Hacker Newsletter #358

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Issue #358 // June 30, 2017 // View in your browser

Happy Fourth to my fellow neighbors and a great weekend for all. –kale

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#Favorites


An easter egg for one user: Luke Skywalker
//einaregilsson comments→

The Presence of One's Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity
//uchicago comments→

European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing dominance
//europa comments→

Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've automated my job?
//stackexchange comments→

Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts (and then rethinks it)
//mcmansionhell comments→

On Starting a Software Business
//stephaniehurlburt comments→

SpaceX successfully launches and recovers second Falcon 9 in 48 hours
//techcrunch comments→

How I learned to code in my 30s
//medium comments→

We Analyzed 100M Headlines
//buzzsumo comments→

What It Costs to Open a Restaurant in San Francisco
//eater comments→

#Ask HN


A good primer on cryptocurrencies?

How can I get better at bash?

Why are credit card chip readers so slow?

As an employee of a company, how do you assess its health?

#Show HN


Magic-Wormhole – Get things from one computer to another, safely //github comments→

GreenPiThumb – A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot //mtlynch comments→

Pencil – an open-source GUI prototyping tool for all platforms //github comments→

Insect – a high-precision scientific calculator with physical units //insect comments→

Sourcetrail – Get productive on unfamiliar source code //sourcetrail comments→

Hackerhunt – categorised curation of submissions //hackerhunt comments→

3D Packing for 3D Printing //michaelfogleman comments→

Tesoro – Personal internet archive //tesoro comments→

#Code


TDD did not live up to expectations //microsoft comments→

Google Web Starter Kit //google comments→

1kb JavaScript library for building front end applications //github comments→

Learn React with Copywork //daveceddia comments→

A new approach to text rendering //atom comments→

Stanford Code From Cars That Entered DARPA Grand Challenges //sourceforge comments→

#Data


The Best Machine Learning, NLP, and Python Tutorials I've Found //unsupervisedmethods comments→

Analyzing Cryptocurrencies Using PostgreSQL //timescale comments→

TensorFlow-World: Simple and ready-to-use tutorials for TensorFlow //github comments→

#Learn


How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists //lse comments→

Ask HN: What's your process for learning? //ycombinator

Hexagonal Grids //redblobgames comments→

Alexander Graham Bell's Tetrahedral Kites //publicdomainreview comments→

#Books


Ask HN: What are the best books on modern computer graphics? //ycombinator

The Common Lisp Cookbook //github comments→

O'Reilly Media has stopped retailing books directly on its ecommerce store //oreilly comments→

A Jordan Bookseller's 24-Hour 'Emergency Room for the Mind' //atlasobscura comments→

#Watching


Female Founders Conference Live Stream //ycombinator comments→

Haxl: Making Concurrency Unreasonably Easy //techcast comments→

How the creative deceptions of the Ghost Army helped win WWII //timeline comments→

#Working


Take Naps at Work //nytimes comments→

The CTO Journey at a Small Startup //zapier comments→

Seattle's higher minimum wage is actually working fine //washingtonpost comments→

Reduce your startup's payroll taxes through the new Federal R&D Tax Credit //gusto comments→

#Longreads


Everything I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Demoing SaaS //thebetterstory comments→

Crash Bandicoot: An oral history //polygon comments→

#Fun


Science-based games – a collaborative list //github comments→

Binary Puzzle //binarypuzzle comments→

Hexgame //andrewbelt comments→

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