Digest — 2025-05-14:

A crypto rush aftermath

I Infiltrated the Corporate Caste System (And You Can Too, But You’ll Hate It)

How to Make A Dungeon

Does physics truly have anything to say about consciousness?

John Amaechi: The voice in your head is lying to you. Here’s how to shut it down

The illusion of conscious AI

“Cosmic realism”: The secret ingredient to great books

Modeling Awkward Social Situations with TLA+

Isotopes, Vikings, Mars

When Your Layoff Anxiety Won’t Go Away

The Best Leaders Ask the Right Questions

A Lesson on Balancing Scaling with Stability

A New Framework for Going Viral

Alchemists rejoice! Scientists have turned lead into gold using the Large Hadron...

It’s Interesting How the Past Can Make You Think About the Present....

Lololol: Max is changing its name back to HBO Max. It’s a...

How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate...

When the world is going to shit, people need music; they need...

Three Fascism Experts on Why They’re Leaving the US

The End of Rule of Law in America. “After these first three...

Nine Rules for Evaluating New Technology

10,000 Drum Machines is a growing collection of web-based drum machines. I...

Astronaut Don Pettit’s Marvelous Photos From Space

New Report Finds Vacationing Sources Habla Un Poquito De Español. “We discovered...

Gardening and the endless task list

LessWrong Community Weekend 2025- Applications are open

The Best Reference Works for Every Subject

Fighting Obvious Nonsense About AI Diffusion

Dodging systematic human errors in scalable oversight

Eliezer and I wrote a book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Working through a small tiling result

October The First Is Too Late

Running modified containers with podman

The Database Row That Did and Didn't Exist

The cryptography behind passkeys

CSS attr() gets an upgrade

MinorMiner: we turn your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin

Crowdsourcing Broken QR Codes

Good enough ten-second sum types for Postgres

The Server That Wasn't Meant to Exist

Why we need lisp machines

Why I use WebAssembly

Introducing oniux: Kernel-level Tor isolation for any Linux app

High Available Mosquitto MQTT on Kubernetes

$20K Bounty Offered for Optimizing Rust Code in rav1d AV1 Decoder

Scalar Select Anti-Pattern

AI Is Like a Crappy Consultant

Why I wrote the fx web server

ZJIT has been merged into Ruby

SMS 2FA is not just insecure, it's also hostile to mountain people

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions?

Real-time vision language model demo

The Hobo Handbook

A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship

‘It’s Like a War Zone’: What Happened When Portland Decriminalized Fentanyl

Plant Sex and the City

Poetry Gives Us Power

Espanso – Cross-Platform Text Expander Written in Rust

Mice grow bigger brains when given this stretch of human DNA

Bike-mounted sensor could boost the mapping of safe cycling routes

“Streaming vs. Batch” Is a Wrong Dichotomy, and I Think It's Confusing

ARMv9 Architecture Helps Lift Arm to New Financial Heights

Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

New high-quality hash measures 71GB/s on M4

Coding agent in 94 lines of Ruby

Show HN: Easel – Code multiplayer games like singleplayer

Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities

Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker

How to Build a Smartwatch: Picking a Chip

Launch HN: Jazzberry (YC X25) – AI agent for finding bugs

How the economics of multitenancy work

UK's Ancient Tree Inventory

Databricks acquires Neon

StackAI (YC W23) Is Hiring Pydantic and FastAPI Wizard

Smalltalk-78 Xerox NoteTaker in-browser emulator

Our narrative prison

Migrating to Postgres

Show HN: Semantic Calculator (king-man+woman=?)

What is HDR, anyway?

Show HN: Muscle-Mem, a behavior cache for AI agents

AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms

Map of Palaeohispanic Coins and Inscriptions

DeepSeek’s founder is threatening US dominance in AI race

How to handle a mismatch in sexual desire

Heads

How the Universe Differs From Its Mirror Image

What We’re Reading: A Big Leap Forward for Vaccines

Effort and value

‘And With Every Hardship.’ Sri Lankan Women Continue to Push for Muslim Marriage Law Reform

As Geopolitical Competition Heats up, China Is Eyeing the Caribbean

The India-Pakistan Clashes Took an Economic Toll on Afghanistan

The Political Messaging of China and Serbia’s Belgrade Bombing Commemoration

Beyond the Tariffs: Liberation Day’s Impact on South Asia

Vietnam Takes Steps to Tackle Piracy and Counterfeiting Amid US Trade Negotiations

British Authorities Charge Former Myanmar Envoy With Trespassing on London Residence

How ‘Friend’ Trump Embarrassed Modi

Strategic Convergence Between India and the European Union

India-UK Free Trade Agreement: Sign of a New Dawn?

