Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #499

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Issue #499 // April 10, 2020 // View in your browser

I hope this finds you well. Speaking of hope, for those that celebrate it, have a wonderful Easter! kale

#Favorites


How SNES emulators got a few pixels from complete perfection
//arstechnica comments

An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
//plausible comments

Data Science: Reality Doesn't Meet Expectations
//dfrieds comments

Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy
//superhighway98 comments

1.1.1.1 for Families
//cloudflare comments

Getting Started with WireGuard
//miguelmota comments

How to trim video clips instantly without reencoding
//bernd comments

Interactive guide to Buffer Overflow exploitation
//nagarrosecurity comments

Play social games with friends over Zoom
//netgames comments

Remote Work: Hiring, recruiting, and essential tools
//garrytan comments

#Ask HN


What is your blog and why should I read it?

What are you learning?

How can I pick a side project and stick with it?

#Show HN


OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming //obsproject comments

FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned //gitlab comments

DNS over Wikipedia //github comments

Art in Res – Buy art directly from artists //ycombinator comments

A scheduling tool for bread baking //breadscheduler comments

Dwellito Mini Office //dwellito comments

InStock – like Waze, but for grocery availability //whatsinstock comments

A tool for your learning, like Anki and WorkFlowy in one //web comments

#Code


Rclone – Sync files and directories to many cloud storage providers //github comments

33 line React //github comments

The Svelte Compiler Handbook //lihautan comments

Deploys at Slack //slack comments

GoJS – Interactive JavaScript Diagrams for the Web //gojs comments

#Data


A humble guide to database schema design //mikealche comments

PostgreSQL's Imperfections //medium comments

#Design


Nippon Colors //nipponcolors comments

ScribbleX – Create some art with friends //scribblex comments

Coronamaison, Covid artist challenge with 1000 drawings //coronamaison comments

#Learn


OK Soda //wikipedia comments

How Antennas Work //antenna-theory comments

For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends //history comments

Anton (Computer) //wikipedia comments

Natural number game //imperial comments

#Books


New Google SRE book: Building Secure and Reliable Systems //google comments

“A Cold War Every Day” inside Apple's internal tools group //buzzfeednews comments

Free System Programming Textbook (Illinois CS241) //illinois comments

Lean Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Logical Verification [pdf] //github comments

Public Books Database //publicbooks comments

Freely Available Programming Books //github comments

#Watching


This Video Has X Views //youtube comments

Why build an entire computer on breadboards? //youtube comments

Tesla Ventilator //youtube comments

Myst Almost Couldn't Run on CD-ROM //youtube comments

Timely Dataflow in Fifteen Minutes //youtube comments

“Good Enough” Architecture //youtube comments

Video showing microdroplets suspending in air //vimeo comments

#Startup News


Leaked Amazon Memo Details Plan to Smear Fired Warehouse Organizer //vice comments

Yelp lays off 1000, furloughs 1100 //yelp comments

#Fun


QuakeJS – A Quake Port to JavaScript with Emscripten //quakejs comments

Microservices //youtube comments

I'm releasing my game for free //itch comments

A site to keep track of critters you can catch in Animal Crossing //ac-catch comments

Chess and Video Chat, no login required //glitch comments

A map of the world's virtual museums //virtualmuseums comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad //apple comments

Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China //bloomberg comments

A music discovery site used in over 1M videos and games //ccmixter comments

I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer and made it – you will too //builtin comments

Mosh //jefftk comments

ICQ New //icq comments

Start all of your commands with a comma //rhodesmill comments

Writer: An Open Digital Typewriter //alternativebit comments

StarCharter – CLI tool for producing vector-graphics charts of the night sky //github comments

The JavaScript Black Hole: A playbook for ethical engineering on the web //obsessivefacts comments

In Depth: The Game Boy Printer //github comments

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