Digest — 2025-01-08:

The sublime

SIMD vs Scalar: Unlocking the Power of Parallel Processing

your presence counts

stop wasting time on productivity crap. just shut up and work 😤

🧠 Psychic Warheads: Elon Musk vs Sam Hyde

How Byron Katie accidentally discovered joy in the darkest of times

The dangers of keeping epidemiology the “hidden science”

Why the “optimism bias” rules our hopes for the future

Predicting the “digital superpowers” we could have by 2030

The quantum reason that ultra-massive stars are forbidden

The 2024 Commoncog Recap

Limiting Process Memory with systemd-run

Don’t Waste Your Greening Life-Force: Hildegard’s Prophetic Enchanted Ecology

Study: More Americans Buying Firearms To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found...

The Days They Changed the Gauge

Surviving President Tr*mp: Lessons from the 1960s and Octavia E. Butler. “First,...

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024. Here’s Ron Charles on Kristi...

The Dune Bible

Simon Willison shares his approach to running a link blog. “I don’t...

Some New Site Features to Report

You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume....

The Weirdest TV Crossovers of All Time include St. Elsewhere + Cheers,...

You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill. “It’s not just the cooking...

Your Web Component questions answered!

On Eating the Sun

Implications of the AI Security Gap

AI Safety as a YC Startup

Activation space interpretability may be doomed

Aristocracy and Hostage Capital

Stream Entry

Tips On Empirical Research Slides

Role embeddings: making authorship more salient to LLMs

Renderling - Year in Review - 2024

Threads with WebAssembly

MySQL 8.4.3 and 9.1.0: Major Performance Gains Revealed

Antenna diodes in the Pentium processor

No-op compiler benchmarking

Learning Pyxel: Moving Sprites with the Mouse

How We Cracked a 512-Bit DKIM Key for Less Than $8 in the Cloud

De-smarting the Marshall Uxbridge

if got, want: A Simple Way to Write Better Go Tests

Arch Linux User Repository Requires Packages To Support x86_64: No ARM-Only Software

Fidget

Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time

Go is a Well-Designed Language, Actually

SQLite Archive Files

Why Go Should Sometimes Be a No-Go

Some Programming Language Ideas

broccoli: A robust message queue system for Rust applications, designed as a Rust alternative to Celery

An Empirical Study of Rust-for-Linux: The Success, Dissatisfaction, and Compromise (2024)

Installing NixOS with the latest kernel

The special case of mobile DevOps

Operating System in 1,000 Lines

Do You Believe in Life After Death? These Scientists Study It.

Scent Makes a Place

Eastern Promises

These Physicists Want to Ditch Dark Energy

The Trouble with the Swamp

A rare alignment of 7 planets is about to take place

The Fannie and Freddie trade is back

/bin/sh: the biggest Unix security loophole (1984) [pdf]

Wends of Texas

The Heroic Industry of the Brothers Grimm

What is the future of WiFi (from a network security standpoint)

AI in the 80s? How a Simple Animal Guessing Game Pioneered Machine Learning

Dell L502X BIOS Update installer patching

Support for ASHA hearing aids coming to Linux

Donut Lab's next-generation in-wheel motors

C++26: A Placeholder with No Name

Market Structure Primer

Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

17th-century priory in France converted into a medieval-inspired topiary garden

Show HN: Cardstock- Free TCG Proxy Manager for Magic, Yugioh, & Pokemon

Double-keyed caching: Browser cache partitioning

Show HN: Belshazzar's Clock, luminous paint night clock

Two Dots (YC S22) Is Hiring ML and Back End Engineers

Robotics 101 at UMich: Applied numerical linear algebra as intro linear algebra

White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices

Multiplicative Infinitesimals

LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed

Steve Langasek, one of Ubuntu Linux's leading lights, has died

Show HN: Stagehand – an open source browser automation framework powered by AI

A Supermarket in California (1955)

Salesforce will hire no more software engineers in 2025, says Marc Benioff

I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

Show HN: Atlas of Space

28h Days: year 1 update

NeuralSVG: An Implicit Representation for Text-to-Vector Generation

Spinal cord injuries from mountain biking exceed hockey, other high-risk sports

Scsh Acknowledgements (1994)

Schola Latina Europæa and Universalis

Gate-level simulation of ASIC in browser

Modern Treasury (YC S18) Is Hiring a Payments Engineering Manager

Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck

Embedding Scheme in Rust

All Garmin Connect services are down

DEF CON's hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills

Annual 'winners' for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced

Bitwarden Was Down

The U.S. Government Tried Replacing Migrant Farmworkers with Teenagers (2018)

If GPUs Are So Good, Why Do We Still Use CPUs at All?

Oracle Will Not Voluntarily Withdraw JavaScript Trademark

Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.

