Digest — 2025-10-06:

Brain man

Bernard Carr: physics of the observer

The Beauty of Smaller Communities

i am not a whole person

Just be yourself

Here's a stupid thing while the world burns down

my journey with coffee

october 6 etc

a frank piece about influencers

COSMOS-Web unveils JWST’s newest gravitational lenses

How censorship turns ordinary men into martyrs

Why “outrageous optimism” is your startup super-skill

AI adoption rates look weak — but the data hides a bigger story

“In Gaza Dies Your Western Dream”
by Alex Cocotas

The UX butterfly effect

Non-Obvious Haskell Idiom: ViewPattern Argument Transform

How to Drive Digital Innovation Without Wasting Resources

How Should I Plan for My Next Role When I’m Happy with the One I’m In?

4 Organizational Red Flags That Turn Off Job Candidates

When Shareholder Engagement Hurts More Than It Helps

We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will...

Oh I don’t know, the appearance of two perfectly overlapping fiery rings...

Tim Berners-Lee: “I gave the world wide web away for free because...

In Praise of Comfort Films

How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World....

Empty Nest? Or Open Door?

“Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize...

What Makes for a Healthy Society?

I missed this from a couple of months ago: Inside the World...

The Taco Bell 50k Ultramarathon was run in Denver over the weekend....

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment. “Mainstream media...

The overflow: hidden property and sticky headers

Base64Bench: How good are LLMs at base64, and why care about it?

Maybe social media algorithms don't suck

LLMs one-box when in a "hostile telepath" version of Newcomb's Paradox, except for the one that beat the predictor

The Origami Men

Gradual Disempowerment Monthly Roundup

fibonacci-numbers crate

WebGPU and the price of compiling WGSL

nanopb: Protocol Buffers with small code size

Beating the L1 cache with value speculation (2021)

What are you doing this week?

A case for learning GPU programming with a compute-first mindset

Simple automated deployments using git push (2024)

This Month in Redox - September 2025

OpenZL: An Open Source Format-Aware Compression Framework

A mere add_foreign_key can wipe out your whole Rails + SQLite production table

The QNX Operating System

Django: one ORM to rule all databases

buffalo::buffalo::buffalo

What are PolyForm licenses?

NIRS fire destroys [South Korean] government's cloud storage system, no backups available

Why you should be using pathlib (2018)

AI and Home-Cooked Software

Servo GTK

I'm Building a Browser for Reverse Engineers

Saving My Commit With `jj evolog`

Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?

My First Contribution to Linux

gem.coop

I brain coded a static image gallery in a few hours

“Jason Lives” in Rutledge, Georgia

The Power Grid Is Struggling. Can AI Fix It?

An illustrated introduction to linear algebra

Global Village Construction Set

AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake

It's just a virus, the E.R. told him – days later, he was dead

OpenAI ChatKit

Show HN: I've build a platform for writing technical/scientific documents

Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actually works

Being blocked from contributing to lodash

My Life in Ambigrammia

Translating Cython to Mojo, a first attempt

Show HN: Kent Dybvig's Scheme Machine in 400 Lines of C (Heap-Memory Model)

RediShell: Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Redis

Mise: Monorepo Tasks

Ladybird passes the Apple 90% threshold on web-platform-tests

Valorant's 128-Tick Servers (2020)

Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account

CodeMender: an AI agent for code security

The least amount of CSS for a decent looking site (2023)

Apps SDK

The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring

How video games reduce anxiety

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle

The Spark: The Unforeseen Benefits That Blossom When You Reuse and Repair

The grid

China Hacked South Korea’s Government, But Was It Really North Korea?

Vietnamese Communist Party Chief to Visit North Korea This Week

How Vietnam’s Non-Aligned Foreign Policy Helps Bolster Its Position in the South China Sea

India’s Top Court Intervenes to Check Heavy Development Spree in the Himalayas

Can the Organization of Turkic States Leave Its Mark?

