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Social Dynamics at Arm's Length

https://www.jenn.site/social-truths-at-arms-length/
9•surprisetalk•4d ago

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flax•52m ago
This "game" sounds horrible. It seems designed to maximize anxiety and conflict, and extract kompromat. What is the upside supposed to be?
_ah•44m ago
It's the same reason people go see scary movies. To feel the thrill.
HPsquared•18m ago
Scary movies aren't real, though.
bwhiting2356•5m ago
ever played 'spin the bottle'?
ai_critic•6m ago
Authentic relating, every time I see that it comes up, continues to be a red flag warning to expect antisocial behavior by bad actors. This article does not break that trend.

I'm sure some people get utility out of it and improve their lives, but there seem to be quite a few people who seem to enjoy it for other reasons.

A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

https://github.com/tldev/posturr
251•dnw•3h ago•100 comments

Using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue for Event-Driven Systems

https://www.diljitpr.net/blog-post-postgresql-dlq
83•tanelpoder•3h ago•22 comments

Doom has been ported to an earbud

https://doombuds.com
202•arin-s•6h ago•57 comments

A flawed paper in Management Science has been cited more than 6,000 times

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/aking/
503•timr•10h ago•267 comments

World’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2026/01/the-worlds-most-powerful-literary-critic-is-on...
17•insistey•12h ago•24 comments

Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint

https://github.com/steffest/DPaint-js
96•bananaboy•6h ago•7 comments

Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-sideloading-android-high-friction-process-3633468/
491•_____k•5d ago•511 comments

Publishing on the ATmosphere

https://tynanistyping.offprint.app/a/3mcsvjjceei23-publishing-on-the-atmosphere
7•danabramov•5d ago•2 comments

Introduction to PostgreSQL Indexes

https://dlt.github.io/blog/posts/introduction-to-postgresql-indexes/
215•dlt•10h ago•12 comments

Show HN: Bonsplit – Tabs and splits for native macOS apps

https://bonsplit.alasdairmonk.com
137•sgottit•7h ago•18 comments

What Is Starlink Mesh? – Starlink Help Center

https://starlink.com/ca/support/article/57f4bd5c-4125-2210-8bb2-30c90b558b7b
4•janandonly•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: TUI for managing XDG default applications

https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/xdgctl
83•mitjafelicijan•7h ago•24 comments

Show HN: Netfence – Like Envoy for eBPF Filters

https://github.com/danthegoodman1/netfence
27•dangoodmanUT•3h ago•5 comments

ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds on Medicaid Data

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data
252•JKCalhoun•1h ago•125 comments

ANN v3: 200ms p99 query latency over 100B vectors

https://turbopuffer.com/blog/ann-v3
75•_peregrine_•3d ago•24 comments

Jurassic Park - Tablet device on Nedry's desk? (2012)

https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/jurassic-park-tablet-device-on-nedrys-desk.169883/
121•exvi•9h ago•42 comments

Social Dynamics at Arm's Length

https://www.jenn.site/social-truths-at-arms-length/
9•surprisetalk•4d ago•5 comments

Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches for Enabling Recent Photoshop Versions on Linux

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.1
79•LorenDB•4h ago•22 comments

Nango (YC W23, Dev Infrastructure) Is Hiring Remotely

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Nango
1•bastienbeurier•7h ago

The Rebirth of Pennsylvania's Infamous Burning Town

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/centralia-pennsylvania-rebirth
49•pbshgthm•5d ago•24 comments

I built a 2x faster lexer, then discovered I/O was the real bottleneck

https://modulovalue.com/blog/syscall-overhead-tar-gz-io-performance/
120•modulovalue•5d ago•59 comments

A Lament for Aperture

https://ikennd.ac/blog/2026/01/old-man-yells-at-modern-software-design/
191•firloop•4d ago•50 comments

150k lines of vibe coded Elixir: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

https://getboothiq.com/blog/150k-lines-vibe-coded-elixir-good-bad-ugly
40•InternetGiant•8h ago•28 comments

Bridging the Gap Between PLECS and SPICE

https://erickschulz.dev/posts/plecs-spice/
21•eschu•8h ago•7 comments

Sony Data Discman

https://huguesjohnson.com/random/sony-ebook/
69•naves•10h ago•13 comments

Alarm overload is undermining safety at sea as crews face thousands of alerts

https://www.lr.org/en/knowledge/press-room/press-listing/press-release/2026/alarm-overload-is-und...
107•geox•6h ago•71 comments

Deutsche Telekom is throttling the internet

https://netzbremse.de/en/
489•tietjens•10h ago•234 comments

Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study

https://keck.usc.edu/news/adoption-of-electric-vehicles-tied-to-real-world-reductions-in-air-poll...
535•hhs•18h ago•514 comments

Hands-On with Two Apple Network Server Prototype ROMs

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/01/hands-on-with-two-apple-network-server.html
45•todsacerdoti•10h ago•1 comments

BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries (2023)

https://www.batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-808-how-to-prolong-lithium-based-batteries/
58•eswat•2d ago•28 comments