Hacker News Highlights
Hacker News Highlights
   For weekly recaps of The Macro, sign up here. Here are some of our favorite recent posts on Hacker News. Excel: Error when CSV file starts with “I” and “D” An original Excel programmer thinks a current bug may be his.    No grades, no timetable: Berlin school turns teaching upside down A Sudbury School teacher from Baltimore comments on how Sudbury Schools work.    The Origins of the Domestic Blueberry A HN user whose family owns a 50-acre pick-it-yourself blueberry farm outlines the changes that have happened as blueberries were commercially cultivated.    Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into? HN users recap how their projects turned out.    A Plan for a Long-Term Stock Exchange The CEO of Shopify weighs in on taking his company public.    Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book? The HN community weighs in with first-hand book publishing experiences.    In Memoriam: Roger Faulkner ChuckMcM of IBM’s Watson group reflects on his time with Roger.    Ask HN: Insider history of the demise of Kodak? Syzygies, whose father worked at Kodak, jumped in the thread.    Unexecute Neonscribe on the origins of the unexec() function.    Building a software-defined radio from scratch Lukas Lao Beyer, the radio’s creator, jumps in the thread.    Submit your suggestions to us for future HN Highlights via macro@ycombinator.com. Sign up for weekly recaps of The Macro. 