Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #578

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Issue #578 // November 05, 2021 // View in your browser

#Favorites


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//datadog sponsored

Thank you, GitHub
//github comments

Curves and Surfaces
//ciechanow comments

Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation
//danslimmon comments

An oral history of Bank Python
//calpaterson comments

Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without getting blocked?
//github comments

How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams
//okayhq comments

Our self imposed scarcity of nice places
//strongtowns comments

Get started making music
//ableton comments

Finishing my first game while working full-time
//jasont comments

How long does it take ordinary people to get good at chess?
//github comments

How Learning Works: Components, Systems, Loops
//romandesign comments

#Ask HN


What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

How do you tackle your own negativity?

What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

#Show HN


I built a CNC-machine from scratch, using 40x 3D-printed parts //github comments

Open Steno Project – Freeing stenography //openstenoproject comments

Use your iPhone's camera to see any photo on your wall //apple comments

Motor Admin – No-code admin panel //getmotoradmin comments

Privacy-first, minimal, fast blogging/newsletter platform //papyrus comments

Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at meat processing plants //propublica comments

#Code


Bash functions are better than I thought //cuddly-octo-palm-tree comments

Async Ruby //brunosutic comments

Scryer Prolog: A modern Prolog implementation written mostly in Rust //github comments

Slow Down, Finish Faster //briandicroce comments

Coconut: Simple, elegant, Pythonic functional programming //coconut-lang comments

#Data


How we built a serverless SQL database //cockroachlabs comments

Tao: Facebook’s distributed data store for the social graph //micahlerner comments

SQL Basics //bradwoods comments

#Design


Bringing back Cartoon Modern, a rare animation artbook //substack comments

Art Vote //artvote comments

The Golden Ratio and User-Interface Design //nngroup comments

William Morris and wallpaper design //vam comments

#Learn


CT Scan of a Pumpkin //homestead comments

Why do dogs tilt their heads? New study offers clues //science comments

Mysorean Rockets //wikipedia comments

Watermelons //substack comments

Fortification, Part I: The Besieger’s Playbook //acoup comments

Etaoin Shrdlu //wikipedia comments

#Books


Fundamentals of Piano Practice //readthedocs comments

The Internet Archive transforms access to books in a digital world //eff comments

Revisiting “The 4-Hour Workweek” //newyorker comments

#Watching


Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now public //youtube comments

EU Chatcontrol 2.0 //european-pirates comments

I converted my microwave into a laser oven //youtube comments

#Working


Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today's //mit comments

Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for? //ycombinator comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

Remote-first work is taking over the rich world //economist comments

Ask HN: Is it unprofessional to leave a new job where everything is a mess? //ycombinator

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

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator

#Startup News


Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California //signal comments

HashiCorp – S1 //sec comments

Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lays off 25% of staff //marketwatch comments

Waymo will start testing self-driving cars in New York City //waymo comments

#Fun


ProjectM – The most advanced open-source music visualizer //github comments

Initiative.sh, an in-browser command line for D&D //initiative comments

Metabook //metabook comments

Fake shutters make me angry //thecraftsmanblog comments

Everyday virtual vacation //github comments

Netflix Games //netflix comments

A Zen Guide to Paper and Pen Games //zenseeker comments

#Cutting Room Floor


They don't even know the fundamentals //royalsloth comments

A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system //github comments

Heroes of Might and Magic V – Hammers of Bait and Switch //madeupexplorations comments

Reflections on software development from anywhere on an iPad //ghuntley comments

Curated list of userscripts //github comments

Ask HN: Is the ISO 27001 certification worth it? //ycombinator comments

Two stories about tacit knowledge //strangeloopcanon comments

Sheaves in Minecraft //github comments

Norfolk sand: Has a colossal experiment worked? //bbc comments

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Hacker Newsletter #577

Friday, October 29, 2021

Almost every failed startup has a product. What failed startups don't have are enough customers. //Gabriel Weinberg hackerbooletter Issue #577 // October 29, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites

Hacker Newsletter #576

Friday, October 22, 2021

Most of the important things I've learned, I've learned through repeated pain. //David Cancel hackernewsletter Issue #576 // October 22, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites Eliminate

Hacker Newsletter #575

Friday, October 15, 2021

Check your life. Not boxes. //Richie Norton hackernewsletter Issue #575 // October 15th, 2021 // View in your browser Little apps like Sketch Machine make my day, even though I'm a terrible artist.

Hacker Newsletter #574

Friday, October 8, 2021

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. //Margaret Mead hackernewsletter Issue #574 // October 08, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites Datadog's cloud-scale

Hacker Newsletter #573

Friday, October 1, 2021

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not. //Clayton Christensen

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