Why “system” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Surprised there was no mention of the old system theme colours (that I think still work in some browsers but are long-deprecated): https://developer.mozilla.org/e…
by sbarre · Sep 11, 2026
Agreed, and while subjective experience can be misleading (being a Hofstadian "strange loop" is a strange thing) you'd think that if our entire perceptual and cognitive processe…
by HarHarVeryFunny · Sep 11, 2026
Different countries must have different standards for that. Here, the result would be that the person owning the staircase would call a cleaning firm and then send the bill to t…
by belorn · Sep 11, 2026
Windows is built using BuildXL, a very different build system from MSbuild used in Visual Studio: https://github.com/microsoft/BuildXL/blob/main&#x…
by miffy900 · Sep 11, 2026
It shows the sad state of user experience that applications completely ignore how different platforms function. For websites, I would expect them to follow the web conventions o…
by bluGill · Sep 11, 2026
Doesn't apply to every scenario where agents are useful. Think about businesses - most business processes are not optimized this way. They are mostly a conglomeration of hierarc…
by rush86999 · Sep 11, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "system" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "system" over time.
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules or set of constraints to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems sciences. Read more on Wikipedia