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–kale
#Favorites
If the Earth were 100 pixels wide //distancetomars comments→
Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project //chromium comments→
We call ourselves innovators, but most of us are really just iterators. //evernote comments→
Stop working so hard //medium comments→
Facebook Home //facebook comments→
The Jellyfish Entrepreneur //priceonomics comments→
An acquisition is always a failure //pandodaily comments→
Are Bitcoins The Future? //priceonomics comments→
Building Photoshop 1.0 //macgui comments→
What technical reasons are there to have low maximum password lengths? //stackexchange comments→
Want to learn to code? Start here. //zackshapiro comments→
#Classics
The Shirky Principle //kk comments→
C.S. Lewis on Writing //lettersofnote comments→
Git's avalanche //heinemeierhansson comments→
#Show HN
An anonymous P2P social network for Android, written in Clojure //nightweb comments→
HN Store //hnstore comments→
YouFM - A new way to listen to music on Youtube //youfm comments→
Codassium - WebRTC-based video chat and code editor for interviews //codassium comments→
#Code
Helios //helios comments→
Cap'n Proto, by the ex-maintainer of Protocol Buffers //github comments→
Asm.js: The JavaScript Compile Target //ejohn comments→
The OAuth Bible //github comments→
Principles of Software Engineering, Part 1 //nathanmarz comments→
Write Ruby API's with Poncho //thechangelog comments→
#Tools
Linux Netcat command – The swiss army knife of networking //mylinuxbook comments→
tmux 1.8 Released //sourceforge comments→
#Design
Show HN: Chardin.js, beautiful instructions for apps //github comments→
Boston Subway Time-Scale Map //stonebrowndesign comments→
Skycons: ten animated weather icons, generated by JS using the HTML5 canvas //github comments→
#Books
A Personal Statement from Iain Banks //iain-banks comments→
Learn Vimscript the Hard Way (online/ebook/paper versions available) //stevelosh comments→
Douglas R. Hofstadter has a new book? //amazon comments→
Bruce Schneier's next book: on power, security and the Internet //schneier comments→
Computer Programming as an Art PDF [Knuth, 1974] //acm comments→
#Watching
4K gyro-stabilized aerial video of San Francisco //fstoppers comments→
Curated video-lists worth geeking out about //hackertalks comments→
#Working
Tell HN: "Who's Hiring" responders //ycombinator comments→
Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator comments→
Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place //internproject comments→
My "Ember" Job Posting on Hacker News //github comments→
Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator comments→
#Fun
Worst CAPTCHA Ever //svedic comments→
Google Maps: “Treasure Map” mode //google comments→
Kerbal Space Program - space flight simulator game //kerbalspaceprogram comments→
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