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Issue #407 // June 15, 2018

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# FAVORITES

Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? //growthbot comments

Why does a spray bottle work? //github comments

Anthony Bourdain has died //bbc comments

Learning operating system development using Linux kernel and Raspberry Pi //github comments

How to Find Your Earliest Users //indiehackers comments

The Trouble with D3 //medium comments

Survivorship bias and startup hype //sonyaellenmann comments

The Psychology of Dreaded Tasks //dcgross comments

Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen //theverge comments

Hacker News Highlights: April and May 2018 //ycombinator comments

The 12.9-inch iPad Pro took me by surprise and replaced my laptop //paulstamatiou comments

Magic, Art, and Scanimation //youtube comments

# ASK HN

Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018? //ycombinator

Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off? //ycombinator

# SHOW HN

Interactive guitar scales diagrams //grunfy comments

Blot – a blogging platform with no interface //blot comments

Dilay – A free 3D sculpting application //abau comments

Aristo – A system that reads, learns, and reasons about science //allenai comments

Usql – Universal command-line interface for SQL databases //github comments

Sketch.systems //sketch comments

World Cup API for 2018 //sfg comments

ChromeREPL, Interact with Chrome from Sublime Text //github comments

Devpen – Markdown Editor with GitHub Style //devpen comments

# LONGREADS

The Lifespan of a Lie – Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment? //medium comments

Vice Media: A Company Built on a Bluff //nymag comments

Don't Eat Before Reading This //newyorker comments

The Pipeline //californiasunday comments

# CODE

Id Software //github comments

Netflix releases Polly, client library to record and replay HTTP interactions //github comments

Node.js is now available on App Engine standard environment //googleblog comments

Fo: An experimental language which adds generics on top of Go //github comments

Optimization tricks in Python: lists and tuples //rushter comments

# DATA

AI at Google: our principles //blog comments

Datasets for Machine Learning //gengo comments

Getting Started in Natural Language Processing //monkeylearn comments

Tensorflow.js – A Practical Guide //yellowant comments

Playing Atari with Six Neurons //arxiv comments

Dank Learning: Generating Memes Using Deep Neural Networks //arxiv comments

Model Zoo – Pretrained deep learning models //modelzoo comments

# DESIGN

Ok-Cancel versus Cancel-Ok //factorio comments

Open Source SVG Icons Library – Vivid.js //github comments

The Story Behind Susan Kare’s Iconic Design Work for Apple //milanote comments

# LEARN

Hair Ice //wikipedia comments

Slip Coaches: Back When British Express Trains Detached Passenger Cars at Speed //99percentinvisible comments

Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior //alaska comments

The Land Before Binary //medium comments

# BOOKS

John Resig: Introducing the GraphQL Guide //graphql comments

For more and more people, work appears to serve no purpose //newyorker comments

How I Automated My Job //medium comments

# WATCHING

Anders Hejlsberg on Modern Compiler Construction //youtube comments

Building the Software 2.0 Stack by Andrej Karpathy //figure-eight comments

Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? //youtube comments

4-2: The History of Super Mario Bros.' Most Infamous Level //youtube comments

# WORKING

How to become a dramatically better programmer //henrystanley comments

Maybe the Gig Economy Isn’t Reshaping Work After All //nytimes comments

Inside Tesla’s Model 3 Factory //bloomberg comments

# FUN

Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago //dinosaurpictures comments

Nearly two decades of satellite images available in Nasa’s Worldview //discovermagazine comments

The Incredible Machine //filfre comments

Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Private Forum //vice comments

# CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

How Children in a Maya Village Do Chores //npr comments

Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements //indiatoday comments

Facebook confirms data sharing with Chinese companies //reuters comments

Why Crystal Is My Next Language //github comments

Google is working on Python 3 for App Engine Standard Environment //google comments

Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids //byu comments

Samsung’s Chromebook Plus now supports Linux apps //theverge comments

Calendar Versioning //calver comments

22 top US newspapers in an RSS OPML list //quod comments

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