Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #515

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Issue #515 // August 07, 2020 // View in your browser

Developer? On Tuesday, check out Dash for a lot of great talks... all for free. kale

#Favorites


Seamlessly navigate between logs, metrics, and request traces for a clear view of all your systems with Datadog. Start your free trial
//datadog sponsored

In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved
//nngroup comments

The Art of Not Thinking
//tiffanymatthe comments

We quit our jobs to build a cabin
//outsideonline comments

Google Earth Timelapse
//google comments

Laws of UX
//lawsofux comments

The UX of Lego Interface Panels
//designedbycave comments

Tailwind CSS: From Side-Project Byproduct to Multi-Million Dollar Business
//adamwathan comments

Magnasanti: The Largest and Most Terrifying SimCity
//rumorsontheinternets comments

Skate Warrior 1992, 1999, 2020
//prolost comments

The Math of Card Shuffling
//fredhohman comments

#Ask HN


I have $450K cash, what should I do to maximize my return?

What are the least competitive consumer and enterprise markets?

#Show HN


I built an After Effects for dummies //storycreatorapp comments

1Password for Linux development preview //agilebits comments

Starboard – Fully in-browser literate notebooks like Jupyter Notebook //starboard comments

Y Combinator Startup Library 2.0 //ycombinator comments

Luckysheet, an open source spreadsheet like Excel //github comments

A bookmarking tool designed to help synthesize your web research //klobie comments

Brick, a free Notion-like tool for zero-hassle site making //brick comments

Datafold – Diff Tool for SQL Databases //ycombinator

#Code


Monitoring demystified: A guide for logging, tracing, metrics //techbeacon comments

Let's build a full-text search engine //krylysov comments

GPU Accelerated JavaScript //gpu comments

Some SQL Tricks of an Application DBA //hakibenita comments

Compiler Explorer //godbolt comments

#Data


Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misreading them as dates //theverge comments

1.1B Taxi Rides Using OmniSciDB and a MacBook Pro //marksblogg comments

Our World in Data: Suicide //ourworldindata comments

#Design


System UIcons – icons designed for products, no attribution //systemuicons comments

Ten modern layouts in one line of CSS //web comments

Royalty-Free SVG Illustrations and Animations //pixeltrue comments

Bootstrap Icons //github comments

Primary Sources: A Natural History of the Artist's Palette //publicdomainreview comments

#Learn


A man who can read letters but not numbers exposes roots of consciousness //sciencemag comments

How To Use The Slide Rule //sliderulemuseum comments

Arcosanti //wikipedia comments

The ‘solar canals’ making smart use of India’s space //bbc comments

#Books


Banned math book //johndcook comments

Books Paul Graham recommended on Twitter //readthistwice comments

A collection of books, talks, and papers on security engineering //github comments

$250k books sold, to save lives //sive comments

#Watching


A ride that takes 10^20k years to complete in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 //youtube comments

SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 //youtube comments

NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Spacecraft //youtube comments

Spherical Geometry Is Stranger Than Hyperbolic //youtube comments

Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights //youtube comments

#Working


Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in 30 days //meekg33k comments

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

Ask HN: Are there any software jobs in nature/animal conservation? //ycombinator

Remote First //greylock comments

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator

#Startup News


Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $32B //bloomberg comments

Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group after delays //reuters comments

Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels //axios comments

Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US operations //businessinsider comments

Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7B //reuters comments

#Fun


Endless Doom Scroller //endlessdoomscroller comments

What is 5D chess? //chessbase comments

JS1024 Results – 1k JavaScript Demos //js1024 comments

Chrome Music Lab //chromeexperiments comments

Visualize Graph Theory //netlify comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime //reddit comments

Thomas Sowell interview //city-journal comments

Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your phone //theintercept comments

Chat Bubble Blindness //atlistmaps comments

Designing a Physics Engine //winter comments

Reporters are leaving newsrooms for newsletters //washingtonpost comments

Typometer: A tool to measure and analyze the visual latency of text editors //pavelfatin comments

NeRF in the Wild: reconstructing 3D scenes from internet photography //github comments

Audio from Scratch with Go: Stereo Panning //github comments

Sony’s wearable air conditioner is pretty cool //theverge comments

What is a Product Roadmap? //jibranelbazi comments

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