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The API Is a Dead End; Machines Need a Labor Economy

1•bot_uid_life•1m ago•0 comments

Digital Iris [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2MAgS_pE
1•Jyaif•2m ago•0 comments

New wave of GLP-1 drugs is coming–and they're stronger than Wegovy and Zepbound

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-are-coming-and-theyre-stro...
3•randycupertino•3m ago•0 comments

Convert tempo (BPM) to millisecond durations for musical note subdivisions

https://brylie.music/apps/bpm-calculator/
1•brylie•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tasty A.F.

https://tastyaf.recipes/about
1•adammfrank•6m ago•0 comments

The Contagious Taste of Cancer

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/contagious-taste-cancer
1•Thevet•8m ago•0 comments

U.S. Jobs Disappear at Fastest January Pace Since Great Recession

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestunson/2026/02/05/us-jobs-disappear-at-fastest-january-pace-sin...
1•alephnerd•8m ago•0 comments

Bithumb mistakenly hands out $195M in Bitcoin to users in 'Random Box' giveaway

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-02-07/business/finance/Crypto-exchange-Bithumb-mis...
1•giuliomagnifico•8m ago•0 comments

Beyond Agentic Coding

https://haskellforall.com/2026/02/beyond-agentic-coding
3•todsacerdoti•9m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw ClawHub Broken Windows Theory – If basic sorting isn't working what is?

https://www.loom.com/embed/e26a750c0c754312b032e2290630853d
1•kaicianflone•11m ago•0 comments

OpenBSD Copyright Policy

https://www.openbsd.org/policy.html
1•Panino•12m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% of Apps Will Disappear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uzGDAoNOZc
2•schwentkerr•16m ago•0 comments

What Happens When Technical Debt Vanishes?

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11316905
2•blenderob•17m ago•0 comments

AI Is Finally Eating Software's Total Market: Here's What's Next

https://vinvashishta.substack.com/p/ai-is-finally-eating-softwares-total
3•gmays•18m ago•0 comments

Computer Science from the Bottom Up

https://www.bottomupcs.com/
2•gurjeet•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A toy compiler I built in high school (runs in browser)

https://vire-lang.web.app
1•xeouz•20m ago•0 comments

You don't need Mac mini to run OpenClaw

https://runclaw.sh
1•rutagandasalim•21m ago•0 comments

Learning to Reason in 13 Parameters

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04118
2•nicholascarolan•23m ago•0 comments

Convergent Discovery of Critical Phenomena Mathematics Across Disciplines

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22389
1•energyscholar•23m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Will GPU and RAM prices ever go down?

1•alentred•23m ago•0 comments

From hunger to luxury: The story behind the most expensive rice (2025)

https://www.cnn.com/travel/japan-expensive-rice-kinmemai-premium-intl-hnk-dst
2•mooreds•24m ago•0 comments

Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi...
5•mindracer•25m ago•0 comments

A New Crypto Winter Is Here and Even the Biggest Bulls Aren't Certain Why

https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/a-new-crypto-winter-is-here-and-even-the-biggest-bulls-are...
1•thm•25m ago•0 comments

Moltbook was peak AI theater

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1132448/moltbook-was-peak-ai-theater/
2•Brajeshwar•26m ago•0 comments

Why Claude Cowork is a math problem Indian IT can't solve

https://restofworld.org/2026/indian-it-ai-stock-crash-claude-cowork/
3•Brajeshwar•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Built an space travel calculator with vanilla JavaScript v2

https://www.cosmicodometer.space/
2•captainnemo729•26m ago•0 comments

Why a 175-Year-Old Glassmaker Is Suddenly an AI Superstar

https://www.wsj.com/tech/corning-fiber-optics-ai-e045ba3b
1•Brajeshwar•26m ago•0 comments

Micro-Front Ends in 2026: Architecture Win or Enterprise Tax?

https://iocombats.com/blogs/micro-frontends-in-2026
2•ghazikhan205•29m ago•1 comments

These White-Collar Workers Actually Made the Switch to a Trade

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-mid-career-trades-caca4b5f
1•impish9208•29m ago•1 comments

The Wonder Drug That's Plaguing Sports

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/ostarine-olympics-doping.html
1•mooreds•29m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Photographer spends years on street corner capturing same commuters daily (2017)

https://mymodernmet.com/peter-funch-candid-photographs-commuters/
48•thunderbong•6mo ago

Comments

cs702•6mo ago
Link to many pairs of photos showing the same individual(s):

https://www.peterfunch.com/portfolio/42nd-and-vanderbilt/

In each pair, the photos may be years apart!

What I find most fascinating is how consistent the photographed individuals are, in their demeanor and style, over time.

netsharc•6mo ago
Why are there no dates on the photos (or just month and year for privacy reasons), even in the book there aren't any: https://tbwbooks.com/products/42nd-and-vanderbilt-second-edi... . Seeing the differences (and similarities) while knowing the time gap would be fascinating.

