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#Favorites

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Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering
//surma comments→

Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend
//twitter comments→

DALL·E: Creating Images from Text
//openai comments→

What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry
//bti360 comments→

No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees
//sahillavingia comments→

I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year
//samplesize comments→

Horrifying PDF Experiments
//github comments→

The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free
//freepianomethod comments→

New Defaults
//stratechery comments→

What Shape Are You?
//tynan comments→

One Year of Excalidraw
//excalidraw comments→

#Ask HN

Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search results?

What does mastery look like in Software Engineering?

Predictions for 2021?

#Show HN

I made an alternative platform for professional profiles //read comments→

Upptime – GitHub-powered uptime monitor and status page //js comments→

Descript – A collaborative audio/video editor that works like a doc //descript comments→

OpenScan – open-source document scanner app //github comments→

Life Dashboard: Heads-up display for everyday life //github comments→

TiddlyWiki 5.1.23 //tiddlywiki comments→

#Code

A half-hour to learn Rust //fasterthanli comments→

Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows //hanselman comments→

On Repl-Driven Programming //github comments→

NumPy Illustrated: The Visual Guide to NumPy //medium comments→

Learn Go in five minutes //github comments→

Building My Own Chess Engine //healeycodes comments→

#Design

Truck Art in Pakistan //mymodernmet comments→

Kit FUI – User interfaces found in films //saji8k comments→

#Learn

Talking out loud to yourself is a technology for thinking //psyche comments→

Clams filter and check whether the water is polluted or clean //polishnews comments→

Mealworms can compost styrofoam //livingearthsystems comments→

Eagle Cash //wikipedia comments→

Bulverism //wikipedia comments→

#Books

Rust Design Patterns as a Book //github comments→

George Orwell is out of copyright. What happens now? //theguardian comments→

System Design Interview book review //pragmaticengineer comments→

Gene Wolfe Turned Science Fiction into High Art //theringer comments→

#Watching

Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic //bbc comments→

MIT 6.172: Performance Engineering of Software Systems //mit comments→

The World's current and next Innovations depend on a single country, Taiwan //erickhun comments→

Animal Crossing’s fake language sounds different in Japanese //polygon comments→

Interview with Morris Chang, founder of TSMC //youtube comments→

#Working

A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize //theverge comments→

Facebook senior software engineer interview //medium comments→

Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder? //ycombinator

Quitting a New Job //yolken comments→

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

Head of Remote Work //theorg comments→

#Startup News

Simple Bank Is Closing //oregonlive comments→

Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767s to expand its cargo fleet //cbc comments→

Epic acquires RAD Game Tools //epicgames comments→

Roblox raises $520M at $29.5B valuation //venturebeat comments→

#Fun

Traffic Simulator //traffic-simulation comments→

“Find Satoshi” PerplexCity puzzle solved //findsatoshi comments→

Zoomquilt 2 //zoomquilt2 comments→

A comparison of city building games //twitter comments→

Castlevania III Password Algorithm //meatfighter comments→

Listen to Wikipedia //hatnote comments→

Littlest Skyscraper //wikipedia comments→

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