Hacker News for Jan 29, 2025

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: -Humorous critique of AI tools -Sublime Text's enduring relevance -Seagate hard drive fraud issue -Preserves data format framework -Apple vulnerabilities SLAP and FLOP -Jevons Paradox and resource use -Real-time analytics with DuckDB -Discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d -SQL improvements with functors -Impact of technology on connection - https://thebloggess.com/2025/01/28/no-i-do-not-want-ai-to-polish-me/ - https://ohdoylerules.com/workflows/why-i-still-like-sublime-text-in-2025/ - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/german-seagate-customers-say-their-new-hard-drives-were-actually-used-resold-hdds-reportedly-used-for-tens-of-thousands-of-hours - https://preserves.dev/ - https://predictors.fail/ - https://en.wikipedia.or