Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #554

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Issue #554 // May 14, 2021 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Break down inefficient silos with Datadog's centralized monitoring platform. Start today with a free trial
//datadog sponsored

The Animal Is Tired
//robinhobb comments

I’ve had the same supper for 10 years
//theguardian comments

The Ultimate Guide to Inflation
//lynalden comments

What I learnt roasting 200 landing pages
//roastmylandingpage comments

Writing books is not really a good idea
//substack comments

I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress
//intego comments

Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disabled in iOS 14.5
//macrumors comments

One million people saw my dumbest tweet
//mccormick comments

Teaching debugging skills with an interactive mystery
//wizardzines comments

Exploring the software that flies SpaceX rockets and starships
//stackoverflow comments

#Ask HN


How to negotiate continuing to work remotely?

What passive income investments exist to supplement your salary?

How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract market is so lucrative?

#Show HN


A portfolio website simulating macOS's GUI using React //zxh comments

Amazon Sidewalk //amazon comments

Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay //google comments

Mmm.page – Drag and drop personal website creator //mmm comments

MapSCII – The Whole World in Your Console //github comments

Save, annotate and organize podcasts, blog posts, newsletters, videos //shelf comments

#Code


Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering //googleblog comments

Can I Email? //caniemail comments

Notion API – public beta //notion comments

JavaScript for Shell Scripting //github comments

The mortifying ordeal of pairing all day //simplermachines comments

CSS Houdini //mozilla comments

Teeing, a hidden gem in the Java API //frankel comments

Ruby Garbage Collection Deep Dive: Compaction //jemma comments

#Data


Using PostgreSQL as a Data Warehouse //narrator comments

Observable Plot //observablehq comments

Game theory as an engine for large-scale data analysis //deepmind comments

Using GDPR to obtain one’s data as JSON //mazzo comments

Dataflow, a self-hosted Observable notebook editor //observablehq comments

#Design


Anime2Sketch: A sketch extractor for illustration, anime art, manga //github comments

Apple Design Resources //apple comments

Improve your front end skills by practicing on real design templates //codewell comments

I wrote the book on user-friendly design. What I see today horrifies me //fastcompany comments

#Learn


How I Practice Piano //frogurncitadel comments

Beyond Burger: 90% less greenhouse emissions, 99% less water, and 93% less land //umich comments

Fungi on Mars? Evidence of Growth and Behavior from Sequential Images [pdf] //researchgate comments

Bird song sonographs show distinct drawing patterns //github comments

Kibbutz //wikipedia comments

Amygdala hijack //wikipedia comments

#Books


We wrote a book about building business applications in Go //threedots comments

Epidemiologist R Handbook //epirhandbook comments

A brief history of people losing their minds in Antarctica //gq comments

The Complete Hypercard Handbook //archive comments

Learn Python the Right Way – free introduction to Python book //learnpythontherightway comments

Ursula Le Guin Books //fivebooks comments

A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of SpaceX //arstechnica comments

#Watching


Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement //github comments

Royal Marines Testing Out Jet Suits //youtube comments

Comparing Tesla, Ford and VW’s Electrical Architectures //youtube comments

#Working


Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork? //bbc comments

Workplace Wellbeing Is a Scam? //tribunemag comments

#Startup News


Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin //twitter comments

TikTok launching jobs service for Gen Z //axios comments

Announcing Rome Tools, Inc. //rome comments

#Fun


I wrote my own RTS game engine in C //github comments

A 64-step drum sequencer I built using React and Redux //Sequencer64 comments

Movies every physics lover should watch //wondersofphysics comments

MacFlim: Full-motion video on B&W Macs //macflim comments

Lovetris – Tetris which always gives you the best piece //github comments

#Cutting Room Floor


HTML Tips //markodenic comments

Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility //github comments

Efficiency Is the Enemy //fs comments

Searching the web for under $1000/month //quickwit comments

●●|●●●●●|●●|● //wikidot comments

Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production //reuters comments

Orbit: an experimental platform for small tasks repeated over time //github comments

The Byte Order Fiasco //justine comments

A review of correlations between big five personality types and life outcomes //dynomight comments

Big list of HTTP static server one-liners //github comments

Afraid to Google a thing because I don't want the algorithm to think I like it //twitter comments

A game that almost died during Covid and how I made it an app //coltonbrown comments

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