Digest — 2025-06-21:

Are LLMs 'useful'?

How to Be a Stone: Three Poems for Trusting Time

Happening all day today: a Reading Rainbow marathon on PBS Retro. PBS...

the silk pajamas effect

AI #121 Part 2: The OpenAI Files

Musings on AI Companies of 2025-2026 (Jun 2025)

Genomic emancipation

Consider chilling out in 2028

To Bind and Loose a Reference (2020)

Scaling our Observability platform beyond 100 Petabytes by embracing wide events and replacing OTel

Application First - Media over QUIC

Hare 0.25.2 released

Open Dylan 2025.1 - Open Dylan Release

Rhapsody OS: Installing Apple’s Lost x86 OS from 1998 on a 3.4 Ghz i7 CPU & SSD

Writing a basic Linux device driver when you know nothing about Linux drivers or USB

In Praise of “Normal” Engineers

Good at the Job, Bad at the Interview: Time to Rethink Hiring

Trip report: June 2025 ISO C++ standards meeting

See Jane 128 by Arktronics run (featuring Magic Desk, 3-Plus-1 and the Thomson MO5)

Balatro for the Nintendo E-Reader

Why computational reproducibility matters

Adding linear-time lookbehinds to RE2

Cosmoe: BeOS Class Library on top of Wayland

About Plasma’s X11 session

my website is one binary

Remaking Celeste's Lighting

Unexpected security footguns in Go's parsers

More Undervalued Hardware Companions

Mapping LLMs over excel saved my passion for game dev

First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor

BYOK – Bring Your Own Keyboard

Ocarina of Time Randomizer

2025 Alonzo Church Award: Paul Blain Levy for Call-by-Push-Value (CBPV)

Show HN: MMOndrian

Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app

uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

Weave (YC W25) is hiring a founding AI engineer

'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

AI is ushering in a 'tiny team' era

Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as lifetime non competes

Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

AllTracker: Efficient Dense Point Tracking at High Resolution

Requiem for a Solar Plant

LaborBerlin: State-of-the-Art 16mm Projector

But what do they say at the meeting?

What Democracies Get Wrong About Chinese AI

Sebi proposes guiding principles for responsible use of AI, ML in securities markets

Govt launches Rs 2.3-Cr startup programme to fast-track rooftop solar installation

How Kalakriti Art Gallery creates cultural spaces that are both contemplative and inclusive

Karnataka bike taxi riders rally at Vidhan Soudha, demand clear policy framework

National Startup Awards 2025 Deadline Extended — Submit Your Startup Now

Riders’ dilemma without bike taxis; Cashing in on rare earth magnet supply

How AI could be the key to better data governance

Sam Altman: The Future of OpenAI, ChatGPT's Origins, and Building AI Hardware

Education Award Function In Nutshell #vikkals #shorts

This honey makes people hallucinate

Maruti Baleno Variants Explained | Sigma, Delta, Zeta, Alpha | The Ultimate Analysis

Creativity vs Discipline

How brands choose Creators

Dark Side of Skincare Industry

Amazon vs Nykaa Inventory Models

Ahmadiyyas in Kashmir are branded as kafirs, boycotted, spat at. They hide, pass as Sunnis

India forgot revolutionary Rash Behari Bose. Abhishek Banerjee brought him back into focus

Operation Sindhu: 290 Indians evacuated from Iran amid conflict with Israel arrive in Delhi

ITBP jawans perform yoga on banks of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh

Munir's White House lunch, Israel-Iran conflict & Trump's warning to Tehran | ShekharSeSawal Ep20

Urban Company’s new ad highlights migration bias—and who gets to be visible

India is re-hyphenating itself with Pakistan all over again. It needs a new 3D strategy

Putin says Russia to improve combat capabilities; talks about economic impact of war with Ukraine

President Murmu gets emotional as specially abled students extend birthday wishes to her with a song

Will US enter the Iran-Israel conflict, Tehran's nuclear ambitions & America's bunker buster bomb

Progressive JSON

Himanta Govt using 'Push Back' as a Political Tool | Baat Bharat Ki

ईरान की लड़ाई अभी ख़तम नहीं हुई है !

