Nu Shell - This Week in Nu #8

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# This week in Nu #8

This week included some key stability fixes, new streaming functionality, and the [0.4.0 release](http://www.jonathanturner.org/2019/10/nushell-0_4_0.html)

- Detegr fixed some issues with parsing filesizes ([#847](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/847))
- jonathandturner released 0.4.0 and did some additional tidying ([#844](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/844))
- jonathandturner also added new streaming table support ([#812](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/812))
- t-hart added a new from-ssv command ([#835](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/835))
- andrasio fixed a handful of issues with first, last, and count ([#833](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/833))
- wycats continued to improve the new coloring support ([#831](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/831))
- wycats also added a way to create unstable features behind flags (#810)
- thegedge fixed an issue with how external commands got their values ([#829](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/829))
- New docs added by sdfnz ([#836](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/836))
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Title: Nu Shell - This Week in Nu #8

Summary

This week in Nu saw the 0.4.0 release with key stability fixes and new streaming functionality. Contributions included fixes to parsing filesizes, new streaming table support, a new from-ssv command, fixes to first, last, and count commands, improvements to coloring support, a way to create unstable features behind flags, a fix for external commands, and new documentation.