Hacker Papers

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   Optimality of Gerver's Sofa

   Jineon Baek · 2024

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   • Dec 2024Optimality of Gerver's Sofa
   • Dec 2024The open problem -- the "moving sofa problem" -- has possibly just been solved!
   • Nov 2025Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale
   • Jan 2026Six-decade math puzzle solved by Korean mathematician

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2. 552
   

   Backstabber's Knife Collection: A Review of Open Source Software Supply Chain Attacks

   Marc Ohm et al. · 2020

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   • May 2020Backstabber's Knife Collection: A Review of Open Source Supply Chain Attacks
   • May 2020The FBI tracking your browsing history without a warrant might be the beginning
   • Apr 2021Making Librem 5 Apps [video]
   • Sep 2025DuckDB NPM packages 1.3.3 and 1.29.2 compromised with malware

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3. 553
   

   BrainNet: A Multi-Person Brain-to-Brain Interface for Direct Collaboration Between Brains

   Linxing Preston Jiang et al. · 2018

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   • Sep 2018BrainNet: A Multi-Person Brain-To-Brain Interface for Direct Collaboration
   • Oct 2018BrainNet: A Brain-To-Brain Interface for Direct Collaboration Between Brains
   • Oct 2018BrainNet: A Multi-Person Brain-To-Brain Interface
   • Jul 2019Three people play a Tetris-like game using a brain-to-brain interface
   • Apr 2021Is it true? Can Covid-19 vaccines connect me to the internet?
   • Aug 2022Lex Fridman Podcast #309 – John Carmack

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4. 554
   

   GShard: Scaling Giant Models with Conditional Computation and Automatic Sharding

   Dmitry Lepikhin et al. · 2020

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   • Jul 2020GShard: Scaling giant models with conditional computation and automatic sharding
   • Jul 2020600B Parameters Model – GShard: Scaling Giant Models
   • Jul 2020GShard: Scaling Giant Models with Conditional Computation and Automatic Sharding
   • Jul 2020OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin
   • Dec 2021How to Go Beyond Data Parallelism and Model Parallelism: Starting from GShard
   • Dec 2023Google's Gemini: MIT Technology Review

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5. 555
   

   Chaff Bugs: Deterring Attackers by Making Software Buggier

   Zhenghao Hu et al. · 2018

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   • Aug 2018Chaff Bugs: Deterring Attackers by Making Software Buggier
   • Apr 2022Chaff Bugs: Deterring Attackers by Making Software Buggier (2018)
   • Jan 2021Chaff Bugs: Deterring Attackers by Making Software Buggier
   • Aug 2018Ask HN: What are the most interesting emerging fields in computer science?
   • Feb 2021The U.S. Spent $2.2M on Security System That Wasn’t Implemented
   • Jul 2022On the use of a life (2020)

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6. 556
   

   A Time Leap Challenge for SAT Solving

   Johannes K. Fichte et al. · 2020

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   • Sep 2020A Time Leap Challenge for Sat Solving
   • Sep 2020A Time Leap Challenge for Sat Solving
   • Feb 2022AlphaCode as a dog speaking mediocre English
   • May 2023The Silent (R)evolution of SAT
   • Aug 2025Does the Bitter Lesson Have Limits?

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7. 557
   

   A Fast x86 Implementation of Select

   Prashant Pandey et al. · 2017

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   • Oct 2018A Fast x86 Implementation of Select (2017) [pdf]
   • Jun 2017A Fast X86 Implementation of Select
   • May 2020Broadword Implementation of Rank/Select Queries [pdf]
   • Jun 2021The NSA Instruction (2019)
   • Mar 2025Succinct data structures

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8. 558
   

   Random feedback weights support learning in deep neural networks

   Timothy P. Lillicrap et al. · 2014

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   • Nov 2014Random feedback weights support learning in deep neural networks
   • Dec 2015How to trick a neural network into thinking a panda is a vulture
   • Aug 2016Decoupled Neural Interfaces Using Synthetic Gradients
   • Mar 2017Deep Learning without Backpropagation

