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A proof of concept tool to verify estimates

https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/a-proof-of-concept-tool-to-verify-estimates/
2•jeremyscanvic•1y ago

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turtleyacht•1y ago
A defensive programming nit is not to return the desired result [1] but to show all collected cases are true.

  def defensive_true():
      # assume False
      ...
      return arr.all(True)
There are tests, but some wild refactoring in the night and "tests still pass," leading to a blind ship, could be a tiny risk.

Not a big deal, just I don't trust myself to return the happy path if the middle could change.

[1] https://github.com/teorth/estimates/blob/main/src/estimates....

Let's build a digital clock (Video, Ben Eater)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDH-fZKnQk
1•JKCalhoun•2m ago•0 comments

A unique palaeolithic human ichnological record from Italy (Bàsura Cave)

https://elifesciences.org/articles/45204
1•Tomte•4m ago•0 comments

Amazon Builder's Library – An overlooked goldmine of System Design knowledge

https://sumitgouthaman.com/posts/amazon-builders-library/
1•equinumerous•4m ago•0 comments

RIP Your Backlog

https://randsinrepose.com/archives/r-i-p-your-backlog/
1•mooreds•6m ago•0 comments

Testing is underway on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/09/health/colon-cancer-vaccine-lynch-syndrome
2•mooreds•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What assisted driving car is best for elderly drivers?

2•yubblegum•7m ago•0 comments

The "Data Quality/Engineering" Angle

https://kylesinvestigation.com/
1•mkyle71•8m ago•0 comments

Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples: at the edge of survival (2025) [pdf]

https://assets.survivalinternational.org/documents/2788/original-b24f435d70d2e27876b53452d615b1a4...
1•mooreds•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: YC Startup School, but AI-Native

https://foundera.app/
2•toyji•9m ago•0 comments

Gemini 3 Pro can generate normal maps

https://geosona.com/software/2026/08/09/gemini-normal-maps/
1•gste•9m ago•2 comments

Israeli startup was linked to rogue AI hacks at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/09/israeli-startup-irregular-linked-to-ai-hacks-openai-anthropic-met...
1•cramer4next•10m ago•0 comments

The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars

https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-growth-florida-arizona-west-virginia
1•ceejayoz•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Amapola – financial models you can draw and play

https://thepatternbridge.com/amapola/
1•GabrielSilver•15m ago•0 comments

Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/
1•ilamont•16m ago•0 comments

Trump Crypto Took $100M from a Businessman with Red Flags

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/us/politics/bobby-zhou-trump-crypto.html
1•hrldcpr•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FolderForge, open-source native macOS folder icon designer

https://github.com/KeplSiv/FolderForge
2•keplsiv•21m ago•0 comments

Amazon circumvents Gilroy community vote for AI data center

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazon-secretly-circumvents-community-vot...
11•mikhael•22m ago•1 comments

Claude Code in 9 lines Python

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1viwlgj/comment/p2mn1xt/
2•tosh•24m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FAIth – a syntax-free JVM language, compiled by an LLM front-end

https://github.com/krossovochkin/faith
2•krossovochkin•25m ago•0 comments

The Long, AI-Powered Quest to Perfect Pringle-Making

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/inside-the-long-ai-powered-quest-to-perfect-pringle-making-ab37a231
2•bookofjoe•28m ago•1 comments

Self Hosting Coding LLMs

https://blog.samibadawi.com/2026/08/self-hosting-coding-llms.html
2•type-lambda•29m ago•0 comments

The Closure of the Internet

https://arctotherium.substack.com/p/the-closure-of-the-internet
2•barry-cotter•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Project Oberon System version running on RISC-V instead of RISC-5

https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem/tree/op2-rv32
3•Rochus•31m ago•0 comments

A golf career SIM I built, abandoned, and just found still has real users

https://www.rainydaygc.com
2•mdstrobe•33m ago•0 comments

Scientists turn to sharks to improve hurricane predictions

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/scientists-turn-sharks-improve-hurricane-predictions...
2•geox•42m ago•0 comments

Making AI Smarter with AI

https://math.andrej.com/2026/07/11/making-ai-smarter-with-ai/
2•artninja1988•46m ago•2 comments

Advanced AI Sycophancy

https://www.seangoedecke.com/advanced-ai-sycophancy/
4•vinhnx•47m ago•0 comments

What LLMs Should Do

https://adamperesztegi.com/posts/what-llms-should-do/
2•nevertoolate•51m ago•0 comments

China created a system that simulates the Earth with billions of AI agents

https://twitter.com/howtoprompt__/status/2086110097663795365
4•fragmede•53m ago•1 comments

Generative AI threatens to upend citizen science records

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-creatures-born-code-generative-ai.html
2•programd•53m ago•0 comments