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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