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Issue #188 // February 15, 2014 // View in your browser

#Sponsor


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#Favorites


Evidence Facebook's revenue is based on fake likes (video)
//youtube comments

Girls and Software
//linuxjournal comments

Curse Of The Gifted (2000)
//vanadac comments

Moon
//typesetinthefuture comments

The Weight of Rain
//style comments

Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature
//google comments

How to Burn Out Programming
//braegger comments

What Snow Tells Us About Creating Better Public Spaces
//thisoldcity comments

#Show HN


Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear //hemingwayapp comments

Keybase.io //keybase comments

Wagtail, our new Django CMS //ycombinator comments

Dug.js – A JSONP to HTML Script //rog comments

Automatic VPN Generator //tinfoilsecurity comments

Abacus – Killing The Expense Report //abacus comments

Pullup, the site you join via pull request //pullup comments

#Code


JS lib to make your website instant //ycombinator comments

Why Your Python Runs Slow. Part 1: Data Structures //lukauskas comments

mbox – a lightweight sandboxing mechanism with a multitude of uses //mit comments

A simple IP address API //ipinfo comments

JQuery Notebook – A Medium like editor wrapped inside a jQuery plugin //github comments

Sublime Text 2 plugin to show git commit history for selected line(s) of code //github comments

Drone is a Continuous Integration platform built on Docker //github comments

#Design


80s Typography in CSS //codepen comments

Yelp’s Style Guide //yelp comments

Design Details: Secret for iOS //brianlovin comments

#Books


A Vim Tutorial and Primer //danielmiessler comments

Books to Read in a Lifetime //amazon comments

Show HN: I wrote a very niche ebook about GTFS (public transit) data //gtfsbook comments

#Watching


Fosdem 2014 Videos //fosdem comments

Air Hockey Robot Opponent (a 3D printer hack) //youtube comments

Hexaflexagons //youtube comments

#Fun


Flappy Space Program //itch comments

Massively-multiplayer online Flappy Bird //flapmmo comments