Bangladesh’s Careful Diplomacy in the India-Pakistan Crisis

A War Nobody Wins: The Real Cost of India-Pakistan Rivalry

Tajikistan Decriminalizes ‘Likes’ Online

Time for China to Ditch Commercial IOUs – Like Japan Just Did

Why the China-US Trade War Truce Won’t Last

Asia’s Role In the US Shipbuilding Surge

Cabinet approves Rs 3,706 Cr HCL-Foxconn display chip plant to be set up in UP

Tendryl: Transforming Menstrual Hygiene in India

WhiteHat Jr founder Karan Bajaj launches cancer-focused healthtech startup, raises $16M

Fetosense by CareNX: Saving Lives with Smart Fetal Monitoring

Airbnb looks to tap millennials, Gen Z in India with a new app

Team One Biotech Tackles Pollution with Microbes

i4 Marine: Driving Innovation in India’s Water Infrastructure

MakeMyTrip's quarterly revenue surges on strong domestic and international travel

VFlowTech bags $20.5M led by Granite Asia

Age checks, spending limits, self-exclusion needed for safe online gaming: Report

New York-based BAT VC to invest $100 million in Indian AI startups

10 Important Things We Often Wait Too Long to Do in Life

To Virat Kohli, with respect

India now ranks among top six nations globally in 6G patent filings: Mos Telecom

Travel platform ixigo's net profit more than doubles in Q4 on strong demand

The doctor is out: PB Fintech's radical vision for Indian healthcare

Flipkart’s last-mile EV bet; Breaking the silence of stuttering with AI

This D2C brand is taking on FMCG giants with instant curry pastes, easy cooking products

Method to manage: How Flipkart charts fleet electrification within its supply chain

How AI and IoT are changing the way we park in India

Singapore Aus NZ tour coming up. Tickets on https://linktr.ee/vgrover

How The British Took Over India! - Trevor Noah

Magical things happen in Naples 💙🇮🇹 #shorts

The Champions Trophy begins

Story behind the 'Vaaji Vaaji' song set- #thotatharani

#Jyotika shares her experience of acting in #Priyamanathozhi

Live CEOing Ep 907: Language Design in Wolfram Language [GeoReposition, RandomString and More]

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (May 14, 2025)

Bad news for Trump's tariffs

என்ன திமிரா போறாங்க 😥😂 #vikkals #shorts

Sun blasts huge X2.7-class solar flare! Biggest of 2025 to date

Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, nails landing

Why 'Organic' and 'Free Range' farms are still a problem

MG Windsor Pros And Cons Wala Review (Essence Pro: Rs. 18.10 Lakh)

Elon Vs Ambani: Will Starlink be the end of Ambani Empire? Or will it Make Ambani Richer?

US & Saudi Arabia ink $142 billion arms deal during Trump's Riyadh visit

'We do not provoke anyone, but if provoked, we will not spare': Yogi Adityanath hails Op Sindoor

Huge cache of arms & ammunition recovered in Operation Keller in J&K’s Shopian

Buddha’s gems at Sotheby’s shows Indian govt doesn’t have an eye on ‘colonial loot’

'Situation in Uri, Tangdhar, Rajouri, & Poonch is the same': Omar Abdullah

Family of BSF soldier Purnam Kumar Shaw celebrates the news of his return to India

India successfully tests new counter-drone system 'Bhargavastra'

'EaseMyTrip always thinks of nation first & business later’: Co-founder Prashant Pitti

MP BJP Minister's remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi 'shameful',BJP should've officially distanced itself

Union Cabinet approves ₹3,706 crore HCL-Foxconn semiconductor plant in Jewar

How Op Sindoor raised India's nuclear threshold & broke pattern of Pakistan's nuclear blackmail

CutTheClutter: How Op Sindoor raised India's nuclear threshold & broke pattern of Pakistan's nuclear

Return of the Duster and more. Renault India’s big plans

JUST USE HTML

The Meta

What’s the Truth About the Ceasefire? | Central Hall

Who is afraid of Information Commissions? | Jaanne Bhi Do Yaaro

How to make India Secure? | Kadvi Coffee

Questions Arising from Operation Sindoor

Trump के आगे झुके Modi, कारोबारी दोस्तों के लिए किया सीज़फायर ? | Arfa Khanum | Sanjay Singh

