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Thankful to be able to continue working on this with you all! kale

#Favorites


Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
//ln.hixie.ch comments

Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA?
//insiderockstarnorth.blogspot.com comments

test, [, and [[ (2020)
//jmmv.dev comments

I Hacked the Magic Mouse
//uplab.pro comments

Git Branches: Intuition and Reality
//jvns.ca comments

RSS can be used to distribute all sorts of information
//colinwalker.blog comments

The story of titanium
//construction-physics.com comments

Running Windows 98 in the Browser
//copy.sh comments

Lindenmayer systems
//vsekar.me comments

YOYOZO: How I made a Playdate game in 39 KiB
//blog.gingerbeardman.com comments

#Featured: OpenAI


OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman //openai.com comments

We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO //twitter.com comments

Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft //twitter.com comments

OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns //wired.com comments

OpenAI's misalignment and Microsoft's gain //stratechery.com comments

Greg //blog.samaltman.com comments

#Ask HN


Any comprehensive courses on Auth?

How do you keep going without burning out?

#Show HN


YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads //news.ycombinator.com

Open-source tool for creating courses like Duolingo //uneebee.com comments

New visual language for teaching kids to code //pickcode.io comments

Ansel //ansel.photos comments

Typst – Compose Papers Faster //typst.app comments

Sonic Garbage //sonicgarbage.greg.technology comments

nbi.ai – Generative Business Intelligence //narrative.bi comments

#Code


15-150: Principles of Functional Programming //brandonspark.github.io comments

River: A fast, robust job queue for Go and Postgres //brandur.org comments

Roc – A fast, friendly, functional language //roc-lang.org comments

Why I tend not to use content negotiation //htmx.org comments

Migrating to OpenTelemetry //airplane.dev comments

#Data


Claude 2.1 //anthropic.com comments

Friends don't let friends make bad graphs //github.com comments

LM Studio – Discover, download, and run local LLMs //lmstudio.ai comments

Exploring a Postgres Query Plan //notes.eatonphil.com comments

#Design


Berkeley Mono Typeface //berkeleygraphics.com comments

Berlin's indoor pools //bbc.com comments

An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid //joshwcomeau.com comments

Victor Mono Typeface //rubjo.github.io comments

15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps //twitter.com comments

#Books


#Working


I will always prefer to work from home //shavingtheyak.com comments

Volunteer.gov: Discover volunteer opportunities around the country //volunteer.gov comments

The Bluffers Guide to the Mythical Man Month //codemanship.wordpress.com comments

Programming as a career isn't right for me //medium.com comments

Carving a Career Path as a Generalist //generalist.world comments

#Learn


Deep Learning Course //fleuret.org comments

Polio is on the brink of eradication //nature.com comments

In the gut's 'second brain,' key agents of health emerge //quantamagazine.org comments

The secret language of ships //hakaimagazine.com comments

#Watching


Candela P-12 taking off – Electric hydrofoiling passenger vessel //youtube.com comments

Intro to Large Language Models [Video] //youtube.com comments

Frank Herbert on the origins of Dune //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


VMware is now part of Broadcom //broadcom.com comments

Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team //theverge.com comments

Kyle Vogt resigns from Cruise //techcrunch.com comments

#Fun


Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive //deathbyai.gg comments

Zero-k: A libre sci-fi RTS game, with an economy based on metal and energy //zero-k.info comments

Awesome Engineering Games //github.com comments

A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger //stranger.video comments

EP–133 //teenage.engineering comments

Anti Tank Vespa //en.wikipedia.org comments