Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #520

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Issue #520 // September 11, 2020 // View in your browser

#Favorites


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Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' call records was illegal
//politico comments

Relativty – An open-source VR headset
//relativty comments

Winamp Skin Museum
//webamp comments

Attention is your scarcest resource
//benkuhn comments

Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
//hawaiigentech comments

How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k monitors
//haim comments

Data Broker Opt-Out List
//github comments

Why ‘Civilization’ is a political masterpiece
//unherd comments

To design and develop an interactive globe
//stripe comments

Chess is taking over the online video game streaming world and it will change
//theconversation comments

#Ask HN


What did you do to improve your company?

As a developer what are your aha moments?

#Show HN


Linux sysadmin course, eight years on //ycombinator comments

Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail //mimestream comments

Talk – A free group video call app with screen sharing //github comments

Free hosted open-source alternative to Zapier/Airflow //titanoboa comments

Habitica – A gamified habit-building and productivity app //habitica comments

Cozy is a modern audiobook player for Linux and macOS //github comments

Chrome Extension Starter Kit and eBook //ChromeExtensionKit comments

#Code


Fennel – Lisp in Lua //fennel-lang comments

Why is OOP still so widely spread? //stackoverflow comments

Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation of the Canvas API for Node.js //github comments

Apple II and Apple IIe emulators written in JavaScript and HTML5 //github comments

Graphtage: A New Semantic Diffing Tool //trailofbits comments

#Design


AI color palette generator for Tailwindcss //tailwind comments

Design Tip: Never Use Black //ianstormtaylor comments

#Learn


New 50-metre deep crater opens up in Arctic tundra //siberiantimes comments

Chanakya //wikipedia comments

Northwestern Point of the Lake of the Woods //wikipedia comments

Impossible Colors //wikipedia comments

#Books


Modern C //inria comments

The Architecture of Open Source Applications //aosabook comments

Ask HN: Suggestions for books about API design? //ycombinator

I Compiled NASA‘s Workmanship Standards into a Single PDF //archive comments

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) Book //mit comments

The Oldest Cookbook in Korean //atlasobscura comments

#Watching


Controllable Video Sprites That Appear Like Professional Tennis Players //stanford comments

List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills //devandgear comments

Getting Fiber to My Town //youtube comments

Growing a Language //youtube comments

#Working


Deep learning job postings have collapsed in the past six months //twitter comments

Ask HN: We have the expertise but no clients. How to reach them? //ycombinator

Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company? //ycombinator

#Startup News


Caddy Server Is Acquired By Apilayer //ardanlabs comments

Optimizely to be acquired by Episerver //bloomberg comments

Redis Labs Raises $100M //redislabs comments

#Fun


Noita – roguelite where every pixel is simulated //noitagame comments

Pregnancy Test Doom: Doom running on a pregnancy test //twitter comments

Snake in a QR Code //itsmattkc comments

Universal Paperclips //decisionproblem comments

Analog Terminal Bell //analogterminalbell comments

Friendly Fire – An open source metroidvania style game that runs in the browser //friendlyfiregame comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Costs of running a Python webapp for 55k monthly users //keepthescore comments

Google, the Stupidity Amplifier //gregegan comments

Game Design Curriculum //riotgames comments

How Do Routers Work, Really? //kamila comments

We Know How to Prevent Megafires //propublica comments

Beginner's Guide to Understanding Daemons //digitalbunker comments

Git-Based Wiki //bit-101 comments

Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory //podnews comments

Escape from Creek Fire //jmeshe comments

Heuristics to Generate Startup Ideas //avichal comments

Never Lose a Part Again, with the Ultimate Component Storage System //hackster comments

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Hacker Newsletter #519

Friday, September 4, 2020

There is a difference between knowing the path & walking the path. //Morpheus hackernewsletter Issue #519 // September 04, 2020 // View in your browser #Favorites How to Start a Podcast //

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Friday, August 28, 2020

I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work. //Thomas Edison hackernewsletter Issue #518 // August 28, 2020 // View in your browser #Favorites Seamlessly navigate between logs

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

Hacker Newsletter #516

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

Hacker Newsletter #515

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Busy is what happens when you're at the mercy of someone else's schedule. //Derek Sivers hackernewsletter Issue #515 // August 07, 2020 // View in your browser Developer? On Tuesday, check out

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