Episode Details

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - When did Google get so weird?
• (01:38) - Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock
• (02:59) - Ember-1
• (04:30) - Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi
• (05:43) - Don't couple your Go code to GitHub
• (07:11) - In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life
• (08:24) - Self-Hosting on the Dark Web
• (09:26) - Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights
• (10:33) - The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026
• (11:58) - Writing Efficient C++ Code (2013)
• (13:12) - Outro

Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock
https://colo.to/nvidia-stock-narrative.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872723

Ember-1
https://fireworks.ai/blog/ember-1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49868830

Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi
https://loficities.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49869574

Don't couple your Go code to GitHub
https://iain.rocks/blog/dont-couple-your-go-code-to-github
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49868404

In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/science/motel-science-discovery.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49866951

Self-Hosting on the Dark Web
https://david.alvarezrosa.com/posts/self-hosting-on-the-dark-web/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49870295

Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights
https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/09/27/replacing-the-old-battery-on-rechargeable-bike-lights/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49866515

The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026
https://shnatsel.github.io/state-of-simd-rust-2026/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844629

Writing Efficient C++ Code (2013)
https://asawicki.info/articles/writing_efficient_cpp_code.php
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49849409