Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (January 12, 2024)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for January 12, 2024 :</p>
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Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC
Summary: Unity banned VLC's open-source integration from its store in summer 2023, despite many other assets containing LGPL dependencies. In response, Videolabs created its own store to offer the VLC Unity plugin and other multimedia products. The Videolabs team also provides multimedia consulting packages for LibVLC and FFmpeg users.
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Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling
Summary: A study published in Environmental Science & Technology found that wind turbines have little impact on bird populations, contrary to concerns raised by opponents of wind farms. The analysis of US data revealed no discernible effect on bird populations due to wind turbines, even for larger birds. In contrast, oil-and-gas extraction led to a 15% drop in bird numbers when new wells were drilled, with a 25% drop in "important bird areas." Wind power is not only less damaging to wildlife but also produces less CO2 and methane than fossil fuels.