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2017/06/30 #

  • 00:47:00 +07:00 Launch HN: Feather (YC S17), painless furniture rental for people who move a lot# news.ycombinator.com

  • 06:38:00 +07:00 Maybe Don't Do What 'Rick And Morty' Creator Justin Roiland Did To Get In Character As 'Drunk Rick'# digg.com

  • 23:16:00 +07:00 PerformanceJS - The Best Frontend JavaScript Interview Questions (written by a Frontend Engineer)# performancejs.com

2017/06/29 #

  • 11:02:00 +07:00 We Didn't Know Salamanders Could Get This Big# digg.com

  • 12:44:00 +07:00 Readsy - tool to help you skim large amounts of text by focusing your eyes on one word at a time without having to move them# www.readsy.co

  • 15:17:00 +07:00 A Dog Just Walked On Stage At An Orchestra Concert And Decided To Chill# digg.com

2017/06/28 #

  • 01:10:00 +07:00 The Chaos Computer Club Is Fighting to Save Democracy# www.bloomberg.com

  • 01:15:00 +07:00 Australians Do Not Mess Around When They Go Mud Crabbing# digg.com

  • 01:20:00 +07:00 British Man Hit By Bus, Immediately Gets Up And Walks Into Pub# digg.com

  • 01:48:00 +07:00 magic-wormhole - get things from one computer to another, safely# github.com

  • 16:47:00 +07:00 How Psychics Cope With Hearing Voices Could Help People With Psychotic Disorders# www.theatlantic.com

2017/06/26 #

  • 00:36:00 +07:00 Chillest Guy In The Goddamn World Goes Surfing With His Two Dogs On Board# digg.com

  • 05:00:00 +07:00 Cheapest Countries to Live# time.com

2017/06/25 #

  • 01:58:00 +07:00 Whoa, This Man's Solution To Not Having Goggles Under Water Is Kind Of Blowing Our Minds# digg.com

  • 02:23:00 +07:00 Medieval Scholars Believed in the Possibility of Parallel Universes# www.atlasobscura.com

2017/06/22 #

  • 00:57:00 +07:00 We Can't Decide If This 'America's Got Talent' Dance Routine Is The Dorkiest Or Coolest Thing We've Seen In A While# digg.com

  • 01:05:00 +07:00 We Didn't Think We Could Be Any More Excited For 'Blade Runner: 2049' But Then They Dropped This Making-Of Featurette# digg.com

  • 03:43:00 +07:00 async/await is just the do-notation of the Promise monad# www.reddit.com

  • 06:13:00 +07:00 In pictures: Glastonbury's greatest hits# www.bbc.com

  • 06:21:00 +07:00 #glastonbury OR #glasto OR #glastonbury2017 OR glasto2017# twitter.com

  • 07:43:00 +07:00 Fontjoy - Generate font pairings in one click# fontjoy.com

  • 13:11:00 +07:00 Glastonbury 2017: Somerset cider bus legend says nobody ‘silly’ enough to try to 'blow up' festival# www.somersetlive.co.uk

2017/06/21 #

  • 01:45:00 +07:00 Proposal: Scripting detection using CSS media queries# www.nczonline.net

  • 01:47:00 +07:00 <noscript> element defines a section of HTML to be inserted if scripting is currently turned off in the browser# developer.mozilla.org

  • 02:04:00 +07:00 Dude Surfs Across A Swimming Pool, Immediately Chugs A Beer# digg.com

  • 02:34:00 +07:00 Firefox Is As Fast As Chrome Now, And No One Cares# theawl.com

  • 03:16:00 +07:00 scripting - CSS media feature that can be used to check whether scripting (e.g., JavaScript) is available# developer.mozilla.org

  • 09:22:00 +07:00 12 things that will definitely happen at Glastonbury# www.bbc.com

2017/06/20 #

2017/06/19 #

  • 01:00:00 +07:00 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 1# www.youtube.com

  • 03:34:00 +07:00 One of UK's longest-married couples celebrate anniversary# www.bbc.com

  • 09:55:00 +07:00 Swedish brewery names beer 'F*** you I'm Millwall' in tribute to man who fought London Bridge attackers# www.independent.co.uk

  • 15:13:00 +07:00 The Basics of DOM Manipulation in Vanilla JavaScript (No jQuery)# www.sitepoint.com

  • 15:28:00 +07:00 Web Developer Portfolios - Templates for developers and programmers to show# chrisdermody.com

  • 15:41:00 +07:00 @supports - perform feature detection in the browser right from your style sheet# tympanus.net

  • 16:25:00 +07:00 Inline block elements don't vertically align with ellipsis overflow# stackoverflow.com

2017/06/18 #

  • 06:35:00 +07:00 Progressive enhancement isn’t dead, but it smells funny# nolanlawson.com

  • 07:44:00 +07:00 dutier - A small (1kb), async and powerfull state management solution for Javascript applications# github.com

