Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #723

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Issue #723 // 2024-11-30 // View in your browser

#Favorites


DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
//bloomberg.com comments

I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties
//lanparty.house comments

AAA – Analytical Anti-Aliasing
//blog.frost.kiwi comments

A career-ending mistake
//bitfieldconsulting.com comments

I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't Either
//benhouston3d.com comments

Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
//jvns.ca comments

Llama.cpp guide – Running LLMs locally on any hardware, from scratch
//steelph0enix.github.io comments

A Short Introduction to Automotive Lidar Technology
//viksnewsletter.com comments

Feels Like Paper
//lukasmoro.com comments

The Art and Mathematics of Genji-Ko
//oranlooney.com comments

#Ask HN


Recommendation for a SWE looking to get up to speed with latest on AI

What open source projects need help?

Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

Would you recommend a framework laptop?

#Show HN


App that asks ‘why?’ every time you unlock your phone //play.google.com comments

Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera //apps.apple.com comments

Tips.io – A Tailwind playground with AI, page management, and theming //tips.io comments

Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails //trailimap.com comments

We open-sourced our compost monitoring tech //github.com comments

A ready-to-adapt email marketing sequences database //sendgoodemails.com comments

#Code


PHP 8.4 //php.net comments

How I configure my Git identities //benji.dog comments

Good Software Development Habits //zarar.dev comments

Hyrum’s Law in Golang //abenezer.org comments

Hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool //github.com comments

Janet for Mortals //ianthehenry.com comments

#Data


SQLiteStudio: Create, edit, browse SQLite databases //sqlitestudio.pl comments

FastGraphRAG – Better RAG using good old PageRank //github.com comments

SQLite: Outlandish Recursive Query Examples //sqlite.org comments

The Data Engineering Handbook //github.com comments

Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table //github.com comments

1 Dataset. 100 Visualizations //100.datavizproject.com comments

Usql: Universal command-line interface for SQL databases //github.com comments

#Design


CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple` //michaelcharl.es comments

Frosted glass from games to the web //tyleo.com comments

The UX of Lego Interface Panels //interactionmagic.com comments

Museum of Bad Art //museumofbadart.org comments

The rectangular cows of Art UK //artuk.org comments

Playful, intricate Japanese leaf art – in pictures – Art and design //theguardian.com comments

#Books


Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking //quantamagazine.org comments

SICP: The only computer science book worth reading twice? //simondobson.org comments

In Praise of Print: Reading Is Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse //lithub.com comments

Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year? //news.ycombinator.com

#Working


Hey, wait – is employee performance Gaussian distributed? //timdellinger.substack.com comments

Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies //metropolisjapan.com comments

How Hard Should Your Employer Work to Retain You? //charity.wtf comments

#Learn


Bayesian Neural Networks //cs.toronto.edu comments

A pretty visualisation of the European power grid //121gigawatts.org comments

Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment //phys.org comments

History of Hangul //zkorean.com comments

#Watching


Unreal 5.5 is a big deal //youtube.com comments

This G15 is the Oldest Running Digital Computer in America //youtube.com comments

Grant Sanderson: Visualizing transformers and attention //youtube.com comments

Making 8-bit Music From Scratch at the Commodore 64 BASIC Prompt //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Starlink Direct to Cell //starlink.com comments

Amazon to invest another $4B in Anthropic //cnbc.com comments

Human Layer – Human-in-the-Loop API for AI Systems //news.ycombinator.com

#Fun


The Bluesky firehose viewed in the style of a Windows XP screensaver //firehose3d.theo.io comments

picoCAD – a tiny modeler for tiny models //store.steampowered.com comments

Silent Poems – Visual expression of unspoken thoughts //silentpoems.net comments

Android Dev Quest – A puzzle game solvable only using developer tools //androiddev.quest comments

City Finding Game //city-finding-game.com comments

64, a Fast-Paced 2048 //64.varten.com comments

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Friday, November 8, 2024

The question is not what you look at, but what you see. //Henry David Thoreau hackernewsletter Issue #721 // 2024-11-08 // View in your browser #Favorites Workbench: A new way to debug, monitor, and

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Friday, November 1, 2024

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