Digest — 2025-05-16:

Permission to be ill

AI is terrible and I'm sick of pretending it's not

On Resurfacing Old Posts

Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality

Research: The Benefits of Letting HR Decide Who Gets an Interview

5 Questions to Ask Before Investing in Humanoid Robots

Octavia Butler’s Advice on Writing. “Write, every day, whether you like it...

High-School Runner Rips GOP State Rep. for Anti-Trans Comments

International students studying in the US were asked about the chilling effects...

Photos of the Inside of a Particle Accelerator

George Orwell’s 11 rules for a nice cup of tea. “I maintain...

The Good Luck Fish

A series of videos by Toby Hendy where she explains the PhD...

I Like Good Art and I Cannot Lie

The Internet Phone Book is “an annual publication for exploring the vast...

A better linter

Problems with instruction-following as an alignment target

Generating the Funniest Joke with RL (according to GPT-4.1)

Regarding South Africa

AI #116: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

HMPL v3.0: Small template language for displaying UI from server to client

Leeks and leaks

Pallene: a statically typed ahead-of-time compiled sister language to Lua, with a focus on performance

What are you doing this weekend?

erlang-red: Visual low-code flow-based programming environment for Erlang, inspired by Node-RED

Detecting malicious Unicode

Deep Dive on New Combinators

OCaml Web Development: Essential Tools and Libraries in 2025

A coherent European/non-US cloud strategy: building railroads for the cloud economy

New Life Hack: Using LLMs to Generate Constraint Solver Programs for Personal Logistics Tasks

What Problems are Truly Technical, not Social?

Jetrelay: A high-performance ATproto relay in 500 LOC

Classical "Single user computers" were a flawed or at least limited idea

A Ledger In PostgreSQL Is Fast

GNU Parallel Examples

Evolution of Rust compiler errors

Senior devs aren't just faster, they can dodge problems juniors are forced to solve

I don’t like NumPy

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Foreign Fruit

Moon Marbles Hint at Lunar Depths

Whales Run Aground by the Sun

The truth behind the accuracy of weather forecasts

Microbes in Gowanus teach lessons on fighting industrial pollution

Run GitHub Actions locally

Green Fabrication of Sulfonium-Containing Bismuth Materials for X-Ray Detection

Building my npx business card

The Journal of Imaginary Research

Comparing Parallel Functional Array Languages: Programming and Performance

Show HN: A platform to find tech conferences, discounts, and ticket giveaways

New 'Superdiffusion' Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence

Methodical Banality

Java at 30: Interview with James Gosling

Foundry (YC F24) Is Hiring – Founding Engineer (ML × SWE)

Show HN: Solidis – Tiny TS Redis client, no deps, for serverless

The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick

Will AI systems perform poorly due to AI-generated material in training data?

They Were Identical 'Twinnies' Who Charmed Orwell, Camus and More

X X^t can be faster

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA

MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery

ClojureScript 1.12.42

A Research Preview of Codex

Show HN: KVSplit – Run 2-3x longer contexts on Apple Silicon

Thoughts on thinking

Getting AI to write good SQL

"You Knew What You Were Signing Up For" – A Harmful Narrative in DFIR?

Sitting for a long time shrinks your brain even if you exercise

NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix

Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua

The loving tongue

How to get better at small talk (and even enjoy it)

Former Navy SEALs Are Diving to Save the Ocean

How many more in the bag?

What Is TRF, the Terror Group That Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink of War?

What or Where Is the Indo-Pacific?

The Philippine Midterm Election Results Reflected the Country’s Political Polarization

Malaysia’s PM Anwar Winds Up Second State Visit to Russia

On Indonesia Visit, Albanese Calls For Greater Defense and Economic Cooperation

Are India-US Relations Entering a Difficult Phase?

