Hacker Newsletter #706

06-28-2024

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Issue #706 // 2024-06-28 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
//nbcnews.com comments

I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers
//dropofahat.zone comments

Ball: A ball that lives in your dock
//github.com comments

Microfeatures I love in blogs and personal websites
//danilafe.com comments

The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets
//righto.com comments

Local First, Forever
//tonsky.me comments

Liquid Layers
//grantkot.com comments

HyperCard Simulator
//hcsimulator.com comments

Aster shootdown over Sydney in 1955
//navyhistory.au comments

A railroad simulation using discrete event simulation
//picolisp-explored.com comments

#Ask HN


Those of you who've left the SWE world, what did you transition into?

Could AI be a dot com sized bubble?

Who has had a successful PWA product?

#Show HN


I built a JavaScript-powered flipdisc display //flipdisc.io comments

I made tool that let's you see everything about any website //v1.web-check.xyz comments

From dotenv to dotenvx – better config management //dotenvx.com comments

Eidos – Offline alternative to Notion //github.com comments

Eplot: A new package for making charts in Emacs //lars.ingebrigtsen.no comments

Carabiner Collection //carabinercollection.com comments

#Code


Ruby: A great language for shell scripts //lucasoshiro.github.io comments

I learned Haskell in just 15 years //duckrabbit.tech comments

LINQPad – The .NET Programmer's Playground //linqpad.net comments

Wc2: Investigates optimizing 'wc', the Unix word count program //github.com comments

Corcel – Use WordPress backend with Laravel or any PHP application //github.com comments

Fuzz Map //fuzzmap.io comments

#Data


Claude 3.5 Sonnet //anthropic.com comments

I've stopped using box plots //nightingaledvs.com comments

Open Source Python ETL //amphi.ai comments

Every Way to Get Structured Output from LLMs //boundaryml.com comments

Qq: like jq, but can transcode between many formats //github.com comments

#Design


Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM //fuglede.github.io comments

Figma Slides //figma.com comments

Round Rects Are Everywhere //folklore.org comments

Figma AI //figma.com comments

Atkinson Dithering //beyondloom.com comments

The album art of Phil Hartmann //conorherbert.com comments

#Books


Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publishers' court win //arstechnica.com comments

Hypermedia Systems //hypermedia.systems comments

Let Readers Read //blog.archive.org comments

The rarest book in American literature: Poe's Tamerlane //lithub.com comments

#Working


6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex //joanwestenberg.com comments

Half of Workers Around the World Are Struggling with Burnout //bcg.com comments

Security is not part of most people's jobs //utcc.utoronto.ca comments

Hard work wins in business (a.k.a. it ain't just about luck) //anandsanwal.me comments

#Learn


Bouba/kiki effect //en.wikipedia.org comments

Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plastic' //phys.org comments

Aphantasia: I can not picture things in my mind //theguardian.com comments

Oldest white wine in the world found in a first-century tomb in Spain //doi.org comments

Notes on Tajikistan //mattlakeman.org comments

How electronic ignition works and also how to make a spark plug play music //theautopian.com comments

How to build your own CNC-machine from scratch //github.com comments

#Watching


Porting Python to a $3 smartwatch //youtube.com comments

APL Demonstration //youtube.com comments

The Alternate Reality Kit //youtube.com comments

How Cathode Ray Tubes Work //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Apple found in breach of EU competition rules //theguardian.com comments

Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says //apnews.com comments

Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco //waymo.com comments

OpenAI Acquires Rockset //openai.com comments

#Fun


One Million Checkboxes //onemillioncheckboxes.com comments

DOS game "F15 SE II" reversing: more stories and now on GitHub //github.com comments

Numpty Physics – FOSS physics simulations game ported for the web //midzer.de comments

Conway's Game of Life, in checkboxes for some reason //huth.me comments

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