Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #720

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Issue #720 // 2024-11-01 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Introducing @clerk/nextjs v6, with support for Next.js 15
//clerk.com sponsored

We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines
//ifixit.com comments

M4 MacBook Pro
//apple.com comments

ChatGPT Search
//openai.com comments

Using an 8K TV as a Monitor
//daniel.lawrence.lu comments

Care Doesn't Scale
//stevenscrawls.com comments

All political ads running on Google in the US
//adstransparency.google.com comments

Understanding Round Robin DNS
//blog.hyperknot.com comments

What happens when you make a move in lichess.org?
//davidreis.me comments

Crossing the USA by Train
//blinry.org comments

Wait Until 8th
//waituntil8th.org comments

Why so few Matt Levines?
//gwern.net comments

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

Website with 6^16 subpages and 80k+ daily bots

What's your favorite text-based adventure game?

#Show HN


RF Hunter – Find hidden cameras and other devices //github.com comments

You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web //github.com comments

NotebookLlama: An open source version of NotebookLM //github.com comments

Data Formulator – AI-powered data visualization from Microsoft Research //github.com comments

Hurmet: A Notebook for Calculations //hurmet.org comments

#Code


How I write code using Cursor //arguingwithalgorithms.com comments

Pretty.c //github.com comments

Generative AI Scripting //microsoft.github.io comments

DragonRuby Game Toolkit hits v6.0 //dragonruby.itch.io comments

#Data


A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write //research.google comments

Vector databases are the wrong abstraction //timescale.com comments

MVCC – the part of PostgreSQL we hate the most //cs.cmu.edu comments

Using SQLite as storage for web server static content //clace.io comments

#Design


Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings //matthieulc.com comments

Gross Apple Marketing //jonathanbuys.com comments

Decoupling design from engineering //buttondown.com comments

#Books


A new book shows how the power of companies is destabilizing governance //hai.stanford.edu comments

Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature //yalereview.org comments

Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but definitely should read //shepherd.com comments

Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide for programmers and curious people [pdf] //edu.anarcho-copy.org comments

Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of Were-Wolves //publicdomainreview.org comments

#Working


Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO //danluu.com comments

On Good Software Engineers //candost.blog comments

Ask HN: Is patio11's salary negotiation guide relevant in today's market? //news.ycombinator.com

Ed Roberts created the personal computer industry //every.to comments

Get Me Out of Data Hell //ludic.mataroa.blog comments

#Learn


Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone //ssoready.com comments

Character amnesia in China //globalchinapulse.net comments

Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid //theatlantic.com comments

Post World War II Food //nps.gov comments

A deep history of Halloween //resobscura.substack.com comments

#Watching


How can this 6 axis robot have a static accuracy of 0.05 mm? //youtube.com comments

Shenzhou-18 crew records video showcasing life, work in space //youtube.com comments

I built a 20k watt microwave oven //youtube.com comments

Slot Machines Walk into a Bar: Adventures in Quantity over Quality //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


GitHub cuts AI deals with Google, Anthropic //bloomberg.com comments

Dropbox announces 20% global workforce reduction //blog.dropbox.com comments

Google’s TOS doesn’t eliminate a user’s Fourth Amendment rights, judge rules [pdf] //ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov comments

Shopify Is Winning Salesforce Clients, Stoking E-Commerce Rivalry //bloomberg.com comments

#Fun


2048 turned 10 this year, I built an updated version to celebrate //play2048.co comments

Please do not write below the line //bbctvlicence.com comments

NandGame – Build a computer from scratch //nandgame.com comments

SpaceX – ISS Docking Simulator //iss-sim.spacex.com comments

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