Reclaiming Gandhian Spirituality in the Age of Religious Nationalism

The Rise and Fall of China-Czechia Relations

Thailand Arrests Australian Journalist Over Malaysian Defamation Charge

Honduras’ Election Tests China’s Promises and Taiwan’s Soft Power

Takaichi Sanae and the Rise of Conservative Populism in Japan

Australia and PNG Sign Defense Treaty, Agreement With Vanuatu Delayed

After the Youthquake: Nepal’s Fragile Path to Democratic Renewal

Power of Siberia 2: Russia’s Political Bet, China’s Diplomatic Win

Can Takaichi Find a Pragmatist Streak as Prime Minister?

Southeast Asia’s Fraud Networks and the Countries Paying the Price

[photos] A Good Drink

[photos] Illusion

[photos] Dallas Wall

[photos] Taxiing

Agoda data shows 67% rise in international travel interest to India during Diwali 2025

Top 9 cities see 2.5% fall in office space leasing during Jul-Sep; 40% drop in Bengaluru: CBRE

Urban solution for rural dairy ecosystem; Building a consumer-centric nutraceutical brand

How Gomini uses urban fractional ownership to make rural dairy ecosystem viable

Dhan parent co Raise Financial Services joins unicorn club as it raises $120M from Hornbill, others

Nykaa sees GMV growth close to thirties in Q2 driven by a renewed surge in fashion

B2B ecommerce platform JSW One closes Rs 575 Cr funding round, adds SBI to cap table

Ola Electric gets govt certification for in-house ferrite motor amid rare earth magnet crunch

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (Oct 6, 2025)

Steadview Capital Managing Director Puneet Kumar quits

boAt parent Imagine Marketing returns to profit in FY25 even as revenue growth slows

How adaptive AI tools are personalising education for children

Lenskart bags SEBI approval for IPO; to raise Rs 2,150 Cr via fresh issue

Omnichannel home & furnishing retailer Wakefit gets SEBI nod for IPO

Is performance vs. ‘Total Cost of Opportunity’ the new equation for AI-native enterprises? Tech leaders weigh in

Four Tamil Nadu startups rewriting the rules of safety, health, and access

Google-backed Twid launches UPI app that turns reward points into spendable money

From Celebration to Commitment: Decoding Cashfree’s Year-long Launchpad Offer for Startups

완벽한 아침! 정말 맛있는 핫도그?! NO! 밥도그!! #주먹밥 #gimbap #onigiri #hotdog #sausage

How Your Memory Can Remake the Past | The Gray Area

வண்டில ஏற சொல்லல, படு 😂😂 #vikkals #arjunreddy

Fly over Mars' Xanthe Terra highland region and its 3.5 billion-year-old channels

Guess the car!

Kisi Luxury Car Ki Feel Deti Hai Harrier.ev | Branded

Mahindra have launched the updated Bolero Neo — Prices start from ₹8.49 lakh!

Packing game assets into a binary file

Japan's hot springs are doorway to ancient life forms

Wintrack vs Chennai Customs has unleashed middle class anger. And BJP must worry

Musk's Grokipedia plan, Wikipedia ex-founder's Left attack & AI at centre of ideology war

Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasara on fire tragedy at ICU ward of SMSHospital,Jaipur

Police conducts flag march in Cuttack, Odisha after violence erupted last night

MNM Chief Kamal Haasan to visit Karur, meet families of stampede victims

LIVE: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurates 1st phase of Patna Metro

'Indian Muslims’ love for the Prophet is now a threat. ‘I love Muhammad’ row is political'

LIVE: EC announces schedule for Bihar elections 2025

2005 Writings on Bihar walls:First stirrings of aspiration beyond caste, identity & bijli-sadak-pani

'People of Bihar want change, they want Mahagathbandhan': RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

Pakistan's game in Central Asia, a port offer to US: Importance of Pasni & why it matters

'Unpredictable & volatile world,makes the case for multi alignment stronger'- S. Jaishankar's speech

Sanae Takaichi: What leadership of Japan’s First Female PM means for country’s future

Jaipur Hospital fire: 6 killed, questions raised over negligence & glaring safety lapses

RSS की विचारधारा क्या है | Baat Bharat Ki

"I was expecting Bhagwat to apologize for Gandhi's assassination. He didn't" | Dhirendra Jha

“Netanyahu wants to shift the responsibility to someone else.”

