Digest — 2025-02-19:

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It feels weird that people are reading

How Olympian Gracie Gold finally stopped striving for perfection

How “full-time managers” might be draining your company

Why you must be logical and scientific to be a good person

Why ‘city-killer’ asteroid YR4’s impact probability keeps increasing

Five Kinds of Nondeterminism

Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die: Immortal Wisdom from the Park Ranger Who Inspired Generations

Microsoft claims they’ve made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing involving Majorana...

Lizzie Wade’s forthcoming book is about human resilience in the face of...

Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump. “I believe that it’s we...

If you’re wondering “where are all the protests?!”, they are happening all...

They’re Purposefully Traumatizing the Federal Workforce

Timothy Snyder recaps what he heard at the Munich Security Conference about...

“The odds of a city-killer asteroid impact in 2032 keep rising. Should...

“Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate...

Here’s a site that tracks how much of Project 2025 has been...

The Information Overwhelm

Where Do Trans Kids Go from Here? “I never thought that my...

Existing in tech

SuperBabies podcast with Gene Smith

How accurate was my "Altered Traits" book review?

How might we safely pass the buck to AI?

How to Make Superbabies

Knight TV resurrection

Relaxed Radix Balanced Trees

So you want better debug info?

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator

The Pain Of Linear Types In Rust (2017)

Practical Alloy: A hands-on guide to formal software design

Multiple Vulnerabilities in U-Boot

The secret maze of Debian images

A collection of code examples from prominent open-source projects (2021)

Build your own SQLite in Rust, Part 5: Evaluating queries

What I Saw at the Evolution of Plan 9

When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines

HTTP3, 2, 1

Being a happy Nixer on a Mac

Typst 0.13 is out now: Experimental HTML export, semantic paragraphs, and more

Greg Kroah-Hartman Makes A Compelling Case For New Linux Kernel Drivers To Be Written In Rust

In Video Games, The Player Never Moves

Proposal: Starting tasks synchronously from caller context

Russian phishing campaigns exploit Signal's device-linking feature

Towards A Simple and Expressive Query Language

Serving local LLMs with MLX

Changing every line three times

Programming with Math | The Lambda Calculus

Learning: the hardest problem in computer science

Append-only programming

Tcl the Misunderstood (2006)

Add Wayland color-management protocol

Continued Fraction Arithmetic (1978)

‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama

Tracking the Pacific Drug Highway

The Long Fight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate

Weird Kaggle and the Superiority of Books

Engineers turn the body's goo into new glue

What are Majorana zero modes?

Stargate Project II? Declassified US Government Research in RV and Psi [pdf]

CEO Simulator: Startup Edition

1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg

Tetris in PostScript

Show HN: AI-native browser game that users can craft unlimited 3D items

Where are all the Rewrite Rules?

NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock

Greg K-H: "Writing new code in Rust is a win for all of us"

Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?

One Head, Two Brains (2015)

Minuteman III test showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's deterrent

An inside look at NSA tactics, techniques and procedures from China's lens

I built a large language model "from scratch"

What Makes a Great Software Engineer (Dissertation) [pdf]

Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 quantum processor

Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger

Debugging Hetzner: Uncovering failures with powerstat, sensors, and dmidecode

Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks

Malaysia is betting on data centers to boost its economy

Accelerating scientific breakthroughs with an AI co-scientist

Show HN: Mastra – Open-source JS agent framework, by the developers of Gatsby

1972 Unix V2 "Beta" Resurrected

Are SSDs more reliable than hard drives?

Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies

Implementing LLaMA3 in 100 Lines of Pure Jax

The reality of long-term software maintenance from the maintainer's perspective

Parsing JSON in 500 lines of Rust

The Unbrickable Pledge

Go-msquic: A new QUIC/HTTP3 library for Go

A SpaceX team is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system

The 88x31 GIF Collection

Steve Jackson Games Is Bringing the Fighting Fantasy Books to the US

Thoughts on Daylight Computer

In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees

Meta announces LlamaCon, its first generative AI dev conference on April 29

After 20 Years, Math Couple Solves Major Group Theory Problem

What We’re Reading: A Car-Free Neighborhood Finds Its Footing

Confusing status with skill

The Complex Road to Extradition: Will India Agree to Send Sheikh Hasina Back to Bangladesh?

