The alien space of science: Coherent but cognitively unavailable directions(arxiv.org)

195 points by martincsweiss 4 days ago | 80 comments

arXiv abstract page for a NeurIPS 2026 paper proposing a method to sample scientifically coherent research directions that existing researcher communities are unlikely to propose.

Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?(arxiv.org)

194 points by canjobear 1 day ago | 167 comments

arXiv paper analyzing psycholinguistic features that make AI-generated text harder to understand, attributing it to optimization for information density.

Attention Is Not What You Need (2025)(arxiv.org)

165 points by westurner 16 hours ago | 56 comments

arXiv paper proposing an attention-free sequence model using Grassmann flows and Plucker coordinates, compared against Transformers on Wikitext-2 and SNLI.

Analyzing Modern Nvidia GPU Cores(arxiv.org)

157 points by mfiguiere 1 year ago | 30 comments

Git Hash Chain Malleability(arxiv.org)

9 points by xqb64 3 months ago | 4 comments

Chorba: A novel CRC32 implementation (2024)(arxiv.org)

56 points by fnands 8 months ago | 15 comments

System design and the cost of architectural complexity (2013)(dspace.mit.edu)

423 points by damethos 3 years ago | 152 comments

MIT doctoral thesis by Daniel Sturtevant measuring how architectural complexity in software systems affects defect density, developer productivity, and staff turnover.

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

C++ patterns for low-latency applications including high-frequency trading(arxiv.org)

343 points by chris_overseas 2 years ago | 200 comments

arXiv paper presenting C++ design patterns and benchmarks for low-latency code in high-frequency trading, including a Disruptor pattern implementation.

Some critical issues with the SWE-bench dataset(arxiv.org)

331 points by joshwa 1 year ago | 113 comments

arXiv paper introducing SWE-Bench+, an empirical analysis revealing data quality issues in the SWE-bench coding benchmark for LLMs, such as solution leakage and weak tests.

Data Structures for Data-Intensive Applications [pdf] (2023)(cs-people.bu.edu)

467 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 24 comments

A 2023 PDF monograph by Manos Athanassoulis et al. (Foundations and Trends) surveying data structures for data-intensive applications.

Easy RISC-V(dramforever.github.io)

367 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 70 comments

Easy RISC-V is an interactive tutorial on RISC-V assembly programming with an in-browser emulator, covering instructions, jumps, branches, and memory.