Hacker Newsletter #483

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Issue #483 // December 13, 2019 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Spending hours prepping for QBRs? Lifecycle Insights reduces that time to minutes
//lifecycleinsights sponsored

Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it
//mit comments

The Lesson to Unlearn
//paulgraham comments

Privacy analysis of Tiktok's app and website
//rufposten comments

Learning to code vs. learning to automate
//daedtech comments

Abstreet: Traffic simulation game written in Rust
//github comments

NanoNeuron – simple JavaScript functions that explain how machines learn
//github comments

PostgreSQL at low level: stay curious
//erthalion comments

Two Years of Vanlife: A Retrospective
//faroutride comments

Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying
//bloomberg comments

#Ask HN


What mistakes did you make when starting as a consultant/freelancer?

Which charities do you donate to?

#Show HN


Huginn: Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf //github comments

A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots //selfhostedsource comments

Amazon CodeGuru – Preview //amazon comments

Elementary OS 5.1 Hera //elementary comments

Disaster.radio: a disaster-resilient communications network powered by the sun //disaster comments

OpenLayers //openlayers comments

Vim 8.2 //vim comments

Every bookmark manager ever made //bookmarkos comments

#Classifieds


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#Code


Why databases use ordered indexes but programming uses hash tables //evanjones comments

The Principles of Versioning in Go //swtch comments

Making Games with Kotlin //kotlin comments

Lisp Programming in Vim with Slimv or Vlime //susam comments

Uni: Query the Unicode database from the CLI, with good support for emojis //github comments

#Data


Metaflow, Netflix's Python framework for data science, is now open source //metaflow comments

Indexing Billions of Text Vectors //0x65 comments

Machine Learning Crash Course //google comments

PracticalAI 2.0: A New Platform to Learn ML Using Python, Keras and Tensorflow //practicalai comments

Hash – Complex Systems Simulation //hash comments

#Design


New airplane seat design will make it easier to sleep in economy //cnn comments

Computational photography from selfies to black holes //letsenhance comments

Snibgo's ImageMagick Pages //snibgo comments

#Learn


Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates //bbc comments

Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas //smithsonianmag comments

Category:Obsolete occupations //wikipedia comments

Transputer //wikipedia comments

Sand Theft //wikipedia comments

#Books


Things to Read to Become a Better Human and Developer //dottedsquirrel comments

Science Books of 2019 //fivebooks comments

Books on Critical Thinking //fivebooks comments

#Watching


BPF: A New Type of Software //brendangregg comments

AI-powered Lego sorting machine built with Lego bricks //brothers-brick comments

#Working


A Guide to Distributed Teams //increment comments

How to Make Remote a Success //bearer comments

The Evolution of Management: Transitioning Up the Ladder //acm comments

A Distributed Meeting Primer //randsinrepose comments

The Feedback Fallacy //hbr comments

#Longreads


A Week in the Life of a McDonald's Cashier //vice comments

The Siege of Carrie Lam //idlewords comments

The Age of Instagram Face //newyorker comments

#Startup News


Alphabet-backed Duolingo becomes first VC-funded $1B Pittsburgh tech start-up //cnbc comments

Carbonite To Be Acquired by OpenText for $1.4B //carbonite comments

Self-driving truck delivers butter from California to Pennsylvania in three days //santacruzsentinel comments

SoftBank Is Selling Wag Stake Back to Company //bloomberg comments

#Fun


Space Invaders in C //loadzero comments

The Nintendo Switch Switch //cynthia comments

Software Library: MS-DOS Games //archive comments

The Cannonball Record has been broken again //roadandtrack comments

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