As Pacific Islands Caution Against Seabed Mining, the US Prepares to Trash the Rules

China’s 2025 National Security White Paper: ‘Holistic Security’ Amid Rising Global Tensions

Central Asia’s Strategic Insecurity in a Turbulent World

How Beijing’s 1995 Disappearance of the Panchen Lama Enabled Crimes Against Humanity

The Historical Great Powers of Asia: Medieval East Asia

Telemetry Exchange Could Anchor China-US Strategic Stability Dialogues

The China-US AI Race Enters a New (and More Dangerous) Phase

Beyond Yoon: The Breakdown of Rule of Law in Korea

Restraint at Risk: The Anatomy of India-Pakistan De-escalation

The Xi-Putin Summit: A Display of China-Russia Resilience on Victory Day

eXist-db 6.4.0 has been released

Karnataka to receive e-buses under PM E-Drive: HD Kumaraswamy

How Budget 2025 Is Shaping the Future of MSMEs in India

Delhivery posts its first full-year profit as partial truckload services boom

[Weekly funding roundup May 10-16] Large deals remain a no-show

Why Are People So ADDICTED to Diet Coke?

Nobel Hygiene raises Rs 170 Cr from Neo Asset Management ahead of IPO

Google crosses 150 Million paid subscribers, driven by AI integration

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (May 16, 2025)

Zepto's monthly subscription for analytics tool Atom priced upwards of Rs 30,000

Karnataka bets big on AI and GCCs to lead India’s tech future

"Profitable forever": PB Fintech's dream quarter sees renewals, credit, UAE biz in green

Amazon India Logistics arm to merge with marketplace

China unveils the world’s first AI-powered hospital: Are robot doctors the future of healthcare?

Peak XV VP-Growth Suraj Agarwalla exits firm, Vedant Trivedi moves onto portfolio company

OYO adds 3,500 corporate clients in FY25, sees 20% annual growth

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launches WhatsApp AI assistant

PURE partners with Charge Power to enter Canada, US energy storage markets

Peak XV nets Rs 1,200 Cr gain from Porter exit, marks 11X return

Toothlens tackles dental diagnostics and insurance with AI

EV dilemma: Pragmatic Indian buyers fight between reliability and novelty

Can AI help with your toothache?; Inside EY’s India GCC

Gaming meets neuroscience: Inside Zeuron.ai’s bid to reprogramme the brain

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

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

#Delhi6 - #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS)

Palki mein hoke sawaar | trending wedding dance | Nivi and Ishanvi | Laasya

Leonardo da Vinci’s Ferret

Click This For Instant Happiness | Return Of Hanuman | Zendria

Startup Ideas You Can Now Build With AI

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 16, 2025)

Why Qatar wants to give Trump a $400 million plane

யோவ் என்னய்யா இது.. கன்றாவி 😥😂 #vikkals #shorts

NASA's Artemis 2 rocket's assembly on launch platform continues with core stage and more

Blastoff! SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellite from foggy Vandenberg, nails landing

Venus Aerospace completes first US flight test of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine

China begins developing artificial intelligence in space with satellite constellation launch

Killer clowns out, sexy clowns in?

A detailed look at the interior of the new Kia Clavis! #CarensClavis #ClavisInterior #V3Cars

Kia Carens Clavis Review | A Carens That Looks Good?

Here are the top 5 features of the #Kia #CarensClavis over the old #Carens.What’s your top pick?

'You can build in India if you want to take care of India’: Trump to Tim Cook

Meet Chennai-based couple who feed thousands of parrots everyday

LIVE: Joint Briefing by Indian Army, J&K Police on Encounters in Keran & Tral area | Awantipora

"We have kept Pakistan on probation until its behavior improves": Rajnath Singh in Bhuj

LIVE: RM Rajnath Singh visits Bhuj Air force station, interacts with Jawans | Operation Sindoor

Shudra not a derogatory term,Varna not decided by birth—‘The Hindu Manifesto’, launched by RSS chief

'Fight against terrorism not just a matter of security, but now part of National Defence Doctrine'

