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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-04-20</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] by Don Sagrott founder@sospep.com - a selection of the best posts from the hacker news(HN) community(news.ycombinator.com) during this period, </li> <li>] the article title is linked to the original(source) article, </li> <li>] the comments are linked to the hacker news comments section for each article. </li> <li>] The date is linked to the <a href="http://jonathandub.in/" target="_blank">Jonathan Dubin's</a> site, <a href="http://waybackhn.com/" target="_blank">Wayback HN</a> which keeps a listing of the top 30 stories by date from the hacker news website. </li> <li>] The numbers beside the comments link, include the # upvotes the article recieved and the number of comments on the article</li> <li>] the initials beside the article title indicate the category the article belongs, too, see the [categories legend] below </li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>] a curated selection of <strong>the most interesting/relevant content*</strong> (for ...) , organized by date and category</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[ categories legend ]</strong></li> <ol> <li>] blank/nothing - non technical article</li> <li>] t - tech</li> <li>] td - tech developer</li> <li>] tu - tech user</li> <li>] tb - tech business</li> <li>] other => ] nations, ] money, ] </li> <li>] ? = politics</li> </ol> <li><strong>[highlights]</strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;">] GREY - article is RELATED to another article/chapter/book</span></li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">] LT YELLOW -</span> created a summary/analysis/... article manually for this article, click through for addional notes/details on this article</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ff0000;">] RED -</span> warning ? </li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">] GREEN - cool SITES - go check these out</span></li> <li>] > - check this first </li> <li>] LT GREY - </li> <li>] YELLOW</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2016-04-19</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-04-20" target="_blank">2016-04-20</a>] NEW task IN </strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/apple-does-not-melt-iphones-into-gold" target="_blank">Almost Nothing About the ‘Apple Harvests Gold from iPhones’ Story Is True</a> (vice.com) , SRC=HN(625)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536543" target="_blank">comments</a>(188)</li> <li>hw] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/19/aaduino/" target="_blank">Arduino in the size of a AA battery</a> (techcrunch.com), SRC=HN(481)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11538042" target="_blank">comments</a>(139) </li> <li>>] <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/01/zika_carrying_mosquitoes_are_a_global_scourge_and_must_be_stopped.html" target="_blank">Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes</a> (slate.com), SRC=HN(458)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536074" target="_blank">comments</a>(406) </li> <li>nations] <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/20/canada-legislation-decriminalize-recreational-cannabis-weed-marijuana" target="_blank">Canada to introduce legislation to legalize recreational cannabis</a> (theguardian.com), SRC=HN(423)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536492" target="_blank">comments</a>(185) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://www.idontplaydarts.com/2016/04/detecting-curl-pipe-bash-server-side/" target="_blank">Detecting the use of “curl – bash” server side</a> (idontplaydarts.com), SRC=HN(343)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11532599" target="_blank">comments</a>(111) </li> <li>> td car] <a href="https://blog.step.com/2016/04/08/an-open-source-project-for-tech-salaries/" target="_blank">Open Source Project – View 689 Salaries Posted on Hacker News, Share Yours</a> (step.com), SRC=HN(301)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11534310" target="_blank">comments</a>(217) </li> <li>> ] <a href="http://www.stephenfry.com/2016/04/off-the-grid/" target="_blank">Off the Grid</a> (stephenfry.com), SRC=HN(293)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533528" target="_blank">comments</a>(159) </li> <li>business/companies] <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-20/got-a-hot-seller-on-amazon-prepare-for-e-tailer-to-make-one-too" target="_blank">Got a Hot Seller on Amazon? Prepare for Amazon to Make One Too</a> (bloomberg.com), SRC=HN(278)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533973" target="_blank">comments</a>(217)</li> <li>] <a href="https://stupidhackathon.github.io/?2.0" target="_blank">The Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon 2.0</a> (github.io), SRC=HN(259)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533162" target="_blank">comments</a>(63) </li> <li>nations] <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/475017281/u-s-ranks-41st-in-press-freedom-index-thanks-to-war-on-whistleblowers" target="_blank">US Ranks 41st in Press Freedom Index Thanks to 'War on Whistleblowers'</a> (npr.org) , SRC=HN(218)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11538140" target="_blank">comments</a>(44) </li> <li>sw] <a href="http://freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Release_notes_0.16" target="_blank">FreeCAD 0.16 release notes</a> (freecadweb.org) , SRC=HN(208)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533435" target="_blank">comments</a>(74) </li> <li>business/companies] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-idUSKCN0XG2DN" target="_blank">VW 'Dieselgate' software developed at Audi in 1999: report</a> (reuters.com) , SRC=HN(197)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533128" target="_blank">comments</a>(165) </li> <li>> ] <a href="http://preciousplastic.com/" target="_blank">Open-Source Recycling</a> (preciousplastic.com) , SRC=HN(167)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533207" target="_blank">comments</a>(39) </li> <li>> tb] <a href="https://medium.com/@sandimac/nyc-tech-catching-up-to-silicon-valley-while-seattle-flails-here-s-why-97ba7147b5f6#.e84c892cd" target="_blank">NYC tech catching up to Silicon Valley, while Seattle flails</a> (medium.com), SRC=HN(161)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11537307" target="_blank">comments</a>(146) </li> <li>> business/companies] <a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/4/20/11463818/intel-iphone-mobile-revolution" target="_blank">Intel made a huge mistake 10 years ago</a> (vox.com), SRC=HN(154)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11537898" target="_blank">comments</a>(163) </li> <li>> ] <a href="https://jasmcole.com/2016/04/17/england-and-wales-house-prices/" target="_blank">England and Wales House Price Analysis</a> (jasmcole.com), SRC=HN(152)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533731" target="_blank">comments</a>(58) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://victorbjelkholm.github.io/autochecker/" target="_blank">Show HN: Test your JavaScript modules simultaneously in 32 different versions of Node.js</a> (github.io), SRC=HN(137)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536216" target="_blank">comments</a>(56) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://www.compose.io/articles/row-level-security-with-postgresql-95/" target="_blank">Row Level Security with PostgreSQL 9.5</a> (compose.io), SRC=HN(124)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11535801" target="_blank">comments</a>(45) </li> <li>transportation] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/20/tesla-model-x-owners-finding-car-doors-wont-shut-windows-wont-close/" target="_blank">Tesla Model X owners finding car doors won’t shut, windows won’t close</a> (techcrunch.com), SRC=HN(122)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11538597" target="_blank">comments</a>(126) </li> <li>> tb] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_problem" target="_blank">Angel Problem</a> (wikipedia.org), SRC=HN(121)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536558" target="_blank">comments</a>(29) </li> <li>td careers] <a href="http://martinfowler.com/articles/born-for-it.html" target="_blank">Born for it – How the image of software developers came about</a> (martinfowler.com) , SRC=HN(112)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11538849" target="_blank">comments</a>(109) </li> <li>] , SRC=HN(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520681" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <div><ol> <li> <p>] <a href="/view/chapters?id=314" target="_blank">BOOK-technology-stories-2016</a> - best-of-hacker-news-2016-04</p> </li> </ol></div>