top 50% hacker news stories for 2019-12-29

Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code

https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/encoding-wifi-access-point-passwords-qr-code/

6 years ago

Computer Science from the Bottom Up (2016)

https://www.bottomupcs.com/index.xhtml

6 years ago

Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)

https://alexand.ro/2018/08/how-focus-became-more-valuable-than-intelligence

6 years ago

Ask HN: Which is the most successful one-person business you heard of in 2019?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21908577

6 years ago

Why are my Go executable files so large?

https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/go-file-size/

6 years ago

A lot of complex “scalable” systems can be done with a simple, single C++ server

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1210997702152069120

6 years ago

IncludeOS: a minimal unikernel operating system for C++ services

https://www.includeos.org/

6 years ago

French court rules Steam games must be able to be resold

https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/19/french-court-valve-steam-resold/

6 years ago

Programmers Should Plan for Lower Pay?

https://www.jefftk.com/p/programmers-should-plan-for-lower-pay

6 years ago

Ask HN: Solo devs, how do you plan your development?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21905423

6 years ago

Blue light may not be as disruptive to sleep patterns as thought: mouse study

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/researchers-discover-when-its-good-to-get-the-blues/

6 years ago

Google’s Monopoly is Stifling Free Software?

https://medium.com/@byuu_san/googles-monopoly-is-stifling-free-software-e63dea114f39

6 years ago

Snapcast – Synchronous multi-room audio player

https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/

6 years ago

★ 7.6k C++ GPL-3.0

The StingRay Is Why the 4th Amendment Was Written (2017)

https://fee.org/articles/the-stingray-is-exactly-why-the-4th-amendment-was-written/

6 years ago

SamyGO: Open-Source Firmware for Samsung TVs (2011)

https://www.samygo.tv/

6 years ago

Ask HN: Best solutions for keeping a personal log?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21906650

6 years ago

Tips I use to avoid burnout

http://addyosmani.com/blog/burnout/

6 years ago

Ffmpeg-Python: Python bindings for FFmpeg – with complex filtering support

https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python

6 years ago

★ 10.9k Python Apache-2.0

Steel Bank Common Lisp 2.0

http://www.sbcl.org/all-news.html?2.0.0#2.0.0

6 years ago

The Bastard Operator From Hell (1999)

http://bofh.bjash.com/

6 years ago

The Central Limit Theorem and Its Misuse

https://lambdaclass.com/data_etudes/central_limit_theorem_misuse/

6 years ago

What the World Can Learn from Hongkong [video]

https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10933-what_the_world_can_learn_from_hongkong

6 years ago

Uncover, Understand, Own – Regaining Control over Your AMD CPU [video]

https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10942-uncover_understand_own_-_regaining_control_over_your_amd_cpu

6 years ago

Principles of the American Cargo Cult (2003)

https://web.archive.org/web/20030812081806/http://klausler.com/cargo.html

6 years ago

Video: A Language for Making Movies

https://lang.video/

6 years ago

Ask HN: Any Pebble Alternatives?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21907699

6 years ago

Arduino programmable air, pneumatics kit

https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/05/01/programmable-air-is-an-arduino-nano-based-pneumatics-kit/

6 years ago

Show HN: Dating Site Without Pictures

https://ohmyperson.com/

6 years ago

Chips Are Getting Noisier

https://semiengineering.com/chips-becoming-noisier/

6 years ago

Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with Apple's policy

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/egjseg/coinbase_wallet_app_removing_dapp_browser/

6 years ago

Build an Ioniser in Under $10

http://amaldev.blog/build-ioniser-in-under-10-dollars/

6 years ago

A Pixel Artist Renounces Pixel Art (2015)

http://www.dinofarmgames.com/a-pixel-artist-renounces-pixel-art/

6 years ago

A look inside TSMC

https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/18/a-look-inside-the-factory-around-which-the-modern-world-turns

6 years ago

Rx v0.3 Released, a modern and minimalist pixel editor in Rust

https://rx.cloudhead.io

6 years ago

Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50664578

6 years ago