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Who is the father of economics?

There is the obvious name, we add three more people to the list of contestants.

Notable thinkers on economics from history with ideas that still matter today.

Also, the father of economic's thought on the link between economics and music.

#economics #economictheory #invisiblehand #musiceconomics #specialization #comparativeadvantage #gifted #talent #effectiveness #efficiency #productivity #music #dance #poetry

https://www.supervizion.com/blog/father-of-economics-adam-smith/

Who is the father of economics?

There is the obvious name, we add three more people to the list of contestants.

Notable thinkers on economics from history with ideas that still matter today.

Also, the father of economic's thought on the link between economics and music.

#economics #economictheory #invisiblehand #musiceconomics #specialization #comparativeadvantage #gifted #talent #effectiveness #efficiency #productivity #music #dance #poetry

https://www.supervizion.com/blog/father-of-economics-adam-smith/

There is a person I've been helping for a while who runs two instances, one #GoToSocial and one #snac.

Yesterday, they suffered severe file system corruption on their device, and I lent them a hand with the recovery. For GoToSocial, they restored the DB from the previous backup and got it running again. For snac, although a few files were lost, no action was necessary... it just started back up and did what it had to do, bringing the instance back to full operation.

This goes to show that when software is well-designed and intentionally kept simple, it's also easier to get back up and running when something goes wrong. In this case, snac's "files-only" approach demonstrated excellent resilience.

Thanks, @grunfink !

#snac2 #snac #ThankYouTuesday #Efficiency #IT #SysAdmin #OwnYourData

There is a person I've been helping for a while who runs two instances, one #GoToSocial and one #snac.

Yesterday, they suffered severe file system corruption on their device, and I lent them a hand with the recovery. For GoToSocial, they restored the DB from the previous backup and got it running again. For snac, although a few files were lost, no action was necessary... it just started back up and did what it had to do, bringing the instance back to full operation.

This goes to show that when software is well-designed and intentionally kept simple, it's also easier to get back up and running when something goes wrong. In this case, snac's "files-only" approach demonstrated excellent resilience.

Thanks, @grunfink !

#snac2 #snac #ThankYouTuesday #Efficiency #IT #SysAdmin #OwnYourData

Mcptoon – MCP CLI client that cuts tool discovery tokens by 97%

https://github.com/activeing123/mcptoon

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253721

#HackerNews #Mcptoon #MCP #CLI #client #tool #discovery #tokens #efficiency #optimization

Mcptoon – MCP CLI client that cuts tool discovery tokens by 97%

https://github.com/activeing123/mcptoon

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253721

#HackerNews #Mcptoon #MCP #CLI #client #tool #discovery #tokens #efficiency #optimization

🚀 Wow, breaking news: you can now use #Rust to make your #GPU slightly more efficient in a way only a #PhD could understand! 🎓 Because what developer doesn't dream of spending 12 minutes reading about mapping threads just to realize their code is still slower than a snail on a treadmill? 🐌⌛
https://www.vectorware.com/blog/simd-on-gpu/ #Efficiency #Developers #SnailTreadmill #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Wow, breaking news: you can now use #Rust to make your #GPU slightly more efficient in a way only a #PhD could understand! 🎓 Because what developer doesn't dream of spending 12 minutes reading about mapping threads just to realize their code is still slower than a snail on a treadmill? 🐌⌛
https://www.vectorware.com/blog/simd-on-gpu/ #Efficiency #Developers #SnailTreadmill #HackerNews #ngated

🎨💡BREAKING NEWS: Advanced algorithms reveal that k-coloring is indeed faster than its chromatic cousin! Who knew solving puzzles with colors could be more efficient than counting them? 🤯 Next, scientists will prove that eating cake is faster than baking it. 🍰🚀
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.25973 #advancedalgorithms #kcoloring #efficiency #science #news #puzzlegames #HackerNews #ngated

