Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading (2024-08)

Everywhere Means Nowhere – Seneca On Reading (fs.blog)

HN 1 pts 0 comments by yamrzou Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks (loriemerson.net)

HN 130 pts 14 comments by MBCook Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The end of Finale (finalemusic.com)

~ 12 pts 3 comments by unknown Aug 31, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Behind the Scenes of Video/Audio Research at the Library for the Performing Arts (nypl.org)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by walterbell Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy (washingtonpost.com)

~ 11 pts 8 comments by unknown Aug 31, 2024 ~society Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Your Name in Landsat - NASA resource for writing in landsat imagery (landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov)

HN 3 pts 0 comments by kibwen Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The Aestheticising Vice: Seeing Like a State Book Review (lrb.co.uk)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by Anon84 Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

How bad maps win elections - gerrymandering explained | Map Men (youtube.com)

~ 18 pts 0 comments by unknown Aug 31, 2024 ~society Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Tildes Book Club discussion - August 2024 - Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

~ 32 pts 48 comments by unknown Aug 31, 2024 ~books Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Madder Mortem – Towers (2024) (youtube.com)

~ 2 pts 0 comments by unknown Aug 31, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The True History of Eustace Tilley (tcj.com)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by Bluestein Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

A brief history of Clarus the Dogcow (eclecticlight.co)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by zdw Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Show HN: Hello Literature, Bringing your favorite book characters to life (helloliterature.ai)

HN 2 pts 1 comments by humy_parsa Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Grokking KOReader (thedarnedestthing.com)

~ 25 pts 27 comments by unknown Aug 31, 2024 ~books Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Show HN: I made a book recommendation tool powered by AI (libromatch.com)

HN 1 pts 1 comments by homeniuk Aug 31, 2024 AI / Machine Learning Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

QR Code generator library (Java, TypeScript, Python, Rust, C++, and C) (nayuki.io)

HN 5 pts 0 comments by nabla9 Aug 31, 2024 Web Development Systems / Low-Level / OS Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Writing Without a Platform (bradeast.org)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by blueridge Aug 31, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Game Changer - The Opening Song from "Welcome to Mountport" (2022) (youtube.com)

~ 28 pts 14 comments by unknown Aug 30, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? (euronews.com)

~ 35 pts 51 comments by unknown Aug 30, 2024 ~society Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Want to buy – Purple Dragon book 2nd edition

HN 3 pts 1 comments by throw156754228 Aug 30, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

After the book Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, 2nd edition.<p>Located in the UK, thanks.

California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes (latimes.com)

~ 30 pts 8 comments by unknown Aug 30, 2024 ~society Maker / DIY / Hardware Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

On The Edge: a book review of Nate Silver's Riverian memoir (xquant.substack.com)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by nb_quant Aug 30, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

From a Python function to a relation (a short personal essay) (github.com)

HN 1 pts 0 comments by triska Aug 30, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

I'm Writing a Novel About Kanye (kestrelstories.com)

HN 1 pts 0 comments by KaisoEnt Aug 30, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

How to sort your library in exactly 51,271 steps (david.kolo.ski)

HN 94 pts 27 comments by taintegral Aug 30, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

My One-Year Writing Journey (eric-sandosham.medium.com)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by HideInNews Aug 30, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Writing APIs in Rust (2022) (sled.rs)

HN 1 pts 0 comments by todsacerdoti Aug 30, 2024 Systems / Low-Level / OS Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Book about Psychedelia, a Commodore 64 light synthesizer (psychedeliasyndro.me)

L 13 pts 0 comments by marmoset Aug 30, 2024 assembly Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Koldbrann – I Unaturens Vold (2024) (youtube.com)

~ 4 pts 0 comments by unknown Aug 30, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

What have you been listening to this week?

~ 4 pts 4 comments by unknown Aug 30, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread