Digest — 2025-03-12:

Christmas, every day

Bear blog feels like an allotment garden

Why invest in fundamental research? A former Nazi explains

Ben Horowitz: Quit being a coward and do the hard thing

The Big 5 personality traits you can change with practice

The 4 “beauty ideals” that fuel everyday prejudice

New Blog Post: "A Perplexing Javascript Parsing Puzzle"

The Strength to Remember and the Strength to Forget: James Baldwin on What Makes a Hero

OMG, there’s an “S” in today’s Spelling Bee puzzle! (Is this the...

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms. The...

404 Media has obtained a list of 200+ sites monitored by a...

Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run. “You may believe that Khalil...

Harvey Silikovitz tried 10 times to get on Jeopardy! over 24 years...

The CSS :not() pseudo-class

Response to Scott Alexander on Imprisonment

The Most Forbidden Technique

Paths and waystations in AI safety

Constant-Time Code: The Pessimist Case

Haiku Activity & Contract Report, February 2025

Traversal-resistant file APIs

TypeScript 7: 10x Speedup and the Go Language

Iconography of the PuTTY tools

The Art of Formatting Code

The Codebase of a National Lab I Worked At

Hacking a GPO 746 rotary phone

Guile Hoot with Fibers

Inline Evaluation Adventure

complexity as entropy

Why I stopped everything and started writing C again

Upgrading Semgrep from OCaml 4 to OCaml 5

The DuckDB Local UI

rmk: Rust keyboard firmware library with layers, macros, real-time keymap editing, wireless(BLE) and split support

On The Insecurity of Telecom Stacks in the Wake of Salt Typhoon

Carefully But Purposefully Oxidising Ubuntu

A Perplexing Javascript Parsing Puzzle

Dropping RISC-V support

Perspectives from the Technical University of Munich

The Future is Niri

What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero

Turtleboy Will Not Be Stopped

Plano Senior High Alum’s Instagram Quest to Find 1,122 Former Classmates

The Dam, the Myth, the Legend: 50 Years of the Beaver

It’s Taylor Sheridan’s World. We’re Just Watching It

The Importance of Muscle

A Polyomino Tiling Algorithm (2018)

Strengthening AI Agent Hijacking Evaluations

Evidence that Neanderthal and Homo sapiens engaged in cultural exchange

Wyvern's Open Satellite Feed

Show HN: OCR Benchmark Focusing on Automation

An Egyptian Temple Reborn

Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users

Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Engineer #3

Gemma 3 Technical Report [pdf]

Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as its CEO

The cultural divide between mathematics and AI

Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser

Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google

I Built a Mechanical Calculator [video]

Reverse engineering OpenAI code execution to make it run C and JavaScript

Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight

The Night Watch (2013) [pdf]

Gemini Robotics

Practical UX for startups surviving without a designer

Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess where you landed

Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died

Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success

Reflections on mortality can help you live well now – here’s how

The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’

What We’re Reading: The Sustainable Power of ‘Dispersed Tourism’

Two kinds of instructions

Pickers and Clusters: A Complex Array of Issues Confronts Uzbekistan’s Evolving Cotton Industry

Rebuilding Civil-Military Trust in South Korea

Singapore, Vietnam Announce Anticipated Diplomatic Upgrade

Serial Rapist’s Case Raises Questions for UK-Indonesia Relations

Making Sense of Nepal’s Pro-monarchy Protests

Indonesia’s Government Dilutes Proposed Changes to Military Law

Why Backing Ukraine Is a Diplomatic Imperative for Malaysia

What’s Behind Thailand’s Planned Border Wall With Cambodia?

The Future of Vietnam’s Strategic and Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships

Will Uzbekistan’s 31-Year Effort to Join the WTO Finally Pay Off?

Ahead of South Korea’s Impeachment Verdict, Partisan Division Is Worsening

Regional Inequity in Menstrual Health Persists in India

Does Trump’s Public Praise for Pakistan Signal a Change in US Foreign Policy toward Islamabad?

Can Trump Restart Talks With North Korea?

