Gormisdomai
Re:We collected 10k hours of neuro-language data in our basement
on Monday December 08, 2025 @12:56PM (#46195438)
The example sentences generated “only from neural data” at the top of this article seem surprisingly accurate to me, like, not exact matches but much better than what I would expect even from 10k hours:
“the room seemed colder” -> “ there was a breeze even a gentle gust”
Re:Show HN: A1 – compiler for AI agents into maximally deterministic code
on Monday December 08, 2025 @12:09PM (#46194824)
This looks cool but I’m confused exactly how the compilation is supposed to work, and the docs[1] don’t make it any clearer. Is it promoting an LLM to try to get it to generate deterministic code to do the task?
Second-order cybernetics
The 90s filing cabinet cyborgism of "Getting Things Done"
The other mirror test you will probably fail
Agency Without Consciousness
Re:Learn Prolog Now
on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:50PM (#45904239)
Related: LLMs trained on "A is B" fail to learn "B is A"
Re:Project Euler
on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:49PM (#45904203)
This website was a part of my education as a computer scientist and seeing it here again I'm curious for the full story of how this site was made. Who made it, what do they do now, is it part of a broader project they have?
There is only very basic info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Euler
Blasting Yeast with UV Light
Statistical tests are complicated because their inventors didn't have computers
Re:CYBERSPACE: text-only social network
on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:48AM (#45896753)
This is aesthetically very pleasing but the contents of the sections currently either don't load for me or load very slowly.
The Schiller-Spencer theory of play as a model of human flourishing
Underdog Bias Rules Everything Around Me
Hackers, Wizards, and Scientists
Speech at Christening of Computer [1967]
Text of Ove Arup's Computer Christening Speech [1967]
1967 speech about progress, computers, and staying human in an age of automation
Re:Robert Hooke's "Cyberpunk” Letter to Gottfried Leibniz
on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @10:05AM (#45811810)
Thank you for doing this!
Robert Hooke's "Cyberpunk” Letter to Gottfried Leibniz
Why did Bertrand Russell care so much about the meaning of the word "the"?
My experience doing a part-time philosophy degree alongside a full-time job
Falsehoods Data Engineers Believe About Data
The Magic: The Gathering colour wheel (and humanity)
Meta and Silly
General Knowledge Poker (2023)
Lambda: The Gathering
General Knowledge Poker
Re:Organization Probably Doesn't Want to Improve Things
on Sunday October 08, 2023 @08:16AM (#37809807)
There must now be projects like the one the author describes that are at least 5-10 years old now, I’d love to see a comparison of ones that delivered their promises and ones that keep delusionally lumbering on.
Re:500 Lines or Less – Writing a useful program in fewer than 500 line...
on Sunday October 08, 2023 @08:14AM (#37809795)
Glad to see this on here again. This book is what bridged the gap between my undergrad degree and feeling like I could contribute to nontrivial real software projects. I originally found it because of HN