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Hacker Newsletter #729

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#Favorites


I've acquired a new superpower
//danielwirtz.com comments→

No Calls
//keygen.sh comments→

Stop Trying to Schedule a Call with Me
//matduggan.com comments→

Fluid Simulation Pendant
//mitxela.com comments→

Starship Flight 7
//spacex.com comments→

Cuttle – a MTG like game using a standard 52 card deck
//pagat.com comments→

Doom in a PDF
//doompdf.pages.dev comments→

Building Bauble
//ianthehenry.com comments→

Brainwash an Executive Today
//ludic.mataroa.blog comments→

What's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup?
//jvns.ca comments→

#Ask HN


How do you prevent the impact of social media on your children?

Is maintaining a personal blog still worth it?

#Show HN


Kenney.nl: Free Game Assets //kenney.nl comments→

Home Loss File System //docs.google.com comments→

Cosmos Keyboard: Scan your hand, build a keyboard //ryanis.cool comments→

Tabby: Self-hosted AI coding assistant //github.com comments→

Doom (1993) in a PDF //doompdf.pages.dev comments→

3D Terrain simulation for hiking, skiing etc. //github.com comments→

#Code


Debugging: Indispensable rules for finding even the most elusive problems //dwheeler.com comments→

Uv's killer feature is making ad-hoc environments easy //valatka.dev comments→

Be Aware of the Makefile Effect //blog.yossarian.net comments→

Why I Chose Common Lisp //blog.djhaskin.com comments→

Back to basics: Why we chose long-polling over websockets //inferable.ai comments→

Solving the first 100 Project Euler problems using 100 languages //github.com comments→

#Data


AI Engineer Reading List //latent.space comments→

PostgreSQL is the Database Management System of the Year 2024 //db-engines.com comments→

#Design


FFmpeg by Example //ffmpegbyexample.com comments→

OpenAI Fails to Deliver Opt-Out System for Photographers //petapixel.com comments→

A well designed ski jump //dezeen.com comments→

#Books


Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M //claudio.uk comments→

The DevOps Engineer's Handbook //octopus.com comments→

Ask HN: What's the best book you've read regarding software development? //news.ycombinator.com

Open Access Books from MIT Press //direct.mit.edu comments→

Challenges in Data Engineering (Book) //dedp.online comments→

#Working


Ask HN: How to approach first days on a new job as a senior engineer? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: How to approach first days on a new job as a senior PM? //news.ycombinator.com

U.S. Employee Engagement Sinks to 10-Year Low //gallup.com comments→

Why Senior Engineers Should Stay ICs //codertocto.com comments→

#Learn


Take the pedals off the bike //fortressofdoors.com comments→

How did they make cars fall apart in old movies //movies.stackexchange.com comments→

Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas //theautopian.com comments→

How corn syrup took over America //thehustle.co comments→

Chatham House Rule is suddenly everywhere in the Bay Area //sfstandard.com comments→

Dragonfly's extreme loop-the-loops //science.org comments→

#Watching


Nintendo announces the Switch 2 //youtube.com comments→

The Free Movie: Frame-by-frame, handrawn reproduction of "The Bee Movie" //thefreemovie.buzz comments→

Servo vs. steppers: Speed, Torque and Accuracy //youtube.com comments→

SQLite: How it works, by Richard Hipp //youtube.com comments→

"Why learning the C language is still a good idea" by Antirez //youtube.com comments→

antirez - Fixing a real world bug in Redis vector sets with LLMs //youtube.com comments→

I built a QR code with my bare hands to see how it works //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs //axios.com comments→

TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday //reuters.com comments→

Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab //tomshardware.com comments→

Sonos CEO steps down after app update debacle //reuters.com comments→

Datadog acquires Quickwit //quickwit.io comments→

Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' //cnbc.com comments→

Dbt Labs acquires SDF Labs //getdbt.com comments→

#Fun


Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in Vim //eieio.games comments→

A marriage proposal spoken in office jargon //mcsweeneys.net comments→

Snake Game in 56 Bytes //github.com comments→

1Crossword: Crosswords for Your Password Manager //eieio.games comments→

Gifting Factorio to competitors' employees as cost effective sabotage? //maxbo.me comments→

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