Beyond a Budget Boost: Modernizing Taiwan’s Defense

Lawyer Extradited From Kyrgyzstan to California to Face Visa Fraud Charges

Can IMEC Transition From Vision to Reality?

Business Impact of Geopolitical Risk in the Trump Era

Japan Appoints First Chief of New Joint Operations Command

After US Cuts, Accountability on Air Quality to Take a Hit in Tajikistan

New Liquid Studio 21 and Liquid XML Data Binder 21

India’s data centre capacity to nearly double by 2027, says ICRA

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (March 12, 2025)

NBFC lobby seeks govt incentives for EV financing to overcome bottlenecks

OpenAI rolls out developer tools to build advanced AI agents

PolicyBazaar parent to back healthcare push with Rs 696 Cr investment

Unicommerce promoters increase shareholding in the Softbank-backed company

Energy storage startup AmpereHour Energy raises $5M led by Avaana Capital

Ola Electric targets EBITDA breakeven for Q1 FY26 amid cost cuts

Google releases new AI model capable of running on a single GPU

Navigating the Future of Work: How reskilling empowers job seekers in a transforming market

Education, healthcare, skill development—How Gautam Adani is steering social transformation through a slew of initiatives

Mental toughness: 7 books to build mental resilience

5 key lessons from How to Get What You Want by John Gray

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio, Elon Musk’s SpaceX partner to bring Starlink in India

Holi surcharge? Swiggy Instamart introduces festive handling fee on orders

How MeeHelp is revolutionising home services with AI-powered solutions

A microcosm of global industry; Zolve bags $251M boost

Bessemer Venture Partners raises $350M for second India-focused fund

Très canciones populares mexicanas (Three Mexican popular songs)

Norteña

Suite No. 3 for Cello, BWV 1009 (transcribed for guitar)

Suite No. 3 for Cello, BWV 1009 (transcribed for guitar)

Oración

Sonata in E Minor

Suite No. 3 for Cello, BWV 1009 (transcribed for guitar)

Suite No. 3 for Cello, BWV 1009 (transcribed for guitar)

Estudio

Gavotte

Barcarolle

Live CEOing Ep 875: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Fit Functions in Plots]

Live CEOing Ep 876: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Cyclic, Instrumentation and More]

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (March 12, 2025)

Tim Walz, live at SXSW with Today, Explained

That One Fast Bowlers In Team 😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

5 நிமிஷம் பாக்க விடுறானா பாரு 😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

Blastoff! SpaceX launches NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, nails landing in California

SpaceX deploys NASA's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH mission in view from space

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 walks out for pre-launch Tesla ride to rocket

Here is the list of the top 10 best-selling cars of Feb 2025! #V3Cars #Top10BestSellingCars

Holi Special: How To Select Best Car Colour For Safety, Climate, Resale, Maintenance w/ #ProfM

Threads in C are Pain

'Bengaluru Municipal body is corrupt, Karnataka CM not interested in the city', says Mohandas Pai

PM Narendra Modi conferred with Mauritius's highest civilian award, first Indian to receive

‘In 1993 Manipur riot, in which 750 people died, even Narsimha Rao didn’t visit Manipur’: Sitharaman

Baloch Liberation Army releases first video of Jaffar Express Train hijack in Pakistan

Jaffar Express hijack brings to focus Balochistan issue & Pakistan Army's brutal crackdown

LIVE : Rajya Sabha Proceedings

Searching for the real Wilayat Mahal— an imposter or royal descendant?

32nd anniversary of Mumbai 1993 blasts: ISI's sinister plan & an 'unforgettable' meet with Dawood

LIVE : Lok Sabha Proceedings

'Balochistan train hijack has revealed a Pakistan Army flailing in the face of terror'

'Balochistan Train hijack has blown hollow Pakistan Army's claim', says Sushant Sareen

'US to speak to Russia today about Ukraine ceasefire plan', says Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Pakistan Train hijack a consequence of 'systematic genocide of the Baloch people': Abdullah Abbas

Pakistan train hijack: How Balochistan's terrain, politics impact insurgency & global terror index

Amazon's Fires Middle Management? Games made with AI - The Standup Ep 2

This Is Scary...

