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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....

Anthropic's IPO Prospectus Is a Fucking Doozy

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/30/reuters-anthropic-ipo-prospectus
2•danaris•4m ago•0 comments

Branch Target Reuse, BTR: New Spectre V2 Attack Targeting JIT Compilers

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Branch-Target-Reuse-BTR
1•porridgeraisin•6m ago•0 comments

More screen time is linked to poorer child development, study shows

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/health/children-screen-time-study-scli-intl-wellness
1•smoyer•6m ago•0 comments

How to hack your partners WhatsApp

1•lucasgrinvall•8m ago•0 comments

Vulnerability disclosures double to 10k per month as AI fuels exploitation

https://therecord.media/google-vulnerabilities-cyberattacks-ai
1•speckx•10m ago•0 comments

What is happening in Kyiv. A drone strike near my University [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmSHgjNYj7w
1•consumer451•10m ago•0 comments

Aurora PostgreSQL now supports querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/aurora-postgresql-query-apache-iceberg-and-par...
3•daigoba66•10m ago•0 comments

Numerai: Architect an AI scientist to predict the stock market

https://numer.ai/
1•filipstefano•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Perspica – A semantic diff for reviewing code

https://github.com/sshah03/perspica
1•sshah03•13m ago•0 comments

India restores ancient water systems (stepwells)

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260820-india-is-turning-to-ancient-water-systems-as-modern-o...
3•alentred•13m ago•0 comments

Gemini 4 Argon is here Looks amazing

https://twitter.com/GoogleAI/status/2105388478683119904
1•ltononro•14m ago•2 comments

Sadistic, Blatant, and Wanton: A Brief History of US Impunity from War Crimes

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/sadistic-blatant-and-wanton/
1•paimapi•14m ago•0 comments

Gitea 28.0.0 Is Released

https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/
1•porridgeraisin•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: CLI and TUI control for dps150 power supply

https://github.com/hmldns/dps150ctl
1•Homo__Ludens•16m ago•0 comments

Senate Democrats block bill to limit lawmakers' stock trades, citing voter ID

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-stock-trading-voter-id-bill-democrats-block/
2•mc32•17m ago•0 comments

Google Grapples with Employee Skepticism About New Gemini Model

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-30/google-grapples-with-employee-skepticism-about...
1•merksittich•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN : Colour Picker for windows

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nq8fv9dfq4v?hl=en-US&gl=US
1•brightertools•17m ago•0 comments

TalkScribe – On-device dictation and local LLM rewrite for macOS

https://talkscribe.app
1•jusef•18m ago•0 comments

Would you let AI agents into production?

https://incident-arena.com/
1•onnies•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: EtherPK – a notes app where any concept is a Kanban Board (from tasks)

https://blog.etherpk.com/any-concept-can-be-a-kanban-board
1•gb2d_hn•21m ago•0 comments

We used a database as a message queue. Now we use Kafka

https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/quick-fdb-kafka/
3•bootlegbilly•22m ago•0 comments

A better path for AI with Max Tegmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-pWm59Oyqg
1•marojejian•23m ago•1 comments

Turn one question into a branching map of ideas with AI

https://www.echohive.ai/drift
1•echohive42•23m ago•0 comments

Factory AI vs. Cognition (Devin) board tussle

1•pranshuchittora•23m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How should MLE navigate career in today's industry?

1•throwaway123198•24m ago•0 comments

Bi-directional Typing – Conor McBride [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLoEgiiFFc8
1•matt_d•26m ago•0 comments

America.gov AI Easter Egg? Type "play minecraft"

https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyDavidAdams/posts/breaking-head-over-to-america-gov-and-type-play-...
1•ada1981•29m ago•3 comments

Show HN: termkick – a simple, no-clutter native macOS SSH client

https://products.n0agi.com/termkick/
2•N0AGI•29m ago•0 comments

Reasons to Use MyDef

https://github.com/hzhou/MyDef/blob/master/docs/Reasons.md
1•hzhou321•32m ago•0 comments

'The PR guys hated the name': The 1,000-year-old story behind Bluetooth

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260924-the-1000-year-old-story-behind-bluetooth
1•rmason•32m ago•0 comments