Hackernews posts about ISA

ISA is an acronym that stands for Instruction Set Architecture, which refers to the set of basic instructions that a computer's central processing unit (CPU) understands and can execute.

  1. AGI fantasy is a blocker to actual engineering (www.tomwphillips.co.uk)
    629 points by tomwphillips 5 days ago | 644 comments
  2. Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste (seated.ro)
    470 points by jxmorris12 21 days ago | 381 comments
  3. What is a manifold? (www.quantamagazine.org)
    393 points by isaacfrond 15 days ago | 133 comments
  4. Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction (2016) (karpathy.medium.com)
    353 points by swatson741 17 days ago | 160 comments
  5. Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 (www.iflscience.com)
    265 points by Neuronaut 6 days ago | 120 comments
  6. Why AC is cheap, but AC repair is a luxury (a16z.substack.com)
    137 points by walterbell 15 days ago | 183 comments
  7. Pasta/80 is a simple Pascal cross compiler targeting the Z80 microprocessor (github.com)
    121 points by mariuz 29 days ago | 24 comments
  8. The Arduino Uno Q is a weird hybrid SBC (www.jeffgeerling.com)
    116 points by furkansahin 19 days ago | 76 comments
  9. I think Substrate is a $1B Fraud (substack.com)
    91 points by JumpCrisscross 18 days ago | 1 comments
  10. Tech workers' fight for living wages and a 32-hour workweek is a battle for all (thechiefleader.com)
    86 points by robtherobber 16 days ago | 181 comments
  11. Factory Farming Is a Blight (www.palladiummag.com)
    55 points by speckx 16 days ago | 15 comments
  12. FIFA's 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape (www.theguardian.com)
    50 points by PaulHoule 23 days ago | 19 comments
  13. Photos: New Phoenix Microcenter is a 'tech-heaven' for geeks (www.phoenixnewtimes.com)
    44 points by tortilla 13 days ago | 91 comments
  14. Bannon Claims 'There Is a Plan' for Trump to Run for a Third Term (www.nytimes.com)
    35 points by zerosizedweasle 25 days ago | 22 comments
  15. Billionaire Marc 'It's Time to Build' Andreesen Is a NIMBY (www.vice.com)
    32 points by cbHXBY1D 5 days ago | 4 comments
  16. Mathematical proof debunks idea the universe is a computer simulation (phys.org)
    30 points by dxs 19 days ago | 25 comments
  17. Elon Musk's $1T pay deal is a troubling display of corporate capture (www.economist.com)
    28 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 7 days ago | 16 comments
  18. In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA (arstechnica.com)
    26 points by enraged_camel 14 days ago | 5 comments
  19. Ask HN: What is a passkey and why is everybody asking for one lately?
    24 points by CGMthrowaway 26 days ago | 8 comments
  20. Deploying to Amazon's cloud is a pain in the AWS younger devs won't tolerate (www.theregister.com)
    18 points by raw_anon_1111 14 days ago | 11 comments
  21. Apache Iggy is a high-performance, persistent message streaming platform (iggy.apache.org)
    18 points by tanelpoder 16 days ago | 1 comments
  22. My Programming Career Is a Historical Artifact (payne.io)
    16 points by alexsanjoseph 28 days ago | 11 comments
  23. Trump Revives Billionaire Isaacman’s Nomination to Top NASA Job (www.bloomberg.com)
    15 points by impish9208 14 days ago | 8 comments
  24. UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation (news.ok.ubc.ca)
    14 points by XzetaU8 18 days ago | 8 comments
  25. What Is a Manifold? (www.quantamagazine.org)
    14 points by genoveffo 15 days ago | 1 comments
  26. China's new scientist visa is a 'serious bid' for the top talent (www.nature.com)
    13 points by naves 7 days ago | 1 comments
  27. When Face Recognition Doesn't Know Your Face Is a Face (www.wired.com)
    13 points by FromTheArchives 28 days ago | 1 comments
  28. "Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital" (pluralistic.net)
    12 points by hn_acker 8 days ago | discuss
  29. “Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology - time we described it that way (ethanmarcotte.com)
    11 points by ChrisArchitect 13 days ago | 4 comments
  30. Coca-Cola's new AI holiday ad is a sloppy eyesore (www.theverge.com)
    11 points by stalfosknight 15 days ago | 4 comments
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