Hacker News for Feb 16, 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 $10 off Perplexity.ai subscription - https://bit.ly/TheAutomatedDaily_Perplexity -Up to $2500 off the purchase of a Tesla Car - https://bit.ly/AutomatedDailyTesla Today's topics: -Tracking US power outages -Affordable USB oscilloscope features -Vim's future after Moolenaar -Intel's AI tools for Audacity -Bethe ansatz in quantum physics -Critique of C time API -IPv6 misconceptions and challenges -GIMP 3.0 plugin updates - https://poweroutage.us/ - https://rtestardi.github.io/usbte/flea-scope.pdf - https://thenewstack.io/vim-after-bram-a-core-maintainer-on-how-theyve-kept-it-going/ - https://www.audacityteam.org/blog/openvino-ai-effects/ - https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-hans-bethe-stumbled-upon-perfect-quantum-theories-20250212/ - https://oliverkwebb.github.io/articles/newtime/ - https://techlog.jenslink.net/post