Why “Systems” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> People least suitable to wield power are most magnetically attracted to it. In the current system.* There are systems that allow you to distribute power more equally. It requi…
by Ygg2 · Sep 16, 2026
I'm not sure why anyone is expecting stochastic systems to be deterministic. Chess is a deterministic game won by a combination of known movesets and constrained multi-level for…
by TheOtherHobbes · Sep 16, 2026
> I said this in different ways before and got shoveled because of the way I said it Are you sure that was the problem? Because to me it seems like it’s the argument which doesn…
by latexr · Sep 16, 2026
AI Is Reshaping Open Source Software and Straining the Systems That Sustain It
by DeepLogin · Sep 16, 2026 · 1 points
>> the models generalize well only on tasks within a small neighborhood of the specific tasks they've been trained on, and even then with severe caveats. the frontier labs have…
by YeGoblynQueenne · Sep 16, 2026
> The "value" of most knowledge workers -- based on what enterprises currently pay for them -- is $50 - 70 trillion annually. It's reasonable to assume that if AI drop-in-replac…
by _ink_ · Sep 16, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "systems" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "systems" 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