+BGz6-w7jjI. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Preserving a floppy disk with a logic analyzer and a serial cable

  Reminds me of the applesauce project for Apple ][ disks; https://overcast.fm/+BRm0EGSWs. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

  In no particular order: Prologue [0] - iOS Audiobook player, used Plex as a media source Overcast [1] - iOS Podcast player CleanShotX [2] - macOS screenshot/video/gif capture with annotation Drafts [3] - iOS/macOS note taking tool Paprika [4] - Cross platform recipe app YNAB [5] - "You Need A Budget" - web/mobile budgeting app 1Password [6] - Cross platform password manager Carrot Weather [7] - iOS weather app... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• The end of Google Podcasts is in June if you're not in the US

  When do people will stop using Google products!? Anyway, https://overcast.fm have been here for a while and no reasons to go anytime soon. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Vice website is shutting down

  Some interesting insider insights in the last days. https://overcast.fm/+2EPJZOFok. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. A software glitch ruined sent people to jail

  If you’re interested in knowing more. I just listened to a WSJ podcast about it. https://overcast.fm/+SussgBq-E. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Mexico building rail rival as water shortages drain Panama Canal

  > This is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes https://overcast.fm/+b8tG_Unzo. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

  The two part “Why’d I take speed for twenty years?” episode of Search Engine by PJ Vogt Part 1: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQRWO5g8 Part 2: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQSkynRM. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

  - "Review" of "Programming as theory building" paper by Peter Naur (of BNF fame): https://overcast.fm/+JrqaObyhE/. The idea that the code is actually a physical manifestation of an _idea_ was so mind-blowing to me. Goes on to explain why team churn is bad for the software, why re-writes happen, how software dies. - Non-human Biologics, UFO Encounters, and Mexico’s Alien Bodies https://overcast.fm/+WO2ETzarQ/ -- a... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity

  For those so inclined, Tara Brach had a lovely interview with Roland early this year: https://overcast.fm/+SWwgtYFDM. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago