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  1. Ask HN: Looking for an Engaging Science Book

    I want to learn more about the natural sciences, and I'm looking for a great book that'll give me the basics and keep me interested. I have a terrible attention span for reading so I want something designed to keep an…

    2 points 6
  2. Ask HN: How do you communicate at work, and whats the worst thing about it?

    A recent article on here about how slack is the opposite of organisational memory got me wondering, do we all face the same problems? Do you use a Slack type chat app to communicate with colleagues? What's the worst…

    1 points 2
  3. Ask HN: Getting back in the zone is easy?

    I regularly read the opinion that if a coder is in the zone and is interrupted, it takes quite a while to get back in. Today in their Windows 10 feature announcement, Microsoft quoted this time as 23 minutes. Thing is,…

    1 points 0
  4. Show HN: JavaScript/HTML and Rust Webview: an electron alternative (github.com)
    4 points 1
  5. Ask HN: What are your best domestic time saving tips?

    I'm a father of two and I do a lot of housework in the evenings, cutting into my project time. Lately I've been obsessed with finding ways to reduce the amount of time spent on household chores any way I can. Gadgets…

    54 points 80
  6. Ask HN: Has anyone on here built anything using Weex?

    I'm building a web-app using vue-js and I'd dearly love to be able to use it to build a companion mobile app. Looks like Weex is just what I need. I'm wondering if any of you have taken the plunge and built something…

    3 points 2
  7. Electron memory usage compared to other cross-platform frameworks (roryok.com)
    5 points 2
  8. Ask HN: An alternative to skype for cross platform video chat?

    My brother recently moved abroad and we've been keeping in touch with Skype and duo, but both have issues. Skype has poor call quality and duo is not available on windows. The call quality is far better for duo but we…

    1 points 2
  9. Qbrt – Cross-platform HTML/JS desktop apps using the Firefox Gecko runtime (mykzilla.org)
    165 points 98
  10. Ask HN: Is there a modern equivalent of tinyapps.org?

    I found myself searching today for a site that lists low profile desktop apps. Many of the apps on tinyapps.org are not available anymore. I'm looking for a list of low-memory, low-footprint applications that are…

    25 points 7
  11. A JavaScript game in 1024 bytes (marijnhaverbeke.nl)
    4 points 1
  12. Ask HN: Recommendations for books on interviewing?

    I'm looking for some good books on the job interview process. Anyone got any good recommendations?

    8 points 5
  13. Xamarin.Forms for macOS preview (blog.xamarin.com)
    2 points 0
  14. Images Leaked of Microsoft's Chromebook Rival, the “Surface Laptop” (theverge.com)
    4 points 0
  15. Ask HN: How many of you are using windows phone?

    I still use windows phone 8.1, for a number of reasons. It just works, lack of apps means I don't get distracted, and I love pinning things. Also I'm cheap and can't be bothered to upgrade. Increasingly I feel like the…

    1 points 5
  16. Ask HN: Dual monitors, or single 4k?

    I currently have a single 29" LCD monitor which I'm finding a bit cramped. More and more I find myself with multiple tiled windows, and I'm starting to feel that 1920x1080 pixels is not enough anymore. I'm a coder by…

    39 points 82
  17. Ask HN: What are your greatest productivity hacks?

    In the last few months I started using a clipboard manager (Ditto) and I'll never go back. My 'clipboard anxiety' (did I leave something in the clipboard? can I copy this? better open notepad and Ctrl+V just to be…

    72 points 48
  18. HP Spectre x360 is the best Windows Laptop of 2016, according to the Verge (theverge.com)
    1 points 0
  19. “This is the most dangerous time for our planet” – Stephen Hawking (theguardian.com)
    2 points 0