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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....

I made a byte-range cache for object storage

https://github.com/xav-db/range-cache
2•xavcochran•1m ago•1 comments

AI and Consciousness: A Skeptical Overview

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/ai-and-consciousness/E77C92088DA3C9F89E7FE7C75CBB1896
1•dhfbshfbu4u3•3m ago•0 comments

Artists Built a Site to Escape AI. Scrapers Are Coming for It Anyway

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2026/08/23/artists-built-a-site-to-escape-ai-scrapers-a...
1•PixelForg•5m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: MCP vs. Agent Harness

1•gpt4o•9m ago•1 comments

Hugging Face has been exploring a sale that could value it at $13B+

https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-could-be-acquired-13-billion-2026-8
1•shscs911•10m ago•0 comments

I tested whether locking interface contracts helps AI app rebuilds

https://github.com/Parker-Fawcett/rebuild-dossier
1•Parker_Fawcett•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agent Mayday

https://agentmayday.org
1•pingou•10m ago•0 comments

Training AI to Paint with Code

https://surya.website/rling-qwen-to-paint-with-code
3•Tiberium•15m ago•0 comments

Fixable Things That Make Life Harder for the Elderly, the Sick, and the Poor

https://abio.substack.com/p/11-fixable-things-that-make-life
3•fkozlowski•17m ago•0 comments

Regular Expression Engine for Scryer Prolog and ISO Prolog Systems

https://github.com/dougransom/regexp_dcg/
2•triska•17m ago•0 comments

'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5925350/the-nerd-reich-tracks-the-unmasking-of-silicon-valle...
11•rbanffy•19m ago•0 comments

Are America's Gulf bases worth rebuilding?

https://www.ft.com/content/6f664a31-ca24-4a16-a6e9-5978fdf2512c
3•tcp_handshaker•21m ago•1 comments

Google Workspace thinks my domain is an email provider

https://blog.elis.cc/articles/google-workspace-thinks-my-domain-is-an-email-provider/
2•el1s7•25m ago•0 comments

Can machines even be conscious?

https://crackedbeefcake.com/on/machines/
4•lazerjesus•26m ago•4 comments

Show HN: FramePin – Turn screen recordings into beautiful interactive guides

https://framepin.com/
3•aksuta•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Know the true cost of egg freezing upfront

https://eggfreezingfacts.org/
3•wowinter15•28m ago•0 comments

The $28,000 Course for an AI Job Nobody Quite Understands Yet

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-21/how-executives-are-training-to-become-chief-ai...
3•wslh•28m ago•1 comments

Controlling what information enters my mind

https://puffer.bearblog.dev/info-control/
2•Gecko4072•29m ago•0 comments

How I Find Problems to Solve as a Staff Engineer

https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/
10•vanpra•31m ago•3 comments

Claude reaching limits quickly then ever

3•gpt4o•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Cartopolis, 3D virtual world (Rust/Bevy/OSM)

2•jvanveen•33m ago•1 comments

Drydock – turn messy specifications into working software

https://webcloudstudio.com/
2•happyed•33m ago•2 comments

British Kids Are Skipping Top Colleges for White-Collar Apprenticeships

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/british-kids-are-skipping-top-colleges-for-white-collar-app...
3•bookofjoe•35m ago•1 comments

My experience as a first time speaker

https://blog.guillheu.dev/articles/first-time-speaker/
2•crowdhailer•37m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Doop – open-source live canvas for AI agents to design

https://github.com/kgoedecke/doop
2•kgoedecke•40m ago•0 comments

Study: Men and women who marry early are poorer [pdf]

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12546-026-09430-4.pdf
2•rustoo•41m ago•0 comments

Hot Chips 2026: Samsung and HBM Base Die Opportunities

https://chipsandcheese.com/p/hot-chips-2026-samsung-and-hbm-base
2•pella•46m ago•0 comments

Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Draws Developers with Free Access

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-23/mystery-ai-model-ox-alpha-draws-developers-wit...
2•tosh•48m ago•1 comments

Fable and the End of the Free Lunch

https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/08/23/fable-the-end-of-moore-s-law.html
8•dbreunig•48m ago•0 comments

Show HN: NoteCount – Offline-first cash counter and digital ledger for Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dskysolution.notecount&hl=en_US
2•diptenusarkar•53m ago•0 comments