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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-04-30</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] by Don Sagrott founder@sospep.com - a selection of the best posts from the hacker news(HN) community(news.ycombinator.com)&nbsp;during this period,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] the article title is linked to the original(source) article,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] the comments are linked to the hacker news comments section for each article.&nbsp;</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 &nbsp;a listing of the top 30 stories by date from the hacker news website.&nbsp;</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&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] a curated selection of <strong>the most interesting/relevant content*</strong> (for ...) , organized by date and category</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li><strong>[ categories legend ]</strong></li>
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<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>] tm - time management, productivity</li>
<li>] ti - tech investor</li>
<li>] other =&gt; ] nations, ] money, ] poli /tics /cy ] fitness, ] diet,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] ? = politics</li>
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<li><strong>[highlights]</strong></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;">] GREY - &nbsp;article is RELATED to another article/chapter/book</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">] LT YELLOW -</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;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>&nbsp;warning ? &nbsp;</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">] GREEN - cool SITES - go check these out</span></li>
<li>] &gt; &nbsp;- check this first&nbsp;</li>
<li>] LT GREY -&nbsp;</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">] YELLOW</span> - review first&nbsp;</li>
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<li>[review]</li>
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<li>] listed/selected = would like to/should read</li>
<li>] read =&nbsp;</li>
<li>] categorizied</li>
<li>&gt;]&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2016-04-26</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-04-30" target="_blank">2016-04-30</a>]</strong></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">] <a href="http://www.justinobeirne.com/essay/what-happened-to-google-maps" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">What Happened to Google Maps?</span></a></span> (justinobeirne.com), SRC=hn(464)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604387" target="_blank">comments</a>(192) - article outlines some changes in googles cartography(map labelling) over the recent years, shows a large reduction in the # of cities shown, including removing some of the largest surrounding cities around major centers. More roads are shown. shows with/without cities&amp;roads, like a simple network map, cities are nodes, roads are paths between them. examples <a href="http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54ff63f0e4b0bafce6932642/t/572257f24d088e7b49c98434/1461872108499/?format=500w" target="_blank">new york</a>, <a href="http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54ff63f0e4b0bafce6932642/t/572258204d088e7b49c986b6/1461868588744/?format=500w" target="_blank">london</a> subway system maps. good maps need balance (roads/cities), googles lacks, compared to example from paper map,&nbsp;</li>
<li>sw]&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/lavabit" target="_blank">Lavabit code open sourced</a> (github.com), SRC=hn(458)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11603595" target="_blank">comments</a>(60) - secure email client,&nbsp;</li>
<li>td car] <a href="http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/" target="_blank">Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently</a> (codeahoy.com) , SRC=hn(291)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11603078" target="_blank">comments</a>(173)&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://jalopnik.com/this-ancient-laptop-is-the-only-key-to-the-most-valuabl-1773662267" target="_blank">McLaren needs Compaq laptops with bespoke CA cards to maintain the remaining F1s</a> (jalopnik.com)&nbsp;&nbsp;, SRC=hn(227)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604922" target="_blank">comments</a>(150)&nbsp;</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">sw]&nbsp;<a href="https://taskwarrior.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">Taskwarrior &ndash; intelligent TODO list</span></a></span> (taskwarrior.org), SRC=hn(152)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11601784" target="_blank">comments</a>(80) - open source command line task management</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">sw]&nbsp;<a href="https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">Microsoft Flow</span></a> (microsoft.com)</span>&nbsp;, SRC=hn(197)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600739" target="_blank">comments</a>(94) - ifttt like app from msft</li>
<li>sw] <a href="https://github.com/akshayKMR/hogwatch" target="_blank">Hogwatch &ndash; a bandwidth monitor that shows per process network transfer</a> (github.com), SRC=hn(195)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11601172" target="_blank">comments</a>(52)&nbsp;</li>
<li>td] <a href="https://github.com/steshaw/plt" target="_blank">A Path to Programming Language Theory</a> (github.com), SRC=hn(174)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11602646" target="_blank">comments</a>(35)&nbsp;</li>
<li>sw] <a href="http://alloy.simoncaminada.ch/" target="_blank">Show HN: Task-Based Electron Web Browser</a> (simoncaminada.ch), SRC=hn(148)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11603604" target="_blank">comments</a>(29)&nbsp;</li>
<li>sw os]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/29/systemd_free_debian_fork_devuan_reaches_beta/" target="_blank">Linux greybeards release beta of systemd-free Debian fork</a> (theregister.co.uk)&nbsp;, SRC=hn(147)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11601288" target="_blank">comments</a>(188)&nbsp;</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">td] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604871" target="_blank">Ask HN: What are examples of GitHub repositories with high code quality?</a>,</span> SRC=hn(147)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604871" target="_blank">comments</a>(106)&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/01/the-burglar-with-his-very-own-mac-attack.html" target="_blank">The Burglar with His Very Own Mac Attack</a> (thedailybeast.com)&nbsp;, SRC=hn(110)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604875" target="_blank">comments</a>(26)</li>
<li>td] <a href="https://michaelfeathers.silvrback.com/the-myth-of-scaling" target="_blank">Moving Past the Scaling Myth</a> (silvrback.com), SRC=hn(100)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604526" target="_blank">comments</a>(23)&nbsp;</li>
<li>tech privacy]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/constitutional-rights/fbi-labled-tor-browser-users-criminals/" target="_blank">If you use Tor, the FBI just labelled you a criminal</a> (thelastamericanvagabond.com)&nbsp;, SRC=hn(94)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604112" target="_blank">comments</a>(18)&nbsp;</li>
<li>diet]&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/25/the-secret-ancient-history-of-the-potato-that-could-change-the-story-of-civilization/" target="_blank">The curse of the potato</a> (washingtonpost.com)&nbsp;, SRC=hn(92)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11601286" target="_blank">comments</a>(43)&nbsp;</li>
<li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11588698" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<p>] <a href="/view/chapters?id=314" target="_blank">BOOK-technology-stories-2016</a> - best-of-hacker-news-2016-04</p>
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