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Issue #504 // May 15, 2020 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


Deno 1.0
//deno comments

We at $Famous_company switched to $Hyped_technology
//saagarjha comments

Write Libraries, Not Frameworks
//brandonsmith comments

SHA-256 Animation
//github comments

Patio11's Law: The software economy is bigger than you think
//secondbreakfast comments

Scraping Recipe Websites
//benawad comments

In Praise of AutoHotKey
//hillelwayne comments

ISS Docking Simulation with actual Crew Dragon UI
//spacex comments

An analysis of the Lego City deep space rocket
//h313 comments

#Ask HN


What's your quarantine side project?

What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?

#Classifieds


Data Elixir: #1 newsletter for data tutorials, machine learning, viz
//dataelixir

OnlyUsedTesla.com - The fastest, easiest way to buy or sell your Tesla
//onlyusedtesla

Site Speed Monitoring - For webperf nerds
//machmetrics

Miss Runscope's API Traffic Inspector? Try CurlHub
//curlhub

MSP QBR reports didn't write themselves before Lifecycle Insights.
//lifecycleinsights

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#Show HN


A first look at Unreal Engine 5 //unrealengine comments

This Word Does Not Exist //thisworddoesnotexist comments

Lite – A small, fast text editor //github comments

Make Your PDF Look Scanned //scanyourpdf comments

Pi-hole 5.0 //pi-hole comments

Diagram as Code //mingrammer comments

Fast or Slow //fastorslow comments

Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software //alicevision comments

#Code


Rebuilding our tech stack for the new facebook.com //fb comments

Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp //janet-lang comments

Pyp – Easily, magically, run Python at the shell //github comments

How to Fix Slow Code in Ruby //shopify comments

#Data


Pose Animator: SVG animation tool using TensorFlow.js models //github comments

Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow //github comments

Advanced SQL and database books and resources //neilwithdata comments

A brief introduction to the beauty of Information Theory //notamonadtutorial comments

Fixing Ellis Island's borders in the face of incorrect government data //openstreetmap comments

#Design


Retrofuturism //wikipedia comments

Cognitive biases and principles that affect UX //psychology comments

A Case Study of Complex Table Design //jlongster comments

A Photographer Who Tinkers with Time //nautil comments

#Learn


A 2020 Vision of Linear Algebra //mit comments

Norsk Data //wikipedia comments

Secessio plebis //wikipedia comments

Understanding Raft Consensus //micahlerner comments

Chekhov's Gun //wikipedia comments

#Books


Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? //ycombinator

Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition [pdf] //aalto comments

Writing for Software Developers //philipkiely comments

#Watching


My robotic basketball hoop won't let you miss //youtube comments

4D Toys: how objects bounce and roll in 4D //marctenbosch comments

!!Con 2020 Livestream //bangbangcon comments

All About Polymorphics //vimeo comments

#Working


Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever //buzzfeednews comments

Ask HN: I've been promoted to Architect. What do I need to learn/do to excel? //ycombinator comments

My Mid-Career Job-Hunt: A Data Point for Job-Seeking Devs //philosophicalhacker comments

#Fun


Convincing-looking 90s fonts in modern browsers //vistaserv comments

MS Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Real life //imgur comments

Most detailed ever photograph of The Night Watch goes online //rijksmuseum comments

An Illustrated Guide to Masked Wrestlers //pudding comments

Autograph hunting in Companies House //shkspr comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension //pushbullet comments

No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body //techcrunch comments

Create Diagrams in VS Code with Draw.io //github comments

Coming to Chrome: a new way to use tabs //blog comments

My blog is now generated by Google Docs //benwiser comments

How does Chrome decide what to highlight when you double-click Japanese text? //stackoverflow comments

Sparks: A typeface for creating sparklines in text without code //github comments

Working remotely crossed the chasm today //alexeymk comments

Gimp-ML – Machine Learning Python plugins for GIMP //github comments

White hat social engineering: How to become an admin of a system //ramon comments

Review of New Apple and Google Contact Tracing Protocol //medium comments

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