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The k-server conjecture is true

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-15 Cached

The paper proves the k-server conjecture by demonstrating that the work function algorithm achieves a competitive ratio of k on every metric space.

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Most agents built on my $10 flight API would work better as a cron job

Reddit r/AI_Agents ↗ · 2026-09-14

The author argues that many AI agent tasks are inefficient and should use deterministic cron jobs instead, with agents reserved for judgment-based interpretations to save costs.

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Reversing Factorio's RNG

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-12 Cached

The article explains how to reverse-engineer Factorio's pseudo-random number generator to predict in-game random events, using linear algebra and knowledge of the PRNG algorithm.

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