Is Japan a Friend in Need or a Friend Indeed for Bangladesh?

China’s Space Dream: No Limits, No End

UN Report Exposes Sheikh Hasina’s Commanding Role in Possible Crimes Against Humanity in Bangladesh

South Korea’s Foreign Minister Holds 1st Meeting With US Secretary of State Rubio

Pakistan’s Strategic Dilemmas Amid India-US Alignment

The Secret Behind Temu’s Rock-bottom Prices

A False Dichotomy Regarding Reform Is Prolonging Bangladesh’s Path to Stabilization

To Outcompete China, the US Must Automate Maritime Supply Chains

Trump 2.0: Great Power Politics and the New World Order

Trump and the Philippines: Will the Squad Top the Quad?

Exporting Culture, Cementing Control: How the CCP Pursues Domestic Legitimacy Through Soft Power

Thai Opposition Leader Defends Support for Lese-Majeste Law Change

Why Sovereign Wealth Funds Are All the Rage in Southeast Asia

Imagining Democratic Futures in South Asia

[elsewhere] Sanctus for Epiphany Choral Recording

The AI race has just begun, and India is bang on track: Amitabh Kant

Beyond the Brand: 5 Surprising Things Lamborghini Makes Besides Supercars

Waterfield Advisors raises Rs 123 Cr led by Jungle Ventures

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati launches AI startup Thinking Machines Lab

A full circle for Sirona; Fintech Zaggle’s game plan

Ola Electric in talks to cut costs on registration, VAHAN data to see temporary dip

SaaS major Zoho’s valuation surges 58% to over Rs 1 lakh crore

SEBI proposes mandatory SIM-binding for trading accounts to curb unauthorised transactions

Must-read biographies: 5 books to draw inspiration

Scaling Zaggle: Founder Raj Narayanam’s game plan for growth via acquisitions, automation

The psychology of persuasion: 8 time-tested techniques

IN-SPACe launches Technology Adoption Fund to support spacetech startups

FalconX’s Global Immersion Program aims to propel B2B startups into the big league

Four Pillars of AI Prompting by OpenAI’s President Greg Brockman —Master AI Like a Pro!

Probus bags $5M in Series A funding led by Unicorn India Ventures

10 classic Jane Austen quotes on love, life, and wisdom

Google unveils Ananta, one of its largest offices in Bengaluru

How an edtech pioneer achieved 5x growth with innovative Hands-on Labs

This startup uses GenAI to help users fine-tune English speaking skills

India’s salary growth to slow further in 2025: Survey

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (February 19, 2025)

AI vs. Jobs: Who’s Benefiting, Who’s Struggling, and Who’s Next?

Data sovereignty and cloud computing: A call to action for Indian businesses

We found MUD VOLCANOS!

How AI Is Changing Enterprise

Live CEOing Ep 872: Language Design in Wolfram Language [ProofObject, Holidays and More]

History of Science and Technology Q&A (February 19, 2025)

How de-aging in movies got so good

Blastoff! Rocket Lab launches high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite

Unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launched by Space Force to 'showcase' nuclear readiness

3 Bold Moves: How Tata Played Smart To Become A Leader Despite Mahindra’s First-Mover Advantage

Top 10 Safest Cars — Bharat NCAP #V3Cars

Why Apple is pivoting to India & how US gas might replace Qatar- Here's what global media said

It cannot be business as usual, fmr IAF chief’s big message on Tejas delay &AMCA| #InstantAnalysis

RPF woman on duty with her baby exposes how workplaces are unaccommodating to mothers| #SnapOpinion

