Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (April 16, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for April 16, 2023 :</p>
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De-Stressing Booking.com
Summary: The article discusses the use of persuasion tactics in e-commerce, specifically on the website Booking.com. The author notes that while some messages on the site are helpful, others create a sense of scarcity where there isn't one, leading to increased stress for users. The author also points out that this approach is being emulated by other websites and marketers. To address this issue, the author developed a Chrome Extension called De-Stresser that hides the persuasion-related CSS tags on Booking.com, making the site less stressful to use.
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Experiments with plane-filling curves and Fourier transform
Summary: The GitHub repository "dmishin/fft-image-experiments" contains code for experiments with applying Fourier transforms to various plane-filling curves and patterns. The repository is licensed under the MIT license and has 30 stars and 2 forks. The code is organized into modules and includes files for media, tests, a Makefile, and a README.md file with running requirements and tests. The repository was last updated on December 24, 2017, with a minor removal of dead code.