Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #518

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Issue #518 // August 28, 2020 // View in your browser

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Africa declared free of wild polio
//bbc comments

Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
//jmoore comments

Being OK with not being extraordinary
//tiffanymatthe comments

Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better
//psyche comments

Persisting as a solo founder
//vishnu comments

Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools
//thesephist comments

Patrick Collison's Questions
//patrickcollison comments

Making money building Shopify micro-SaaS apps
//preetamnath comments

Don't ask to ask, just ask
//dontasktoask comments

Andy Matuschak's Notes
//andymatuschak comments

#Ask HN


Anyone a social entrepreneur, i.e. placing social impact above profit?

How do you overcome decision fatigue in software development?

Parents, what are you doing for school this fall?

What is a science fact that blew your mind when you learned it?

#Show HN


ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper //remarkable comments

MixedName – Bilingual baby name finder //mixedname comments

I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync //screenplaysubs comments

Clover: An all-in-one notebook //cloverapp comments

Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad //museapp comments

#Code


Laying the foundation for Rust’s future //rust-lang comments

Write Your Own Virtual Machine //github comments

D3 6.0 //github comments

Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks //github comments

One Year of Nushell //nushell comments

#Data


Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book //fast comments

Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches //ethanrosenthal comments

The Splitgraph Data Delivery Network – query over 40k public datasets //splitgraph comments

SQLite 3.33 //sqlite comments

Instagram kept deleted photos and messages on its servers for more than a year //theverge comments

#Design


Arwes – Futuristic Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk Graphical User Interface Framework //arwes comments

Scrollbar Blindness //svenkadak comments

#Learn


How to Write in Plain English //plainenglish comments

Graphical Linear Algebra //graphicallinearalgebra comments

A CRISPR first produces squid as clear as glass //nature comments

How many pieces can a puzzle have? //gottwurfelt comments

#Books


College Notebook of Isaac Newton //cam comments

Learn Vim (the Smart Way): a book to learn the good parts of Vim //github comments

The demise of the second-hand bookshop //thecritic comments

Stef's Free Online Smalltalk Books //free comments

Wrote book that builds a SaaS boilerplate. Save weeks on side projects //builderbook comments

Architecture Playbook //nocomplexity comments

#Watching


Researchers can duplicate keys from the sounds they make in locks //kottke comments

Interview with Zig language creator Andrew Kelley //youtube comments

Airbus pilot tries Microsoft Flight Simulator //youtube comments

Mechanical Turing Machine in Wood //youtube comments

#Working


Pieter Levels Makes $600k a Year from Nomad List and Remote OK //nocsdegree comments

What harm do minimum wages do? //economist comments

How to Leave Work at Work //hbr comments

#Startup News


Unity Software Inc S-1 //sec comments

Asana S-1 //sec comments

Palantir S-1 //sec comments

Snowflake S-1 //sec comments

#Fun


Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com //heyyyyyyyyyyyy comments

The 212-story skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia //twitter comments

Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? //oneroof comments

Dungeon Map Doodler – Free online map drawing tool //dungeonmapdoodler comments

My Fourier Epicycles //myfourierepicycles comments

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Hacker Newsletter #517

Friday, August 21, 2020

Technology is a big destroyer of emotion and truth. Auto-tuning doesn't do anything for creativity. Yeah, it makes it easier and you can get home sooner, but it doesn't make you a more creative

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Friday, August 14, 2020

Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live. //Craig Newmark hackernewsletter Issue #516 // August 14, 2020 // View in your browser #Sponsor ipdata

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Saturday, August 8, 2020

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