Digest — 2025-02-02:

Trust and the Rituals of Fear

The Gambling King

Escape from Alderaan I

Gradual Disempowerment, Shell Games and Flinches

The Simplest Good

Falsehoods you might believe about people who are at a rationalist meetup

5 Python Details and their Consequences

Committees Paper

Scripts to help setup llms tools easily from fosdem

par: experimental concurrent language with an interactive playground

it - utilities

Hollywood: split a computer console into multiple panes of genuine technical melodrama

Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

For Sale: Binaries Compiled From Hand-Crafted Artisanal Code

What software do you dream about, but do not have time to code yourself?

proposal: sync/v2

How to Train an AI Image Model on Yourself

TAI64 in the wild is (sometimes) not TAI

Building and Running MariaDB on mac

Waydroid - Android in a Linux container

You’re missing your near misses

Unexpected Benefits of Building Your Own Tools

Eat your greens - A philosophy for language design

FreeBSD Alongside Windows

Safety in Programming Languages is a Means to an End

3 Tools for 2025

LLMs: harmful to technical innovation?

A Mount Lyell shrew has just been photographed alive

Minimum effective dose

Calculate the number of language model tokens for a string

Show HN: Language Learning from YouTube content

AI realtime mock interview tool

Compiling Java into native binaries with Graal and Mill

The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE

The Art of Dithering and Retro Shading for the Web (2024)

Sniffnet – monitor your Internet traffic

A loophole used by Shein/Temu to ship packages to US tax-free (2024)

Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force

Spaced repetition can allow for infinite recall (2022)

Don't make fun of renowned author Dan Brown (2013)

Nevada Ivanpah Solar Plant Accidentally Incinerates Up to 6k Birds a Year (2016)

Autothrottle: Resource Management for SLO-Targeted Microservices

Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

ScatterBrain: Unmasking the shadow of PoisonPlug's obfuscator

The Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer's Science

Emergence of a second law of thermodynamics in isolated quantum systems

GarminDB

F-strings for C++26 proposal [pdf]

Costa rican supermarket wins trademark battle against Nintendo

Show HN: I built a full mulimodal LLM by merging multiple models into one

I'm Ready for You: On Balzac

Sound & Efficient Generation of DOP Exploits via Programming Language Synthesis [pdf]

CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research

Show HN: Modest – musical harmony library for Lua

Fixing Left and Mutual Recursions in Grammars

Life Is More Than an Engineering Problem – Interview with Ted Chiang

Analyzing the codebase of Caffeine: a high performance caching library

Show HN: Lume – OS Lightweight CLI/API for macOS/Linux VMs on Apple Silicon

Reverse-engineering and analysis of SanDisk High Endurance microSDXC card (2020)

Researchers just discovered an new class of life living inside humans

Medical billing firm Medusind discloses breach affecting 360k people

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act

How to Run DeepSeek R1 Distilled Reasoning Models on RyzenAI and Radeon GPUs

To be in charge

The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and the Limits of China’s BRI Agency

Kim Jong Un’s Emphasis on Chongryon

Philippine President Links Budget Petition to ‘Destabilization’ Plot

Thailand Versus the Scam Boom: A Look Into the Fight

Budget is by the people, for the people, says FM

Budget 2025: The big picture; Understanding tax reforms

SEBI mulls safe UPI payment mechanism for registered market intermediaries

Flipkart rebrands Grocery as ‘Kilos,’ claims to offer wholesale prices for everyday essentials

Reliance Retail launches SHEIN app in India marking brand’s return

Import duty cut to make Indian mobile production ecosystem more competitive: ICEA

India macro fundamentals strong, rupee not depreciating against any currency other than USD: FM Sitharaman

Comm, MSME, finance ministries to work on contours of Export Promotion Mission: Goyal

WeWork India Management files draft IPO papers with SEBI

Connections, ideas, growth–how art festivals benefit creators and entrepreneurs

Open-source AI, marketing, health: test your business creativity with Edition 173 of our weekly quiz!

How Indian startups found a monetisation goldmine in interactive entertainment

New vs old: Who benefits out of the new Income Tax announcement?

Startup Founders with Systems Programming Expertise

Devtools for AI Agents

Blastoff! Japan's H3 rocket launches Michibiki 6 navigation satellite

Blastoff! SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from California, nails landing

Making Memory Safer in my C

Myntra FWD ad is too cool with Gukesh, Viswanathan Anand. Who knew they could act

Budget 2025, new income tax slabs, nuclear law amendment | ShekharSeSawal Ep1

Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad breaks down while speaking on rape & murder of a Dalit girl

LIVE: NSA Ajit doval delivers remarks at Book Launch Event|Bharat Mandapam

'What seems attractive is a crown of thorns,' says Rohan Jaitley on being a cricket administrator

No room for pessimism—what Shanmukham Chetty said in free India's first budget speech

Faculty crisis in India's medical colleges & how it can impact quality of doctors

'Judicial monitoring must take place if govt sits over...'-Justice Hrishikesh Roy on HC appointments

Delhi Election: How much do welfare schemes, sops influence poll outcomes?