🎨💡BREAKING NEWS: Advanced algorithms reveal that k-coloring is indeed faster than its chromatic cousin! Who knew solving puzzles with colors could be more efficient than counting them? 🤯 Next, scientists will prove that eating cake is faster than baking it. 🍰🚀
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.25973 #advancedalgorithms #kcoloring #efficiency #science #news #puzzlegames #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! 🙄 Another groundbreaking revelation: deploying web servers at hobby scale is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but with more SSL drama and fewer friends. 🚀 Apparently, if you dare to let others host your cute little project, prepare to reinvent the wheel, because #efficiency and #simplicity have left the chat. 🚪🔒
https://w.on-t.work/web-deployment-model #webservers #SSLdrama #hobbyprojects #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! 🙄 Another groundbreaking revelation: deploying web servers at hobby scale is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but with more SSL drama and fewer friends. 🚀 Apparently, if you dare to let others host your cute little project, prepare to reinvent the wheel, because #efficiency and #simplicity have left the chat. 🚪🔒
https://w.on-t.work/web-deployment-model #webservers #SSLdrama #hobbyprojects #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the "Reverse Jevons Paradox"—where, apparently, cheaper gas means you'll finally drive that rusty Prius to your mailbox instead of walking, because, you know, efficiency! 🚗💨 Let's all give a round of applause for this groundbreaking discovery: when stuff costs less, people might use more of it! 🎉 What an intellectual triumph! 🤦‍♂️
https://mht.wtf/post/jevons/ #ReverseJevonsParadox #CheaperGas #Efficiency #DrivingBehavior #EconomicDiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the "Reverse Jevons Paradox"—where, apparently, cheaper gas means you'll finally drive that rusty Prius to your mailbox instead of walking, because, you know, efficiency! 🚗💨 Let's all give a round of applause for this groundbreaking discovery: when stuff costs less, people might use more of it! 🎉 What an intellectual triumph! 🤦‍♂️
https://mht.wtf/post/jevons/ #ReverseJevonsParadox #CheaperGas #Efficiency #DrivingBehavior #EconomicDiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

#Anthropic is building a team to design custom #AIchips to improve #performance and #efficiency. The company is seeking #engineers with #chipdesign experience for its “custom silicon team.” https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/anthropic-is-hiring-an-ai-chip-design-team/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#Anthropic is building a team to design custom #AIchips to improve #performance and #efficiency. The company is seeking #engineers with #chipdesign experience for its “custom silicon team.” https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/anthropic-is-hiring-an-ai-chip-design-team/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

ICYMI: Google says targets become the efficiency lever in budget-capped campaigns: Smec's Mike Ryan calls August 17 no cliff and allows 30 to 60 days to read results, hours before Google posted its FAQ. Which auctions do campaigns enter next? https://ppc.land/google-says-targets-become-the-efficiency-lever-in-budget-capped-campaigns/ #GoogleAdvertising #PPC #DigitalMarketing #BudgetCampaigns #Efficiency

ICYMI: Google says targets become the efficiency lever in budget-capped campaigns: Smec's Mike Ryan calls August 17 no cliff and allows 30 to 60 days to read results, hours before Google posted its FAQ. Which auctions do campaigns enter next? https://ppc.land/google-says-targets-become-the-efficiency-lever-in-budget-capped-campaigns/ #GoogleAdvertising #PPC #DigitalMarketing #BudgetCampaigns #Efficiency

Pareto Front

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_front

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096439

#HackerNews #ParetoFront #optimization #decisionMaking #efficiency #economics

Pareto Front

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_front

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096439

#HackerNews #ParetoFront #optimization #decisionMaking #efficiency #economics

How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].

So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_

#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts

How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].

So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_

#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts

The AI Productivity Gap, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://bjorg.bjornroche.com/management/ai-productivity-gap/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#ai #productivity #efficiency #metrics

The AI Productivity Gap, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://bjorg.bjornroche.com/management/ai-productivity-gap/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#ai #productivity #efficiency #metrics

🎩🧐 Oh joy, yet another riveting #novel from #arXiv that only requires a *measly* #team of eleven authors to tell us that #AI needs memory—who knew? It's a thrilling tale of zero-token operations, because clearly, we all needed more ways to make our machines ever-so-slightly more efficient while keeping our own #memory usage at zero. 🤖📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.29377 #Efficiency #Research #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🧐 Oh joy, yet another riveting #novel from #arXiv that only requires a *measly* #team of eleven authors to tell us that #AI needs memory—who knew? It's a thrilling tale of zero-token operations, because clearly, we all needed more ways to make our machines ever-so-slightly more efficient while keeping our own #memory usage at zero. 🤖📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.29377 #Efficiency #Research #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated

Why Your Favorite Websites Look Like 2005 (and Why You Secretly Love It), by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/why-your-favorite-websites-look-like-2005-and-why-you-secretly-love-it/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#design #efficiency

