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> What is the music history version of HN In the 11 hours since you commented, the answer appears to be... HN :)

> The national security unit had earlier requested that the Hong Kong Alliance hand over information, reportedly including personal details of all members since the group's foundin…

Came across this column/essay a while back on the theme of making life decisions based on what your future self would regret not doing, and it's stuck with me: https://therumpus.ne…

Similar situation for York -- tourist hotspot, a large chunk of the local jobs in tourism/customer service, retail, food service etc. Article in the local press in the last year (w…

It's fun to see someone else that does this! I also write code with pen and paper. Mainly for work, but I have good memories of a holiday with a notepad and The Little Schemer (wit…

I got the impression it was just another dose of the same vaccine(s) already available rather than a new thing. I heard something about tests on vaccine combinations (i.e. differen…

I got a linux laptop from Tuxedo ( https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en ) and I think the keyboard is the most comfortable and satisfying I've used. (And I have RSI so I'm fairly sen…

I really clicked with this part of your article, for the first part of my undergrad maths modules I had been automatically trying to connect these symbols with some global definiti…

Perhaps 'unintuitive' is a better word to convey what I mean -- as in, there isn't an easily understandable (non-technical) narrative chain of events, there's just 'opaque box malf…

I feel like part of the problem with the kind of autopilot crashes you describe here is how inexplicable they are to humans. Whilst humans can be dangerous drivers, the incidents t…

Agree. I recently read Pain is Really Strange (Steve Haines) and it was such a perspective shift on my understanding of how different the two are. (The illustrations are fantastic …

My Nokia 6500 is starting to get a bit flaky, but it's done a good 12 years or so... (It's hard to find a better phone with the same form factor.) I get very attached to my devices…