  • 11:49:00 +07:00 The difference between Service Workers, Web Workers and WebSockets# aarontgrogg.com

  • 12:37:00 +07:00 Sweden's gender-neutral preschools produce kids who are more likely to succeed# qz.com

2017/06/16 #

  • 00:30:00 +07:00 Node.fz: fuzzing the server-side event-driven architecture# blog.acolyer.org

  • 01:27:00 +07:00 Introduction to FuseBox - a Faster, Simpler Webpack Alternative# www.sitepoint.com

  • 02:10:00 +07:00 charming: Lettering.js in vanilla JavaScript# github.com

  • 02:38:00 +07:00 Dad Refuses To Buy His Son An Overpriced Lunch Box, Gives Him A Tool Box To Carry Snacks Instead# digg.com

  • 03:09:00 +07:00 If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it# kottke.org

  • 03:48:00 +07:00 What is the difference between CSS variables and preprocessor variables?# css-tricks.com

  • 04:47:00 +07:00 CSS Media Queries & Using Available Space# css-tricks.com

  • 07:18:00 +07:00 A Glorious Tape Of '90s Shoppers Recovered From A Floor Model Video Camera# digg.com

  • 08:40:00 +07:00 8 crazy instruments invented by famous musicians# www.bbc.co.uk

2017/06/15 #

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2017/06/13 #

  • 00:14:00 +07:00 The Hourly Wage Required To Afford A Two-Bedroom Rental In Each State# digg.com

  • 00:24:00 +07:00 Reverse Engineering guide for beginners: Methodology and tools# 0x00sec.org

  • 01:12:00 +07:00 The 10 Best Places to Eat Along I-95, Between Boston and NYC# www.eater.com

  • 01:39:00 +07:00 John Oliver Breaks Down The UK Election And What It Means For Brexit# digg.com

  • 01:49:00 +07:00 There's Something Fishy Going On With The New Netflix Rating System# digg.com

  • 02:32:00 +07:00 Show HN: Keygen - A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers# keygen.sh

  • 03:14:00 +07:00 Steven Pinker on sentence construction, language, and today's grammar# newrepublic.com

  • 15:12:00 +07:00 'Planet Earth' Is Made All The More Magnificent With Snoop Dogg Narrating# digg.com

  • 15:15:00 +07:00 Just A Little Point-Of-View Springboard Diving# digg.com

  • 15:26:00 +07:00 Short Film Imagines How 'The Neil Armstrong Of Time Travel' Would Affect Us All# digg.com

2017/06/12 #

  • 01:04:00 +07:00 Just Relax And Enjoy Watching This Craftsman Work A Leather Watch Strap# digg.com

  • 01:47:00 +07:00 Here's How You Can Start A Fire Using A Sandwich Bag Filled With Water# digg.com

  • 10:37:00 +07:00 JavaScript: Get Elements by ID, Tag, Name, Class, CSS Selector# xahlee.info

2017/06/11 #

  • 02:35:00 +07:00 jsemu - A list of emulators written in the JavaScript programming language# github.com

  • 03:01:00 +07:00 SpacePointer - Find things in space and point to it# github.com

  • 03:14:00 +07:00 anime.js - JavaScript Animation Engine# animejs.com

  • 06:54:00 +07:00 World Champion Racer Fernando Alonso Is Here To Tell You How An F1 Steering Wheel Actually Works# digg.com

  • 07:02:00 +07:00 Apple is going to let podcast creators - and advertisers - see what listeners actually like# www.recode.net

  • 11:17:00 +07:00 Setup a self hosted VPN for $5 per month# medium.com

2017/06/09 #

  • 01:33:00 +07:00 Show HN: ShittyMVP.com – Quick and Dirty MVP with a Money Back Guarantee# news.ycombinator.com

  • 01:48:00 +07:00 Node.js 8: util.promisify() # 2ality.com

  • 02:39:00 +07:00 How the minmax() CSS Function Works# bitsofco.de

  • 10:51:00 +07:00 Autoprefixer CSS online - Add the desired vendor prefixes and remove unnecessary in your CSS# autoprefixer.github.io

  • 11:56:00 +07:00 Modern Workflow & Tooling Talk by Wes Bos# wesbos.com

2017/06/07 #

  • 00:38:00 +07:00 Using A Dollhouse To Demonstrate Why Firefighters Sometimes Ventilate Roofs# digg.com

  • 00:53:00 +07:00 Why the Internet Tilde Is Our Most Perfect Tool for Snark# nymag.com

  • 01:07:00 +07:00 18 Trader Joe's House Beers, Ranked# vinepair.com

  • 01:47:00 +07:00 This Weird, Rare Sunset Is Truly Something To Behold# digg.com

  • 02:26:00 +07:00 Simple Single Element Spinning Loader# codepen.io

  • 02:34:00 +07:00 Modern javascript - All front-end libraries, No server/build# getlibs.com

  • 06:43:00 +07:00 public-apis - collective list of public JSON APIs for use in web# github.com

