Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #507

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Issue #507 // June 05, 2020 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit & Crew Dragon Docks with ISS
//nasa comments / comments

A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
//bps comments

Stop Taking Regular Notes; Use a Zettelkasten Instead
//eugeneyan comments

This Website Will Self Destruct
//thiswebsitewillselfdestruct comments

Making a SNES game in 2020 using modern tools
//itch comments

The Beauty of Unix Pipelines
//prithu comments

Simplifying Board Games
//jefftk comments

Meander by Robert Hodgin
//roberthodgin comments

How much do we need the police?
//npr comments

Practical privacy tips for your business
//simpleanalytics comments

Workman Keyboard Layout
//workmanlayout comments

Launch an App
//danielgauthier comments

My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
//mtlynch comments

In honor of George Floyd, this simple site was really moving: 8m46s

#Ask HN


Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?

How does your company manage its encryption keys?

#Show HN


AudioMass – open source audio and waveform editor //audiomass comments

Image Scrubber - anonymizing photographs taken at protests //github comments

GitHub Classroom //github comments

Print a WiFi Login Card //bdw comments

`fzf` * `Git` done right //github comments

Make your 404s into 302s //4042302 comments

Trilium Notes – Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base //github comments

Nukemap //nuclearsecrecy comments

#Code


Guide to Python Debugging //martinheinz comments

The use of `class` for things that should be simple free functions //github comments

Solid – A declarative JavaScript library for building user interfaces //github comments

Introduction to Apache Airflow //bhavaniravi comments

Functional Programming in Python //github comments

#Design


The Dyson Battery Electric Vehicle //dyson comments

The Aesthetics of Science Fiction Spaceship Design //uwaterloo comments

Soviet Posters //sovietposters comments

Mental models for designers //dropbox comments

Just hit $15k/m running unlimited design service by myself //designjoy comments

#Learn


The radix 2^51 trick //chosenplaintext comments

Room 641A //wikipedia comments

Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong //nautil comments

Prowords //wikipedia comments

1989 California Medfly Attack //wikipedia comments

Sortition //wikipedia comments

Circle Packing //wikipedia comments

#Books


Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers? //ycombinator

Weirdos in the depression //plover comments

Papers with Code //paperswithcode comments

The Writings of Leslie Lamport //azurewebsites comments

Hands-On Scala Programming //handsonscala comments

#Working


Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for older developers? //ycombinator

Stripe's remote engineering hub, one year in //stripe comments

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

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator

#Fun


TitleRun – The game that only exists in your title bar //titlerun comments

SpaceshipGenerator: A Blender script to procedurally generate 3D spaceships //github comments

A photo is crashing some Android phones //bbc comments

'Dord': A Ghost Word //merriam-webster comments

#Cutting Room Floor


The Day AppGet Died //keivan comments

Software Engineering Within SpaceX //yasoob comments

Idea Generation //samaltman comments

Snakeware – Linux distro with Python userspace inspired by Commodore 64 //github comments

ZSH Aliases //thorsten-hans comments

iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see light of day //neosmart comments

Basic Intro to Elliptic Curve Cryptography //qvault comments

Personal Wiki for Vim //github comments

A simple way to get more value from metrics //danluu comments

Make Writing a Habit //writenext comments

Analytics Without Google //justbartek comments

Stop Watching the News //josephcwells comments

Decoding radio telemetry heard on news helicopter video footage with GNU Radio //rtl-sdr comments

Awesomeblog.club – self-hostable directory for small blogs and links //awesomeblog comments

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Hacker Newsletter #506

Friday, May 29, 2020

A well-defined problem is half solved. //Charles Kettering hackernewsletter Issue #506 // May 29, 2020 // View in your browser Hello! What are a few of your favorite blogs that you think most other

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Friday, May 22, 2020

If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there. //Lewis Carroll hackernewsletter Issue #505 // May 22, 2020 // View in your browser #Favorites Datadog's SaaS platform

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Friday, May 15, 2020

Run toward the hardest problems. This approach has helped me to learn a tremendous amount from both success and failure. //Lisa Su hackernewsletter Issue #504 // May 15, 2020 // View in your browser #

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Friday, May 8, 2020

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. //Robert Frost serviceunavailable Issue #503 // May 08, 2020 // View in your browser #Favorites Don't waste time firefighting

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Friday, May 1, 2020

I think we need more ambition about using our data to make our lives better. //Hilary Mason badgateway Issue #502 // May 01, 2020 // View in your browser #Favorites Identify weaknesses in your

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