Why Your Favorite Websites Look Like 2005 (and Why You Secretly Love It), by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/why-your-favorite-websites-look-like-2005-and-why-you-secretly-love-it/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#design #efficiency

Identifying Agricultural Consumptive-Use Patterns To Support Adaptive Water Management In California’s Santa Clara Valley Via Remote Sensing And Machine Learning
--
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000416 <-- shared paper
--
H/T @Guillaume Wright | Executive Editor, PLOS
“💧 With drought [and high temperatures] gripping many areas of the world right now... [the H/T] wanted to highlight a new paper in PLOS Water this week with a very timely focus on hydroclimatic stresses and what can be done to mitigate this through water management practices when it comes to agriculture.
[The authors] investigate[d] adaptive water management practices in California’s Santa Clara Valley via remote sensing and machine learning techniques. They [found] good evidence for use of customized agricultural water-management plans for irrigation monitoring, conservation planning, and adaptive water management in groundwater-dependent regions such as is found in California…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #California #SantaClara #SantaClaraValley #custom #watermanagement #practices #waterresources #agriculture #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #machinelearning #earthobservation #AI #planning #wateruse #efficiency #water #hydrology #irrigation #conservation #adaptivewatermanagement #model #modeling #drought #extremeweather #hydroclimate #stress #crop #cropland #evapotranspiration #ET #NDVI #PRISM #precipitation #rainfall #watermanagementplan #groundwater

Identifying Agricultural Consumptive-Use Patterns To Support Adaptive Water Management In California’s Santa Clara Valley Via Remote Sensing And Machine Learning
--
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000416 <-- shared paper
--
H/T @Guillaume Wright | Executive Editor, PLOS
“💧 With drought [and high temperatures] gripping many areas of the world right now... [the H/T] wanted to highlight a new paper in PLOS Water this week with a very timely focus on hydroclimatic stresses and what can be done to mitigate this through water management practices when it comes to agriculture.
[The authors] investigate[d] adaptive water management practices in California’s Santa Clara Valley via remote sensing and machine learning techniques. They [found] good evidence for use of customized agricultural water-management plans for irrigation monitoring, conservation planning, and adaptive water management in groundwater-dependent regions such as is found in California…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #California #SantaClara #SantaClaraValley #custom #watermanagement #practices #waterresources #agriculture #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #machinelearning #earthobservation #AI #planning #wateruse #efficiency #water #hydrology #irrigation #conservation #adaptivewatermanagement #model #modeling #drought #extremeweather #hydroclimate #stress #crop #cropland #evapotranspiration #ET #NDVI #PRISM #precipitation #rainfall #watermanagementplan #groundwater

RT @Teknium: Der Hermes Agent ist jetzt deutlich effizienter, insbesondere für kleinere/schwächere/lokale Modelle! Mit Hilfe von @nvidias Nemo Relay und mehreren weiteren Strategien konnte Hermes eine Fülle von Optimierungen identifizieren, die über das reine Einsparen von Tool-Ausführungszeit oder Speicherplatz hinausgehen – darunter auch die Reduzierung der für die Aufgabenerledigung benötigten Runden, Schema-Verbesserungen zur Verringerung der Kontextlast sowie Token-Effizienzgewinne durch die Analyse verschwendeter Runden und Tool-Fehler in allen 250.000 Konversationen, die ich mit meinem Hermes geführt habe. Alle unten aufgeführten Verbesserungen sind nun im Hermes Agent enthalten. Aktualisiere jetzt, um sofort zu sparen, oder warte bis morgen auf die Veröffentlichung der vollständigen Version.

mehr auf Arint.info

#AIoptimization #Efficiency #HermesAgent #MachineLearning #NvidiaNemo #TechUpdate #arint_info

https://x.com/Teknium/status/2084065915004747888#m

🚀 "Avoid the pitfall of cognitive debt by retyping code like it's 1995!" 🤖 Because nothing screams "efficient use of time" more than manually retyping machine-generated code to feel like a *real* developer. 🧠 Ah, the nostalgia of doing things the hard way for the sake of... enlightenment? 😅
https://ankursethi.com/blog/prevent-cognitive-debt-by-manually-retyping-llm-generated-code/ #cognitiveDebt #retroCoding #developerNostalgia #efficiency #pitfalls #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 "Avoid the pitfall of cognitive debt by retyping code like it's 1995!" 🤖 Because nothing screams "efficient use of time" more than manually retyping machine-generated code to feel like a *real* developer. 🧠 Ah, the nostalgia of doing things the hard way for the sake of... enlightenment? 😅
https://ankursethi.com/blog/prevent-cognitive-debt-by-manually-retyping-llm-generated-code/ #cognitiveDebt #retroCoding #developerNostalgia #efficiency #pitfalls #HackerNews #ngated

