Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #522

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Issue #522 // September 25, 2020 // View in your browser

#Favorites


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This electrical transmission tower has a problem
//twitter comments

Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up
//calpaterson comments

X-COM
//filfre comments

To All the Jobs I Had Before
//github comments

The Mystery of Tom Pritchard’s Bike
//bicycling comments

Small Tech
//scattered-thoughts comments

Meeting everyone on a new team
//annashipman comments

Pricing Low-Touch SaaS
//stripe comments

On Browser Tabs
//substack comments

Just how many people do we need doing that job, anyway?
//rachelbythebay comments

#Ask HN


Your Favourite HN Comment?

What is it like to be old? What advice would you give to younger people?

#Show HN


Tables: Tracking work for teams //blog comments

Headless Recorder //github comments

Open-Source Memex – Alternative Approach to Roam/Obsidian //steveliu comments

Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos //annotate comments

Docable: Literate Runbooks and Interactive Tutorials from Markdown //github comments

iPad Air 2020 //apple comments

Ballpoint.io //ballpoint comments

Search historic newspaper photos using Newspaper Navigator //loc comments

#Code


An Introduction to Data Oriented Design with Rust //github comments

ugit – Learn Git Internals by Building Git in Python //leshenko comments

A Picture of Java in 2020 //jetbrains comments

Data-Oriented Programming in Python //moderndescartes comments

#Data


PostgreSQL 13 //postgresql comments

Things we learned running Postgres 13 //pganalyze comments

The Kivaloo Data Store //tarsnap comments

Why neural networks struggle with the Game of Life //bdtechtalks comments

#Design


Mono Icons – A simple, consistent open-source icon set //mono comments

Typography of Star Trek: The Motion Picture //typesetinthefuture comments

The First Roman Fonts //ilovetypography comments

#Learn


91% of plastic isn't recycled //nationalgeographic comments

Iron, How Did They Make It? Part I, Mining //acoup comments

Alu (Runic) //wikipedia comments

Bastion Fort //wikipedia comments

Black Tom Explosion //wikipedia comments

#Watching


The Social Dilemma //thesocialdilemma comments

Ask HN: What do you think about “The Social Dilemma”? //ycombinator

New Steve Jobs recordings from the '80s released //sfgate comments

John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect //youtube comments

25th Anniversary of the Theatrical Release of "Hackers" //hacktheplanet comments

F1 Pit Stop In 2-Seconds: An In-Depth Analysis //youtu comments

#Working


Laid Off, Now What? //github comments

Data science interview questions with answers //github comments

Hiring the first head of marketing at a startup //helenmin comments

All the jobs I failed to get //shkspr comments

#Startup News


Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B //bethesda comments

Nikola admits prototype was rolling downhill in promotional video //arstechnica comments

Microsoft gets exclusive license for OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model //venturebeat comments

#Fun


Blizzard cofounder launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven //venturebeat comments

It was more efficient to blow up a real 747 than to use miniatures or CGI //cinemablend comments

Play Battleships on PostgreSQL //github comments

Octojam 7: The CHIP-8 game jam //octojam comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Mentat Wiki: exploring ways to become a better thinker //ludism comments

Tracking users via CSS //underjord comments

Org-mode 9.4 is out. Can you help? //bzg comments

OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller //openscad comments

Luna – Cloud gaming service //amazon comments

I'm 18 and can already see my Alaska community changed forever by climate change //theguardian comments

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Hacker Newsletter #521

Friday, September 18, 2020

So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. //Caterina Fake hackernewsletter Issue #521 // September 18, 2020 // View

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Friday, September 11, 2020

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success. //James Dyson hackernewsletter Issue #520 // September 11, 2020 // View in your browser #Favorites Cost effectively monitor the health

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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

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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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