Hacker News on 17 October 2019

• TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free
• Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
• Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone
• BrachioGraph – a cheap, simple pen plotter
• FPGA Design for Software Engineers
• Mozilla’s 18-month effort to market without Facebook
• Stupid Unix Tricks
• Rejected from YC (Again)
• Python at Scale: Strict Modules
• Aquameta: Web development platform built in PostgreSQL