'China’s AI dominance overblown—DeepSeek creators used ChatGPT, exploited US export loopholes'

Delhi polls & the middle class, Kanhaiya Kumar & JDU’s future

Why Buying GPUs Is a Disaster

Making Money Is A Game

Loggers Rush To Save A Moose Who Fell Through The Ice | The Dodo

Guy Finds A Two-Pound Kitten Inside His Shed | The Dodo

Wobbly Lamb Who Can't Stand Learns To Run | The Dodo

Loggers Rush To Save A Moose Who Fell Through The Ice | The Dodo

Sunday Reset with 3 Cats and 1 Dog | The Pack

Wobbly Lamb Who Can't Stand Learns To Run | The Dodo

Rescued Chicken Just Needed A Little TLC To Finally Lay An Egg | The Dodo

Jon Stewart on Trump: authoritarian or within the realm of constitutional power?

Brittany Howard on performing with Prince and confirming his "vanishing act" allegations

Some artists use paint, others sculpt with clay, but Laetitia Ky uses her HAIR. #tedtalks

5 Times That The Nukes Were Nearly Launched

My favorite February tradition! | #shorts

New startup wants to build a conscious quantum computer

Steve Lukather on songwriting credit #guitar #guitarist #songwriter #musicproducer #shorts 

The Israeli Crisis: History of Lebanon (Part Five)

Most mature 21 year old award 🏆

Official apathy cuts across class divide, Mehrauli voters demand change

Tamil Nadu’s Iron Age discovery, copyright battles on AI | South Central Ep 12

Delhi polls, the curious case of Ashwini Vaishnawʼs company | Reporters Without Orders Ep 356

Suits RECAP: Full Series

Thillana By Kaushiki Chakraborty Ji & On Tabla Sandeep Ghosh #icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #shorts

Shahar Dar Shahar By Master Saleem & On Tabla Navin Sharma ❣️✨#icmvocal #icmtabla #music #shorts

Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma & Ustad Zakir Hussain Ji || Santoor Vadan🙏✨#icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

How to Balance Intensity & Recovery in Training | Dr. Kelly Starrett & Dr. Andrew Huberman

How & Why to Use Foam Rolling For Pain & Recovery | Dr. Kelly Starrett & Dr. Andrew Huberman

What is Margin shortfall in MTF? | Margin Trading Facility on Groww

Accelerometer are AWESOME! #diy #electronics #explained #accelerometer #sensor #arduino #tutorial

Taking the Management Leap • Kristine Howard • YOW! 2016

👀 Catching A Phone User In LONDON Traffic 🇬🇧

We Had A Bike Stolen. Here’s How We Got It Back

Should animals have rights? | DW Documentary

Will They Survive the Final Dive? | Bering Sea Gold | Discover Channel

Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside—Paal Paniyaram perfection in every bite! 😋🍯

Gukesh vs Praggnanandhaa | TIEBREAK - 2025 Tata Steel Masters

Pragg beats Gukesh & becomes the Champion 🔥💀 #praggnanandhaa #gukesh #chess

Praggnanandhaa crushes his opponent with a queen sacrifice in 29 moves

Persistent Arjun Erigaisi scores his first win at the Tata Steel Masters | Arjun vs Abdusattorov

Gukesh's will to win vs Jorden's creative energy | Tata Steel Masters 2025

GUKESH VS PRAGG TIEBREAK TATA STEEL 2025 GAME 1!

GUKESH VS PRAGG TIEBREAK TATA STEEL 2025 GAME 2!

GUKESH VS. PRAGG SUDDEN DEATH TIE BREAK GAME 3 TATA STEEL 2025!

VERY EXCITING FINAL MOMENTS of Tata Steel Chess | Praggnanandhaa vs Gukesh

Ooops! Praggnanandhaa Makes A Queen Sacrifice At Tata Steel Tournament

Walk Better Instantly The Move Every Senior Should Try

How to Stop Back Pain #BackPainRelief #posture #painrelief

Templar Curse : Haunting the Crown for Centuries

From World War II to the Catwalk: Christian Dior !

The female tattoo artists that ink in secret | BBC News

The Pineapple Express is going to hit parts of the US in the coming days. #USWeather #BBCNews

Sick and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens | BBC News

President Trump has said any pain from tariffs is "worth the price". #DonaldTrump #BBCNews

Canada and Mexico hit back as President Trump imposes huge tariffs | BBC News

What does marriage equality look like around the world? #LGBTQ #BBCNews

Mountain Search Puppy's First Training Session | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth

What STRESSES every boyfriend out

Few Games Hurt Like This || Gukesh vs Arjun Erigaisi || Tata Steel (2025)

The Stress is Unbearable || Keymer vs Praggnanandhaa || Tata Steel (2025)

The Chosen One || Praggnanandhaa vs Gukesh || Tata Steel Sudden Death (2025)

The Curse is Broken! || Arjun Erigaisi vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov || Tata Steel (2025)

Cricket Na Ippadi Erukanum - Vikkals Not a Vlog 😮😂 | Vikkals

MODI’s MASTERSTROKE Budget 2025 Analysed in Simple words: Budget 2025 case study

Budget 2025: Mere Tinkering With Direct Tax Reform Won’t Address India’s Structural Economic Woes

Hum Bharat ke log Vs RSS | Central Hall

Cyndi Lauper Admits Saying Goodbye Is Hard Work | The Graham Norton Show

OpenAI naming their models like...

Makeup Paavangal | Parithabangal

Getting order sheets in cases filed by women

Understanding desire | Krishnamurti

Climate Conflicts: What is the role of climate change in the India-Sri Lanka fisheries conflict?

No स्वाद without this in Keema 😎 #cookingtips #muttonkeema #ranveerbrar

Recovering Drug Addict and Sex Worker-Izzy

Fig Promo

Fig promo

Moths can taste with their feet and hear with their wings!

when you watch the movie with all the exposition scenes removed