What We’re Reading: A Hospital That Feels Like a Spa

Situational spending

Revolution and Rivalry: Can Bangladesh Escape Its Illiberal Past?

India’s Response to World’s Largest Dam in China Faces Local Opposition

What Actions Did US State Legislators Attempt to Take on China in 2023?

Taiwan’s Constitutional Crisis Threatens Its Democracy

Sri Lanka’s Dilemmas Over Chinese ‘Research’ Vessels

China’s Economy Took Center Stage in Xi’s New Year Address – as a Positive

The Hidden Lifeline for Afghans: Remittances

Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek Prime Ministers Meet at Trilateral Junction

Indonesia Officially Becomes First Southeast Asian Member of BRICS

Burmese Tofu Diplomacy: Myanmar’s Democratic Forces and Their Engagement with China and India

[notes] jj tip: Squash Changes From Across a Revset

[library] Review: Scout Mindset

Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal acquires London's iconic Riverside Studio

Swiggy to keep foothold in cutthroat food delivery, quick commerce markets: Bernstein

Exclusive: SoftBank-backed Juspay eyes 2025's first unicorn crown with fresh fundraise

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (January 8, 2025)

Swiggy adds another player in quick food delivery space, launches Snacc

Transform your life in 2025 with these 6 simple steps

8 must-read books to learn the art of reclaiming time

BrainSightAI bags $5M in pre-Series A funding led by IAN Alpha Fund

Microsoft fuels $3B AI bet in India via partnerships with IndiaAI, industry leaders

Maximising IoT Data value in the digital age: Top tech experts share strategies at exclusive roundtable

Meta to drop third-party fact-checking, adopt community notes

Snapdeal appoints Achint Setia as CEO

Why in-app payments are a gamechanger for businesses —and how BharatPe makes them simple

Cybersecurity firm Rubrik announces new office in Bengaluru as part of expansion plans in India

Transform your presence: Secrets to commanding any room

hBits raises Rs 40 Cr in Series A funding from Thackersey Group entity

OYO partners with Ghaziabad Police to crack down on unauthorised hotels using its brand

Microsoft’s $3B AI, cloud plan for India; Easy-peasy way of making videos

SEBI issues warning to Ola Electric for violation of disclosure norms

Carlyle gets CCI nod to acquire 68.9% stake in Roop Automotives

Finmin appoints SBI Chairman C S Setty, Uday Kotak as governing council members of infrastructure fund

Do it Today by Darius Foroux: 5 life lessons from the book

V Narayanan succeeds Somanath at ISRO

Invince’s AI-powered platform enables professionals to upskill on the go

Data protection rules may be refined further to protect children: Vaishnaw

RAS Luxury secures $5M from Unilever Ventures to fuel omnichannel expansion

CFOs and the digital transformation of finance in India

Building A $2 Billion SaaS Company: Lessons From A Two Time Founder

Live CEOing Ep 866: Language Design in Wolfram Language [GeneratePassword and More]

History of Science and Technology Q&A (January 8, 2025)

10 Years of struggle but never thought this will happen❤️ #vikkals #comedy

Akka Trend Now A Days #vikkals #comedy

Palisades fire rages in Southern California in stunning satellite time-lapse

Blastoff! SpaceX launches 2nd Starlink batch of 2025, nails landing

James Webb Space Telescope amazing view of protostar explained by NASA

Watch live! SpaceX to launch Starship megarocket on Flight 7 test mission

Blue Origin preps New Glenn rocket for first-ever launch

Top 10 Best-Selling Cars of 2024 | Punch, WagonR, Ertiga, Brezza, Creta, Swift

World's Most Unique Sunroof! #V3Cars #Mahindra #XEV9e #Unique #Sunroof

Ye kaisa CAMERA laga diya Mahindra ne?? #V3Cars #Mahindra #MahindraXEV9e #Tech #Features

Zara chronology samajh lijiye. #V3Cars

Learn to Build AI model using NVIDIA!

UGC's new draft norms for recruitment of V-Cs & how these pave way for domain experts

ISPR to get PKR 2 bn to fight fake news. Pakistanis call Army wing factory of misinformation

As Narsimha Rao's grandson attacks Cong: why he remains the deliberately vilified, forgotten PM

'Show us where the swimming pool & bar are', says AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj on 'Sheesh Mahal' row

Final speed trials held on Katra-Banihal section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin's USD 1 Million prize to decode Indus Valley scripts- What's behind the move

RSS-linked trade union’s Budget demands: Raise income tax exemption to 10 lacs,notify 2 labour codes

LIVE: PM Modi holds roadshow in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

LIVE: PM Modi lays foundation stone, inaugurates development works in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

How and why Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan is seeking political redemption through Sanatan Dharma