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9. 559
   

   An Introduction to Quantum Computing for Non-Physicists

   Eleanor G. Rieffel, Wolfgang Polak · 1998

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   • Apr 2015An Introduction to Quantum Computing for Non-Physicists (2000) [pdf]
   • Dec 2015Introduction to Quantum Computing for Non-Physicists
   • Jun 2007New approach to quantum information systems
   • Feb 2017List of Quantum Computing Simulators
   • Oct 2018Graduate Student Solves Quantum Verification Problem

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10. 560
    

    Why Neurons Have Thousands of Synapses, A Theory of Sequence Memory in Neocortex

    Jeff Hawkins, Subutai Ahmad · 2015

    Hacker News threads

    • Nov 2015Why Neurons Have Thousands of Synapses: a Theory of Sequence Memory in Neocortex
    • Nov 2015Single Artificial Neuron Taught to Recognize Hundreds of Patterns
    • Jun 2019Ask HN: New Neural Network Primitives?
    • Apr 2022How to Pursue a Career in Brain-Based AI

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11. 561
    

    A dialog on quantum gravity

    Carlo Rovelli · 2003

    Hacker News threads

    • Oct 2012A dialog on quantum gravity (2003)
    • Jan 2016String Theory Might Merge with Loop Quantum Gravity
    • Jul 2017Quirks of the arXiv
    • May 2022X-Clacks-Overhead

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12. 562
    

    Scalable Bayesian Optimization Using Deep Neural Networks

    Jasper Snoek et al. · 2015

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    • Sep 2015Scalable Bayesian Optimization Using Deep Neural Networks
    • Feb 2015Scalable Bayesian Optimization Using Deep Neural Networks
    • Dec 2015Likelihood for Gaussian Processes
    • Jun 2016Computer Vision Research: The deep “depression”
    • Jan 2019A Visual Exploration of Gaussian Processes

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13. 563
    

    Starlink Generation 2 Mini Satellites: Photometric Characterization

    Anthony Mallama et al. · 2023

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    • Jun 2023Starlink v2 reached the brightness reduction target recommended by astronomers
    • Sep 2023SpaceX projected 20M Starlink users by 2022–it ended up with 1M
    • Apr 2024LSST Camera: largest camera for astronomy
    • Apr 2025An image of the Australian desert illuminates satellite pollution

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14. 564
    

    Gradient-based Hyperparameter Optimization through Reversible Learning

    Dougal Maclaurin et al. · 2015

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    • Feb 2016Gradient-Based Hyperparameter Optimization Through Reversible Learning
    • May 2015Keras: Fast Deep Learning Prototyping for Python
    • Oct 2019Gradient Descent: The Ultimate Optimizer
    • Jun 2025How can AI researchers save energy? By going backward

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15. 565
    

    Consistently faster and smaller compressed bitmaps with Roaring

    Daniel Lemire et al. · 2016

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    • Nov 2024Consistently faster and smaller compressed bitmaps with Roaring (2016)
    • Aug 2020Simdjson: Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second
    • Apr 2022A Better Compressed Bitset
    • Jan 2025Lossless Compression of Vector IDs for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search

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16. 566
    

    Ternary circuits: why R=3 is not the Optimal Radix for Computation

    Daniel Etiemble · 2019

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    • Jan 2024Ternary circuits: R=3 is not the Optimal Radix for Computation (2019)
    • Feb 2020Iota cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after wallet hack
    • Feb 2021The Ternary Manifesto (2012)
    • Aug 2024Base 3 Computing Beats Binary

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17. 567
    

    The Cost of Address Translation

    Tomasz Jurkiewicz, Kurt Mehlhorn · 2012

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    • Aug 2016Accessing RAM sometimes costs extra log(N)
    • Oct 2020The asymptotic cost of address translation on memory access time
    • Dec 2015Test results for Broadwell and Skylake
    • Jan 2017Maps and sets can have quadratic-time performance
    • May 2018A new fast hash table in response to Google’s new fast hash table

