Hacker Newsletter #705

06-21-2024

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Issue #705 // 2024-06-21 // View in your browser

#Favorites


WorkOS: Modern Identity Platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs
//workos.com sponsored

FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations
//ftc.gov comments

Safe Superintelligence Inc.
//ssi.inc comments

KidPix
//kidpix.app comments

MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5
//axio.ms comments

The GJK Algorithm: A weird and beautiful way to do a simple thing
//computerwebsite.net comments

What You Get After Running an SSH Honeypot for 30 Days
//blog.sofiane.cc comments

Fast Crimes at Lambda School
//sandofsky.com comments

I found a 55 year old bug in the first Lunar Lander game
//martincmartin.com comments

Trading cards with e-ink displays
//howtoware.co comments

1/25-scale Cray C90 wristwatch
//chrisfenton.com comments

Let's write a video game from scratch like it's 1987
//gaultier.github.io comments

One year of solo dev, wrapping up the grant-funded work
//marginalia.nu comments

#Ask HN


Why do message queue-based architectures seem less popular now?

Are you still using your Vision Pro?

What happens when I click "request for quote" on your SaaS?

#Show HN


We made a small and cheap network switch //docs.murexrobotics.com comments

Cyber Scarecrow //cyberscarecrow.com comments

ESASky //sky.esa.int comments

Radius – A Meetup.com alternative //radius.to comments

Token price calculator for 400+ LLMs //github.com comments

OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer //osrd.fr comments

I made a daily routines app, but it requires photos to complete //folksable.com comments

#Code


Nvidia Warp: A Python framework for high performance GPU simulation and graphics //github.com comments

Htmx 2.0.0 has been released //htmx.org comments

Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide //github.com comments

Django SQLite Production Config //blog.pecar.me comments

#Data


SQLite Database Explorer //github.com comments

Large language model data pipelines and Common Crawl //blog.christianperone.com comments

Dbmate: A lightweight, framework-agnostic database migration tool //github.com comments

#Design


Sculpting the moon in R: Subdivision surfaces and displacement mapping //tylermw.com comments

Tiny beauty: how I make scientific art from behind the microscope //nature.com comments

#Books


Building SimCity: How to put the world in a machine //mitpress.mit.edu comments

How babies and young children learn to understand language //lithub.com comments

#Working


Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship //deepsouthventures.com comments

More disabled Americans are employed, thanks to remote work //bloomberg.com comments

Ask HN: Freelancers, how do you get work? //news.ycombinator.com

Now is a good time to start a service business //zachocean.com comments

#Learn


The sun's magnetic field is about to flip //space.com comments

Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time //eso.org comments

Monitoring marine litter from space //esa.int comments

There's more to mathematics than rigour and proofs //terrytao.wordpress.com comments

Horses may have been domesticated twice //sciencenews.org comments

#Watching


How to design and manufacture your own chip //youtube.com comments

Font as Tetris //youtube.com comments

Wipeout XL/2097: The Making of an Iconic PlayStation Soundtrack //youtube.com comments

Developing an LLM: Building, Training, Finetuning (A 1h Video Explainer) //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Perplexity AI is lying about their user agent //rknight.me comments

DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate //dronedj.com comments

Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model //arstechnica.com comments

Sonos changes terms and conditions and may now pass on data to third parties //notebookcheck.net comments

#Fun


I made a puzzle game that gently introduces my favorite math mysteries //rahulilango.com comments

Tetris Font //erikdemaine.org comments

23words.com //23words.com comments

Billard – Generate music from ball collisions in 2D space //billard.medusis.com comments

SHAllenge – Compete to get the lowest hash //shallenge.quirino.net comments

ControlNet Game of Life //jerpint.io comments

$2.4M Texas home listing boasts built-in 5,786 sq ft data center //tomshardware.com comments

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