Pakistan is tapping into solar power at an 'unprecedented' rate. Here's why

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/21/g-s1-82369/solar-power-panels-boom-pakistan

1•toomuchtodo•1m ago•0 comments

Pact: Head-to-head negotiation benchmark for LLMs

https://github.com/lechmazur/pact

3•zone411•4m ago•0 comments

Kremlin-backed Max messenger to be pre-installed on all Russian smartphones

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/tech/max-messenger-app-russia-smartphones-intl

1•not_your_vase•4m ago•0 comments

If America is in trouble, why do foreigners keep buying US assets?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/if-america-is-trouble-why-do-foreigners-keep-buying-us-assets-2025-08-21/

2•alephnerd•5m ago•1 comments

Stupid Things That Work

https://ryanglover.net/blog/stupid-things-that-work

1•rglover•7m ago•0 comments

No. 1 – Starting from Scratch

https://9to5founder.com/p/no-1-starting-from-scratch

1•dimitrit•9m ago•0 comments

Denmark ending letter deliveries is a sign of the digital times

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v37plv2edo

2•TMWNN•9m ago•0 comments

Dropbox Passwords Discontinuation

https://help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-passwords-discontinuation

1•Shank•10m ago•1 comments

One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Problems

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/trump-constitution-unitary-executive.html

1•JumpCrisscross•10m ago•0 comments

AI SRE Needs More Than AI: It Needs Operational Context

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4•rootlyhq•12m ago•1 comments

The strangest David Lynch facts – ranked

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/21/the-strangest-david-lynch-facts-ranked

1•alkyon•14m ago•0 comments

The Core of Rust

https://jyn.dev/the-core-of-rust/

1•zdw•14m ago•0 comments

Highland Pro, Screenwriting Software for Mac

https://quoteunquoteapps.com/highland-pro/

1•tobr•15m ago•0 comments

Trump half-billion-dollar civil fraud fine overturned by New York appeals court

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/trump-fraud-new-york-appeals.html

1•koolba•15m ago•0 comments

Building a FFmpeg server on top of Chromium for browser replays

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1•juecd•17m ago•0 comments

Where is the exponential growth part of AI?

3•anon191928•18m ago•3 comments

Why Did a $10B Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them–and Why Did I Love It?

https://www.wired.com/story/why-did-a-10-billion-dollar-startup-let-me-vibe-code-for-them-and-why-did-i-love-it/

2•tortilla•18m ago•0 comments

Jilievo Game – Fun, Thrill, and Endless Entertainment

1•thediversemark•18m ago•0 comments

Kryptos K4: The Solution Auction

https://www.rrauction.com/jim-sanborn-kryptos-k4-solution-auction/

1•zdw•19m ago•0 comments

PorNO How age verification exposed the power of friction in the internet age

https://futureproofnews.substack.com/p/porno-how-age-verification-exposed

1•speckx•20m ago•0 comments

Can AI weaponize new CVEs in under 15 minutes?

https://twitter.com/nkhayet/status/1958560732284399825

3•rocoy•23m ago•2 comments

Sold Out: Why Cal.com Replaced Traditional Sales with Growth Specialists

https://cal.com/blog/sold-out-why-cal-com-replaced-traditional-sales-with-product-specialists

1•tosh•23m ago•0 comments

Performance of Oriented Strand Boards Made with Jack Pine Strands

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1227

1•PaulHoule•24m ago•0 comments

I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

https://miguelconner.substack.com/p/anki-is-already-dead

2•dothereading•24m ago•0 comments

Cursor launches background agent for Linear

https://linear.app/changelog/2025-08-21-cursor-agent

1•cristinacordova•25m ago•0 comments

Cheap Mac or Clamshell iPad? Features a $599 Apple MacBook Needs to Succeed

https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/599-apple-macbook-rumors

1•walterbell•25m ago•0 comments

Commit hash pinning in GitHub Actions: secure, but at a cost

https://developerwithacat.com/blog/202508/github-actions-commit-hash-pinning-tradeoffs/

2•mmarian•26m ago•0 comments

We Became Captives of Social Media

https://www.noemamag.com/how-we-became-captives-of-social-media/

1•gmays•26m ago•0 comments

GSA, Google Announce Transformative 'Gemini for Government' OneGov Agreement

https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-google-announce-gemini-onegov-agreement-08212025

3•ep_jhu•28m ago•0 comments

Did Ronald Reagan Have Aphantasia

https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/vision-without-seeing-part-ii

1•HR01•29m ago•0 comments

Open in hackernews

Why 'Silksong' Took Seven Years to Make

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-knight-took-so-long-to-make

3•alsoextremq•1h ago

Comments

TwoFerMaggie•1h ago

Quote from author on Bluesky:

> one of the reasons Silksong took so long was that Team Cherry is having too much fun making it and didn't want to stop.

Also this one from the article:

> "What is Jira?" Gibson said when I asked if they used the task-management application.