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Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a theater mode that recreates the worst parts?

1•amichail•51s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Engineering Perception with Combinatorial Memetics

1•alan_sass•7m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Steam Daily – A Wordle-like daily puzzle game for Steam fans

https://steamdaily.xyz
1•itshellboy•8m ago•0 comments

The Anthropic Hive Mind

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b
1•spenvo•9m ago•0 comments

Just Started Using AmpCode

https://intelligenttools.co/blog/ampcode-multi-agent-production
1•BojanTomic•10m ago•0 comments

LLM as an Engineer vs. a Founder?

1•dm03514•11m ago•0 comments

Crosstalk inside cells helps pathogens evade drugs, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-crosstalk-cells-pathogens-evade-drugs.html
2•PaulHoule•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Design system generator (mood to CSS in <1 second)

https://huesly.app
1•egeuysall•12m ago•1 comments

Show HN: 26/02/26 – 5 songs in a day

https://playingwith.variousbits.net/saturday
1•dmje•13m ago•0 comments

Toroidal Logit Bias – Reduce LLM hallucinations 40% with no fine-tuning

https://github.com/Paraxiom/topological-coherence
1•slye514•15m ago•1 comments

Top AI models fail at >96% of tasks

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-failed-test-on-remote-freelance-jobs/
4•codexon•15m ago•2 comments

The Science of the Perfect Second (2023)

https://harpers.org/archive/2023/04/the-science-of-the-perfect-second/
1•NaOH•16m ago•0 comments

Bob Beck (OpenBSD) on why vi should stay vi (2006)

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=115820462402673&w=2
2•birdculture•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: a glimpse into the future of eye tracking for multi-agent use

https://github.com/dchrty/glimpsh
1•dochrty•21m ago•0 comments

The Optima-l Situation: A deep dive into the classic humanist sans-serif

https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/the-optima-l-situation
2•subdomain•21m ago•1 comments

Barn Owls Know When to Wait

https://blog.typeobject.com/posts/2026-barn-owls-know-when-to-wait/
1•fintler•21m ago•0 comments

Implementing TCP Echo Server in Rust [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOBZ_Xzuio
1•sheerluck•21m ago•0 comments

LicGen – Offline License Generator (CLI and Web UI)

1•tejavvo•25m ago•0 comments

Service Degradation in West US Region

https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status?gsid=5616bb85-f380-4a04-85ed-95674eec3d87&utm_source=...
2•_____k•25m ago•0 comments

The Janitor on Mars

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/10/26/the-janitor-on-mars
1•evo_9•27m ago•0 comments

Bringing Polars to .NET

https://github.com/ErrorLSC/Polars.NET
3•CurtHagenlocher•28m ago•0 comments

Adventures in Guix Packaging

https://nemin.hu/guix-packaging.html
1•todsacerdoti•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: We had 20 Claude terminals open, so we built Orcha

1•buildingwdavid•30m ago•0 comments

Your Best Thinking Is Wasted on the Wrong Decisions

https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-02-07-your-best-thinking-is-wasted-on-the-wrong-decis...
1•iand675•30m ago•0 comments

Warcraftcn/UI – UI component library inspired by classic Warcraft III aesthetics

https://www.warcraftcn.com/
1•vyrotek•31m ago•0 comments

Trump Vodka Becomes Available for Pre-Orders

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kirkogunrinde/2025/12/01/trump-vodka-becomes-available-for-pre-order...
1•stopbulying•32m ago•0 comments

Velocity of Money

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_of_money
1•gurjeet•35m ago•0 comments

Stop building automations. Start running your business

https://www.fluxtopus.com/automate-your-business
1•valboa•39m ago•1 comments

You can't QA your way to the frontier

https://www.scorecard.io/blog/you-cant-qa-your-way-to-the-frontier
1•gk1•40m ago•0 comments

Show HN: PalettePoint – AI color palette generator from text or images

https://palettepoint.com
2•latentio•41m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Number of Students at UCSD Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets

https://www.newsweek.com/students-ucsd-without-8th-grade-math-skills-skyrockets-11030373
6•apparent•2mo ago

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apparent•2mo ago
UCSD Faculty senate report here: https://senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347/sawg-report-on-admissio...

Shocking to see that 1/8 of the incoming class needs remedial math, and that remedial math includes basic elementary school skills.

UCSD is a very hard school to get into, and there should be precisely zero kids at this level.

georgeburdell•2mo ago
https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/prep...

"UC eliminated its standardized test requirement in 2020."

You may note a correlation with the data showing the remedial class needs skyrocketing after that. Edit: the report notes the same. Obviously there's the confounding factor of Covid, but you would expect the damage to recover by 2024, yet we see that the problem is still getting worse as of the latest data.

apparent•2mo ago
Of course; it wouldn't have been feasible to admit so many clearly underprepared students when standardized test scores were required. It was only by eliminating this requirement (against the recommendations of the UC faculty) that it became possible to enroll so many students who are woefully unprepared.
kappi•2mo ago
It's because of high admission rate from LCFF+ Schools

Beginning in 2022, however, UC San Diego took the lead, with enrollment jumping from 894 in 2021 to roughly 1,800 in each of the following three years (2022-2024).

The subset of California public schools in which more than 75 percent of the school’s total enrollment is composed of students who are identified as either eligible for free or reduced-price meals, or English learners, or foster youth, are eligible for additional funding through the LCFF program. The subset of California schools that meet these eligibility requirements are referred to as LCFF+ schools,