Hacker News with Generative AI: Surveys

Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM (theregister.com)
Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Research, Surveys
58 points by mpweiher 12 days ago | 25 comments
FYI: Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM, LOL (theregister.com)
Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Surveys, Investment
11 points by rntn 16 days ago | 0 comments
Believing in Spirits and Life After Death Is Common Around the World (pewresearch.org)
Belief in life after death is widespread around the globe, as is the belief that spirits can reside in animals and in parts of nature such as mountains, rivers or trees, according to a Pew Research Center survey of three dozen countries with a wide range of religious traditions.
Religion, Spirituality, Surveys, Culture, Global Trends
4 points by hn_acker 16 days ago | 0 comments
Mega Mass Assembly with JWST: The MIRI EGS Galaxy and AGN Survey (arxiv.org)
We present the MIRI EGS Galaxy and AGN (MEGA) survey, a four band MIRI survey with 25 pointing in the Extended Groth Strip (EGS) extragalactic field.
Astronomy, Space Telescopes, Galaxies, Surveys
6 points by PaulHoule 19 days ago | 0 comments
BNPL Tracker: 41% of Users Late in Past Year, More Using Loans for Groceries (lendingtree.com)
More than 4 in 10 (41%) users of buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans say they paid late on one of them in the past year, up from 34% just a year ago, according to a LendingTree survey.
Financial Technology, Consumer Behavior, Personal Finance, Credit, Surveys
8 points by sseagull 27 days ago | 0 comments
A 2025 Survey of Rust GUI Libraries (boringcactus.com)
I did this in 2020 and then again in 2021, but I’m in the mood to look around again. Let’s look through Are We GUI Yet? and see what’s up these days.
Rust, GUI, Programming, Surveys
7 points by PaulHoule 31 days ago | 1 comments
A 2025 Survey of Rust GUI Libraries (boringcactus.com)
I did this in 2020 and then again in 2021, but I’m in the mood to look around again. Let’s look through Are We GUI Yet? and see what’s up these days.
Rust, GUI, Programming, Surveys
18 points by figomore 39 days ago | 6 comments
A 2025 Survey of Rust GUI Libraries (boringcactus.com)
I did this in 2020 and then again in 2021, but I’m in the mood to look around again. Let’s look through Are We GUI Yet? and see what’s up these days.
Rust, Programming, User Interfaces, Surveys
10 points by prettymuchnoone 39 days ago | 2 comments
Fewer Americans see TikTok as National Security threat, support a ban than 2023 (pewresearch.org)
Public support for a TikTok ban now stands at 34% among U.S. adults, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. That’s down from 50% in March 2023.
Social Media, National Security, Public Opinion, Surveys
8 points by gnabgib 48 days ago | 1 comments
Most Americans think AI won't improve their lives, survey says (arstechnica.com)
US experts who work in artificial intelligence fields seem to have a much rosier outlook on AI than the rest of us.
Artificial Intelligence, Public Opinion, Surveys
5 points by latexr 48 days ago | 1 comments
Most Americans think AI won't improve their lives, survey says (arstechnica.com)
US experts who work in artificial intelligence fields seem to have a much rosier outlook on AI than the rest of us.
Artificial Intelligence, Public Opinion, Surveys, United States
10 points by ulrischa 49 days ago | 0 comments
A glitch in an online survey replaced the word 'yes' with 'forks' (pewresearch.org)
At Pew Research Center, we routinely ask the people who take our surveys to give us feedback about their experience. Were the survey questions clear? Were they engaging? Were they politically neutral?
Surveys, User Experience, Research, Data Analysis
192 points by cpeterso 63 days ago | 99 comments
Elon Musk promotes negative Tesla survey turned positive by bots (electrek.co)
Elon Musk has shared a survey that was clearly negative about Tesla last week, but it was made to look positive for Tesla after bots rigged the results.
Elon Musk, Tesla, Bots, Surveys, Social Media
12 points by croes 65 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla car (electrek.co)
A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle.
Tesla, Germany, Automotive Industry, Consumer Sentiment, Surveys
96 points by madspindel 69 days ago | 71 comments
Teenagers Say Girls Are Equal to Boys in School, or Are Ahead (nytimes.com)
Reflecting a generational change, two Pew surveys show boys tend to feel discouraged in the classroom, and are less likely than girls to pursue college.
