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Issue #498 // April 03, 2020 // View in your browser

I hope this finds you well. I wanted to say a special thank you to Datadog for being a great sponsor and making this possible. Stay safe and wash those hands! kale

#Favorites


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//datadog sponsored

Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
//autocar comments

How to manage HTML DOM with vanilla JavaScript only?
//htmldom comments

How to burn the most money with a single click in Azure
//mijailovic comments

How to SSH Properly
//gravitational comments

A Message to Our Users
//zoom comments

Maza – Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system
//github comments

Use a Decision Journal
//trello comments

Gmailctl – Declarative Configuration for Gmail Filters
//github comments

A Light Box in Heavy Times
//afandian comments

Masks4All: Wear a mask to stop the spread of Coronavirus (Jeremy Howard)
//masks4all comments

#Ask HN


How to Self Study Physics?

Best Office Chair?

#Show HN


From Markdown to Video //videopuppet comments

Time Cop – A simple, private, open-source time tracking app //timecop comments

SpicyPass – A free and open-source minimalist password manager //github comments

SteamCAD – 2D CAD designed to draw steam locomotives //github comments

Quill – Messaging for teams that focus //quill comments

Homenauts – Resources for explorers who stay at home during Covid-19 //homenauts comments

Write.md – a shareable distraction-free Markdown editor //writemd comments

#Code


The Hardest Program I've Ever Written – How a code formatter works //stuffwithstuff comments

It's not what programming languages do, it's what they shepherd you to //nibblestew comments

MeiliSearch: Zero-config alternative to Elasticsearch, made in Rust //github comments

Towards Crystal 1.0 //crystal-lang comments

Ape – an easy-to-embed programming language in two C files //github comments

#Data


Dolt is Git for data //dolthub comments

PostgreSQL Schema Design //graphile comments

Open Food Facts //openfoodfacts comments

NYC Subway Turnstile Data //github comments

#Design


Colors.lol – Overly descriptive color palettes //colors comments

Affinity Designer: A Love Story //infinum comments

Visual CSS Editor – Grab'n Go //veliovgroup comments

The most expensive typefaces in the world //medium comments

#Learn


Boids //wikipedia comments

What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics //stanford comments

Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick //inhabitat comments

Gauss’s “Remarkable Theorem” and the best way to hold a pizza slice //aatishb comments

Letters of Last Resort //wikipedia comments

#Books


Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Books giving practical advice on starting a solo SaaS business? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Introductory Books on the Stock Market? //ycombinator

An eBook with hundreds of GNU Awk one-liners //ycombinator comments

NASA's free history e-book collection //nasa comments

Computer Spacegames //google comments

The Opium of the Intellectuals //wikipedia comments

#Watching


All Pluralsight videos are free for the month of April //pluralsight comments

How TV Logos Were Made Before Computers //fastcompany comments

Everybody Can Make DeepFakes Now //youtube comments

Antique 4x5 camera creates 20 micron photolithography masks //youtube comments

#Working


Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //ycombinator

Planning and Managing Layoffs //a16z comments

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator

#Startup News


Apple acquires Dark Sky //darksky comments

Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call //twitter comments

Airbnb to halt all marketing, most hiring as losses mount //theinformation comments

#Fun


Vim rendered on a cube for no reason //github comments

Grab your crayons, it’s coloring time //colorabl comments

Sorting 1M 8-digit numbers in 1 MB of RAM //stackoverflow comments

I turned my entrepreneur journey into a game //fromdevtomaker comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act //harvard comments

WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 //zx2c4 comments

Unity Learn platform free for 3 months //unity comments

How are Unix pipes implemented? //toroid comments

Darling – Run macOS software on Linux //darlinghq comments

How Apple Is Working From Home //theinformation comments

Amiga Machine Code Course //markwrobel comments

Toga – Create apps from Google Sheets //toga comments

I'm building a SaaS for just one person //elliotbonneville comments

The Invention of the AeroPress //priceonomics comments

April Is Canceled //aprilcanceled comments

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