Top daily Hacker News for March 31, 2024

Welcome to 'The Automated Daily', your ultimate source for a streamlined and insightful daily news experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Stock MVP: 25% off for life - https://www.stock-mvp.com?via=ron Today's topics: -letsblock.it project shutdown -Feeling stuck and brain design -xz/liblzma vulnerability and open-source dynamics -Linux kernel and RCU mechanism -Linear Algebra of Types in programming -Reddit blocking VPN access -Using VMs in hacker pedagogy -Backdoor in xz/liblzma affecting OpenSSH -Michel Talagrand wins 2024 Abel Prize -Truncate game and open-source development -https://github.com/letsblockit/letsblockit/discussions/663 -https://the-simulation-strategists.beehiiv.com/p/being-stuck -https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/ -https://paulmck.livejournal.com/67547.html -https://www.philipzucker.com/linear-algebra-of-types/ -https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39883747 -https://hiandrewquinn.github.io/til-site/posts/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-vms-in-hacker-pedagogy/ -https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en&id=782 -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mathematician-who-made-sense-of-the-universes-randomness-wins-maths-top-prize-180984020/ -https://truncate.town/ Subscribe to edition specific feeds: - Top news * Apple Podcast - https://apple.co/3PTvdUF * Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3ZYXAW2 * RSS - https://bit.ly/the_automated_daily_news - Tech news * Apple Podcast - https://apple.co/3RYWbg4 * Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3S089pG * RSS - https://bit.ly/the_automated_daily_tech - Hacker news * Apple Podcast - https://apple.co/48QWyzj * Spotify - https://spoti.fi/45zD1kf * RSS - https://bit.ly/the_automated_daily_hacker_news - AI news * Apple Podcast - https://apple.co/3M6Tg1o * Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3tzOfrz * RSS - https://bit.ly/the_automated_daily_hackernews_ai Visit our website at https://theautomateddaily.com/ Send feedback to feedback@theautomateddaily.com Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAutomatedDaily LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-automated-daily/ X (Twitter) - https://x.com/automated_daily