Hacker News: aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=aatishHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:31:08 +0000<![CDATA[Simple circuits can create complex behaviors]]>Article URL: https://aatishb.com/myriad/lets-build-a-brain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261253

Points: 285

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]]>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:01:06 +0000https://aatishb.com/myriad/lets-build-a-brain/aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261253https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261253<![CDATA[It took an octillion calculations to train GPT 6 Astra]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/15/upshot/ai-data-center-math.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50119432

Points: 4

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]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:14:22 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/15/upshot/ai-data-center-math.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50119432https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50119432<![CDATA[A Simple Puzzle Reveals the Jagged Edge of AI's Abilities]]>Article URL: https://aatishb.com/blog/2026/ai-jagged-intelligence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49860730

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]]>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:31:55 +0000https://aatishb.com/blog/2026/ai-jagged-intelligence/aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49860730https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49860730<![CDATA[Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45491118

Points: 5

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]]>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:21:09 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45491118https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45491118<![CDATA[All the Science at Risk in Trump's Clash with Harvard]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/22/upshot/harvard-funding-cuts.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44358282

Points: 5

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]]>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:50:54 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/22/upshot/harvard-funding-cuts.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44358282https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44358282<![CDATA[Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/22/upshot/nsf-grants-trump-cuts.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061775

Points: 14

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]]>Thu, 22 May 2025 13:18:26 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/22/upshot/nsf-grants-trump-cuts.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061775https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061775<![CDATA[Eight Charts That Sum Up Trump's First 100 Days]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/29/upshot/trump-100-days-charts.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43844472

Points: 2

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]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:50 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/29/upshot/trump-100-days-charts.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43844472https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43844472<![CDATA[Can You Stop an Outbreak of a Contagious Disease?]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/12/upshot/measles-herd-immunity-explainer.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43672172

Points: 6

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]]>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:08:43 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/12/upshot/measles-herd-immunity-explainer.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43672172https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43672172<![CDATA[The Big Government Contracts Doge Hasn't Touched]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/upshot/doge-musk-contracts-cuts.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43266071

Points: 43

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]]>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:22:57 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/upshot/doge-musk-contracts-cuts.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43266071https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43266071<![CDATA[How Much Snow Will Fall Where You Live?]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/upshot/snow-forecast-totals-lookup.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30454863

Points: 1

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]]>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:10:37 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/upshot/snow-forecast-totals-lookup.htmlaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30454863https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30454863<![CDATA[The Problem with '12 Years']]>Article URL: https://rateofchange.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-12-years

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21237097

Points: 1

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]]>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:32:38 +0000https://rateofchange.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-12-yearsaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21237097https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21237097<![CDATA[Climate Feedbacks Explained, with Pie]]>Article URL: https://rateofchange.substack.com/p/climate-feedbacks-explained-with

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21054792

Points: 1

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]]>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:15:07 +0000https://rateofchange.substack.com/p/climate-feedbacks-explained-withaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21054792https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21054792<![CDATA[Climate Toy]]>Article URL: https://aatishb.com/climatetoy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20974047

Points: 2

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]]>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:49:33 +0000https://aatishb.com/climatetoy/aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20974047https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20974047<![CDATA[Clogging Earth's Heat Drain]]>Article URL: https://rateofchange.substack.com/p/clogging-earths-heat-drain

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20701995

Points: 2

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]]>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:07:44 +0000https://rateofchange.substack.com/p/clogging-earths-heat-drainaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20701995https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20701995<![CDATA[Interactive documentary on how viruses fold]]>Article URL: http://viruspatterns.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14772612

Points: 5

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]]>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:44:55 +0000http://viruspatterns.com/aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14772612https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14772612<![CDATA[Is your news feed a bubble?]]>Article URL: http://politecho.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13134388

Points: 4

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]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:17:52 +0000http://politecho.orgaatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13134388https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13134388<![CDATA[Entropy Explained]]>Article URL: https://aatishb.github.io/entropy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12063592

Points: 18

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]]>Sat, 09 Jul 2016 22:16:11 +0000https://aatishb.github.io/entropy/aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12063592https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12063592<![CDATA[New comment by aatish in "Drape – a Fabric Simulator"]]>Haha nice! Try that in wire-frame mode and it looks even crazier: https://twitter.com/aatishb/status/727270083601551360

I left that in as allowable behavior, because our goal with this was not necessarily to model a realistic cloth but more to experience interesting and unusual movements and behaviors. So glitch away!

]]>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:03:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836559aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836559https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836559<![CDATA[New comment by aatish in "Drape – a Fabric Simulator"]]>I'd started off this project by using a fancier ray-tracing method of detecting and avoiding collisions with arbitrary shaped objects. Unfortunately it was just too slow for satisfying real-time performance. So finally, I went with doing the collision detection in a case-by-case way for more simple shapes (ball, table, etc.). The poles would be easy to add as an option, I may try to add that in. Thanks for the suggestion!

]]>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:59:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836551aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836551https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836551<![CDATA[New comment by aatish in "Drape – a Fabric Simulator"]]>Yup, that setting is implemented in a somewhat naive way. The way it works is that I iterate through every pair of points on the cloth, check for when they get too close, and if they are, I introduce a spring to push them apart. So effectively this introduces a short-range repulsive force between pieces of the cloth.

Avoiding self intersections results in more realistic cloth behavior like folds and wrinkles. The problem is, iterating through all pairs of points comes at a computational cost, and can really drop the frame-rate, particularly for large cloths. So I decided to keep this setting off by default until I have a smarter way to implement this (e.g. using quadtrees).

]]>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:46:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836502aatishhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836502https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836502