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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....

Tokenmaxxing Is Dead. Now Comes the Belt Tightening

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/corporate-america-cracks-down-on-ai-spending-a...
2•mancerayder•1m ago•0 comments

How the words we teach English language learners changed

https://pudding.cool/2026/07/essential-words/
1•c-oreills•3m ago•0 comments

A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon

https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-512c4dd708b4cda1160d30b764f9fdb5
1•marc__1•4m ago•0 comments

Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog's Clothing

https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/why-sheep-need-pigs-in-sheepdogs
1•jger15•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I spent 2.5 years developing my 3D portfolio website, all under 5 MB

https://shees.dev
2•sheesdev•6m ago•0 comments

The Case for Bad Coffee

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-case-for-bad-coffee
1•colinprince•7m ago•0 comments

Decadence Without Pleasure: Why Nothing Feels Joyful Anymore

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
1•yarapavan•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Will Stripe Buy PayPal?

1•cyanregiment•9m ago•0 comments

Hungary to shut down sole nuclear plant as Danube falls to record low

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/hungarys-paks-nuclear-plant-could-be-powered-down-this-we...
1•geox•11m ago•0 comments

Counter-Based random number generator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-based_random_number_generator
1•binyu•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Interactive Heatsink Area Calculator by Geometric Profile

https://specled.com/en/w/heatsink-profile-area-calculator-by-geometric-profile/
1•Specled•16m ago•0 comments

Demobscene

https://demobscene.com/
1•fatliverfreddy•16m ago•0 comments

Write Amplification Explained

https://everything.explained.today/Write_amplification/
1•ankitg12•16m ago•0 comments

Mosh in a Lift (2012)

https://mosh.org/elevator.txt
1•gavide•17m ago•0 comments

Having fun with oh my pi, DeepSeek-V4-Flash, GPT-5.6 Luna and Antigravity CLI

https://flashblaze.xyz/posts/having-fun-with-omp-deepseek-luna-and-agy/
2•flashblaze•20m ago•0 comments

Yes you can measure engineering

https://www.rubick.com/valuesum-metric/
3•meetpateltech•21m ago•1 comments

Security Flaw Placed 30 Years of DNA Evidence at Risk of Hacking

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/security-flaw-placed-30-years-of-dna-evidence-at-risk-of-h...
1•impish9208•25m ago•1 comments

The Impending, Inescapable Deluge of A.I

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/29/technology/ai-chips-data-center-boom.html
3•bookofjoe•25m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A fixed harness for comparing LLM agent memory systems

https://github.com/AML-memory/agent-memory-leaderboard
1•IreneAI•26m ago•0 comments

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/vc-backed-startups-commit-more-fraud-and-researchers-think-they...
2•richardchilders•26m ago•0 comments

Mozilla's Inaugural 'State of Open Source AI' Report Is Here

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-state-of-open-source-ai-report/
1•nlpnerd•28m ago•0 comments

Stack Trace for Distributed Systems

https://github.com/leandromoreira/distributed-stack-trace/tree/main
1•dreampeppers99•34m ago•0 comments

Claude on Political Compass

https://utopiagov.com/blog/political-compass
1•makosst•37m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What cloud agents do you use?

1•mopatches•41m ago•0 comments

Cross compiling Swift (including SwiftUI) to WASM

https://github.com/patch-release/patch-swift
2•jasolomon•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: DFAH-Bench – same agent decision, different tool paths

https://github.com/ibm-client-engineering/output-drift-financial-llms
1•raffisk•41m ago•0 comments

The Triangle Game, from Zero

https://muchmirul.github.io/conjectures/multicolor-ramsey/
1•jdkee•45m ago•0 comments

Thoroughly Understanding C++ ABI

https://ykiko.me/en/articles/692886292/
1•rramadass•46m ago•1 comments

Waymo Bites Passenger

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbGsc_yicao/
6•liamnorm•46m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Turn a Nintendo Joy-Con into a Codex Micro Alternative

https://github.com/Jinjiang/joy-con-codex-micro
1•jinjiang•47m ago•0 comments