Why Is India's Infrastructure Killing Its People? | Cracknomics Ep 48

Israel’s Iran attack an act of aggression not self-defence; threat to kill Ayatollah is mafia talk

India’s Biggest Corruption Scam: Electoral Bonds, Money Power & Politics

Daddy Issues #animation #love #parenting

Why Short Term Pleasure Makes You So Stressed

Rachel Weisz was a very naughty schoolgirl 😈

How effective is Israel's air-defence system?

Foster Puppy Immediately Recognizes His Mom At Pool Party | The Dodo

Is This The Best Toy For Tough Chewers? | The Pack

We Transformed The Shelter Into A Movie Theater For A Senior Pittie | The Dodo

We Transformed The Shelter Into A Movie Theater For A Senior Pittie | The Dodo

Feral Cat Living Outside Starbucks Becomes A Total Daddy's Girl | The Dodo

Feral Cat Living Outside Starbucks Becomes A Total Daddy's Girl | The Dodo

Woman Rescues Newborn Kitten Wrapped In Plastic | The Dodo

Woman Rescues Newborn Kitten Wrapped In Plastic | The Dodo

Jon Stewart & Klepper on Trump's Response to Israel-Iran and MAGA's War Pushback | The Daily Show

Tampa Bay Young Republicans "respect women," but invited Andrew Tate to speak to their group? #FYC

John Mulaney on how a George W. Bush moment inspired a "bit" while the actor was in rehab #dailyshow

Trump is working hard to come up with a solution for the Israel-Iran conflict. But first, flagpoles!

Is chaos media the end — or the start of a new era? #TEDTalks

Astrophysicists Discuss Issues with Gravity, Dark Matter, and the Unsolved Mystery of the Sun’s Heat

DEA Agent interview-Wesley Tabor

SWU Book 2 Promo-Nova and Tanea

Gamechange: Theories Of Everything Can’t Exist, Physicists Show.

Where does gold come from? We might FINALLY know

Disturb பண்ணாதீங்க என்ன | Parithabangal #shorts

பொண்ணு கிடைக்குறதே கஷ்டம் இதுல இவ்ளோ Rules-ஆ | Parithabangal #shorts

सिर्फ १ चम्मच घी में बिलकुल बाजार जैसी मिठ​ई बनाई घर पर ही 😋 #papamummykitchen #recipe

Israel, Iran and insanity on TV News | TV Newsance 303

झूठ और सच का खेल करने वाले हुड़कचुल्लू एंकर सुशांत सिन्हा

Iran and Israel’s nuclear conflict, Thug Life and mob censorship | Chota Hafta 542

Iran-Israel War, G-7 Summit, Trump-Munir मुलाक़ात और Amit Shah का अंग्रेज़ी पर बयान | NL Charcha 376

Air India Plane crash में मारे गए वो लोग कौन हैं जो उसके यात्री नहीं थे | Ground Report

"They vandalised my office, tried to beat me up, and even painted my face black.."

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: Spotlight on Crime | MEGA EPISODE | National Geographic

Why being "the best" is meaningless

Nonsense legal strategies suggested to husbands

I want to stay with my wife

Security in neurotic belief | Krishnamurti

Girl from Arunachal Pradesh confronts a man in Indore after he called her Nepali.

Legends Together Pt Ravi Shankar & Pt Kumar Bose Ji 🙏✨#sitar #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

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

Kuchipudi Dance By Yamini Kalluri ❣️✨ #icmdance #kuchipudi #classical #dance #icmtabla #shorts

Daily Habits for Increasing Grit & Resilience | Michael Easter & Dr. Andrew Huberman

How to Invest Dopamine for Motivation & Drive | Michael Easter & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Ghost Stories Episode 043 with @SureshNMenonOFFICIAL @CyrilDAbs and You ?