Saoirse Ronan’s musical guide to pronouncing her name 🎵

Why America is right to lift sanctions on Syria

Why words for mother are similar around the world

Magical Pittie Sends Cat BFF A New Friend From Heaven 🌈 | The Dodo

Teaching My Dog An Accidental Command | The Pack

Magical Pittie Sends Cat BFF A New Friend From Heaven 🌈 | The Dodo

Cat Demands On Using The Treadmill Multiple Times A Day | The Dodo

Dachshund Rescued From Puppy Mill Just In Time To Have Her Babies | The Dodo

Cat Demands On Using The Treadmill Multiple Times A Day | The Dodo

Fosters Looking For Their Forever Homes | The Pack

"Broken" Cat Who Hissed At Her New Mom Learns To Trust | The Dodo

"Broken" Cat Who Hissed At Her New Mom Learns To Trust | The Dodo

Matt Wolf - Legacy of Paul Reubens & Telling His Story in “Pee-Wee as Himself” | The Daily Show

Hasan Piker, Progressive King of Twitch, Invites Jordan Klepper Into the Manosphere | The Daily Show

"There's no such thing as a free lunch" can also apply to a "free" jet #dailyshow #trump #qatar

Didn't Trump make fun of Biden for falling asleep in front of the press? Look who's sleepy now

Pam Bondi isn't the best person to ask if the luxury jet given to Trump was a bribe

Trump Thanks Qatar for Their Generous Jet Bribe & Accidentally Does a Socialism | The Daily Show

Saudi Arabia Gives Trump the Royal Treatment With McDonald's & a Mid-Meeting Nap | The Daily Show

The bounciest ball

Behind-the-scenes look at illustrator Senne Trip creating the art of Pandora’s Legacy

How “Bluey” Teaches Adults to be Playful Again | Sarina Petersen | TED

We have a GUT feeling this robot is going places. #TEDTalks #Robot #Medicine

🧠Could we heal children’s brains non-invasively?💡 The future is bright!

The F*ckery-Dani

Abinav Gupta''s Tantra loka ll அபிநவ் குப்தரின் காஷ்மீர சைவம் ll பேரா.இரா.முரளி ll மீள் பதிவு

Why is my wife like this? #shorts

What’s The Fastest Language?

Identifying New Plants, And The Scientific Secrets Of Superfoods

Origin of consciousness located with new test

The Byrds “Turn,Turn,Turn” Breakdown #classicrock #guitar #60smusic #shorts

Quantum VS Classical? Not so fast.

They found so much treasure 😱

ஏன் அவங்க ஊருல GMart கிடையாதா😒 | Parithabangal #shorts

भयंकर गर्मियों में सिर्फ ३ सामग्री से बनाए साबुत मूंग के गुणों से भरपूर पौष्टिक लड्डू Mung Laddu

COOL ORIGAMI WOLF TUTORIAL STEP BY STEP | HOW TO MAKE ORIGAMI WOLF EASY TUTORIAL | DIY PAPER WOLF

शिलाजीत पत्रकारिता और च्यवनप्राश खबरों वाला हफ्ता | NL Tippani 236

When news anchors need to read the news themselves

On terrorism and the evolving definitions of modern warfare.

Nation's loudest anchor's incisive line of questioning...

Who is the real anti-national?

Operation Sindoor: Support Team NL-TNM on the ground in J&K

Paid content for @sandiego

Interview of FAMOUS PAINTER 🎨🖼️ | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

He Cooked 😭🔥 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

Indian ko kya bola ? 😡😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

You can delay the struggle, but cannot escape it

Are you waiting for someone to tell you what to do? | Krishnamurti

Yaar Ki Shaadi – #AmolParashar | #HindiStorytelling | #Shaadi #Comedy | #Kommune All Stars

Yaar Ki Shaadi – #AmolParashar | #HindiStorytelling | #Shaadi #Comedy | #Kommune All Stars

Heat capacity | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

Scripts and sequences | Intro to CS - Python | Khan Academy

Black White & Gray – Love Kills. 4 dead. No answers. Watch now on @SonyLIV

A woman cries, angry at the media for ignoring Poonch's human losses and only focusing on the war.

Heartbreaking story of twin kids lost in Poonch to Pakistan's shelling.

Jist Reporter Sonal shows the condition of school and homes destroyed due to Pakistan's shelling.

