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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....

Surprise Treasury Move Can't Mask America's Record Debt Problem

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-08-20/surprise-treasury-buyback-can-t-mask-americ...
1•petethomas•27s ago•0 comments

Iceland cuts store losses by 80% with AI-powered theft detection

https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/08/iceland-cuts-store-losses-by-80-with-ai-powered-thef...
1•theanonymousone•1m ago•0 comments

Views on the Dollar Shortage Controversy

https://www.aeaweb.org/research/great-dollar-shortage-debate
1•wslh•2m ago•0 comments

Citizen Devs: Everyone is an engineer now

https://www.massdriver.cloud/blogs/the-citizen-developer
2•metal13•3m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How did you write code on restricted hardware?

1•diselody•3m ago•0 comments

Go updates may delight diehard gophers but displease AI overlords

https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/20/go-updates-may-delight-diehard-gophers-but-displeas...
1•joebuckwilliams•4m ago•0 comments

Code as an Artifact

https://pradeeproark.com/posts/code-as-an-artifact-means-to-an-end/
1•pradeeproark•4m ago•0 comments

Opus 5 Is Trash

1•no-user•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: DumpSort – drop screenshots/PDFs, get a named zip (browser-only)

https://dumpsort.vercel.app
1•davidlifschitz•5m ago•0 comments

U.S. Workers Are Paying More for Healthcare, and Next Year Will Be Worse

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/u-s-workers-are-paying-more-for-healthcare-and-next-year-wi...
1•tcp_handshaker•6m ago•0 comments

Software's Differentiated Sell-Off

https://www.a16z.news/p/charts-of-the-week-softwares-selective
1•gmays•6m ago•0 comments

The Hajji Baba Club

https://www.hajjibaba.org/
1•gregsadetsky•9m ago•0 comments

Discriminating stress from cognitive load using a wearable EDA device (2010)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19906598/
1•wslh•10m ago•0 comments

Meta launches new vibe-coding platform, Pocket, in the US

https://www.neowin.net/news/meta-launches-new-vibe-coding-platform-pocket-in-the-us/
2•bundie•12m ago•1 comments

US July gaming hardware spending dropped to near-2020 out-of-stock lows

https://www.eurogamer.net/circana-july-2026-hardware-software-sales
2•haunter•15m ago•0 comments

The Threat of AI to Media Archives

https://ebird.org/news/threat-of-ai-to-archives
2•steptwo•16m ago•0 comments

You Will Go To Mars (a picture story book)

https://www.youwillgotomars.com/
1•rtills•16m ago•0 comments

Robots are asking for tips. But who gets the money?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260818-do-you-have-to-tip-the-robots
2•rmason•17m ago•1 comments

How to Destroy AI Scam Phone Calls (Short Video)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aa0v-24EFy0
1•rmason•20m ago•0 comments

Early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells

https://medicine.washu.edu/news/how-early-life-stress-leaves-a-scar-inside-brain-cells/
2•gmays•20m ago•0 comments

Single-User Inference Card

https://markohaberl.substack.com/p/single-user-inference-card
2•mhaberl•22m ago•0 comments

The Jason Arday delusion: Scapegoating is punitive and crass

https://unherd.com/2026/08/the-jason-arday-delusion/
2•cahlingl•23m ago•0 comments

AI Is Revolutionizing Strategic Decision-Making

https://hbr.org/2026/09/ai-is-revolutionizing-strategic-decision-making
1•devy•24m ago•0 comments

Context-Aware Inlining: Using Call-Stack Profiles for Fast and Smaller Binaries

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3830016
1•matt_d•24m ago•0 comments

Everybody watches some TV

https://profane-tmesis.info/everybody-watches-some-tv
1•riskone•25m ago•0 comments

The Wonders of the Male Human Pelvis

https://nautil.us/the-wonders-of-the-male-human-pelvis-1283947
2•littlexsparkee•28m ago•0 comments

FTC says "personalized pricing" based on consumer data could violate the law

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-personalized-pricing-warning-consumers/
5•rawgabbit•28m ago•0 comments

ICE and Iran worked together to deport Iranians from U.S.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ice-and-iran-worked-together-to-deport-iranians-from-u-s-newly...
3•cocacola1•28m ago•0 comments

We published 421 AI-written articles in five months. They earned 10 clicks

https://blog.marketingsohigh.com/421-ai-articles-10-clicks-what-the-data-showed/
1•csroay•28m ago•0 comments

So Many Fisker Ocean in New York, but Why?

https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2025/05/13/so-many-fisker-ocean-in-new-york-but-why/
3•eric_h•29m ago•1 comments