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Starts With A Bang Podcast #112 – Galactic Archaeology

A fantastic interactive feature about the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral. “Each day...

A car journey with conservative evangelicals - Understanding some British political-religious beliefs

Understanding Shapley Values with Venn Diagrams

How to manage services in FreeBSD jails with Ansible

Designing a const `array::from_fn` in stable Rust

How a solar Minecraft server is changing the way we play video games

Understanding the Odin Programming Language

Galloping Search

Intuition in Software Development

How we designed page previews for Wikipedia — and what could be done with them in the future

How to prevent panics in Go

Firefox is the superior browser

The Biggest Shell Programs in the World (wiki)

The Pentium FDIV bug, reverse-engineered

Microsoft GW-Basic User's Guide and Reference (1989) [pdf]

Tricking c64 basic into clearing a hi-res screen quickly

Gods: Charles Fort's Book of the Damned (1919)

B+ Tree Visualization

Now Boarding: The Story of Airport

Pierre Schaeffer looking back on his career in musique concrète (1987)

I made a satellite ion thruster [video]

Starlink's first constellation of direct-to-phone satellites is now in orbit

Stimulants in Germanic communities of the Roman period

Insects rely on sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide reproduction

Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner

My4th Light – Custom 8-Bit Forth CPU

"BGP at home": getting a DIA circuit installed at home

Mathics 7.0 – Open-source alternative to Mathematica

Ultralytics AI model hijacked to infect thousands with cryptominer

From the Bretton Woods system to global stagnation [pdf]

Protecting undersea internet cables is a tech nightmare

Economics and Homemakers

Show HN: I built an HTML5 RTL-SDR application

The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great fanfare

Just: Just a Command Runner

RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind [video]

Precursors of Copernicus' heliocentric theory

MultiQueue-Based FPGA Routing: Relaxed A* Priority Ordering-Improved Parallelism [pdf]

The Birmingham Blade: geographically tailored urban wind turbine designed by AI

Can Life Emerge Around a White Dwarf?

Htmhail

Show HN: Countless.dev – A website to compare every AI model: LLMs, TTSs, STTs

Postgres for everything (e/Postgres)

Structured Outputs with Ollama

You’ve already failed

navigator.clipboard - The New Asynchronous Clipboard API in JavaScript

Find your calm; Indian philosophy for mental health

India's inclusive growth applauded by international community: K Subramanian

Creativity and collaboration: how Qatar Museums promote heritage and art

Finmin asks banks to use MuleHunter.AI to check digital fraud

Paytm Singapore sells stake in Japan's PayPay to SoftBank Vision Fund 2 for $279.2M

Rajasthan takes a bold leap into the future with AVGC-XR policy

Foxo Health is building a personal healthcare assistant that gives insights into your health and wellness

Can Amul go IPO? MSP is bad? Amul’s secret e-commerce plans decoded with Head of Amul?| IBP Ep 20

Milk is white Gold?

98 Hoardings Took India by Storm!

Amul will never go IPO!

Biggest guest on Indian business podcast?

India is backsliding on hard-won economic freedoms of 1991, with no reformers to protect them today

'Violence,nudity affecting family values'- BJP MP Arun Govil calls for stricter OTT regulation

Wearing Salmon as a hat is back in trend, at least for one killer whale

Why BJP is confident of a win in Delhi & what's the party's strategy to counter Kejriwal's AAP

Canada is highly radicalised, India should not take this threat lightly, says author Kushal Mehra

Cadbury 5 Star India plays Uno reverse on AI-driven world

Ajmer Dargah survey isn’t about righting historical wrongs. It’s an assault on Indian history

Hayat Tahir al-Sham’s rise in Syria & how the world faces risk of terror safe-havens reemerging

'Opposition leaders cannot oppose oath-taking,' says NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal

'We'll continue to question Congress over all the promises they have made,' says BRS's KT Rama Rao

France political crisis,tensions in South China Sea & Romania’s top court scraps 1st round of voting

I Created The Best AI Tool Ever

Corruption: An Electoral Issue or an Accountability Issue?