He Died In Pak Shelling. TV News Called Him A Terrorist ft. Sonal | Jist

Hey gang, what’s your favorite way to bond with YOUR cats? Let me know in the comments!👇 #cats

Gayan By Shavani Shende Ji ❣️✨#icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Pt Rajendra Gangani Ji And His Disciple Ravi Prakash ❣️✨ #icmdance #icmtabla #kathak #dance #shorts

Never Scroll with High Volume [ft @kamalini08 on insta ]

Nifty rises above 24,700 on buying across sectors | Metals & defence shine most

Are Banking Stocks in Trouble due to Credit Expansion Slowdown? | HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and More

ASK THE COMMUTER: What Are The Best Bits Of Commuting By Bike?🚲

Hurricane Helenes Deadly Warning (trailer) | FRONTLINE

Vite Crash Course – Frontend Build Tool

These auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth 😳

José Mujica - Life in a globalized world | DW Documentary

Nepal’s Ice Funeral: Yala Glacier Is Melting Into History

A first-of-its-kind clean-up. A story of sheer impact.Vim’s Maha Kadhai Record.

MI-35 in Action: Thunder of the Skies! 🇮🇳🚁

Brutal Murder Discovered | Murder Among Friends - FULL EPISODE | Discovery Channel

Survival Alliance or Betrayal? | Naked and Afraid XL | Discovery Channel

Top Haunting Mysteries Revealed! | Expedition X | Discovery Channel

Vaai Kozhuppu (1989) | Tamil Full Movie HD | Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

which one are you??🤪

Kathrikkai Gothsu, is a tangy, smoky dish you’ll love! Find the full recipe on the Cookd App❤

Kerala’s comfort in a bowl 🍲 Try this traditional Pidiyum Kozhiyum recipe today!

3 Reasons Your CI/CD Pipeline Isn't Working As It Should...

Why Isn’t Pluto a Planet Anymore?

Ranji Mass Fight Scene From Rajadhi Raja Movie Scenes | Rajinikanth, Radha, Nadhiya #cmm

Heroin Get Shocked In Her First Night Scene From SATHURANGAM Episode - 1 | Tamil Serial #cmm

NEELAMBARI Episode - 6 | Tamil Evergreen Serial | Family Drama | #cmm

Love & Worship in Bollywood

Carlsen's French Toasts the Tarrasch in 10* Moves

Praggnanandhaa plays a flawless opening against Duda | Superbet Classic 2025

The absolutely stunning encounter between Firouzja and Gukesh | Superbet Classic 2025

6 KIDS vs GRANDMASTER!😱#chess #grandmaster

Nihal Sarin spots a deep positional tactic! | Nihal vs Rinat Jumabayev | Asian Individuals 2025

This can't be good for your heart | WGM Srija Seshadri vs IM Anastasia Bodnaruk | Asian Individuals

Nihal Sarin on working with his new coach GM Vishnu Prasanna, representing S8UL and more

Adhiban 'beast' Baskaran - "I'm a full-on professional, playing lots of events!" | Asian Individuals

Are you not entertained? | Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann | World Blitz 2024

Gukesh’s BLUNDER SHOCKS Alireza! 😱😱#chess #gukesh #alirezafirouzja

Wesley vs Pragg, Aronian vs Gukesh | Superbet Classic 2025 | Round 8

Vishy and Anish START LAUGHING RIGHT AFTER THE GAME 😂

Ye recipe नहीं try किया to kya kiya! 😎 #aamalookisabji #kaccheaamkisabji #ranveerbrar

3 Best Standing Hip Exercises to Stop Tightness & Pain

Why most people are only giving 70%—and what happens at 100% | John Amaechi for Big Think+

3 tests for cosmic inflation

Nasty surprise

Walt Disney | The Devil in the Dream Factory

He went from gang life to changing the system !

At least 50 killed after Israeli strikes on Gaza | BBC News

Donald Trump removes sanctions on Syria | BBC News

Chimpanzees in Uganda use medicinal plants as 'first aid' | BBC News

Is Donald Trump allowed to accept $400m luxury plane as a gift? | BBC News

Halle Bailey has been granted a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, rapper DDG. #BBCNews

Erik and Lyle Menendez are now eligible for parole decades after killing their parents. #BBCNews

More than 100 people killed in Gaza in past 24 hours | BBC News

Kim Kardashian told one of the men involved in robbing her Paris mansion she forgives him. #BBCNews

Have you seen the Fallout news this week? #Fallout #BBCNews

What does Trump hope to gain from Syria and Qatar? | BBC Newscast

Pope Leo turns down Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner’s invitation to play at Vatican. #BBCNews

Man has 1986 murder conviction overturned after 38 years | BBC News

US signs $142bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia | BBC News

Justice Gavai is set to take oath as the 52nd Chief Justice of India on May 14

AI Research Labs

Brilliant Modern-Minimalist Tiny Home Quick Tour! 🤩 #tinyhouse #hometour

Happy Mother’s Day #dadlife

For Long-Jawed Spiders, Love Is a Battlefield | Deep Look