Hacker News with Generative AI: Research Papers

Tiny Pointers (arxiv.org)
This paper introduces a new data-structural object that we call the tiny pointer.
An Infinitely Large Napkin [pdf] (2019) (venhance.github.io)
S1: Simple Test-Time Scaling (github.com/simplescaling)
This repository provides an overview of all resources for the paper "s1: Simple test-time scaling".
Excuse me sir, would you like to buy a kilo of isopropyl bromide? [pdf] (sciencemadness.org)
Is Open Source Software More Secure? (2005) [pdf] (cs.washington.edu)
Twenty Questions with a Random Liar (11011110.github.io)
I have another new arXiv preprint: “Computational geometry with probabilistically noisy primitive operations”, arXiv:2501.07707, with Mike Goodrich and his student Vinesh Sridhar. Many computational geometry algorithms are designed around the use of primitives, subroutines that access the coordinate data of the input and convert it into combinatorial information, with the assumption that all access to the input goes through these primitives.
Let's talk about AI and end-to-end encryption (cryptographyengineering.com)
Recently I came across a fantastic new paper by a group of NYU and Cornell researchers entitled “How to think about end-to-end encryption and AI.” I’m extremely grateful to see this paper, because while I don’t agree with every one of it’s conclusions, it’s a good first stab at an incredibly important set of questions.
Collusion through Common Leadership [pdf] (law.northwestern.edu)
Agents, Google's whitepaper on the basics of LLM agents (drive.google.com)
DeepSeek-v3 Technical Report [pdf] (github.com/deepseek-ai)
A curated list of papers for Software Engineers (github.com/facundoolano)
📚 A curated list of papers for Software Engineers
In Search of a Faster SQLite (avi.im)
SQLite is already fast. But can we make it even faster? Researchers at the University of Helsinki and Cambridge began with this question and published a paper, “Serverless Runtime / Database Co-Design With Asynchronous I/O”. They demonstrate up to a 100x reduction in tail latency. These are my notes on the paper.
In Search of a Faster SQLite (avi.im)
SQLite is already fast. But can we make it even faster? Researchers at the University of Helsinki and Cambridge began with this question and published a paper, “Serverless Runtime / Database Co-Design With Asynchronous I/O”. They demonstrate up to a 100x reduction in tail latency. These are my notes on the paper.
Information Batteries (2021) [pdf] (raghavan.usc.edu)
The logic theory machine, A. Newell, H. Simon (1956) (ieee.org)
Food Colorants Before Aniline Dyes (1991) [pdf] (scs.illinois.edu)
The Universal Relation (bernsteinbear.com)
I took a databases class last year. In it, we learned about some theory and some practice and one of the most oft-cited papers was “On the Universal Relation” (1979) by Marc H. Graham (“MH Graham” on Google Scholar) at the University of Toronto. It’s apparently a classic. It’s got some foundational work in databases. It’s also nowhere to be found online, and local libraries did not have it. Everybody cites it… has anybody read it?
Dolphin Swimming – A Review (1991) [pdf] (ist.psu.edu)
"Now What?" by John Hopfield (2018) [pdf] (pni.princeton.edu)
Ask HN: What are some good papers and textbooks about modern filesystems? (ycombinator.com)
I'm interested to learn about modern high-performance filesystems. Are there some good papers and textbooks that I should read? I'm interested in everything below the filesystem abstraction down to, and including, the physical storage.
Debugging operating systems with time-traveling virtual machines (2005) [pdf] (usenix.org)
SQL/SE Query Language Extension for Schema Evolution (1992) [pdf] (dl.acm.org)
Little Languages (1986) [pdf] (um.edu.mt)
What goes around comes around and around [pdf] (cs.cmu.edu)
Whitney Stratifications and Intersection Homology (2023) [pdf] (ethz.ch)
Page Dewarping (2016) (mzucker.github.io)
Evaluating Eye Tracking Systems for Computer Input (2012) (yorku.ca)
Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers (github.com/ahrm)
Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf] (davetannenbaum.github.io)
Folding and One Straight Cut Suffice [pdf] (1999) (imsc.res.in)