George Soros, Adani Scandal Remain Central Issues in Parliament This Week | Recap

Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh: Claims Vs Truth | Baat Bharat Ki

Brakes on India’s GDP, what next? | Cracknomics Ep 20

What is emotional intelligence #animation #theschooloflife #emotionalintelligence

How Jamie Oliver's House SPOOKED Harry Styles | The Graham Norton Show

Nicholas Hoult Worked With 5000 LIVE RATS | The Graham Norton Show

Woman Performs Surgery On Her Dog’s Favorite Toy To Bring Him Back To Life | The Dodo

Ornaments Your Cats Can't Break | The Pack

Stuck Snake Needed A Little Human Help | The Dodo

Woman Performs Surgery On Her Dog’s Favorite Toy To Bring Him Back To Life | The Dodo

Stuck Snake Needed A Little Human Help | The Dodo

Pet Friendly Flameless Candles | The Pack

Baby Raccoons Climb All Over Their Rescuer | The Dodo

Baby Fox Stuck In Football Net Gets Rescued At Just The Right Time | The Dodo

Jon Stewart on Biden's Pardon & Ronny Chieng on Hegseth, Korea & the UHC Shooter | The Daily Show

Did Pete Hegseth think he was the veteran the charity would go to? #DailyShow #PeteHegseth

Delta’s stowaway got onto a plane without a ticket, but TSA did confiscate her water bottles

How This Autonomous Liquid Metal Finds Its Way Through Mazes

Get out of bed he said…I have an idea 💡 | #shorts

Life Began Much Faster Than We Thought

Paul Gilbert on “To Be With You” #guitar #song #paulgilbert #mrbig #songwriter #shorts

जलवायु शिखर सम्मेलन, अकाल तख्त की सजा और Sukhbir Badal पर हमला | NLCharcha 348

विकसित राष्ट्र और मस्जिद के नीचे फंसे मंदिर का सपना

'आज़ादी' की 'खूनी जंग' के बीच फंसा Manipur : 18 महीने बाद कैसे हैं हालात? | Smita Sharma

Return of George Soros, BJP’s Maharashtra play, Manipur crisis | FULL EPISODE Hafta 514

Delhi’s traffic ‘mafia’, aftermath of Sambhal violence | Reporters Without Orders Ep 349

Cyclone Fengal, Zubair, Pawan Kalyan’s politics | South Central Ep 4

You won't believe how good Nikhil Taneja is with guessing!

A Cathedral on Fire (Full Episode) | Saving Notre Dame | Nat Geo

Discover the secrets of the past with Nat Geo History! #12DaysofNatGeo

The Future of Warfare: What will the Battlefield Look Like in 2050

When you run out of luck.

Twin conditions for bail in narcotics law

Building confidence and reducing fear in your cats with…TREATS?!

Bharatnatyam By Dr Janaki Rangrajan ❣️✨#bharatnatyam #dance #icmdance #classical #icmtabla #shorts

Ustad Allah Rakha Khan Ustad Zakir Hussain & Ustad Fazal Qureshi Ji 🙏✨#icmtabla #classical #music

Classical Vocal By Apoorva Gokhale Ji ❣️✨#icmvocal #classical #music #icmtabla #shorts

Don't fall for this AI voice cloning scam! #shorts

Snow White & the 777.777.777 Dwarfs • Gojko Adzic • YOW! 2017

Beyond - Moana 2 | Piano Cover + Sheet Music

Venezuela – A future for the children of the mountain | DW Documentary

Plastic waste, deforestation and floods - Indonesia’s environmental disasters | DW Documentary

The Science Of The Blast Wave! | The Explosion Show | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Behind The Famous Woodstock Documentary | Bright Now

Shark meat for babies✨while we vibe to baby shark🤭 make this for your little ones too!❤️

How to Draw 2025 Numbers 3D Trick Art on Lined Paper

Game 10: Ding Liren vs Gukesh D | World Chess Championship 2024

Gukesh Patiently Waits For All His Fans | Game Ten | Post Game Moments

Ding vs Gukesh | Highlight Game 10 | FIDE World Championship | Surprise Guest- Vishy Anand

