Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #503

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Issue #503 // May 08, 2020 // View in your browser

#Favorites


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Bye, Amazon
//tbray comments

GitHub Codespaces
//github comments

SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019
//doi comments

We Chat, They Watch
//citizenlab comments

A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and a ship
//thehustle comments

Take care if editing running bash scripts
//sdf comments

Why strace doesn't work in Docker
//jvns comments

Never attribute to stupidity that whats adequately explained by opportunity cost
//erikbern comments

Why does writing matter in remote work?
//timcasasola comments

Pg-Basic
//repl comments

#Ask HN


Name one idea that changed your life

How do you manage self-study?

#Show HN


New 13-inch MacBook Pro //apple comments

Ameelio – Free Prison Communication Platform //ameelio comments

Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, and Surface Earbuds //windows comments

FrappeBooks – Open Source, Modern Desktop Accounting for SMB //frappebooks comments

How many miles do you think you've scrolled today? //google comments

Strike: A web-based, 1-bit paint tool //itch comments

#Code


Caddy 2 //caddyserver comments

Building a patient monitoring system with Go and Vue in 3 days //kasvith comments

Python lib for rich text, markdown, tables, etc. in the terminal //github comments

Rendering One Million Datapoints with D3 and WebGL //scottlogic comments

React-flow: a library to create interactive node-based graphs //webkid comments

#Data


Medium-hard SQL interview questions //quip comments

Plotting 3 years of hourly data in 150ms //github comments

SQL Police Department – Learn SQL while solving crimes //sqlpd comments

Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client //beekeeperstudio comments

Comprehensive Tutorial on Time Series Modelling and Forecasting //kanoki comments

#Design


Inkscape 1.0 //inkscape comments

The Design Squiggle //thedesignsquiggle comments

When bad UX is good //herebeseaswines comments

#Learn


Floating Point Visually Explained //fabiensanglard comments

Onfim //wikipedia comments

Solar Storm of 1859 //wikipedia comments

Why keeping bees means thinking about landscape as a system //aeon comments

Bats in Two Portuguese Libraries Serve a Specific Purpose //smithsonianmag comments

#Books


RegEx for Regular Folk – A visual, example-based intro //shreyasminocha comments

I gave away my books and sales increased //jeffgeerling comments

The Content Marketing Handbook //priceonomics comments

Drew DeVault's book on Wayland is now readable without a paywall //wayland-book comments

#Watching


Stanford Pupper: low-cost quadruped robot //stanfordstudentrobotics comments

GitHub Satellite Livestream //githubsatellite comments

MTV VHS Recordings 1981 to 1989 //archive comments

RailsConf 2020 Couch Edition //railsconf comments

#Working


Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prevent disease spread //nytimes comments

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

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator

How to correct a team member: avoid my damaging rookie mistakes //deliverydoubled comments

#Startup News


Zoom Acquires Keybase //keybase comments

Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 //techcrunch comments

Tesla Q1 2020 Update //tesla comments

#Fun


I shipped a word processor that formatted the hard drive every 1024 saves //twitter comments

Software Folklore – A collection of weird bug stories //tuxen comments

Witchcraft and Wizardry – RPG game created in Minecraft //planetminecraft comments

Hideo Kojima’s Video-Game Worlds //nytimes comments

Empty studio sets: BBC backgrounds for your video calls //bbc comments

A Map of Trees in London //treetalk comments

Zork source code, 1977 //github comments

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