Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #549

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Issue #549 // April 11, 2021 // View in your browser

I forgot to mention this week's issue would be late a few days due to traveling, but at any rate, here it is - enjoy! kale

#Favorites


Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]
//supremecourt comments

Microsoft Coffee
//microsoftcoffee comments

The architecture behind a one-person tech startup
//anthonynsimon comments

Embrace the Grind
//jacobian comments

Screw it, I’ll host it myself
//markozivanovic comments

Writing tools I learned from The Economist
//substack comments

The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
//troyhunt comments

Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop
//cfenollosa comments

Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
//reuters comments

The Lost Apps of the 80s
//scripting comments

#Ask HN


What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?

What novel tools are you using to write web sites/apps?

I built it, nobody came, now what?

#Show HN


PDFs from HTML //math comments

My personal website is a shell //aava comments

ShipMap //shipmap comments

Grit – a multitree-based personal task manager //github comments

DragonRuby Game Toolkit //dragonruby comments

This website moves your mouse cursor //attejuvonen comments

Xplr – A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer //github comments

Blogosphere – Discover independent technical blogs //bilbof comments

#Code


The Norway Problem //hitchdev comments

Eliminating Data Races in Firefox //mozilla comments

Wuffs’ PNG image decoder //github comments

Idempotence now prevents pain later //ericlathrop comments

How to make a Python package in 2021 //antonz comments

#Learn


“I’ll Finish It This Week” and Other Lies //arxiv comments

Soil bacteria could improve crop yields, via fungi //cornell comments

Clothing, How Did They Make It? Part IVa: Dyed in the Wool //acoup comments

Optimal Stopping //wikipedia comments

K-Anonymity //wikipedia comments

#Books


The Real Book //99percentinvisible comments

Free Python Books //github comments

Big Book of Amiga Hardware //bigbookofamigahardware comments

Butterick’s Practical Typography 2º Edition //practicaltypography comments

#Watching


Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters //tom7 comments

Monkey MindPong //neuralink comments

What have we lost? //ccc comments

Mining Bitcoin on the Game Boy //youtube comments

The Human Eye Webcam //youtube comments

#Working


Amazon illegally fired activist workers, Labor Board finds //nytimes comments

I hope work from home continues //ryanmercer comments

After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job again //nytimes comments

#Startup News


Clubhouse Payments //joinclubhouse comments

CEO of Waymo John Krafcik is leaving //waymo comments

#Fun


Every Noise at Once //everynoise comments

EFF's reply to cease-&-desist letter – “Virtual Coachella” parody video //eff comments

1984: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy //substack comments

Space Jam 2 //spacejam2 comments

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Hacker Newsletter #548

Friday, April 2, 2021

Everywhere I went led me where I didn't want to be. //Paul Simon hackernewsletter Issue #548 // April 02, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites Adobe Summit — The future of customer experience is

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Friday, March 26, 2021

If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine. //Jim Barksdale hackernewsletter Issue #547 // March 26, 2021 // View in your browser Hello! Close down

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Growth and comfort do not coexist. //Ginni Rometty hackernewsletter Issue #544 // March 05, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites Airtable - Orchestrate powerful business solutions with a single

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Friday, February 26, 2021

An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience. //Mo Willems hackernewsletter Issue #543 // February 26, 2021 // View in your browser

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