<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Pseudomanifold</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Pseudomanifold</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:15:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Pseudomanifold" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[LLMs are proof that Unix won]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unix/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unix/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390066">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390066</a></p>
<p>Points: 41</p>
<p># Comments: 17</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:59:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unix/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390066</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pledge for Scientists]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/pledge/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/pledge/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209658">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209658</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:51:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/pledge/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209658</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bits of Advice That, in Murky Light, Might Pass as Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/40/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/40/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979342">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979342</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/40/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979342</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unexamined Model Is Not Worth Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unexamined/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unexamined/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905889">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905889</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:38:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unexamined/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905889</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Pseudomanifold in "An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Darktable (<a href="https://www.darktable.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.darktable.org/</a>) has become very good and continues to be my go-to solution for digital photography.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:07:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892104</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892104</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Comments on "Magnifica Humanitas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/magnifica_humanitas/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/magnifica_humanitas/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399094">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399094</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:22:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/magnifica_humanitas/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399094</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scholarship in the Age of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/scholarship/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/scholarship/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358602">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358602</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:57:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/scholarship/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358602</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epistemic Humility in the Age of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/humility/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/humility/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861969">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861969</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:19:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/humility/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861969</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Better Lesson? Geometry and Topology in the Era of Deep Learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/better_lesson/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/better_lesson/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885223">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885223</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:49:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/better_lesson/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885223</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI: From Homer to ChatGPT]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/new/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/new/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46421486">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46421486</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:11:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/new/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46421486</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46421486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher Education and AI: Some Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/education/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/education/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136664">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136664</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:44:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/education/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136664</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machine Learning Needs a Langlands Programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2020/langlands/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2020/langlands/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46058315">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46058315</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:28:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2020/langlands/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46058315</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46058315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Structure-Preserving Graph Coarsening for Graph Neural Networks]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://aidos.group/blog/magedge/">https://aidos.group/blog/magedge/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915345">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915345</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:33:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://aidos.group/blog/magedge/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915345</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reluctant Philosopher Kings? Leadership in Academia]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2022/philosopher_king/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2022/philosopher_king/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820816">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820816</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:44:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2022/philosopher_king/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820816</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skills for the Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/skills/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/skills/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820812">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820812</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:44:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/skills/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820812</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consciousness Is Overrated Anyway (For AI)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/consciousness/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/consciousness/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45007549">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45007549</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:37:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/consciousness/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45007549</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45007549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clopen Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/clopen_data/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/clopen_data/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44974212">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44974212</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/clopen_data/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44974212</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44974212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fulbright Program: Chock Full of Bright Ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/fulbright/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/fulbright/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776434">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776434</a></p>
<p>Points: 71</p>
<p># Comments: 14</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:24:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/fulbright/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776434</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overcoming Academic Impostor Syndrome]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/impostor/">https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/impostor/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736358">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736358</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:33:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/impostor/</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736358</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Topology Meets Machine Learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202507/noti3193/noti3193.html?adat=August%202025&trk=3193&pdfissue=202507&pdffile=rnoti-p719.pdf&cat=none&type=.html">https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202507/noti3193/noti3193.html?adat=August%202025&trk=3193&pdfissue=202507&pdffile=rnoti-p719.pdf&cat=none&type=.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604049">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604049</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:40:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202507/noti3193/noti3193.html?adat=August%202025&amp;trk=3193&amp;pdfissue=202507&amp;pdffile=rnoti-p719.pdf&amp;cat=none&amp;type=.html</link><dc:creator>Pseudomanifold</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604049</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604049</guid></item></channel></rss>