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Tools for Conviviality (Ivan Illich, 1973)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality
3•pauldelany•2h ago

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dredmorbius•38m ago
Recent and related, "A website to destroy all websites" <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457784> 1 Jan 2026, which is specifically inspired by Illich.

Science Is a Guessing Game

https://himanshusinghbisht.substack.com/p/science-is-a-guessing-game-conjectures
1•gilfoyle_7•58s ago•0 comments

I built a screen-aware desktop assistant; now it can write and use your computer

1•luthiraabeykoon•1m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why is iOS in-app purchase monetization so hard to learn as a system?

1•mnrj_vv•1m ago•0 comments

Does AI pose an existential threat to mathematicians?

https://kityates.substack.com/p/does-ai-pose-an-existential-threat
1•headalgorithm•3m ago•0 comments

Was It a Billion Dollar Mistake?

https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/
1•gingerBill•5m ago•0 comments

Hacking Welfare Doubles Somalia's GDP

https://jessicar.substack.com/p/fraudulent-businesses-paid-the-equivalent
1•mensetmanusman•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I mapped System Design concepts to AI Prompts to stop bad code

https://github.com/nimin1/system-design-vibecoding
1•systemdesignai•6m ago•1 comments

Questions to ask yourself every year (2016)

https://stephango.com/40-questions
1•ayoisaiah•6m ago•0 comments

The Chicken Game and the Evolution of the DRAM Industry from 2006 to 2014 [pdf]

https://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/95351/1/01%20Jeho%20Lee.pdf
2•walterbell•7m ago•0 comments

A "Fresh" New Terminal Text Editor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dspEVA8eoUg
1•bane•7m ago•0 comments

Charlie Angus, Lafayette, Joni Askola, Outsiders Who See Collapse Coming First

https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/charlie-angus-lafayette-joni-askola
1•americanmuck•7m ago•0 comments

From many to one – parallel reductions on the GPU

https://double-dissent.fika.bar/from-many-to-one-01KDZ2KP81YSFJ4XJ1241QQK80
2•txus•8m ago•0 comments

How to add two vectors, fast

https://double-dissent.fika.bar/how-to-add-two-vectors-fast-01KDFNX4WQA7C70TZ19K8P1JAV
1•txus•9m ago•0 comments

A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/climate/glyphosate-roundup-retracted-study.html
2•instagib•11m ago•0 comments

Documented source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro

https://github.com/markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
2•z303•12m ago•0 comments

The Click Communicator combines Blackberry function with modern smartphone form

https://www.androidpolice.com/clicks-launches-blackberry-like-communicator-phone/
2•cuu508•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Get company brand data API

https://www.brand.dev/
2•ICodeSometimes•18m ago•1 comments

The Handyman Principle: Why Your AI Forgets Everything

https://vexjoy.com/posts/the-handyman-principle-why-your-ai-forgets-everything/
3•AndyNemmity•23m ago•1 comments

Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news
4•chrisjj•26m ago•2 comments

Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust That Society Needs to Thrive, 2nd Edition

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Liars+and+Outliers%3A+Enabling+the+Trust+that+Society+Needs+to+Thrive...
2•rendx•26m ago•0 comments

Why I'm skipping Dry January

https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/01/dry-january-moderate-drinking-research/
4•thm•28m ago•1 comments

How much the richest people made in 2025

https://qz.com/wealthiest-richest-trillions-billionaires-2025-musk-ellison
2•bgwalter•29m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Check if the site is down. Also monitor your site

https://updown.fly.dev/
3•ejncman•30m ago•0 comments

Fighting Fire with Fire: Scalable Oral Exams

https://www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2025/12/fighting-fire-with-fire-scalable-oral.html
3•sethbannon•32m ago•0 comments

Nice to Meet You: Synthesizing Practical MLIR Abstract Transformers [pdf]

https://users.cs.utah.edu/~regehr/papers/popl26.pdf
2•PaulHoule•33m ago•0 comments

Accounting for Computer Scientists (2011)

https://martin.kleppmann.com/2011/03/07/accounting-for-computer-scientists.html
4•tosh•35m ago•0 comments

Low-Price 12.9" MacBook with A18 Pro Chip Reportedly Launching Early This Year

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/02/12-9-inch-macbook-spring-2026-rumor/
4•tosh•36m ago•0 comments

Bitcoin Security

https://philippdubach.com/posts/bitcoin-security/
3•7777777phil•36m ago•1 comments

Slow Dopa

https://www.profgalloway.com/slow-dopa/
3•simonebrunozzi•38m ago•0 comments

MTV's Music-Only Channels to Go Off the Air

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-music-only-channels-off-air-1235492854/
2•thunderbong•39m ago•0 comments