RPF woman on duty with her baby exposes how workplaces are unaccommodating to mothers| #SnapOpinion

It cannot be business as usual, fmr IAF chief’s big message on Tejas delay &AMCA| #InstantAnalysis

Rekha Gupta to be Delhi's next CM, says 'Grateful for the blessings, thank the BJP'

After Nepalese student's death, batchmates claim KIIT Bhubaneswar singling out protesters

Rekha Gupta set to be new Delhi CM| Watch LIVE

Who is Delhi’s new CM Rekha Gupta & why did the BJP choose her

After Millei & DOGE, Vietnam slashes its govt, how it won China+1 race & a T-shirt lesson for India

Why the Greenland ice sheet is a climate warning for the world

'Trump tariff diplomacy is reversing Modi’s protectionist decade'

SC OBSERVATIONS IN RANVEER ALLAHABADIA CASE

‘Reforms are not a choice but an imperative,’ says Indian Permanent Ambassador to UN

'Very clear that CM has nothing to do with language or progress,' says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

Mallikarjun Kharge & Rahul Gandhi hold meeting with Gen Secretaries & State Incharges of Congrress

How Tamil Nadu is waging a new North-South clash of civilisations— From Sivagalai to Keezhadi

'Global solidarity & solutions are needed more than ever,’ says UN Chief António Guterres

TRUMP & WHY INDIA MUST LOWER IMPORT TARIFFS

LIVE I Finance Minister & Deputy CM Diya Kumari presents Rajasthan Budget 2025

Why Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than ever

LIVE | UP Assembly Budget Session | CM Yogi's speech

Why India's courting Qatar #cuttheclutter

🚨🚨 Twitch Chat Controls Devin.ai 🚨🚨

Microsoft’s Muse AI: The Future of Game Development?

The Wire Wrap: Delhi Stampede, Vikatan Cartoon, New CEC Appointed

Trump’s Absolutely Determined to Shake Up the World and is Doing It Vigorously: Ex-Ambassador to USA

गंगा और मोक्ष | Swanand Kirkire

CPCB Report : प्रयागराज महाकुंभ में नहाने योग्य नहीं गंगा का पानी फीकल कोलीफॉर्म अधिक

महाकुंभ और भगदड़ पर गांव की जनता ने क्या कहा?

How to Ask for Help When You're Overwhelmed

Why This Ex-Trader Bet Everything on Air Filters—and Won

Ewan McGregor Talks Dirty... | The Graham Norton Show

Colour visions: a German-election lookahead

Pittie Rescued After Being Stuck On A Bridge For Over 12 Hours | The Dodo

Pittie Rescued After Being Stuck On A Bridge For Over 12 Hours | The Dodo

Gentle Great Dane Fosters Tiny Kittens — Their Relationship Will Melt Your Heart | The Dodo

Gentle Great Dane Fosters Tiny Kittens — Their Relationship Will Melt Your Heart | The Dodo

Pittie Tied To A Pole In The Cold Needs A Home | The Dodo

The Best Under Fridge Cleaner | The Pack

Pittie Found Tied To A Pole In The Cold Needs A Home | The Dodo

The Most Cherished Piece of Art We Have 🥹 | The Pack

The Shocking Truth Of USAID | Who Was America Funding In India & Why? | Akash Banerjee & Rishi

Three Classic Ed Helms Correspondent Moments | The Daily Show

Rep. Tom Suozzi of NY explains what he thinks meeting Trump halfway could look like for Democrats

Jon Stewart discusses his favorite reads #AfterTheCut

Want people to listen to you? Keep it SHORT. #JennyHoyos #Storytelling #TEDTalks

Do You Talk to Yourself? Here’s How to Harness Your Inner Voice | Ethan Kross | TED

What Are the Stable and Unstable Zones of Black Holes? 🕳️

Inside the Mexican Mafia-Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza and Rene "Boxer" Enriquez