US Homeland Security knew in 2020 Pakistani firm BSI illegally sold satellite images to Pak govt

‘Indian Army bows down at PM Modi's feet’: MP Deputy CM Jagdish Devda’s remark sparks controversy

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum in Bhuj

Why UK FTA is good news for India amid global turbulence & what both countries stand to gain

S Jaishankar speaks to Taliban Foreign Minister: India's outreach amid tensions with Pakistan

Whitewashing terrorism, drones over Delhi & S-400 narrative—eight blatant lies of Pakistan

'Op Sindoor will continue until Pakistan withdraws all its terror activities', says Pawan Kalyan

50 yrs of Sikkim integration:How it became Indian state & Indira Gandhi's Himalayan borderlands plan

Former Linux Dev on OSS, Rust, and Rewriting SQLite

Fraudulent Benchmarks 

Trust, News and Can Reporters Truly Be Without Borders?: RSF Head Speaks to The Wire

Sachin Pilot on Ceasefire: US Mediation Unacceptable, Modi Govt Must Speak Out

“Capturing Waqf Property Is a Sin”: When Gadkari & Fadnavis Defended Muslim Rights in 2007

War Not An Option, There Should Be More Security Arrangements

As Trump Repeats Ceasefire and Mediation Claims, is Modi Afraid to Refute Him? | Sachchi Baat

Every Eurovision Entry On The Graham Norton Show

Why can't you stop scrolling?

Watch This Injured Baby Vervet Monkey Bounce Back To Life | The Dodo

The Most Gentle Dog Brush | The Pack

Ana De Armas Shares Juicy Confessions With Her Dodo Dream Date | The Dodo

Ana de Armas Shares Juicy Confessions With Her Dodo Dream Date | The Dodo

Ana de Armas Shares Her Pets Nicknames | The Dodo

Ana de Armas Rates Her Dodo Dream Date | The Dodo

Testing Out Yak Chews | The Pack

Pittie Couldn't Stop Shaking Until Her Rescuers Finally Give Her A Hug | The Dodo

Watch This Injured Baby Vervet Monkey Bounce Back To Life | The Dodo

Husky Begs His Mom To Visit His Dog BFF Every Single Day | The Dodo

20-Year-Old Chihuahua Has No Plans To Stop Being A Boss | The Dodo

Terror As Statecraft | How Long Can Pak Army Keep Lying To Its People? | Akash Banerjee & Adwaith

Rep. Jake Auchincloss – 27-Hour Markup With Republicans & a Bold Agenda for Dems | The Daily Show

Charity for Shrimps? Ronny Chieng Explores the Limits of Effective Altruism | The Daily Show

Saudi Arabia went all out to greet Trump, but couldn't they have made the purple carpet shorter?

Trump’s Middle Eastern tour continued with the UAE's take on a Spirit Tunnel

Trump finally meets his match #dailyshow #middleeast

Trump went on an epic weave about drones and lumberjacks

Trump Bores UAE Businessmen About Sean Duffy & Lee Greenwood Cameos in Qatar | The Daily Show

What inspired us to create Pandora’s Legacy? #shorts #puzzle #escaperoom #boardgames

It turns out you were built to laugh #TEDTalks #Laughter #Neuroscience

There's NO Such Thing as a Stable Cannibal Society!

Simple sponge cake. #teacake #food #cake #snacks #recipeforkids #recipeforbeginers #simplecake

History’s Deadliest Assassins...

More of You - DROPPING MAY 21st #shorts #newmusic #musicvideo

The Last Person Standing In Nuclear War

Lesser Prairie Chicken May Lose Endangered Species Status

MANY THINGS UNDER A ROCK: Author Livestream and Q&A with David Scheel - #SciFriBookClub

Is This The Cringiest Top 10 Yet?

Hans Zimmer talks about the Interstellar score #hanszimmer #filmmusic #interstellar #shorts

The false promise of absolute certainty.