Worshipping and Glorifying Godse | Baat Bharat Ki

Tony Blair Wants to Inveigle Himself into the Good Books of both Americans and Gulf Monarchs.

“I find the Air Force Chief’s claim about Operation Sindoor very hard to accept”: Pravin Sawhney

Bihar Assembly Poll Dates Are In: बिहार विधान सभा चुनाव 2025 की तारीख का ऐलान - देखिए लाइव

'Coldrif' Cough Syrup में ज़हर? 14 बच्चों की मौत का जिम्मेदार कौन?

RSS @100: Where is Modi-Bhagwat Jugalbandi headed?

Bihar SIR में मिले कितने 'घुसपैठिए', मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त ने नहीं बताया?

बिहार में चुनावी रण! नीतिश बनाम तेजस्वी किसके सिर सजेगा ताज?Arfa Khanum Sherwani

How censorship turns ordinary men into martyrs | Jacob Mchangama

Hollywood's Most Haunting Tales On The Graham Norton Show

How Donald Trump made the Gaza talks happen

How Donald Trump made the Gaza talks happen

Sad-Eyed Rescue Dog Becomes Her Artist Mom’s Ultimate Muse | The Dodo

Grieving Mama Dog Finds The Perfect Match | The Dodo

Couple's New House Comes With A Family Of Bears | The Dodo

Stray Cat Breaks Into Woman's Apartment To Have Babies | The Dodo

Pregnant Shelter Pittie Never Gave Up On Finding A Home | The Dodo

Dog Nail Trimming Doesn’t Have to Be Scary | The Pack

Corgi Insists On Supervising Dad When He Grills | The Dodo

Four Pound Kitten Cozies Up To "Tough Guy" German Shepherd | The Dodo

Bihar Elections | Nitish Kumar's Political Sunset Or CM For Tenth Time!? | Akash Banerjee & Geetika

Pete Hegseth’s set of standards to de-woke the military is starting to sound like a Grindr profile

The U.S. Army wants YOU to join the fight against America's cities (fatties can stay home)

Josh Johnson on Trump's AI Trolling During the Gov't Shutdown | The Daily Show: Ears Edition

What's so bad about job hugging? Sometimes people just want to be held, right, #MichaelKosta?

Most Countries Fail at Clean Energy. Here’s How Mine Succeeded | Sebastián Kind | TED

This doctor figured out how to cure himself — and now he’s using AI to cure others #TEDTalk

Inside the Gaza Peace Plan | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer

They Tried To Make Me Go To Rehab...-Rebecca

Scott

Relapse is Part of Recovery-Jack (follow up)

Ayan Rand ll அயன் ராண்டின் சுயநலமே அறம் எனும் தத்துவம் ll பேரா.இரா.முரளி

Lemon juice challenge | #shorts #challenge

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

The Most Important Invention Ever Is... Glue

SciFri Live! Ask an Astronaut: Ellen Ochoa

SciFri Live! Ask an Astronaut: Nicole Stott

Anthropologists Have A Bone To Pick With New Skull Finding

Finally…Breaking Down Kansas LIVE

Nick Raskulinecz on Rush #rush #geddylee #shorts

A Once-in-a-Century Proof: The Kakeya Conjecture

Mapping problems to quantum hardware

Why We Are at an Inflection Point with U.S. Debt

இது விஷேஷ நாள் இல்ல வேலை நாள் | Parithabangal #shorts

ORIGAMI RACING CAR TUTORIAL | HOW TO MAKE ORIGAMI CAR STEP BY STEP | DIY SPORT CAR ORIGAMI ART

EASY ORIGAMI RACING CAR TUTORIAL | DIY RACING CAR FROM PAPER STEP BY STEP EASY CRAFT

October 6, 2025: Can the BJP change Delhi’s bad air days?

