frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Why is big O often used in CS when omega or theta should be used?

2•amichail•1y ago
Do most people not know about omega and theta or perhaps they intentionally misuse asymptotic notation?

Comments

adrianN•1y ago
Finding lower bounds is generally more difficult.
amichail•1y ago
People often use big O notation in all cases including for lower bounds.
adrianN•1y ago
BigO for lower bounds is plain wrong
numpad0•1y ago
Those aren't in the ASCII table.
compressedgas•1y ago
I've found some people on a well known QA site to be so strict with big-O notation that I don't use it anymore and instead only refer to constant, linear, quadratic time and so on. Even when O(1), O(n), O(n^2) would be actually easier to write even if they are technically wrong.

The Analytic Monopoly on AI Philosophy

https://millermanschool.substack.com/p/the-analytic-monopoly-on-ai-philosophy
1•theanonymousone•1m ago•0 comments

Story of Roomy with Handmade Illustrations

https://story.roomy.space
1•jdsane•1m ago•0 comments

India's Republic of Uncles

https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/05/31/indias-republic-of-uncles
1•thunderbong•6m ago•1 comments

If You Get in a Car Crash, the Risk Is Growing Your Insurance Won't Pay

https://www.wsj.com/finance/if-you-get-in-a-car-crash-the-risk-is-growing-your-insurance-wont-pay...
1•impish9208•9m ago•1 comments

Tcl Note A1 Nxtpaper Review (2026): A Hybrid Tablet for Taking Notes and Watchi

https://www.wired.com/review/tcl-note-a1-nxtpaper-tablet/
1•joozio•10m ago•0 comments

One Japanese village defied the tsunami (2011)

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43018489
1•mpweiher•14m ago•0 comments

We are witnessing the death of the games console

https://mattcasmith.net/2026/08/09/death-of-the-games-console
1•mattcasmith•17m ago•0 comments

The Aaronson Oracle: an interactive lesson in human predictability

https://aaronsonoracle.com/
1•Tomte•18m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Should AI's tell you they're AI?

3•logicallee•18m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Argonix – One AI-powered platform for SRE and cloud operations

https://argonix.io/
1•pydavid•22m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Free QR Code Generator – URL, Text, WiFi and VCard – Free, No Signup

https://at-use.com/tools/qr-code-generator
1•atuse•23m ago•1 comments

Angel Investor Simulator

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4771830/Angel_Investor_Simulator/
1•babuskov•23m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What you using local models for?

1•kandros•24m ago•0 comments

Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle: 'We are not lonely'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y63dw2x3wo
2•paulpauper•26m ago•0 comments

Softlanding Linux System – ArchiveOS

https://archiveos.org/sls/
1•rbanffy•26m ago•0 comments

The economics professor who keeps running office hours

https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/meet-economics-professor-who-keeps-running-office-hours
1•paulpauper•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Restoredrill proves your Postgres backups restore

https://github.com/ahmadpiran/restoredrill
2•ahmadpiran•27m ago•0 comments

Taco Bell fans won't let cyclospora come between them and food

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/taco-bell-fans-wont-let-100001989.html
2•paulpauper•29m ago•0 comments

Reducing Hallucinations in LLM-Gen. Code via Semantic Triangulation (OOPSLA 26)

https://github.com/msv-lab/just-tri-it
2•mechtaev•30m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Do you use LLMs for non-coding related work?

1•muddi900•30m ago•1 comments

Forecasting the AI Bubble

https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/08/forecasting-ai-bubble-scarcity-turns-surplus/
1•trilogic•31m ago•0 comments

Supersonic Trebuchet [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co57SfcT-h0
1•walterbell•32m ago•0 comments

The West's Demographic Math No Longer Adds Up

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/08/08/europe-us-fertility-immigration-01029122
3•pseudolus•33m ago•1 comments

Stone Soup AI (2024)

https://simons.berkeley.edu/news/stone-soup-ai
1•mpweiher•41m ago•0 comments

Climate Change and Tariffs Help China Raise More Cattle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/china-beef-imports-tariffs.html
2•xnhbx•42m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Greenbatch – a batching dependency update skill

https://github.com/josipmusa/greenbatch
1•anaq42•42m ago•0 comments

AI Writes the Code, but Humans Can't Review It All. Now What?

https://www.sylvainkalache.com/blog/ai-writes-the-code-but-humans-cant-review-it-all
4•sylvainkalache•47m ago•0 comments

CSS: The bomb inside your inbox

https://portswigger.net/research/css-the-bomb-inside-your-inbox
12•ashurandi•55m ago•0 comments

Enough with all the world-historic milestones

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9979
1•mellosouls•56m ago•0 comments

Everest Fallacy

https://www.livius.org/articles/theory/everest-fallacy
2•jruohonen•57m ago•0 comments