Manoj Kumar Jha का चुनाव आयोग पर सदन से गंभीर आरोप, सुनिए राज्यसभा का भाषण | ECI, Rajiv Kumar

India’s Polarizing Politics: What’s Driving the Hate Speeches? | Holi-Ramzan

Isn’t This Enough to Spoil Communal Harmony? | Lucknow Central

Bihar Election के लिए BJP की Communal Politics शुरू

Bollywood's Fall From Grace, Holi an Excuse for Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in Sambhal, Starlink in India

Building This Nation Includes Building Manipur: MP Alfred Arthur in Lok Sabha

The Superpower We Gain From Suffering

'Black Bag' Stars Share Their Stories | The Graham Norton Show

Thirty-day trial? A Ukraine-ceasefire proposal

Donald Trump's mafia-style diplomacy

Dog Goes Undercover To Get His Ball Back | The Dodo

Dog Goes Undercover To Get His Ball Back | The Dodo

Pittie Becomes Cat's Gentle Nanny | The Dodo

Pittie Becomes Cat's Gentle Nanny | The Dodo

Beaded Dragon Is Obsessed With His Mom's Voice | The Dodo

The Cat Personality Test | The Pack

Beaded Dragon Is Obsessed With His Mom's Voice | The Dodo

Shocking Train Hijack! | Why Pakistan's Balochistan Problem Has No Easy Answers | Akash Banerjee

Jon Stewart Interviews Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai & Cecile Richards | The Daily Show

Lewis Black has some choice words for young people taking up all the early bird reservations.

ALOK on reckoning with mortality and the need for people to be more empathetic towards one another

Curious about how a TED Talk makes it to the stage? Watch to find out. #TEDTalk #BTS #SIA

Drug Addicted Couple-Samantha and Brian

Rock Band Tour Bus Driver-Jerry

Osho on Zen ll ஓஷோவின் பார்வையில் ஜென் ll பேரா.இரா.முரளி

My husband caught me 😳 | #shorts #funnyvideos #husbandwifecomedy

Parthale Paravasam - #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS)

#AlliArjuna #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS) 💿📼

Thenali #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS) 💿📼

Mudhalvan - #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS) 💿📼

10 Things You Didn't Know About Pompeii

A total lunar eclipse will be visible across the entire continent.

Einstein-Tile Discovered in Nature

Journey “Stone In Love” solo  #guitar #guitarist #nealschon #journey #shorts

உன்ன பாத்தாலே கடுப்ப இருக்கு போய்டு😡| Parithabangal #shorts

Origami Butterfly – Fold Like a Pro! Expert-Level Tutorial From Easy Origami World

ORIGAMI BUTTERFLY TUTORIAL - FOLD LIKE A PRO | DIY ORIGAMI BUTTERFLY FROM EASY ORIGAMI WORLD

Secrets of the Penguins | Official Trailer | National Geographic

Food helps families connect 🥢 #NoTasteLikeHomewithAntoniPorowski

It's called a peacock spider, and it DEFINITELY lives up to the name #ARealBugsLife

Elimination and Factorization A = CR

The Four Fundamental Subspaces and Least Squares

The Right Way to Load Your Dishwasher

How to Make a Mammoth (and save the world)

Huzoor hum Daaku hein 😇 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Air Hostess se Phadda 😡 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Bohat bante hein 😭🤣 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Waking up in a David Lynch movie #davidlynch #movie #film

Maybe you do not need an arbitration clause

ICE Detention

Why this craving to be creative? | Krishnamurti

Agneepath—a poem that refuses to fade #hindipoetry #harivanshraibachchan #amitabhbachchan

States of matter | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

Inside Barsana’s Unique Laddoo Maar Holi ft. Medha | Jist Holi 2025

New Product Alert! #cats #whiskerstress #new

Kaushiki Chakraborty & Ishan Ghosh On Tabla ❣️✨ #icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Odissi Dance By Noor Raaza & Tithibhadra Mohapatra Amazing❣️✨#icmdance #odissi #dance #icmtabla