  • 10:27:00 +07:00 unpkg - unpkg is a fast, global content delivery network for everything on npm# unpkg.com

  • 14:08:00 +07:00 get_iplayer - utility for downloading TV and radio programmes# github.com

2017/06/06 #

  • 00:55:00 +07:00 A bemused Melburnian returns to Melbourne after two years absence# www.nomadicnotes.com

  • 02:01:00 +07:00 Polyglot Runs Into Another Polyglot And They Have A Casual Chat In 15 Languages# digg.com

  • 06:19:00 +07:00 A Lighthearted Cartoon Busts A Ton Of Heroin Myths# digg.com

  • 06:34:00 +07:00 Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Sex in Space# gizmodo.com

  • 07:20:00 +07:00 The World's Biggest Parkour Course From A Freerunner's Point Of View# digg.com

  • 08:20:00 +07:00 How air conditioning changed the world# www.bbc.com

2017/06/05 #

  • 01:00:00 +07:00 A Very Funny Animated Rant About Love From Comedian Maria Bamford# digg.com

  • 01:34:00 +07:00 How the World’s Most Interesting Man Befriended the World’s Most Powerful Man# www.politico.com

  • 01:41:00 +07:00 An Incredible Funk Cover Of 'Creep' By Radiohead# digg.com

  • 02:33:00 +07:00 CodePen - Flexbox playground# codepen.io

  • 02:54:00 +07:00 Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway# boingboing.net

  • 02:58:00 +07:00 A list of practical projects that anyone can solve in any programming language# github.com

  • 03:04:00 +07:00 Differences between tmux vs screen# wtanaka.com

  • 05:12:00 +07:00 The Process Of Making Rope, As It Was Practiced For Centuries# digg.com

2017/06/04 #

  • 02:29:00 +07:00 Pied Piper’s New Internet Isn’t Just Possible - It’s Almost Here# www.wired.com

  • 02:32:00 +07:00 wlan slovenija – open wireless network of Slovenia# wlan-si.net

  • 02:47:00 +07:00 Guy Makes Mistake Of Pickling As Many Foods As Possible To See What Stays Palatable# digg.com

  • 02:55:00 +07:00 And That's How You Catch A Bass With Your Hand# digg.com

  • 02:59:00 +07:00 Canada Is Making PSAs To Keep Kids From Sending Dick Pics Because This Is Where We're At Now# digg.com

  • 03:00:00 +07:00 A Bird Decides To Chill Out And Hitchhike In The City# digg.com

  • 03:15:00 +07:00 beets: the music geek‘s media organizer# beets.io

  • 05:12:00 +07:00 Marked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writers# marked2app.com

  • 07:33:00 +07:00 Running an Express GraphQL Server# graphql.org

  • 08:44:00 +07:00 Wrapping a REST API in GraphQL# graphql.org

  • 08:53:00 +07:00 Faster, Better, Cheaper - The art of making software# jrsinclair.com

  • 13:18:00 +07:00 Understanding the “GPL is a Contract” court case# perens.com

2017/06/03 #

  • 01:04:00 +07:00 Microjs - Fantastic Micro-Frameworks and Micro-Libraries for Fun and Profit!# microjs.com

  • 01:14:00 +07:00 taxi-rank - A JSDom based Selenium Webdriver API# github.com

  • 01:18:00 +07:00 micro-http-client - thin wrapper over fetch, used to specify common request and response processing in a single location# github.com

  • 01:49:00 +07:00 Motion to dismiss denied in recent GNU GPL case# www.fsf.org

  • 02:09:00 +07:00 A Documentary On What It's Like To Be A Cam Girl# digg.com

  • 13:10:00 +07:00 A Gorgeous Fly-By Video Shows Us How Beautiful And Massive Jupiter Really Is# digg.com

2017/06/02 #

2017/06/01 #

  • 01:09:00 +07:00 Technology is making the world more unequal - Only technology can fix this# www.theguardian.com

  • 01:38:00 +07:00 Discover Europeana Collections, a Portal of 48 Million Free Artworks, Books and Videos# www.openculture.com

  • 02:37:00 +07:00 flexbugs: community-curated list of flexbox issues# github.com

  • 02:37:00 +07:00 11 things I learned reading the flexbox spec# hackernoon.com

  • 04:14:00 +07:00 What is the Future of Front End Web Development?# css-tricks.com

  • 05:29:00 +07:00 Inspirational UI Design Ideas for Your Next Website Project# www.sitepoint.com

  • 05:57:00 +07:00 Proof That English Is A Dumb And Nonsensical Language# digg.com

  • 10:41:00 +07:00 What Does 'Covfefe' Mean? The Internet Will Define That For You# www.wired.com

  • 12:36:00 +07:00 tern-node-express: A Tern plugin adding support for express web application framework for node# github.com

  • 15:56:00 +07:00 Plex Just Killed My Cable Box Rental, and It Could Kill Yours Too# gizmodo.com

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