Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #700

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Issue #700 // 2024-05-17 // View in your browser

700 comes fast! Thanks for reading each week. – kale

#Favorites


Veo
//deepmind.google comments

Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora
//foto-webcam.eu comments

GPT-4o
//openai.com comments

Glider – open-source eInk monitor with an emphasis on low latency
//github.com comments

Why the CORDIC algorithm lives rent-free in my head
//github.com comments

Superfile – A fancy, pretty terminal file manager
//github.com comments

It’s an age of marvels
//blog.plover.com comments

Using AirPods as a Morse Transmitter
//github.com comments

The Star Destroyer and Imperial Military Doctrine
//acoup.blog comments

I'm 17 and wrote a guide on how to build your own programming language
//easel.hackclub.com comments

#Ask HN


How to do simple heartbeat monitoring?

Disillusioned after AI?

Are you still using your Vision Pro?

Have you coded any productivity software just for yourself?

#Classifieds


Low Code Permissions-as-a-Service Platform for Developers //spaceblocks.cloud

New Release: High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails //pragprog.com

Improve eye health and boost productivity //lookaway.app

Automate your finances on a customizable money map //getsequence.io

πŸ‘‰ Buy a classified ad

#Show HN


A web debugger an ex-Cloudflare team has been working on for 4 years //news.ycombinator.com

Open-Source Video Editor Web App //news.ycombinator.com

I made an open-source Loom alternative //cap.so comments

I built a math website the internet loved, I'm back with more features //teachyourselfmath.app comments

Tarsier – Vision utilities for web interaction agents //github.com comments

Browser-based knitting (pattern) software //github.com comments

I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally //inboxpurge.com comments

Wanderer – an open-source trail database //github.com comments

#Code


Adobe Photoshop Source Code //computerhistory.org comments

Homoiconic Python //aljamal.substack.com comments

Did GitHub Copilot increase my productivity? //trace.yshui.dev comments

An infinite canvas for code exploration //territory.dev comments

So We've Got a Memory Leak //stevenharman.net comments

100 Exercises to Learn Rust //rust-exercises.com comments

#Data


Open-source BI and analytics for engineers //github.com comments

The notifier pattern for applications that use Postgres //brandur.org comments

Improvements to Data Analysis in ChatGPT //openai.com comments

Lessons learned reinventing the Python notebook //marimo.io comments

Pg_lakehouse: Query Any Data Lake from Postgres //github.com comments

Experience with SQLite as a Store of Files and Images //sqlite.org comments

#Design


Remnants of a legendary typeface have been rescued from the Thames //news.artnet.com comments

Sun Microsystems logo: the most beautiful logo design (objectively) //commons.wikimedia.org comments

IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design //computerhistory.org comments

'Shake' Design Documents //digitalcomposting.wordpress.com comments

I created 3,800+ Open Source React Icons //github.com comments

Visual design rules you can safely follow every time //anthonyhobday.com comments

#Books


Immersive Linear Algebra //immersivemath.com comments

D3 in Depth //d3indepth.com comments

JavaScript Security Cookbook //github.com comments

Ask HN: What are some must-read books about video games and gaming history? //news.ycombinator.com

#Working


VCs aren’t your friends //openvc.app comments

Bossware is a big legal risk //kolide.com comments

Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds //washingtonpost.com comments

AI is the reason interviews are harder now //softwaredesign.ing comments

AI should replace clueless managers, not workers //dedoimedo.com comments

#Learn


AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of life's molecules //blog.google comments

Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging at 0.05 Tesla //science.org comments

Which cognitive psychology findings are solid that I can use to help students? //matheducators.stackexchange.com comments

The 1871 Samuel Morse Statue //daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com comments

Dymaxion Car //en.wikipedia.org comments

#Watching


Super Mario 64's unopenable door has been opened //youtube.com comments

Doom didn't kill the Amiga. Wolfenstein 3D did //youtube.com comments

Roberta Williams – King's Quest 40th Anniversary //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI //twitter.com comments

Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an IPO //londonstockexchange.com comments

Stack Overflow users deleting answers after OpenAI partnership //build5nines.com comments

Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9B All-Cash Transaction with Permira //investors.squarespace.com comments

Meta Is Shuttering Workplace, Its Enterprise Version of Facebook //finance.yahoo.com comments

#Fun


One Minute Park //oneminutepark.tv comments

Attempt to bring a cinematic experience in 256 bytes (WASM) //github.com comments

I wrote a symmetry game with a daily puzzle //hidden-mirrors.com comments

I open sourced Athena Crisis, a game built with React and CSS //cpojer.net comments

I made a Sudoku game you can play using Vim //vimsudoku.com comments

Finding Mona Lisa in the Game of Life //kevingal.com comments

#Cutting Room Floor


GPUs Go Brrr //hazyresearch.stanford.edu comments

'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed //newatlas.com comments

Gemini Flash //deepmind.google comments

Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the Basics Right //macstories.net comments

Dragonfly: An optical telescope built from an array of off-the-shelf Canon lens //dunlap.utoronto.ca comments

Glance: A self-hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place //github.com comments

ESP32 Drum Synth Machine //github.com comments

Project Gameface launches on Android //developers.googleblog.com comments

The Volvo VNL, a heavy truck purpose-designed for North American roads //arstechnica.com comments

Big Companies vs. Startups //danluu.com comments

Insteadofvery.com //insteadofvery.com comments

Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation //arstechnica.com comments

DOS game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reverse engineering/reconstruction war stories //neuviemeporte.github.io comments

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