The Brutalist Report

Hacker News

• Reanimate: Build declarative animations with SVG and Haskell [1254d] [hn]
• Cormac McCarthy loves a good diner [1255d] [hn]
• Devbox 0.2.0: Automatic Nix Installer, Plugins, and Background Services [1255d] [hn]
• Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative [1255d] [hn]
• AI's Jurassic Park Moment, a real and imminent threat to the fabric of society [1255d] [hn]
• A city experiments with paying people not to be annoying [1255d] [hn]
• Signed distance functions in 46 lines of Python [1255d] [hn]
• In Kyrgyzstan it’s common to kidnap your future wife [1255d] [hn]
• People took some potassium and lost some weight [1255d] [hn]
• An extensive letter from Edsger Dijkstra to my 19 year old self (1989) [1255d] [hn]
• Bach’s Accidental Masterpiece [1255d] [hn]
• Ruby delights built into the language [1255d] [hn]
• January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all [1255d] [hn]
• Deep work. Essentialism in asynchronous culture [1255d] [hn]
• See how many classic books you can read in 2023 with just 20 minutes a day [1255d] [hn]
• Potassco: The Answer Set Solving Collection [1255d] [hn]
• Is forced treatment for the mentally ill ever humane? [1255d] [hn]
• 2023's public domain is a banger [1255d] [hn]
• MariaDB plunges nearly 40% in NYSE debut after SPAC merger [1255d] [hn]
• Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B settling charges it wrongfully seized homes and cars [1255d] [hn]
• ‘Porch pirates’ stole an estimated 260M packages in 2021 [1255d] [hn]
• Ask HN: Is there a site for quality short-term contract programming work? [1255d] [hn]
• Cops Cast Doubt on Musk’s Claim That ‘Crazy Stalker’ Followed His Son [1255d] [hn]
• There oughta be a Game Boy capture cartridge [1255d] [hn]
• A collection of Soviet control rooms [1255d] [hn]
• Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn [1255d] [hn]
• Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts [1255d] [hn]
• Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition) [1255d] [hn]
• Beware of Bargin Bin Tools [1255d] [hn]
• A Killed by Google RIP-off focusing on things AI is threatening [1255d] [hn]
• Ribbon's (YC S17) new VPE is hiring engineers who want to simplify healthcare [1255d] [hn]
• WordPress to support SQLite back end [1255d] [hn]
• OneCoin co-founder pleads guilty to $4B fraud [1255d] [hn]
• Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B for mistreating customers [1255d] [hn]
• Ask HN: Given AI advancements, is a Master’s degree in CS worthless? [1255d] [hn]
• The future our grandchildren deserve [1255d] [hn]
• Amsterdam's 'stay away' campaign targets troublesome visitors [1255d] [hn]
• 12 Days of PostgreSQL Tools and Projects [1255d] [hn]
• Deriving a Bit-Twiddling Hack: Signed Integer Overflow [1255d] [hn]
• NY Governor stalls right-to-repair bill; has until Dec 28 to avoid “pocket veto” [1255d] [hn]
• Show HN: Create a Paid Link to Anything [1255d] [hn]
• Facial Recognition Tech Gets Woman Booted from Rockettes Show Due to Employer [1255d] [hn]
• Show HN: Obsidian Canvas – An infinite space for your ideas [1255d] [hn]
• Overview Of Upcoming Rails 7.1 Features Part 1 [1255d] [hn]
• Judge strikes down California gun law modeled on Texas abortion measure [1255d] [hn]
• The Fermi Paradox Revisited: Technosignatures and the Contact Era [1255d] [hn]
• Color-Blindness Isn’t Racist [1255d] [hn]
• Blue subscribers should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls [1255d] [hn]
• Against Homeownership [1255d] [hn]
• Switzerland Plans to Restrict the Use of Electric Cars During the Energy Crisis [1255d] [hn]
• Ask HN: Host a website from a living room in 2022? [1255d] [hn]
• Early retirement and ageing population are causing labour shortages,Lords report [1255d] [hn]
• Automobiles are the most egalitarian form of transportation since walking [1255d] [hn]
• The Topologist’s World Map [1255d] [hn]
• Extensional AI (YC W23) Is Hiring: Front End and ML [1255d] [hn]