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Issue #568 // August 27, 2021 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


How I Experience Web Today
//how-i-experience-web-today comments

Prettymaps: Small Python library to draw customized maps from OpenStreetMap data
//github comments

The most underused browser feature: reader mode
//frankgroeneveld comments

The Coronavirus Is Here Forever
//theatlantic comments

Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40%
//bbc comments

Patterns in Confusing Explanations
//jvns comments

My dead dad’s journal
//seanblanda comments

I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
//markosaric comments

An Introduction to JQ
//earthly comments

Work Hard
//terrytao comments

GitHub Issues-only project management
//placemark comments

The Mathematics of 2048: Optimal Play with Markov Decision Processes
//jdlm comments

#Ask HN


Companies of one, what is your tech stack?

Where can I live off 1k USD per month

#Show HN


The Polar Bear – Open-Source, Multipurpose CNC Machine with a Rotary Axis //kadirilkimen comments

Ploopy: open hardware trackballs and mouse //ploopy comments

With a 9-5 job and 2 kids I have finally finished my first MVP //ycombinator comments

Miller CLI – Like Awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for CSV, TSV and JSON //github comments

Duedilly.io – Accuracy of Reddit Trading Ideas //duedilly comments

Tara 2.0 – Fast Jira alternative with automation based on Git events //tara comments

#Code


Canistilluse.com //jim-nielsen comments

Closing 45% of the open Emacs bugs //ingebrigtsen comments

Harbormaster: Anti-Kubernetes for your personal server //gitlab comments

An Opinionated Guide to Xargs //oilshell comments

A collection of free/public APIs you can use to build stuff //github comments

A simple way to build collaborative web apps //zjy comments

TypeIt – A Versatile JavaScript Animated Typing Utility //typeitjs comments

#Design


Helvetica Now Variable //monotype comments

Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire //arun comments

Airliner Number 4 //wikipedia comments

#Learn


Why is it so hard to be rational? //newyorker comments

America Had an Atomic Mecha Warrior Robot //orangebeanindiana comments

Fructose in diet expands the surface of the gut and promotes nutrient absorption //nature comments

South Atlantic Anomaly //wikipedia comments

Hobby Tunneling //wikipedia comments

#Books


On the link between great thinking and obsessive walking //lithub comments

How to Remember What You Read //fs comments

Book Exploring Async Basics //github comments

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade //npr comments

Influential books on Computer Science and programming //github comments

#Watching


How can we make air conditioners more efficient? //youtube comments

Noam Chomsky – Startup Culture //youtube comments

Clickbait is unreasonably effective //youtube comments

#Working


Burning out and quitting //mayakaczorowski comments

We Hire Old People //relevantdb comments

How to deliver constructive feedback in difficult situations //productivityhub comments

Your devices and your employer //rachelbythebay comments

Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no interest in progressing? //ycombinator

#Startup News


A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shops instead //theverge comments

Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco //waymo comments

Plaid settled $58M lawsuit over alleged consumer data sharing //finledger comments

Tesla Announces a Humanoid Robot “Tesla Bot” //electrek comments

#Fun


Why wild foxes led you to treasure in Skyrim //twitter comments

Jeff Varasano's NY Pizza Recipe //varasanos comments

Hiding Images in Plain Sight: The Physics of Magic Windows //mattferraro comments

My Tungsten Cube //thume comments

HTML over DNS: Serving Blog Content over DNS //jacobkiers comments

Perceptual Illusions //nautil comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit the company credit card //codewriteplay comments

FTC files new antitrust complaint against Facebook //ftc comments

Sailfish 4 //sailfishos comments

Tools for Thinking //juliendesrosiers comments

Automating a Software Company with GitHub Actions //posthog comments

The Zettelkasten Method //lesswrong comments

Xerox Alto Emulator //loomcom comments

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