Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #591

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Issue #591 // February 18, 2022 // View in your browser

#Favorites


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Google Search Is Dying
//dkb comments

City Generator
//github comments

Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid
//github comments

What does it mean to listen on a port?
//paulbutler comments

A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people
//jakobgreenfeld comments

Building an iPod for 2022
//ellie comments

My seatbelt rule for judgment
//dannyguo comments

The Factorio Mindset
//thediff comments

Ten Years of ThinkPadding
//127001 comments

I quit my job to make free web tools
//nslookup comments

The Kelly criterion: How to size bets (2019)
//paulbutler comments

#Ask HN


How to prepare as soon-to-be blind developer?

Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would you save it?

Is it ok to reject a job because I don’t like their software?

#Show HN


A database of broken things to identify common failure modes and how to fix them //failscout comments

Jless, a command-line JSON viewer //github comments

YSFlight – A free flight simulator where anything is possible //ysflight comments

Arduboy //arduboy comments

ytcast – cast YouTube videos to your smart TV from command-line //github comments

Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox //shortwave comments

Csv.vim: A Filetype plugin for CSV files //github comments

Play audio only on YouTube and save bandwidth //google comments

HN to E-Book – Read HN on your E-Reader //github comments

#Code


Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs //reviewbunny comments

My thoughts on writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash //sdomi comments

Perl code that is syntactically correct only on Fridays //github comments

Easily handle CLI operation via Python instead of regular Bash programs //github comments

Netlify Graph: A faster way for teams to develop web apps with APIs //netlify comments

#Data


Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data protection authority //cnil comments

EdgeDB 1.0 //edgedb comments

How PostgreSQL stores rows //ketansingh comments

#Design


Tell HN: I let my 6-year-old daughter design my website //ycombinator comments

Free and open-source illustrations for your projects //iradesign comments

hue.tools – open-source toolbox for colors //hue comments

MonoLisa – A font designed for developers //monolisa comments

Aspect-ratio is great //css-irl comments

Open-core icon sets that took me 12 years to create //streamlinehq comments

The black hole photographs: Unpublished images from America’s great depression //flashbak comments

Google Slides Is Hilarious //medium comments

#Learn


Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study //science comments

The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes //maori comments

Core War //wikipedia comments

Rome: Decline and Fall? Part III: Things //acoup comments

American chestnut //wikipedia comments

Yaw String //wikipedia comments

#Books


Free public domain ebooks in PDf, ePub, mobi formats //globalgreyebooks comments

Chess Minigames for Enjoyable Learning [pdf] //andytrattner comments

Ask HN: What Books Do You Recommend Reading for 2022? //ycombinator comments

#Watching


Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse //youtube comments

Kubernetes: The Documentary //youtube comments

Starship Update //youtube comments

Super Mario Bros. 2 //youtube comments

#Working


That wild Ask a Manager story //jacobian comments

Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k //geekwire comments

My favorite things about working at companies with a culture of writing //ghost comments

Long-term visa for remote workers //iceland comments

#Startup News


Akamai to Acquire Linode //akamai comments

Booking.com is moving its customer service staff to an outsourcing company //reddit comments

Facebook staff now to be known as “Metamates” //twitter comments

#Fun


Passwordle //github comments

Worldle //teuteuf comments

Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station //kuow comments

Quordle: Four Wordles in One //quordle comments

Sonic Robo Blast 2: a 3D open-source Sonic the Hedgehog fangame built on Doom //srb2 comments

A 1970s boardgame takes about 1,500 hours to complete //openculture comments

The love story behind Wikipedia’s ‘high five’ photos //inputmag comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Audiblegate //twitter comments

France to Build Six New Nuclear Reactors //politico comments

Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act //ottawacitizen comments

Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health //thedispatch comments

Serenity OS: Interview //corecursive comments

MAME Turns 25 //mameworld comments

Reddit can't build a better search engine //ruky comments

An Open Letter to Pixsy CEO Kain Jones, Who Keeps Sending Me Legal Threats //medium comments

Ray Tracing for the TI-84 CE //github comments

Melody – a language that compiles to regular expressions //github comments

Inside Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator’s deliberately designed friction //gamedeveloper comments

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