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18. 568
    

    Quantum Deep Learning

    Nathan Wiebe et al. · 2014

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    • Dec 2014Quantum Deep Learning
    • Dec 2014Quantum Deep Learning [pdf]
    • Sep 2016D-Wave Systems Previews 2000-Qubit Quantum System
    • Sep 2017General purpose quantum computing closer to reality with Microsoft breakthroughs
    • Jun 2022Quantum Algorithm Implementations for Beginners

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19. 569
    

    Formalization, Mechanization and Automation of Gödel's Proof of God's Existence

    Christoph Benzmüller, Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo · 2013

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    • Sep 2013Gödel's Proof of God's Existence
    • Oct 2013Formalizations of Gödel's Ontological Proof of God's Existence
    • Jul 2019Gödel's Ontological Proof
    • Jan 2024Kurt Gödel, his mother and the argument for life after death

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20. 570
    

    MLP-Mixer: An all-MLP Architecture for Vision

    Ilya Tolstikhin et al. · 2021

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    • Sep 2021MLP-Mixer: An All-MLP Architecture for Vision
    • May 2021MLP-Mixer: An All-MLP Architecture for Vision
    • May 2021X-Transformers: A fully-featured transformer with experimental features
    • Nov 2023MeshGPT: Generating Triangle Meshes with Decoder-Only Transformers
    • Jun 2026Do transformers need three projections? Systematic study of QKV variants

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21. 571
    

    Behavior Trees in Robotics and AI: An Introduction

    Michele Colledanchise, Petter Ögren · 2017

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    • Mar 2021Behavior Trees in Robotics and AI
    • Jan 2021Behavior Trees in Robotics and AI: An Introduction
    • Dec 2023Behavior trees in robotics and AI: An Introduction [book]
    • Mar 2021FSL: A programming language to make complex finite state machines easy to create
    • Apr 2024Survey Study on AI Agent Architectures (2024)
    • Nov 2025Creating Rimworld Mods to Add LLM PCG and LLM NPCs to Enhance Its RPG Elements

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22. 572
    

    Neural Networks are Decision Trees

    Caglar Aytekin · 2022

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    • Oct 2022Neural Networks Are Decision Trees
    • Oct 2022Neural Networks Are Decision Trees
    • Oct 2022Neural Networks Are Decision Trees
    • Feb 2023Ask HN: Is anyone else getting AI fatigue?
    • Jun 202420x Faster Background Removal in the Browser Using ONNX Runtime with WebGPU
    • Mar 2026Decision trees – the unreasonable power of nested decision rules

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23. 573
    

    Do be do be do

    Sam Lindley et al. · 2016

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    • Mar 2024Do be do be do (2017) [pdf]
    • Aug 2018Do Be Do Be Do
    • May 2019The C language is purely functional (2009)
    • Mar 2023Effing-mad, an effect library for Rust
    • Jan 2024scrapscript.py

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24. 574
    

    On the statistical properties and tail risk of violent conflicts

    Pasquale Cirillo, Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2015

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    • Feb 2017Violence Has Not Been Declining Over Time
    • Nov 2015On the statistical properties and tail risk of violent conflicts
    • Mar 2018The PowerPoint Philosophe: Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment
    • Jul 2022Voyager suspends trading, deposits, withdrawals, and loyalty rewards
    • Feb 2024Stephen Wolfram – 4-Hour Conversational Documentary on My Entire Arc of Life [video]

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25. 575
    

    DRAW: A Recurrent Neural Network For Image Generation

    Karol Gregor et al. · 2015

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    • Feb 2015DRAW: A Recurrent Neural Network For Image Generation [pdf]
    • Feb 2015DRAW: A Recurrent Neural Network for Image Generation [pdf]
    • Sep 2015Towards universal neural nets: Gibbs machines and ACE
    • Sep 2016Image Compression with Neural Networks
    • Feb 2020JPEG Committee releases a call for evidence for image compression based on AI

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