July 17th, 2023 | Never waste a midlife crisis

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 17th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:43): A Firefox-only minimap (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757542&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:16): Bad numbers in the “gzip beats BERT” paper?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36758433&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:29): The Wikimedia Foundation joins Mastodon and the FediverseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36763357&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:58): The force that shapes everything around us: ParkingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36758355&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:46): The C Programming Language: Myths and RealityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757798&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:47): Wikipedia-grounded chatbot “outperforms all baselines” on factual accuracyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757520&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:32): A surprisingly simple way to foil car thievesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36759882&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:10): Never waste a midlife crisisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36765479&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:41): Notes on PuzzlesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757492&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(16:26): Temporary ban on behavioural advertising on Facebook and InstagramOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36756101&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: [email protected]