Hacker News for Dec 11, 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: -Get $2,000 off the purchase of a Tesla product - https://ts.la/ron46932 Today's topics: -C programming language changes -Tech influence in politics -Helium for web automation -Odin programming language book -Astronomy photography competition winners -GM scales back robotaxi plans -The Onion's Infowars bid blocked -Redis creator returns to project -Google's new quantum chip -ElectricSQL beta release -Advances in theoretical computer science -Ergonomic laptop setup innovation - https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/11/making-memcpynull-null-0-well-defined - https://www.economist.com/business/2024/12/10/the-paypal-mafia-is-taking-over-americas-government - https://github.com/mherrmann/helium - https://odinbook.com/ - https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/overall-winners-2024 - https