January 2023 Archive
3961.
Worst-Case Scenario (2017) (theparisreview.org)
3962.
Microsoft in talks to acquire a 49% stake worth $10B in OpenAI
3963.
Global Oxygen levels have been steadily decreasing over time (oxygenlevels.org)
3964.
Why we don't play the Emergency Alert System tone on TV (theregister.com)
3965.
Pigeons smuggling Drugs in tiny Backpacks (vice.com)
3966.
Idols and Good Old Gods (drb.ie)
3967.
Writing a Book on Substack (hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)
3968.
Pentagon study declares American empire is ‘collapsing’ (2017) (canadiandimension.com)
3969.
Ask HN: Can we get a sequel to Hackers, featuring Crash and Burn 30 years later?
3970.
New Boston Dynamics robot video – it just seems to work (twitter.com)
3971.
Ask HN: Is the tech layoff trend new or has this always happened?
3972.
What happens when 'child geniuses' grow up (bbc.co.uk)
3973.
Ask HN: Best programmable drone / open source OS?
3974.
Elon Musk directly ordered staff to suspend a left-wing activist's account (businessinsider.com)
3975.
Show HN: Mergetin - browser puzzle game (mergetin.com)
3976.
California drought: Why doesn’t California build big reservoirs any more? (2014) (mercurynews.com)
3977.
The Debacle of Blue Clay (2020) [video] (youtube.com)
3978.
Twitter Bans Account for DC Area Bus System Without Explanation (washingtonpost.com)
3979.
Tell HN: Jan 2023 has already had 1/3 of the total yearly tech layoffs for 2022
3980.
Post-mortem of our first YC startup: a Reverse ETL (getlago.com)
3981.
Ask HN: How many people have already found a job after all the mass layoffs?
3982.
The Future of Thunderbird – Modernizing an Ancient Application (youtube.com)
3983.
We May Not Need All That Lithium (gizmodo.com)
3984.
Why are so many tech companies laying people off? (theverge.com)
3985.
Intel Lunar Lake to Feature Brand New CPU Architecture Built from the Ground-Up (wccftech.com)
3986.
Why the idea that Southern Europe is more corrupt than Northern Europe is a myth (youtube.com)
3987.
Fodor’s No List 2023 (fodors.com)
3988.
DirecTV lays off 100s of managers as cord-cutting accelerates (cnbc.com)
3989.
Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals is located in the Kiruna area (lkab.com)
3990.
‘Depression Rooms’ and ‘Doom Piles’: Why Clearing Clutter Can Feel Impossible (nytimes.com)