திருவிழா பாவங்கள் | Parithabangal

இந்த 15 நாளைக்கு அழகர் தான் எங்களுக்கு Ajith Kumar😂 | Parithabangal #shorts

ORIGAMI TURTLE EASY TUTORIAL STEP BY STEP | HOW TO MAKE TURTLE FROM PAPER ORIGAMI WORLD FOLDING ART

A Problem with Infinite Hotel Keys - Numberphile

कारी मोहम्मद इकबाल: Pakistani गोलीबारी में शहीद हिंदुस्तानी को Media ने बताया आतंकी

Why does @KunalKamra think joint families and social media are similar?

क्या पाकिस्तान से शांति की उम्मीद की जा सकती है? #nlcharcha

भारतीय मीडिया से आखिर डर क्यों लगने लगा है? #nlcharcha

Jewel Thief, interview with Pune Highway team | Awful and Awesome Ep 386

Shashi Tharoor on Donald Trump’s claim of mediating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan

What did Abhinandan and Rajyasree think about Jewel Thief starring Saif Ali Khan?

Small Japanese Home Has 7 Levels! 🤯 #nevertoosmall #shorts

When do you salt your plantains?

Angry Journalist Vs Anwar Maqsood 🔥🤓 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Thi is Sad 😢 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

Personal hogaye hehe 😂 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

They Left the USA for a Dream Tiny House & Early Retirement in New Zealand

Ad in newspaper saying we disown son to escape wife allegations

Legal advice on the power of manifestation

ADF's Founders #lastweektonight

Are You Frightened To Stand Alone? | Krishnamurti

A silent mind is necessary to inquire | Krishnamurti

4 Artists, 1 Spinning Top & Rapid-Fire | Spin-Off with Faisal, Mansa, Paresh & Srishti | Spoken Fest

4 Artists, 1 Spinning Top & Rapid-Fire | Spin-Off with Faisal, Mansa, Paresh & Srishti | Spoken Fest

Comparing written and spoken versions of a story | Reading | Khan Academy

Summarizing a story with SWBST | Reading | Khan Academy

How Paradise Valley USD Built a Culture of Confidence around AI

Exchanging Two Bishops for Two Knights? | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. 2001

Comb Painting Technique / White Deer / Acrylic Painting

FSEX : The Free Speech Experiment | EPISODE 5 | SUMIT KAUL & ABHIGYAN JHA

Asian Eyes #asian

Tell me the most unhinged thing you’ve ever done as a cat parent.👇😼 #cats #catlovers #catpeople

Tricks, Trolls, and LOLs: Comedy’s Crash Course in Spotting Lies,, with Rachel Parris

Tabla Solo Snippet By Savani Talawalkar❣️✨#icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

That Part in the Song 🎵 - Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather [waiter mera gaane mein makkhi hai]

Karoake until the album comes out ✨ #coversong #music

Nifty falls below 25k; Mid & small caps still going strong | stock market live

How do I stop ECS return charges?

Unbundling the Enterprise • Stephen Fishman, Matt McLarty & Erik Wilde

I Don't Need Another Scrum Master, Get Me a Technical Coach! • Emily Bache • GOTO 2024

Can we have infinite energy without ruining the planet? | Bret Kugelmass: Full Interview

Making Developer Friends Anywhere, with Iraqi Engineer Code;Life [Podcast #172]

Can you spot the Moon? 🌔

என்ன எழவு இது😱 Couple Reels Kodumaigal🤣🤣 Instagram REELS Troll | Tamil Trending Couple Reels

How long can weapons of war haunt us? | DW Documentary

Putin’s silent war - Hybrid attacks in Europe | DW Documentary

High #loadshedding in #india in #2025 #extreme #heat #globalwarming #climatechange

The Banana Crisis: How Climate Change Is Killing the World’s Favorite Fruit

#MaidaanSaaf: Re-imagining Waste at Maha Kumbh 2025 | Promo | Discovery Channel

Nalanda University: From Shadows to the Spotlight | Maniesh Paul| History Hunter - Discovery Channel

