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Babel On Front-end First up, How to get Bootstrap tabs to play nice with masonry [sitepoint]. GradPad [ourownthing] is a CSS color gradient generator. Scotch.io is running a regular code challenge, this week's is building a CSS lightsaber checkbox [scotch.io]. A preview of Babel 7.0 [medium.freecodecamp]. Pre-built themes web designers can use as a shortcut to keeping up with the latest web trends and keeping clients happy [sitepoint]. A stronger pop-up blocker, a new notification when an element's content rectangle has changed size: Everything new in Chrome 64 [developers.google]. 8 great free SVG libraries [webdesignerdepot]. Prosecution Rests Mobile/back-end/programming Objection.js [github/vincit] is a SQL-friendly ORM for Node. Propel [propelml] is a JavaScript machine learning infrastructure. Riff [github/projectriff] is a function as a service for Kubernetes. How GitHub shipped system fonts to GitHub.com [markdotto]. Gnomecast [github/keredson] is a native Linux GUI for casting local files to a Chromecast. The first in a 4-part series on exactly how the blockchain works [sitepoint]. The 12-factor app methodology, applied to serverless apps [aws.amazong]. A simple Redux module for handling HTTP REST resources [github/mgcrea]. A guide to handling the status bar in React Native apps [blog.expo]. Sprinternet Design/UX/product How Deliveroo uses Framer for designing scalable UI components using real data [blog.framer] Norman [normanvr] is a VR animation tool. 24 tips to a better design sprint [sprintstories] Essential Sketch plugins [medium/sketch-app-sources]. Deus XXX Machina* News/business Twitter is looking at changing its rules around impersonation, after Twitter users spread false tweets impersonating a Miami journalist in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last week [buzzfeed]. Gfycat is using AI to find and remove AI-generated porn from its platform [motherboard.vice]. The AI arms race has been going for a while, this is just a particularly "vivid" example. Meanwhile, another AI has started to crack the code of the mysterious Voynich manuscript [news.artnet]. I hope it's a different AI, at least. Waymo has a permit to have an autonomous vehicle ride-hailing service in Arizona [arstechnica]. Google removed the "view image" button from search results. Everyone was angry about this, but this extension brings it back [9to5google]. Last year, a Project Loon deployment gave Puerto Rico connectivity following Hurricane Maria [arstechnica]. In big-picture news, supermassive blackholes are growing faster than the rate of new stars being formed [nasa]. Shout-out to etropy, which remains undefeated. If you can't get enough Facebook schadenfreude - and it is undeniably tasty - David Remnick interviews Fred Vogelstein, who wrote the big Wired story on FB's tough recent history last week, for The New Yorker Radio Hour [wnycstudios]. Why your developer team slows down, and how to fix the issue [codingsans]. Thanks Tamas for sending that one through! * This has to be the highest-brow title yet, right? Far Cry Everything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff) Apple's new Spaceship campus has a flaw - people keep walking into the glass panes, designed to foster collaboration [bloomberg]. This is definitely a metaphor. From the article: "Some staff started to stick Post-It notes on the glass doors to mark their presence. However, the notes were removed because they detracted from the building's design." No, wait, this is a metaphor! An episode of Reply All where the hosts meet a dominatrix who dominates computers (via remote access) because her clients ask [gimletmedia]. Also, they explain the phrase "trust the process", which is always relevant. An examination of the writer's first iPod reveals a time-capsule from 2001 [theverge]. Trigger warning: contains mention of Limp Bizkit. Crying in Public [cryinginpublic] is a map of New York City showing the location of strong emotional events. Break-ups, hook-up, vomiting outside a bar and, yes, crying in public - all of these are mapped out. If you've experienced any strong emotion, sign up and join the party! Finally, a supercut of every visual effects Oscar winner ever [youtube/burgerfiction]. Another day, another collection of Quite Good Links (new tagline?). I'll have plenty more for you tomorrow, I promise - I really don't want you to cry in public or private. Curated by Adam

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