Education, Gender Equality, Youth, Social Trends, Surveys
5 points by JumpCrisscross 71 days ago | 1 comments
40% of Britons haven't read a single book in the last 12 months (yougov.co.uk)
40% of Britons haven’t read a single book in the last 12 months
Reading Habits, UK, Surveys, Books, Culture
47 points by GeoAtreides 77 days ago | 119 comments
State of React 2024 – Survey Results (stateofreact.com)
This has been a year of consolidation for React.
React, JavaScript, Web Development, Surveys
4 points by karaokeyoga 94 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Open source Typeform alternative (forms.md)
Forms.md lets you build powerful multi-step forms and surveys with minimal code. Create production-ready forms that are privacy-focused, accessible, localizable, and themeable. Perfect for user onboarding, data collection, customer feedback, and much more. The best part? It's completely free.
Open Source, Forms, Surveys, Web Development, Alternatives
13 points by darkhorse13 97 days ago | 3 comments
2024 State of Rust Survey Results (rust-lang.org)
Rust, Programming Languages, Surveys, 2024
3 points by achristmascarl 99 days ago | 0 comments
Product Development Processes You Might Not Have Heard of (2022) (departmentofproduct.com)
According to the Department of Product’s survey data, by far the most popular product development methodology (for our audience at least) is Scrum with 2 week sprints.
Product Development, Agile, Methodology, Surveys
118 points by lgunsch 99 days ago | 29 comments
Some terminal frustrations (jvns.ca)
A few weeks ago I ran a terminal survey (you can read the results here) and at the end I asked:
Terminal Emulators, User Experience, Surveys
272 points by aragilar 106 days ago | 309 comments
New survey reports one in 10 game developers have lost their jobs in 2024 (theverge.com)
One in 10 game developers lost their job in 2024. That’s according to the results of the annual Game Developers Conference state of the video game survey.
Game Development, Employment, Surveys, Video Games
4 points by ipster_io 121 days ago | 1 comments
The State of Python 2024 – The PyCharm Blog (jetbrains.com)
This is a guest post from Michael Kennedy, the founder of Talk Python and a PSF Fellow.
Python, Programming Languages, Software Development, Surveys
12 points by rbanffy 156 days ago | 1 comments
A Survey of System Languages (2024) (alopex.li)
In case you missed it, there’s a whole new generation of low-level programming languages being created right now.
Programming Languages, Software, Surveys
17 points by todsacerdoti 157 days ago | 2 comments
Most iPhone Users Uninterested in Apple Intelligence, Survey Suggests (macrumors.com)
iPhone users have largely avoided the Apple Intelligence features released prior to iOS 18.2, a new survey suggests.
iPhone, Apple, Surveys, Consumer Behavior, Technology
4 points by ralphsebastian 157 days ago | 1 comments
Survey: Growing number of U.S. adults lack literacy skills (nbcnews.com)
The share of adults with literacy skills at the lowest measured levels increased substantially as the gap between the high-skilled and low-skilled in the U.S. expands, according to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ latest survey of adult skills.
Education, Literacy, United States, Surveys, Social Inequality
11 points by madihaa 163 days ago | 2 comments
The State of Python 2024 (jetbrains.com)
This is a guest post from Michael Kennedy, the founder of Talk Python and a PSF Fellow.
Python, Programming Languages, Software Development, Surveys
8 points by lumpa 163 days ago | 0 comments
Typed Python in 2024: Well adopted, yet usability challenges persist (engineering.fb.com)
Ten years after the introduction of PEP 484, we surveyed the current state of the Python type system and the tools developers are using.
Python, Programming Languages, Software Development, Static Typing, Surveys
14 points by vquemener 165 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: SurveyMoji – An easy way to get realtime feedback with a link/QR code (surveymoji.com)
Emoji surveys are a quick way to get feedback from your audience during a video call or conference.
Surveys, Feedback, QR Codes, Video Conferencing, Tools
16 points by zoidb 174 days ago | 6 comments
60% of Americans say they probably won't get an updated Covid-19 vaccine (pewresearch.org)
Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey.
Public Health, COVID-19, Vaccination, Surveys
29 points by hn_acker 185 days ago | 24 comments