Fayetteville Incident: Unmasking the Sky's Mystery! | UFO’s Over Earth | Discovery Channel

The Wild Isn’t Waiting for Them to Fail! | Naked and Afraid XL | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

குள்ளன் ரொம்ப சேட்டைக்காரன் Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

குள்ளன் ரொம்ப சேட்டைக்காரன் Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

குள்ளன் ரொம்ப சேட்டைக்காரன் Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

குள்ளன் ரொம்ப சேட்டைக்காரன் Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

குள்ளன் ரொம்ப சேட்டைக்காரன் Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

குள்ளன் ரொம்ப சேட்டைக்காரன் Pandiarajan, Gautami | Comedy Thriller | DD Movies

Raag Chandranandan | Alam Khan | Music of India

Alam Khan’s Soulful Raag Mand Will Leave You Mesmerized | Music of India

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They Dug to the Bottom of Antarctica

Hero Fun Talk With Heroin SIster Scene From SATHURANGAM Episode -1 | Tamil Serial #cmm

Ramarajan Heart Breaking Scene From Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu | Ramarajan Rupini

Heroine's Father Passed Away | NEELAMBARI Episode - 7 | Tamil Evergreen Serial | Family Drama | #cmm

Mikhail Tal Slays the Sicilian Dragon is Style!!

Praggnanandhaa's fearless Benko Gambit | Wesley So vs Pragg | Superbet Classic 2025

World Champion plays with 100% accuracy | Aronian vs Gukesh | Superbet Classic 2025

WHICH LANGUAGE Do CHESS PLAYERS Want to LEARN?

Better Not Mess With My Pieces

Chess.com King of the Hill Championship - Final (Community Championships)

ठेचा चिकन 🌶️ मस्त झणझणीत | spicy Thecha Chicken curry | खर्डा / Kharda Chicken | Chef Ranveer Brar

This Malpe Home Sits Where the River Meets the Arabian Sea (House Tour)

Fix Bad Posture in Minutes #PostureCorrection #posturematters #athomefitness

Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality | Full Interview

Where does symmetry in nature come from?

Humans vs. Chimps

How AI, Remote Work, and Automation Are Forcing Us to Rethink Jobs Today

Myanmar's Killing Fields | Undercover footage and survivor testimonies

US 'troubled' by humanitarian situation in Gaza after Israeli air strikes | BBC News

The cause of the fire, at RAF Bicester, is not yet known. #Oxfordshire #Fire #BBCNews

US President Donald Trump departs Middle East after trade deals | BBC News

Nearly 100 people killed by Israel in 'ground, air and sea assault' on northern Gaza | BBC News

Chris Brown remanded in custody after being accused of attacking man in London nightclub | BBC News

Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison | BBC News

Israel qualifies for Eurovision final after protests disrupt rehearsal. #BBCNews

What are the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plans for illegal immigration? | BBC Newscast

BBC Eye investigates attacks against critics of the Iranian regime on foreign soil | BBC News

Israel qualifies for Eurovision final after protests disrupt rehearsal. #BBCNews

Ukraine and Russia agree to prisoner swap after peace talks | BBC News

White South African defends refugee status in US | BBC News

Is Trump's free plane a gift too far for Republicans? | BBC Americast

Trump warns “people in Gaza are starving” as international condemnation of Israel grows | BBC News

What did Donald Trump achieve on his four-day visit to the Middle East? | BBC News

Happy wag or stressed out? Your dog's tail is full of secrets 🐶 #DogFacts #AnimalBehaviour

Couple agrees to marry after rape case; Supreme Court coaxes flowery proposal

Ceremonial Bench as Justice Bela Trivedi retires

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The Benko - UNLEASHED! : Praggnanandhaa vs Wesley So || Superbet Chess 2025

Maxime Magic || MVL vs Duda || Superbet Chess 2025