Why “Systems” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
From the MIT-AI Lab's file "AI:HUMOR;PDP-* LIST", the inimitable Marc Crispin weighs in on DEC's PDP's: https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/ma…
by DonHopkins · Oct 31, 2026
> it's only interpretations which require a collapse where non-determinism appears Right, but we're talking about alternative interpretations here - something that is not MWI, B…
by antonvs · Oct 31, 2026
Productivity went down because an engineer spent 2 weeks doing what nobody would have previously done /s. On a more serious note, the productivity increase is the time whic…
by amenghra · Oct 31, 2026
Except, trains already have them since about 150 years ago. The problem was that the "train TCAS" requires minimum distances for detection, so to speak, below which the system c…
by numpad0 · Oct 31, 2026
Thanks for this bit of nostalgia. As a veteran user of DEC computers for most of my career, I really enjoyed this despite some of the omissions that others have pointed out. I c…
by bigtimber · Oct 31, 2026
The service operated by the incorporated 501c3 has full visibility into who else a user messages and when. This is not good for privacy. What the non-low-value users are general…
by jon128 · Oct 31, 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