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Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
50•thelok•3h ago•6 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
115•AlexeyBrin•6h ago•20 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
49•vinhnx•4h ago•7 comments

OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

https://openciv3.org/
811•klaussilveira•21h ago•246 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
91•1vuio0pswjnm7•7h ago•102 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
72•onurkanbkrc•6h ago•5 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1053•xnx•1d ago•600 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
470•theblazehen•2d ago•173 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
196•jesperordrup•11h ago•67 comments

Selection Rather Than Prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
8•languid-photic•3d ago•1 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
9•surprisetalk•1h ago•2 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...
44•alephnerd•1h ago•14 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
536•nar001•5h ago•248 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
204•alainrk•6h ago•310 comments

A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/a-fresh-look-at-ibm-3270-information-display-system
33•rbanffy•4d ago•6 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
26•marklit•5d ago•1 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
110•videotopia•4d ago•30 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
63•mellosouls•4h ago•68 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
67•speckx•4d ago•71 comments

Show HN: Kappal – CLI to Run Docker Compose YML on Kubernetes for Local Dev

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
21•sandGorgon•2d ago•11 comments

Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
271•isitcontent•21h ago•36 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
199•limoce•4d ago•110 comments

Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
284•dmpetrov•21h ago•151 comments

Making geo joins faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
155•matheusalmeida•2d ago•48 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
553•todsacerdoti•1d ago•267 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
424•ostacke•1d ago•110 comments

Ga68, a GNU Algol 68 Compiler

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PEXRTN-ga68-intro/
41•matt_d•4d ago•16 comments

Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
348•eljojo•1d ago•214 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
466•lstoll•1d ago•308 comments

Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

https://vecti.com
367•vecti•23h ago•167 comments
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David Byrne Radio

https://www.davidbyrne.com/radio#filter=all&sortby=date:desc
110•bookofjoe•3mo ago

Comments

stronglikedan•3mo ago
I love that David Byrne keeps his passion eternally flamed and remains so relevant. Truly a cross-genre genius.
alex1138•3mo ago
For those who haven't he has two pretty interesting books, Bicycle Diaries and How Music Works
ape4•3mo ago
I can't see any info about the current song in the popup player. Am I doing something wrong.
ortusdux•3mo ago
Thanks for this. My most frequented playlist is "feat David Byrne", which has exposed me to some great artists.
arscan•3mo ago
David Byrne is currently on tour and my wife took me to the show as a bit of a backup plan (her usual concert-going friends fell through). I think concerts are okay, but I usually get bored after awhile, which is why I serve as a backup guest. I’m much more of a visual person, I suppose.

I was unprepared for how wonderful the show was. I was quite literally tearing up during the very first song from the beauty of the visuals that accompanied the musical performance, and it maintained almost that level for the entire show.

He’s really a generational talent.

dybber•3mo ago
I haven't seen the new show, but here's a recording from the show he toured with in 2018 for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axjQuK_fuc4
HelloMcFly•3mo ago
I think if you're interested in that video, the American Utopia concert movie is the better watch.
venusenvy47•3mo ago
Here are three songs from the current tour: https://youtu.be/HxzyxS6pRac
gausswho•3mo ago
I'm new to Mr. Byrne and am looking forward to exploring this, but I do wish there was a stream I could put into my AntennaPod. I notice the term radio is shifting towards separate podcasts nowadays.
ericmcer•3mo ago
There are still like... artists who created all the stuff he is curating. Spotify/Itunes at least gives them a little something for their music.
dybber•3mo ago
This is curated playlists, not a podcast. I was confused by the name at first as well.
wvbdmp•3mo ago
It’s all hosted on Mixcloud, they probably have a feed, right? Right???

https://www.mixcloud.com/Todomundo/uploads/

klelatti•3mo ago
The Byrne 'solo album' number Big Business [1] has long been my favourite track (actually outtake) from Stop Making Sense. Byrne's eclectic collaborations and willingness to learn from others (eg Fela Kuti) have always amazed me.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYFqdrOMqk4

doodaddy•3mo ago
He also has a record label, Luaka Bop, that is a great source of discovery for anyone with diverse and eclectic music tastes.

https://www.luakabop.com/

sehugg•3mo ago
Very cool, I wish the blogs on his site supported RSS like his Reasons to be Cheerful blog.
cromulent•3mo ago
The story Stephen Tobolowsky tells (and Byrne confirms) about how Tobolowsky inspired the song Radio Head, which gave the eponymous band their name, is so good and complex that a comment cannot do it justice. Google it and sink in if this is your thing.
tagawa•3mo ago
https://www.stereogum.com/1804981/radioheads-name-was-inspir...
jlaternman•3mo ago
Wow, love this – and how Byrne keeps creating interesting projects in the digital age. How did I not know about this before.
qweflkh•3mo ago

  You may ask yourself, "What is that beautiful song?"
  You may ask yourself, "What's next in the playlist?"
  And you may ask yourself, "Am I right, am I wrong?"
  And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?"
wiz21c•3mo ago
How did I get here ?
cferry•3mo ago
The 10-year-old me is still trying to understand why altering the lyrics of his song, in the metadata of a WMA file, does not change what's heard on the record... Byrne has to be a landmark in the personal history of many of us with computers.
NoSalt•3mo ago
Meh ... David Byrne outside of The Talking Heads just isn't that great.
morgan814•3mo ago
Tangentially related.

Imagine a David Byrne travel show where he is dropped off with no prior knowledge of the destination. Call it "How Did I Get Here?"

omneity•3mo ago
For the anecdote, David Byrne’s “Like Humans Do” was included by default in Windows XP’s Media Player. I kinda like that song, but many people I knew hated it or were quite indifferent.