"90 मिनट के सरकारी बुलेटिन चलाएंगे तो उत्तराखंड सरकार देगी करोड़ों के विज्ञापन."

लखनऊ : स्वच्छता के दावों पर भिनकती मक्खियां

How good is your national park knowledge? #AmericasNationalParks

Slow down and drift for a while 🐟 #EarthMoods #Oceans

COMAC: China's Rival to Airbus and Boeing. Should They Be Worried?

54 MELLISAI MANNARGAL ISAIPPAYANAM FILM SERVER SUNDARAM1964 POGA POGA -PBS- P S KANNADASAN

Divorce law abroad: How evidence is considered

The major reason why divorces happen and how they can be avoided

Trump Admin & The Military #lastweektonight

Thought, reality, truth | Krishnamurti

Organising truth | Krishnamurti

The Lowlife and The Lizard | #Vivaan Shah Storytelling | #Spoken Fest Mumbai 2025 | #Kommune India

The Lowlife and The Lizard | Vivaan Shah Storytelling | Spoken Fest Mumbai 2025 | Kommune India

Projectile motion | AP Physics | Khan Academy

Members of a right-wing group disrupted the Miss Rishikesh rehearsal.

Kanpur cop caught on camera beating student, suspended after outrage.

Night Uber ride turns risky for Bengaluru woman, driver refuses drop and acts aggressively.

Bihar Election 2025: Election Commission Announces Polling And Result Dates | Aaj Ka Jist

Walking Skills = Driving Skills

Gap Year Girl | Jack Whitehall

Maestros Together || Garaj Garaj Recreated #icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Bharatanatyam Classical Dance By Shreema Upadhyay #icmdance #classical #dance #icmtabla #shorts

Garaj Garaj Cover Recreated By Kiran, Nivi & Purbayan Chatterjee #icmvocal #sitar #icmtabla #fusion

Bharatanatyam Dance By Priyanjali Rao #icmdance #classical #dance #icmtabla #shorts

What It Takes to Be Unbreakable | DJ Shipley & Dr. Andrew Huberman

COD orders can get you scammed!

Strongest Sectors in Weak Market | Weekly Sector Analysis

State of the Art of AI Tools in Micro-Frontend Architectures • Luca Mezzalira • GOTO 2025

3..2..1.. Build That Vision PRS HUB ⏱️

Cyclists, Best Pressure For Road Bike Tyres = ? 🧐

Life at the European Space Agency, 1970s edition 📼

கொடுக்கு vs DISK OIL 😂🤣

Dr Shashi Tharoor speech on Mata Amritanandamayi’s 72nd birthday celebration

Dr Shashi Tharoor on The Adenwalla Memorial Oration on “Missionary Healthcare in the Corporate Era”

Scientists Create Spermbot to Deliver Medicine

#impact of fading #globalization in a climate stricken world #economy #moderntimes #climatechange

UFO Stories That Shocked the World! | UFO’s Over Earth S1 E3| Discovery Channel

Mining Operation Pushes Gold Miners to the Limit | Gold Rush S9 E2 | Discovery Channel

Journey Through The Red Planet Mystery | NASA's Unexplained Files S3E1 | Discovery Channel

Double Trouble Alert! Rakhi Sawant Enters the Jungle | Reality Ranis S2

The Treacherous Currents At McKinley Creek | Gold Rush: White Water S5 E5 | Discovery Channel

இந்த மாதிரி காதல் இப்போ எங்க இருக்கு அஜித் காதல் Movie | DD Movies

இந்த மாதிரி காதல் இப்போ எங்க இருக்கு அஜித் காதல் Movie | DD Movies

இந்த மாதிரி காதல் இப்போ எங்க இருக்கு அஜித் காதல் Movie | DD Movies

இந்த மாதிரி காதல் இப்போ எங்க இருக்கு அஜித் காதல் Movie | DD Movies

இந்த மாதிரி காதல் இப்போ எங்க இருக்கு அஜித் காதல் Movie | DD Movies

Can long nails and cooking really go together? 💯💅🏻 Here’s how 😁

You’re Doing TDD WRONG

What If You Just Kept Holding Your Breath?