Classical Vocal By Begum Parveen Sultana Ji 🙏✨ #icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Buying vs Renting Home Appliances in India

What's up with Rust? • Tim McNamara • GOTO 2024

What Are The Best & Worst Parts Of Being A Pro Cyclist? | GCN Asks The Pros

🚲 POWER PEDALS For Unbound ⚡️

👀 ASKING PROS...How Many Bikes Do You Have? 🚲

JavaScript Essentials Course

The cosmic roadtrip | The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission

How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary

Unrelenting Heat and the increasing Water Gap in India

Surviving South Africa’s Rainless Zone! | Naked and Afraid | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

10 Miles to Gold: Will Parker Make It? | Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail | Discovery

Vadivelu Goundamani Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

Vadivelu Goundamani Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

Vadivelu Goundamani Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

Vadivelu Goundamani Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

Vadivelu Goundamani Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

Vadivelu Goundamani Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

Learn Tabla with Debjit Patitundi | Music of India

The Real Wild West: Truth, Legends, and the Untold Story

MA KA PA Matrimony🔥 Making Rita Aunty's Junglee Biryani with Manas and MA KA PA!👀 Watch now❗

The Best Code Katas For Ambitious Software Developers

The World's Most Realistic Lightsaber

Brahmanandam Unexpected Double Meaning Comedy Scene From Adiyaal Movie#comedyscene #ciniminimovies

Unexpected Double Meaning Comedy Scene From Adiyaal Movie | Dr.Rajasekhar Shanti Priya,#comedyscene

CAUTION: This Rapid chess video may put you to sleep #19

LIVE Training by a top Chess Trainer | Topic: Dynamic Play

The phenomenal life story of David Navara by visiting his home in Prague

You just cannot do this against Magnus Carlsen | World Blitz 2024

Training a 16-year-old world class talent | Dragan Solak on his epic work with Ediz Gurel

CHESS!

Magnus and Hikaru React To SPICY Comments!

My Honest Reaction to that CHECKMATE

Become Unmateable!... In Chess

“If Morphy Was ALIVE, He Would Magnus LOOK Like a Boyscout” 😅

Freestyle Chess Paris Grand Slam Play-In | Who Will Book The Final Slot? Swiss Stage Day 1

Carlsen vs Praggnanandhaa! A Lethal Fork Is Coming

Have you tried Aloo ki Sabji like this? #khattealoo #banarasialoo #cookingtips #ranveerbrar

Towel Trick for Knee Pain #kneepain #kneepainrelief #mobility

Ben Horowitz: Quit being a coward and do the hard thing | Big Think+

Where did supermassive black holes come from?

America’s Wildest Bounty Hunters | Chasing Down Fugitives

Vietnam’s Forgotten Warriors

Trade war escalates as US metal tariffs take effect | BBC News

Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, en route to The Hague after arrest warrant | BBC News

World’s ‘first openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa | BBC News

Russia says it will wait for US to present Ukraine ceasefire proposals | BBC News

At least 53 inmates stage prison break in Indonesia. #Aceh #Indonesia #BBCNews

Pakistan train passengers freed after hijack | BBC News

Children under eight should avoid drinking slushies, doctors warn | BBC News

Arrested North Sea collision captain is Russian national, ship owner confirms | BBC News

Split Fiction director Josef Fares says Hazelight can 'do better' | BBC News

Split Fiction and It Takes Two can 'test your relationship'. #SplitFiction #ItTakesTwo #BBCNews

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit | BBC News

Seventy pythons rescued after couple's break-up. #Snakes #Python #BBCNews

Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, arrested over drug killings | BBC News

BOSSING my baby daddy around

A RANDOM GIRL hugged my boyfriend

The Real Threat is Even Scarier! || Spassky vs Unzicker || 2nd Piatigorsky Cup (1966)

Hiring in 2025 vs 2021

You Must Never Relax