EAM S Jaishankar LIVE | Youth Pravasi Bhartiya divas

Why there is no need to panic about HMPV- Top Biologist explains how it's different than Covid

LIVE: Chief minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi on Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Who is Narayana Guru, the 20th Century reformer-saint, at the centre of Kerala's political war

'All hell will break out' if Israeli hostages are not freed: Donald Trump warns Hamas

'To achieve all our goals we need to increase defence budget on R&D from 5% to 15%': DRDO Chairman

Ravish Kumar ने Mukesh Chandrakar की हत्या पर दैनिक भास्कर की आलोचना क्यों की? Full Speech

GDP में महंगाई का समंदर। GDP। Price Hike। Inflation। Economic Inequality

मुकेश चंद्राकर की हत्या कैसे हुई? क्या मिल पायेगा न्याय?

Omar Abdullah Will Be Seen as 'Delhi's Representative' Unless He Leads Struggle for Statehood, 370

Why We Can't Stop Loving Those Who Hurt Us

Why Index Funds Work So Well

Tom Hiddleston Does Norton Does McKellen | The Graham Norton Show

Senior Dog Who Was Left Behind Gets All The Toys She Wants | The Dodo

Guy Who Rescued A Duckling From His Pool Still Gets Visits From Him | The Dodo

Dog With A Broken Jaw Found In The Road | The Dodo

Dog With A Broken Jaw Found In The Road | The Dodo

Senior Dog Who Was Left Behind Gets All The Toys She Wants | The Dodo

Stray Black Cat Walks Right Into Her Boyfriend's House...💕 | The Dodo

What Happened To Bollywood’s Propaganda Formula? | More in 2025? | Akash Banerjee & Rishi

Meta, McDonald’s, and Amazon Cozy Up To Trump, Dropping Fact-Checkers & DEI | The Daily Show

Zuckerberg may be cozying up to Trump, but saying Republicans don’t rely on facts is kind of a diss

Trump is focused on the issues that matter, like renaming the Gulf of Mexico

If Canada becomes part of America, where will Desi Lydic pretend to be from when she travels?

Trump Ratchets Up Call to Annex Canada & Greenland as Trudeau Says He'll Resign | The Daily Show

Halina Reijn - Shameless Authenticity in “Babygirl” | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart's message to would-be terrorists currently writing a half-assed manifesto: get a podcast

What Makes People Luckier Than Others | Tina Seelig @TED

Why Violence Is Rising With Global Temperatures | Peter Schwartzstein | TED

Who guessed Chuck's fav Star Trek character correctly BEFORE he answered? 🖖

String Theory is Falsifiable After All, String Theorists Say

Tommy Emmanuel Returns! The Art Of Solo Guitar Playing

Mike Dawes Beautiful Acoustic Playing! #guitar #guitarist #acousticguitar #shorts

14th century plumbing was INSANE 😱

Internet Recap 2024 | Plip Plip

ORIGAMI CAPYBARA EASY TUTORIAL STEP BY STEP | HOW TO MAKE ORIGAMI CAPYBARA PAPER FOLDING EASY CRAFT

‘Israel intentionally wiping out a generation of medical professionals’: British-Palestinian surgeon

Jan 8, 2025: Aaj Ka AQI from the Commission for Air Quality Management’s office

Jasmine Shah on Gujarat ‘propaganda’, AAP’s ‘real work’, and Delhi ‘model’ | FULL INTERVIEW

Irony died a thousand deaths when BJP and AIMIM spokies started talking on Chitra Tripathi's show

Mukesh की हत्या करके संकेत दिया गया है कि पत्रकार अपनी हदों में रहें: Ravish Kumar | Ground Report

Easily Use Shadcn UI's to create a Data Table Sheet with Eyal Cohen, Frontend Lead at Groundcover

Why Does Your Table Need This Simple Enhancement with Eyal Cohen, Frontend Lead at Groundcover

Stemming the Plastic Tide in the Arctic | National Geographic

These stag beetles are battling for love #ARealBugsLife

The Gripen: Sweden's Fighter Jet Masterpiece

MUJHE SAB PATA HAI 😂🔥 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Mujhe Jawab chahiye 🤣😭 #shorts #comedy #moinakhtar #loosetalk

Kamakshi Ambatipudi On Violin Chaganti Sahithi, Pawan Kumar On Pad Amazing #music #icmtabla #shorts

Bharatnatyam By Ananya Shanbhag Stunning Performance❣️✨#icmdance #bharatnatyam #dance ##icmtabla

Arati Ankalikar Ji 🙏✨#icmvocal #classical #music #icmtabla #shorts

Why More Success Doesn’t Guarantee Happiness | Dr. Laurie Santos & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Best Practice to Significantly Improve Life Satisfaction | Dr. Laurie Santos & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Best Way to Ease Loneliness & Feel Happier | Dr. Laurie Santos & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Save your family from these shocking scams! | Paisa Patrol

Everything you need to know about Dixon Tech's fall #shorts

Tidy First? A Daily Exercise in Empirical Design • Kent Beck • GOTO 2024

GenAI Essentials – Full Course for Beginners

Plants vs. Insects, Episode 2: Plants Fight Back with PHYSICAL Defenses

Plants vs. Insects, Episode 3: Plants Fight Back with CHEMICAL Defenses

Plants vs. Insects, Episode 4: How Insect Herbivores Fight Back

Plants vs. Insects, Episode 5: Hypotheses to Explain it All!

