Why “Forecasting” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
A prediction definitionally includes an outcome, and it _can_ include a timeline. (if you’re serious about your forecasting, then you generally include a timeline; forecasting i…
by achompas · Sep 1, 2026
No, hes been extremely wrong multiple times, he should not be treated seriously Its silly to say hes just early, when his predictions give specific timelines that don't work at…
by inferniac · Sep 1, 2026
This is exactly right. Now, that does mean something about Zitron: he’s a pundit, not an expert or a forecasting genius. You could point to any number of analogous booster types…
by arctic-true · Sep 1, 2026
Skforecast-AI – Agentic time series forecasting in Python
by JoaquinAmat · Sep 1, 2026 · 1 points
Possibly the website has been hugged to death, but the principle resonates with me from the headline. In the large and old enterprises I've worked with, there is such a stark sh…
by andyst · Sep 1, 2026
TimesFM-3: A zero-shot foundation model for multivariate forecasting
by GaggiX · Sep 1, 2026 · 11 points
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "forecasting" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "forecasting" over time.
Forecasting is the process of making predictions based on past and present data. These forecasts can later be compared with actual outcomes. For example, a company might estimate their revenue in the next year, then compare it against the actual results creating a variance actual analysis. Prediction is a similar but more general term. Forecasting might refer to specific formal statistical methods employing time series, cross-sectional or longitudinal data, or alternatively to less formal judgmental methods or the process of prediction and assessment of its accuracy. Usage can vary between areas of application: for example, in hydrology the terms "forecast" and "forecasting" are sometimes reserved for estimates of values at certain specific future times, while the term "prediction" is used for more general estimates, such as the number of times floods will occur over a long period. Read more on Wikipedia