Inside the Mexican Mafia-Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza and Rene "Boxer" Enriquez

Denny-The Dark Knight of the Soul

His commentary never disappoints | #shorts #husbandwifecomedy #funnyshorts #voiceover

The Wildest Ways We Remove Lice from Salmon

AI at CERN can reveal how Universe Will End, New Director Says

Using Surround Tones for Soloing #guitar #guitarist #guitartutorial #shorts

My 3% Solution for the U.S. Debt Crisis

The Mirage: Timothy Olson's Race Against Time (Full Documentary) | Nat Geo

Did Timothy Olson conquer the Pacific Crest Trail record? #TheMirage

The REAL meaning behind "seasoning" a pan

Isiliye tu seth nahi hai!😂 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Paaro Tum kahan chali gayi thi 😍😂 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Paaro 😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

Indian millionaire asked me how to protect himself from false cases

False rape case: How to fight back?

Best way to get peaceful divorce

🚨 URGENT: What You Need to Know About Bird Flu & Cats! 🚨#cats #birdflu #catfood #rawfeeding #psa

The Tiger King | Jack Whitehall

Kathak Dance By Ragini Maharaj Ji ❣️✨ #icmdance #kathak #classical #dance #icmtabla #shorts

Experience The Brilliance Of Shiv Mani Ji ❣️✨#drums #icmtabla #fusion #music #shorts

Bhajan Begum Parveen Sultana Ji & On Pt Abhijit Banerjee Ji🙏✨#icmvocal #classical #bhajan #icmtabla

Why Men & Women Show Attraction Differently | Dr. Michael Platt & Dr. Andrew Huberman

How Oxytocin Affects Attraction, Love & Social Behavior | Dr. Michael Platt & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Shocking ₹2.8 crore scam: true cost of a 'free' phone | Free phone scam in Bengaluru

GraphQL Federation - The @key to Your Platform API Strategy • Derek Kuc • GOTO 2024

5 Ways To Dismount YOUR BIKE 🚲

How One Man Makes Millions Trafficking Stolen Bikes & No One Can Stop Him

From hunter-gatherers to farmers - How did humanity change in the Neolithic period? | DW Documentary

Microsoft Announces World's First Topological Quantum Chip - Majorana 1 Explained

Was the Earthquake in Delhi Caused by Groundwater Extraction?

Fred’s Relentless Search for Gold at 76! | Gold Rush: White Water | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Dustin’s Battle Against the Snow! | Gold Rush: White Water | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Bermuda Triangle’s Top Secrets! | Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Screen Crimes: The Ghost Device

Aadalum Paadalum Samayalum with Vishag | Cookd | Kudumbasthan Music Director

Kettle series is back with an exciting new chicken recipe!

These IntelliJ IDEA Features Will SAVE YOUR BACON

ARMAGEDDON PAWN STORMS | Erigaisi vs Carlsen

Magnus STARTED TO SMILE After STALEMATE TRICK by Esipenko 😂

Magnus's Jeans Are On Charity Auction! 👖

Chessable Masters Playoff Semifinals | Magnus v Arjun & Hikaru v Alireza In Winners Bracket

Can You Name All of These CHESS GRANDMASTERS?

WORLD # 1, WORLD #2, WORLD #3 and You are STUDYING CHESS TOGETHER

Annie’s Emergency Eye Rescue

How I traded perfection for peace | Gracie Gold

How will the Universe end?

