2023 - To Read

Hmmmmm https://jacobin.com/2023/01/against-degrowth-eco-modernism-socialist-planning-green-economy/

The Audio Issue

It seems like there's been a confluence of phenomena this year. It began in late January, when I discussed Dark Souls and its reputation as a "masochistic" game (that is, a game meant to be enjoyed by masochists) with my friend Aria, an actual masochist who makes adult games. (The discussion is i...

A Philosophy Professor’s Final Class Link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/a-philosophy-professors-final-class Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34270650

YouTuber Marques Brownlee, also know as MKBHD, shared the results of his 2022 Smartphone Awards last month. And although the iPhone 14 Pro won in the Best Camera System category, the YouTuber pointed out some flaws regarding the photos taken with Apple’s latest smartphone. Now MKBHD is back with a video in which he details […]

Show HN: A 100% free and interactive Python course for coding beginners Link: https://futurecoder.io/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34289581 #python

The 10 year old indie mobile app: what worked for the long haul Link: https://medium.com/@taylorhughes/the-10-year-old-indie-mobile-app-ce96244a0af0 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34278622

I've realized I'm a bad software developer Link: https://gaylelaakmann.substack.com/p/ive-realized-im-a-bad-software-developer Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34288229

The science of why you have great ideas in the shower Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/08/the-science-of-why-you-have-great-ideas-in-the-shower Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34289138

A Brief Defense of XML Link: https://borretti.me/article/brief-defense-of-xml Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34272651

How to slow down scientific progress, according to Leo Szilard Link: https://rootsofprogress.org/szilard-on-slowing-science Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34264436

in that document I linked an essay by antirez that IMO should be part of CS curriculums everywhere, dev bootcamps, you name it. it should be bundled with every copy of every text editor ever. particularly, the bit about guide comments, and how they're Good, Actually: http://antirez.com/news/124

Let's start with an example. In Advent of Code 2022 day 1 we are given groups of numbers as a string that look like: 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 80...

The new book “Emergent Tokyo” looks at how the city was shaped not by disorder or grand design, but by the intermingling of small choices that create spontaneous patterns from the bottom up.

As an inevitable crash occurs, many of the swindles and alleged swindles are coming to light.

“Fatphobia is medicine’s status quo.” This essential read in Pipe Wrench’s Fat Issue explores the history of medical fatphobia. When you see a fat person, you associate them with ob*sity. What you believe about ob*sity and have internalized from health authorities—its causes, symptoms, consequences, treatment, and more—then guide your interaction with that fat person. You […]

It is March 2020 and sirens are screaming demons outside my apartment window. The nice old Russian lady in the elevator who’d greet me with her smoke-raspy stories and pat my kid’s head with her pa…

The following conversation is excerpted from The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Jenna Fischer (who played Pam Beasley) and Angela Kinsey (who played Angela…

Welcome to Open Form, a weekly film podcast hosted by award-winning writer Mychal Denzel Smith. Each week, a different author chooses a movie: a movie they love, a movie they hate, a movie they hat…

Laurie Penny takes an amusing dive into why the Eurovision song contest is so wonderful — and so honest. Anyway, every year at least one of the Nordic countries can be trusted to inspect the geopolitical hells cape and do what needs to be done: serve up a slice of magical realist pop madness so […]

You might chase novelty and chafe at routine, even without an ADHD diagnosis, but developing a routine is worth it.

HOCO will take place in Downtown Tucson, Arizona from September 1 to 4.

The Australian producer’s anticipated debut is something of a left turn from high-frequency techno, at its best when it holds back in favour of open space

Translated into English for the first time, these diaries provide a glimpse into the innermost thoughts of a great philosopher

“The Terrapin” by Wendell Berry The terrapin and his house are one. Though he may go, he’s never gone. He’s housed within, from nose to toe: A door, a floor, and no window. There…

On today’s episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan is joined by Don Winslow to discuss his latest book, City on Fire, out now from William Morrow. From the episode: Don Winslow: I&#8217…

"I believe our society's gotten to the point where you can't question. You can't provoke. You just have to adhere to consensus."

Phew. Thanks to the intrepid work of books valuer Jim Spencer (at an antiques show in the surely-it-must-be-charming Moreton-in-Marsh), we’ll finally have a chance to sit back at the beach and read…

It’s springtime again in New York City, which makes me think of You’ve Got Mail. “You don’t want to miss New York in the spring,” Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) advises Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) late in the m…