Don't Fall for Fake Groww Representatives on WhatsApp

MVP & Why We Confuse Building to Learn with Building to Earn • Jeff Patton • YOW! 2018

Cycling the Forgotten Trails of Stonehenge (Summer Solstice Gravel Epic)

💪 Orbea's NEW TERRA! 🔥

Dan's Pinarello X ✨

If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys (feat. Alexandra Ilieva) | Piano & Sax Cover

Happy summer solstice! ☀️

War in Sudan - A surgeon and his team working to save lives in the Nuba Mountains | DW Documentary

How does this home channel the sea breeze in and keep it cool in Pondicherry's heat & humidity?

Beauty Meets Brutality in Belize! | Dual Survival S5 E17 | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Starlings: Nature’s Sky Artists & Urban Geniuses!

There Is ZERO Room For Error | Bering Sea Gold S11 E3 | Discovery Channel

பிரபு நெப்போலியன் வடிவேலு சிறந்த படம் | Prabhu Vadivelu Super Hit Full Movie

பிரபு நெப்போலியன் வடிவேலு சிறந்த படம் | Prabhu Vadivelu Super Hit Full Movie

பிரபு நெப்போலியன் வடிவேலு சிறந்த படம் | Prabhu Vadivelu Super Hit Full Movie

பிரபு நெப்போலியன் வடிவேலு சிறந்த படம் | Prabhu Vadivelu Super Hit Full Movie

பிரபு நெப்போலியன் வடிவேலு சிறந்த படம் | Prabhu Vadivelu Super Hit Full Movie

Witness brilliance in a breath!

Dhrupad Vocal | Nirmalya Dey | Music of India

Tabla Maestro Sukhvinder Singh's Jaw-Dropping Performance!

First Time Flight Experience 🙏🤩 | ஒரே அசிங்கமா போச்சு குமாரு 😂 | Cookd Vlogs

How to Draw a Simple Road using One-Point Perspective for Beginners

Pragg’s English Is 99% Accurate

We visited the amazing Dave's Den in Norway | House tour of David Howell

The battle between two intense fighters | Arjun Erigaisi vs Parham Maghsoodloo | Uzchess Cup 2025

UZCHESS CUP 2025 Round 3 | Pragg, Arjun, Aravindh in action | Live Commentary

Attack, Attack, ATTACK - and the opponent CRUMBLES | Nikitenko vs Neelotpal | Aurionpro Mumbai GM

This chess pub in Oslo, Norway is so amazing! | The Good Knight in Olso

PRAGGNANANDHAA IS WORLD NO.5! 🔥🔥#praggnanandhaa #chess

Pragg is simply unstoppable | World no.5 now | Pragg vs Shamsiddin | UZchess Cup 2025

REACTIONS in 9 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES to the Gukesh vs Magnus ENDING

Best drinks for Indian summers #ranveerbrar #baelsharbat #sattukasharbat

5 Reasons Seniors Get Weak Legs! Can be Fixed

Scapula Stretch With Wall

The Bronx Is Burning: Inside the Decade of Fire

'I want our music on GTA VI', say Download Festival bands | BBC News

Iran FM warns US involvement would be 'very dangerous' as Israel targets commanders | BBC News

BBC journalist speaks to Iranian families at Turkey border. #Iran #BBCNews

US weather warnings as heat dome triggers alerts for millions of Americans | BBC News

Around 25,000 people gathered at Stonehenge this morning, but what is summer solstice? #BBCNews

Leaellynasaura Clan Face Devastating Blow | Walking With Dinosaurs (1999) | BBC Earth

In conversation with Manasi Chaudhari, author of Legally Yours

Searching For Bobby Fischer 2 || Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Richárd Rapport || 2nd UzChess Cup 2025

Unused Creativity Destroys You - Actualize your Creative Potential

The Simplest Unsolved Problem in Math

Juvenile Justice System #lastweektonight

Toddler K Drama #dadlife

ALMOST AT BIRTH pregnancy updates :)