I wonder how he figured out if a person he just snapped had walked by years ago... I guess face recognition is possible.

metalman•6mo ago
this is art,it is not a file.
danhau•6mo ago
Would dates not enhance this art?
JKCalhoun•6mo ago
Maybe. It's possible too it would take something away. As it is we're left to wonder and we would of course lose that.

As I recall, Feynman made a comment in one of his autobiographies about an argument he had had with an artist friend about the beauty of a rose. His friend was frustrated with Feynman's reductionist approach to everything including the rose. Paraphrasing Feynman: "How does knowing more about how a rose works take away from its beauty?"

I wonder if Feynman understood that naivety is a thing you can lose or if he understood that but did not see any value in naivety, mystery.

Perhaps a counterpoint to Feynman: "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer".

Cerium•6mo ago
I think not. I enjoyed looking for details, for example how a backpack is clean in one photo and dirty in the other. Not knowing the details let's the viewer ponder and compair with more curiosity and intrigue. It sets a mystery.
hylianwarrior•6mo ago
"From 2007 to 2016 Funch carried out his project 42nd and Vanderbilt in which he captures the same person twice, mid-commute, leaving the viewer to wonder if they were photographed days, months, or even years apart."
metalman•6mo ago
art is not editable. but I believe that cameras are not prohibitivly expensive, corners where many comuters pass are likely close to where you are, and your time is your own, so feel free to produce another similar art piece, with anotations of your choice, and in 8 or 9 years you can publish it. have fun!
mc32•6mo ago
It's reminiscent of but different from Philip Lorca diCorcia's automated street photographs in NYC from his "Heads" project: https://www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/en/colle...

Funch's project is more interesting because it captures a person at least twice over time; however, the photos are less well executed compared to the ones from diCorcia, but that's to be expected as diCorcia only had to find good and photogenic photographs once per subject, Funch had to get his subject's photos at least twice --so it was much harder to do.

appease7727•6mo ago
That's weird. The extreme bias towards individuals in the same pose make me think the pairs were found computationally. Could have been done by hand, but I'd expect much, much more variety.
JR1427•6mo ago
Interesting project. Most of the pairs seem to not be taken very far apart.
rapnie•6mo ago
These people on their daily commute reminded me of the work of Ritzo Ten Cate, called "Caught in the App" [0]. The photos of 'phone zombies' walking the street are indicative how much and how quickly society has changed under the influence of our tech devices. On the Dutch website [1] are some more pictures and link to a TEDx talk Ritzo gave on the art campaign.

[0] https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/haunting-photos-of-lo...

[1] https://ritzotencate.com/project/caught-in-the-app/

fennecfoxy•6mo ago
Before that it was newspapers. And the boomers who bitched I was on the computer for too long every day are now also doing their commute with their nose pressed against the glass of the window into a world of easily detectable fake news.
haswell•6mo ago
Before smartphones, there was not an equivalent number of people burying their heads in newspapers.

Many people point to “well this is just the new X”, but I think this underrepresents the impact of modern tech, which in many cases bears a passing resemblance to some earlier era while in reality having a drastically different footprint and impact on society.

fennecfoxy•6mo ago
Oh for sure, wealth accumulation, corporate lobbying, public indifference have certainly created a modern technological dystopian hellscape dissimilar to the comparatively minuscule newspaper conglomerates of the before-fore-times.
FrameworkFred•6mo ago
This reminds me of Auggie's photo album in Smoke..."Sometimes the different ones become the same ones and the same ones disappear."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGV_h36uZ5E

thunderbong•6mo ago
Thank you for reminding me of this movie. It's one of my favorites and I haven't seen it in ages. Have to re-watch it now once more
fennecfoxy•6mo ago
Quite interesting project. I find the topic of street photography interesting as well as many people don't realise that in most places they have no right to privacy in public, also that they use this power themselves even when taking their own photos (there are still people in the background).

Just picked up a Pentax 67ii as well - digital cameras are great for capturing must have moments but recently I've found there's something about film that makes me slow down and enjoy each shot so much more. I still have my phone for quick shots at the end of the day.

PorterBHall•6mo ago
I live in a somewhat small community (~25k) and I commuted into the city on public transportation for about 15 years. 10 years ago, I started working from home full-time.

I often see the people I used to commute with around town. I recognize them and remember them, but I’ve never had any interactions with them.

When I see them, I’m surprised by how much older they look. Then I realize I must look older to them.

moi2388•6mo ago
I’m calling bullshit.

Too many people have the exact same clothes, the same hairstyle, same accessories, and none seem to be aged 9 years

xnx•6mo ago
The project spanned 9 years. The photos in each pair are not 9 year apart.
moi2388•6mo ago
Yes but it said the photos might be years apart; I don’t see any of those