Why “Thought” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
LotusScript was heavily modelled after Visual Basic. I thought it was an awful language to work with. :) But LN was generally a fun platform... as long as you kept things very,…
by gmfawcett · Sep 10, 2026
Ask HN: Why can I only downvote select comments?
by socalgal2 · Sep 10, 2026 · 3 points
I love this, because decay implies a story, evidence of somebody else's specific failure, which procgen can't fake. It's not just clever, it's brilliant! Minecraft's procgen vil…
by DonHopkins · Sep 10, 2026
Also no layoffs, ever. Who would've thought that providing your people stability would lead to a better product.
by tjpnz · Sep 10, 2026
I see, maybe your use case is indeed pathological for Qwen 3.8 27b. Another thing to try if you are using llama.cpp is "reasoning budget". That makes the thinking stop after the…
by sharmajai · Sep 10, 2026
You overthink this. Participating in HN is in no way like democratic voting. And sometimes it is my (or yours) comment that is the problem. Let's not pretend that 90% of HN comm…
by msm_ · Sep 10, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "thought" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "thought" over time.
Thought, or thinking, is a cognitive process in which the mind considers, creates, or manipulates ideas, representations, or information. Core forms include judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and deliberation. Other processes, such as entertaining an idea, memory, or imagination, are also frequently considered types of thought. Thought may arise in response to perception, but can also occur without immediate input from the sensory organs. In a broader sense, any mental event—including perception and unconscious processes—may be described as forms of thought. The term can also denote not the process itself, but the resulting mental states or systems of ideas. Read more on Wikipedia