The Cocaine Route - UNCENSORED

Putin’s Hunt on Journalists

The Secret Agents of WWII

Zelensky says Trump 'living in disinformation space' created by Russia | BBC News

Would the UK send troops to Ukraine? | BBC News

US-Russia talks: Ex-Nato commander criticises US President Trump’s Ukraine plans | BBC News

US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have first sit-down joint interview | BBC News

Parts of Detroit submerged in icy water after burst pipe. #Detroit #BBCNews

How families in Syria are still searching for missing children | BBC News

Argentina's President Javier Milei denies crypto fraud allegations | BBC News

'Fireball' hurtling through sky reportedly remains of Elon Musk rocket. #BBCNews

Major incident declared over sinkhole swallowing up UK street | BBC News

Why are President Trump and President Zelensky having a war of words? | BBC Newscast

Nearly 100 false killer whales to be euthanised after mass stranding. #Tasmania #Australia #BBCNews

Trump calls Zelensky a “dictator” - Ukraine says Trump is spreading Russian propaganda | BBC News

A$AP Rocky leaps over barrier to hug Rihanna after verdict. #ASAPRocky #Rihanna #BBCNews

Scores of whales to be euthanised after mass stranding in Australia | BBC News

New Zealand tourism advert accused of being 'tone-deaf'. #NewZealand #BBCNews

A$AP Rocky not guilty of firearm assault on LA street | BBC News

Boyfriend finds other people ATTRACTIVE

Traveling while PREGNANT be like

No One Loves Chess Like Chuky! || Maurizzi vs Ivanchuk || Djerba International Chess Festival (2025)

Total Collapse! || Magnus vs Hikaru || Chessable Masters (2025)

식빵요리 6가지 :: 식빵애플파이, 바스크치즈케이크, 치즈토스트, 하트피자, 샐러드빵, 우유크림토스트 :: Toast Recipe

பசிச்சா மிளகா கூட சோறு தான் 😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

நாங்க சாதாரண காதலர்கள் இல்லை 😂😂 #comedy #vikkals

ShivJayanti | Lessons from a Great Leader

Leadership Lessons from Indian Army

Ennodu Nee Irundhaa | i BGM | Version 1: #Flute (Diya in Tears) | A.R.Rahman

Ennodu Nee Irundhaal | i BGM | Version 2: #Flute + Violin (Lingesan's Sacrifice) | A.R.Rahman

Ennodu Nee Irundhaal | i BGM | Version 3: #Guitar + Flute (Shooting) | A.R.Rahman

Ennodu Nee Irundhaal | i BGM | Version 4: #Cello + Orchestra | A.R.Rahman

Ennodu Nee Irundhaal | i BGM | Version 5: #Sarangi (Lingesan Unrecognized) | A.R.Rahman

Ennodu Nee Irundhaal | i BGM | Version 7: #Piano + Orchestra (Lies) | A.R.Rahman

Ennodu Nee Irundhaal (All Versions) | i BGM | Version 8: Shoot in China (Variant - Ennodu) | A.R.R

இப்டிலாம் இருந்தா நம்மள பத்தி வெளிய என்ன நினைப்பாங்க😒 | Parithabangal #shorts

Mahakumbh की अराजकता में फंसा देश और Allahabadia की अश्लीलता | NL Tippani 224

What is Rahul Gandhi had gone on beerbiceps's podcast?

Dharmavathi | Featuring Thirunageswaram TRS Manikandan and @NiranjanaSrinivasan | MadRasana Duet

Do we realise we are broken up? | Krishnamurti

Physical properties | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

How Did America Become a Superpower?

Why is the USA Imposing Tariffs on the World?

How to Get Rich by Selling to the USA?

kabhi kabhi #hassanandroshaan #live #music #unplugged #bollywood #sixer #desimusic

Battle for Tibet (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Casio watch-க்கு வந்த சோதனை..😒😒

Trailer | Dilshad Khan | Music of India

Heart Breaking Emotional Scene From Palaivana Paravaigal | Sarathkumar | Udhayan | CMM

Magnus Carlsen almost wanted to resign here! | Vidit vs Carlsen

The first lady of Freestyle Chess - Holly Hock

It's not Bhindi bazaar 😜 #foodfacts #Didyouknow #ranveerbrar #bhindibazaar

Justice Sunanda Bhandare Lecture by Indira Jaising

217 ) தமிழ் சினிமாவின் ஒரே ஓரு பாடல் இதுதான்