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Issue #146 // April 26, 2013 // View in your browser

One last reminder about the O'Reilly Fluent Conference that takes place in San Fran next month. I'll be there (say hello!), so be sure to check it out and use the discount code 'HACKER' to get 20% off your ticket. kale

#Favorites


BitTorrent’s Secure Dropbox Alternative Goes Public
//torrentfreak comments

VSRE: very short reply expected (netiquette)
//vrypan comments

Sleep: Everything You Need to Know
//medium comments

Tearable Cloth Simulation in JavaScript
//codepen comments

Expunging Google
//github comments

Cognitive Overhead, Or Why Your Product Isn’t As Simple As You Think
//techcrunch comments

Breaking News is broken
//slate comments

Data Science of the Facebook World
//stephenwolfram comments

Development on a Chromebook: an opinionated guide
//simonmweber comments

#Ask HN


Ask HN: What is your daily reading list?

Ask HN: What IRC channels does everyone find interesting?

#Show HN


jsdares - learning programming visually //jsdares comments

Squaresend - Less annoying mailto links //squaresend comments

Hosted IRC for Teams //teamrelaychat comments

CommaFeed - Open-source bloat-free Google Reader clone //commafeed comments

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released //ubuntu comments

#Code


Everything you need to understand to start with AngularJS //stephanebegaudeau comments

TraceGL: See what is hidden. JavaScript codeflow visualisation in webGL //trace comments

Sync - Realtime partials with Rails //chrismccord comments

Emacs setup for Python development //caisah comments

The Social Coding Experiment //github comments

#Design


“Right click and save as” needs to go away //svarden comments

Shame.css //csswizardry comments

Usability checklist - catch common problems before user testing. //userium comments

The Clown Car Technique for Responsive Images //github comments

Open Sans, how do we love thee? //en.blog comments

Useful article about colors in Flat Design //designmodo comments

#Books


The Last Question - Isaac Asimov //case comments

Quantitative Finance Reading List //quantstart comments

Free O'Reilly Books //oreilly comments

The Beginner's Guide to Sales //strideapp comments

From Zero to the Appstore - My ebook on HTML5 mobile games //indiegamr comments

#Watching


SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High //universetoday comments

Show HN: Four months of indie game dev //cannonade comments

#Working


The secret to a higher salary is to ask for nothing at all //qz comments

Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory //medium comments

#Fun


Beautiful Pacific Crest Trail Journals //thehikeguy comments

Zen Photon Garden //scanlime comments

Astonishing photos of the real Mordor on earth //englishrussia comments