Plants vs. Insects, Episode 6: Stories of CoEvolution

Plants vs. Insects, Episode 1: A 400-Million-Year Battle

Is the sea swallowing up the land? | DW Documentary

Do we need to panic over HMPV or Human Metapneumovirus?

At least 126 killed as #earthquake hits #tibet | 7.1 Scale

Shawn Pomrenke’s Last Shot at Gold Glory! | Bering Sea Gold | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

An authentic recipe from Madurai. Appalam Vatha Kuzhambu! We’d say it’s better that karuvaadu😉

This Government Software Project WASTED $500,000,000... Here's Why

How Did Dinosaurs Actually Go Extinct?

Carlsen's Scandinavian caught by the Fishing Pole in 18 moves!!

India's 69th GM is too strong | Harshit Raja vs Ray Robson | World Blitz 2024

How A World Champion Was Made | The Story Of The Parents Of D Gukesh | WACA Celebrations

How fast is Magnus Carlsen? | 30 seconds vs 3 minutes | Carlsen vs Boaz Weinstein

Vishy Anand on making the first move at the World Championship | WACA Celebrations

The beautiful gesture by Ivanchuk after his game against Caruana | World Blitz 2024

When @SamayRainaOfficial started meditating😍 #shorts

How A World Champion Was Created | The Story Of The Parents Of D Gukesh | WACA Celebrations

Gukesh in 2025?

HE BLUNDERED MATE-IN-1??

Hans BLUNDERS MATE in 1 vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi

Nepomniachtchi and Dubov START LAUGHING AFTER THE GAME

Try this technique when making sabji 😎 #cookingtips #ranveerbrar #sabjirecipe

3 blunders leaders don’t know they’re making | Suzy Welch for Big Think+

The four questions that can help your mind heal | Byron Katie

Who Was Diana Before the Crown?

Is White Supremacy Taking Over Europe ?

At least 126 killed in deadly Tibet earthquake, says Chinese state media | BBC News

Russia claims capture of Ukrainian front-line town | BBC News

Wildfires have been raging in the suburbs of Los Angeles. #LosAngeles #Wildfires #BBCNews

Los Angeles wildfires leave dozens injured and at least two dead, say officials | BBC News

EU leaders react to Trump’s comments on Greenland | BBC News

Liam Payne cause of death confirmed as polytrauma. #LiamPayne #OneDirection #BBCNews

Morning coffee may lower risk of heart disease-related death, research suggests | BBC News

Watch moment driverless car traps man inside as it spins in circles | BBC News

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer clashes with opposition leader over grooming gangs | BBC Newscast

California wildfires latest: 50,000 flee as blaze spreads with “zero containment” BBC News

California wildfire rips through LA suburbs as 30,000 told to evacuate | BBC News

Three wildfires have ripped through Los Angeles suburbs. #LosAngeles #LA #BBCNews

Thousands told to abandon Los Angeles homes as three wildfires rip through suburbs | BBC News

Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency. #Wildfire #LA #BBCNews

Donald Trump says US needs Greenland and Canada for 'national security' | BBC News

Nature Scenes to Relax, Sleep and Study To | BBC Earth

MAKE THE FACE AND SOUND with boyfriends sister

YEAR BOOK PHOTOS with boyfriend

The space of all musical intervals

Towards Russia with love: Austria’s political tilt

Why Beautiful Women Are Nuts and Successful Men Are Assh*les-Orion Taraban

Appalachian Woman-Ruby

Ku Klux Klansman-JD

Master and Slave-Berlin and Angel Blue

மாத்தி ஏன்டா எனக்கு பண்றீங்க | Parithabangal #shorts

Elements | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

Introduction to middle school chemistry | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

sona kitna sona hai..

🌈 The Beauty Of Indoor Training 🌈

Vijayakanth and Swapna Romantic Love Scene - Nenjile Thunivirunthaal | Goundamani | Manorama | CMM

आज कच्चे मटर और चना-दाल को पीसकर ऐसा क्या बनाया? जो पूरे परिवार ने मजे लेखर खाया😋

Don't ask what court cannot give you.

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