Karpov's Ruy Lopez Crushes Korchnoi in 28 Moves

Firouzja Cracks Andreikin's Chebanenko Slav

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, it's the King | Hikaru vs Gukesh | Highlights | Checkmate : USA vs India

Hikaru THROWS Gukesh’s King 😱😱 #chess #gukesh #hikarunakamura

Most INSANE Chess Moment ☠️😱 #chess #gukesh #magnuscarlsen

Sagar Shah vs GothamChess Deathmatch incoming? | Starting moments of India vs USA match

Wholesome Gukesh Moment ♥️ #gukesh #chess

The Grand Entry | Checkmate: USA vs India | Highlights | Part One

Team India goes down 3-0 | Checkmate: USA vs India | Highlights | Part Two

Levy takes on Sagar | The crowd goes wild | Checkmate: USA vs India | Highlights | Part Three

The Closing | Checkmate: USA vs India | Highlights | Final Part

Beautiful Moment of Sportsmanship 🥹♥️ #gothamchess #sagarshah #gukesh #chess

Hikaru THROWS The King After USA Dominate India

GOTHAMCHESS VS. CHESSBASE INDIA SAGAR SHAH!!!!!

Hikaru vs. Gukesh BULLET TIME SCRAMBLE | Checkmate: USA vs. India

Chess, but you CAN'T Resign!

Warm Up recipe - Papad ki Sabji (click related video for full recipe) #papadkisabji #ranveerbrar

My inspiration for Food History #ktachaya #foodhistory #ranveerbrar

Shree Gurukrupa Residence | Official Promo #buildofy #architecture #gujarat #home #tour #shorts

Best 23 Sleep Positions  to Avoid PAIN & Sleep Apnea

LIVE RECAP- Stop Hip or Low Back Pain FAST: Know the “CROSS OVER EFFECT”

Back Friendly Ball Crunch

The Tiny Scorpions* In Your House

Manipulation vs. Motivation | Andrew Bustamante

1981 Armored Car Robbery: FBI’s Hunt for Domestic Terrorists

When Wisconsin Workers Occupied the Capitol

How Switzerland's glaciers have rapidly declined | BBC News

What's behind Japan's culture of overworking? #Japan #BBCNews

Hikers wade through snow near Mount Everest as 200 stranded. #BBCNews

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns | BBC News

Aurélien Fontenoy has set a new world record. #EiffelTower #Paris #BBCNews

Mount Everest rescuers battle heavy snow with hundreds still stranded | BBC News

Gaza peace talks set to begin in Egypt | BBC News

How will police use their new powers to restrict repeated protests? | BBC Newscast

France in fresh political crisis as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns | BBC News

Could Donald Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize? #Trump #BBCNews

Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment to Oregon | BBC News

Ex-Israeli hostage whose family were killed on 7 October is ‘trying to be positive' | BBC News

Israel deports Greta Thunberg and Gaza flotilla activists. #BBCNews

Israel and Hamas begin indirect talks in Egypt on Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan | BBC News

Will Trump's peace plan work? | BBC Newscast

Getting Close to the World's Wildest Animals | BBC Earth

Join MAYA at NYCC

Our son doesn’t like his FATHER

Parenthood is TOUGH

1.b4 Against The World Champion! || Hikaru Nakamura vs Gukesh || Checkmate: USA vs India 2025

No Piece Flinging, Just Good Chess || NikolasTheodorou vs Maxim Rodshtein || European Teams 2025

Crazy Position from European Championship || Italy vs France || Marc'Andria Maurizzi vs Luca Moroni

Why complex exponents matter | Laplace Transform Prelude