Hacker News on 7 October 2017

• 'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
• Five minute guide to better typography
• Sorting Visualizations
• Google accused of racketeering in lawsuit
• A Branchless UTF-8 Decoder
• A Simple Approach to Building a Real-Time Collaborative Text Editor
• A Comparison of Four Algorithms Textbooks (2016)
• Show HN: A platform for sharing DIY solar projects
• London Cutaways
• Optical Effects in User Interfaces