Friday, October 20, 2017

Hacker Newsletter #374

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Issue #374 // October 20, 2017 // View in your browser

#Favorites


US telcos appear to be selling non-anonymized access to consumer telephone data
//medium comments→

Documenting the Web together
//windows comments→

DevDocs API Documentation
//devdocs comments→

I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived
//uss-la-ca135 comments→

The web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank
//mozilla comments→

AlphaGo Zero: Learning from scratch
//deepmind comments→

Handmade Hero – A complete game live-coded from scratch
//handmadehero comments→

Vim after 15 Years
//github comments→

Falling through the KRACKs
//cryptographyengineering comments→

Blockchains explained visually
//unwttng comments→

Finish your stuff
//250bpm comments→

What I Learned from Reading Every Amazon Shareholders Letter
//medium comments→

#Ask HN


Are Glassdoor reviews a reliable indicator of a company's culture?

How do I find meaningful work?

Why did delicious.com fail?

#Show HN


Metaballs //varun comments→

Please take care of my plant //pleasetakecareofmyplant comments→

Introducing Surface Book 2 //windows comments→

Gutenberg – A static site engine as a single executable //getgutenberg comments→

Screen.rip – API for capturing web screenshots //screen comments→

Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required //faxrocket comments→

BOOLR – A digital logic simulator //boolr comments→

#Code


Napa.js: A multi-threaded JavaScript runtime //github comments→

Why we switched from Python to Go //getstream comments→

How JavaScript works: Event loop and the rise of Async programming //sessionstack comments→

ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI //github comments→

Calamine: Excel file reader, written in Rust //github comments→

#Data


Python Graph Gallery //python-graph-gallery comments→

Colorizing black and white photos with deep learning //floydhub comments→

#Learn


Elliptic Curve Cryptography for Beginners //wesleyac comments→

What's Inside Every iPhone, from Retina Displays to Cameras //bloomberg comments→

Boiling lead and black art: a history of mathematical typography //practicallyefficient comments→

Loulan Kingdom //wikipedia comments→

#Books


New Da Vinci bio portrays a man obsessed with knowledge, impossible to know //newyorker comments→

On the pleasures of stumbling upon books in the wrong places //theparisreview comments→

Comprehensive undergraduate math book list //berkeley comments→

#Watching


Clojure/Conj 2017 – Opening Keynote by Rich Hickey //youtube comments→

Goodbye Uncanny Valley //vimeo comments→

It's Time for a New Old Language – Guy Steele //youtube comments→

A Boy and His Atom: Smallest Stop-Motion Film //youtube comments→

#Working


New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary //sfgate comments→

Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in age bias //facebook comments→

My Google job was tedious and pointless //washingtonpost comments→

What Hacker News readers want in a job //medium comments→

Microsoft headquarters now has tree house work spaces //qz comments→

#Longreads


Wolf Puppies Are Adorable, Then Comes the Call of the Wild //nytimes comments→

Houston homeowners unaware that reservoir neighbourhoods are designed to flood //propublica comments→

As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane //nytimes comments→

#Fun


Paperclips //decisionproblem comments→

Open Source Game Clones //osgameclones comments→

Planets in Google Maps //google comments→

Festo's Fantastical Flying Robots //ieee comments→

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