Gukesh vs Ding | Game 11 | FIDE World Championship 2024 | Ft. Sagar, Tania and Sahil

Unbelievable escape from Mate in 7 - GM Deep Sengupta v Rupam Mukherjee

18-year-old Pranesh holds Arjun Erigaisi to a draw | Qatar Master 2024

Best Bromance in Chess ♥️🫂 #gukesh #arjunerigaisi #chesd

Worked with Najdorf & Kasparov! Meet the Chief Arbiter of Elllobregat Open

Ding vs Gukesh | Game 10 | FIDE World Championship 2024 | Ft. Sagar, Tania, Sahil and Vishy

Unstoppable Force Gukesh vs Immovable Object Ding 🔥 #gukesh #dinggukesh #chess

Can He Win This Against Two Grandmasters? Tandem Simul With Anna Muzychuk and Alexandra Kosteniuk

Ding Liren Surprises Gukesh on the First Move 😨 #gukesh #dingliren #chess

World Champion Ding Liren Shaky On The First Move? | Game Ten | World Chess Championship Singapore

LAST MOVES and REACTIONS of Game 10 in the 2024 FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Ding Liren PLAYS THE LONDON SYSTEM in Game 10 vs. Gukesh | 2024 FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

World Champion: “My Mom WAKES ME UP and PROVIDES FOOD”

25 Common Body Myths – Here's the Truth!

Tanks at War: the Greatest Battles of History

Happily Ever After... or Murder?

Vote to impeach South Korea’s president fails after boycott by ruling party MPs | BBC News

South Korean couple shave their heads in protest. #SouthKorea #BBCNews

Reports suggest anti-Assad rebels have captured most of key southern Syrian | BBC News

Syrian rebels close in on Damascus as presidency denies Assad has left capital | BBC News

Grandad fights off Rolex muggers with takeaway. #Rolex #London #BBCNews

What is it like to be Putins "number one enemy"? | BBC News

Where do the Democrats go from here? | BBC News

Top 5 Monkey Moments | 4K UHD | BBC Earth

Telling my boyfriend i can’t pay THE MORTGAGE

CHILL GUY TEST on boyfriend

Jo Tum Mere Ho | Anuv Jain | Zendria

Anuv Jain did it again | Jo Tum Mere Ho | Zendria

Pennin Mainthan 🤣🤣 #vikkals #comedyvideos

அந்த பாஸ் இருக்குல்ல 😫😭 #vikkals #comedy

The Hope Dealer-Fausto

SWU Book promo

Ex-Stripper-Kitten

One of the oldest depictions of an insect may surprise you.

திடிரென ஆட்டத்தை தொடங்கிய Fengal புயல் 😲 | Parithabangal #shorts

न अचार​, न मुरब्बा, न लौंजी - इस मौसम में आमले से मैने क्या बनाया?

A rare song Mellisai Mannar sings on himself . #musicpattern

Sahiba | Jasleen Royal | Nivi and Ishanvi | Laasya

Put away all self-centred activity | Krishnamurti

I Bikepacked 3 Days Through Utah's Canyons

🌄 The Adventure Of A Lifetime 😎

இனி Petrol போடும் போது, இத கவனிங்க...!

How did the Hindon river pollution cause public healthcare crisis? | DTE DOCS

Butter Chicken with Chef Sanjyot (YFL) | बटर चिकन / मुर्ग़ मखनी | Pakake Dikhao | Chef Ranveer Brar

Integrating Madhubani Artworks In Modern | Design Talk

Navigating Commercial Disputes with Payal Chawla: Episode 2 - Advocate Amit George

Ding vs Gukesh || GAME 10 || FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2024

12,419 Days Of Strandbeest Evolution

The Bitter Truth About India-Bangladesh Relationship | Panic vs Propaganda | Akash Banerjee

Is Having Babies a Crime? | Emil Cioran’s Dark Philosophy