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Issue #521 // September 18, 2020 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
//pdf comments

Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B
//nvidia comments

Security by obscurity is underrated
//utkusen comments

Common color mistakes and how to avoid them
//datawrapper comments

Remembering my father
//gatesnotes comments

Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
//material-shell comments

'Ugh fields', or why you can’t even bear to think about that task
//medium comments

I Want to Fix Goodreads
//prepend comments

If management isn't a promotion, then engineering isn't a demotion
//charity comments

How to Be Helpful Online
//nedbatchelder comments

Algorithms are changing what we read online
//thewalrus comments

North Pacific Logbook
//100r comments

#Ask HN


What is your best favorite motto?

I'm a terrible developer, what now?

#Show HN


Nova by Panic //nova comments

GitHub CLI 1.0 //github comments

Redox: Unix-Like Operating System in Rust //redox-os comments

WireHole: Set up Pihole, WireGuard, and Unbound instantly //github comments

Octo – Generate a serverless API from an SQL query //github comments

Eiten – open-source tool for portfolio optimization //github comments

Lag – Know Before You Go //lag comments

#Code


Makani source code released //github comments

Repl.it Database //repl comments

Under Deconstruction: The State of Shopify’s Monolith //shopify comments

Fastmac – A macOS instance or Linux shell //github comments

Geometric Algebra for Python //github comments

Old, Good Database Design //relinx comments

#Data


Build a DIY license plate reader with machine learning //github comments

Noise.sh – a digital signal processing spreadsheet for sound design //noise comments

Database of Databases //dbdb comments

#Design


Disrespectful Design – Users aren’t stupid or lazy //somehowmanage comments

Cyberpunk 2077 Logos //valencygraphics comments

Playing with fonts //nixers comments

Read Me //readymag comments

#Learn


Introduction to Computational Thinking //github comments

Details on the Ham Radio Equipment Being Used on the ISS //k0lwc comments

Oblique Strategies //wikipedia comments

Does Storing Bread in the Fridge Make It Last Longer? //culinarylore comments

New England's Dark Day //wikipedia comments

#Books


Sid Meier: “I don’t think I could make Civilisation today” //independent comments

A Brief Explanation of Greg Egan’s Dust Theory //cephalopods comments

Brutality of Life Reading List //sonyasupposedly comments

New Electronics Book Honors Citizen Scientist Forrest Mims III //mindmatters comments

#Watching


Super Mario Bros. 3 in 3 Minutes – World Record Speedrun Explained //youtube comments

The Last Gunsmiths of the Khyber Pass //silahreport comments

Julia Child Cooks Primordial Soup //instructure comments

3Blue1Brown: Hamming Codes //youtube comments

#Working


Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19 //cnet comments

Why do so many people want us back in the office? //paulitaylor comments

Red flags I saw while doing technical interviews //interviewing comments

Traits of good remote leaders //bbc comments

Things I Learned to Become a Senior Software Engineer //neilkakkar comments

#Startup News


Chef to be acquired by Progress //chef comments

Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google //npr comments

Boston Dynamics CEO talks profitability and the company’s next robots //venturebeat comments

#Fun


Happy 1600M epoch second //epochconverter comments

Why Is 1 World Trade Center Missing from Spider-Man? //stevenbuccini comments

433% Keyboard //relivesight comments

The Powder Toy //powdertoy comments

#Cutting Room Floor


A whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political manipulation //buzzfeednews comments

Endlessh: An SSH Tarpit //github comments

I built an app to fix my depression //elifiner comments

Wikipedia is an MMORPG //wikipedia comments

Jazz up your Python scripts with sound effects //github comments

My Diplomatic Life //mydiplomaticlife comments

Optimize Onboarding //staysaasy comments

Coordination, Good and Bad //vitalik comments

Why senior engineers get nothing done //swizec comments

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Friday, September 11, 2020

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Friday, August 21, 2020

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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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