🛩️ Oh, look! #Airbus just discovered that putting an extra gas tank in the back means you can fly further! 🚀 Who knew? Meanwhile, they drown you in corporate jargon that’ll send you snoozing before takeoff. 😴 Bravo, Airbus, for solving problems we didn’t know we had!
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-06-worlds-longest-range-aircraft-the-airbus-a350-1000ulr-takes-to-the-skies #Innovation #Aviation #Fuel #Efficiency #CorporateJargon #FlyingFurther #HackerNews #ngated

🛩️ Oh, look! #Airbus just discovered that putting an extra gas tank in the back means you can fly further! 🚀 Who knew? Meanwhile, they drown you in corporate jargon that’ll send you snoozing before takeoff. 😴 Bravo, Airbus, for solving problems we didn’t know we had!
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-06-worlds-longest-range-aircraft-the-airbus-a350-1000ulr-takes-to-the-skies #Innovation #Aviation #Fuel #Efficiency #CorporateJargon #FlyingFurther #HackerNews #ngated

Pgtestdb's template cloning approach to testing is fast

https://brandur.org/fragments/pgtestdb

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135546

#HackerNews #Pgtestdb #template #cloning #testing #fast #performance #efficiency

Pgtestdb's template cloning approach to testing is fast

https://brandur.org/fragments/pgtestdb

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135546

#HackerNews #Pgtestdb #template #cloning #testing #fast #performance #efficiency

🤯 Oh, the joys of needing 29 gigabytes of #RAM to run a #toy model at glacial speeds. 🚀 Fear not, for you can now redefine "tech efficiency" by #streaming weights from your #NVMe, because who needs RAM when you can have a #disk #thrash party? 🎉
https://github.com/sqliteai/waste #tech #efficiency #upgrades #models #HackerNews #ngated

🤯 Oh, the joys of needing 29 gigabytes of #RAM to run a #toy model at glacial speeds. 🚀 Fear not, for you can now redefine "tech efficiency" by #streaming weights from your #NVMe, because who needs RAM when you can have a #disk #thrash party? 🎉
https://github.com/sqliteai/waste #tech #efficiency #upgrades #models #HackerNews #ngated

You have been mislead about lightbulbs

https://maurycyz.com/misc/tungsten/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49121849

#HackerNews #lightbulbs #misinformation #tungsten #energy #efficiency

You have been mislead about lightbulbs

https://maurycyz.com/misc/tungsten/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49121849

#HackerNews #lightbulbs #misinformation #tungsten #energy #efficiency

Does Speaking to Agents Like Cavemen Save 65% of Tokens? We Test

https://blog.jetbrains.com/ai/2026/07/speak-to-ai-agents-like-cavemen-tosave-tokens/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080605

#HackerNews #AI #Agents #Tokens #Cavemen #Efficiency #Testing

Does Speaking to Agents Like Cavemen Save 65% of Tokens? We Test

https://blog.jetbrains.com/ai/2026/07/speak-to-ai-agents-like-cavemen-tosave-tokens/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080605

#HackerNews #AI #Agents #Tokens #Cavemen #Efficiency #Testing

#duckduckfedi : If you had the world's largest container cargo ship, filled with the most shipping containers it can carry, and every container is filled floor to ceiling, wall to wall, front to back with microSD cards of the maximum currently available data capacity (no packaging, just a thin layer of temporary glue so they don't immediately fall out of the container when you open the door to this solid wall of microSD cards), and you sailed it across the Atlantic from the largest capacity ports in the eastern US, to the largest capacity ports in Europe, in the span of a couple of weeks,
And you had the currently built datacentres running on the largest available diesel backup generators, transmitting nonstop at full capacity through the currently available fibre optic and satellite and copper infrastructure across the Atlantic, and you include in your calculations all power needed not only for those datacentres in the US and in Europe, but also all transmission and relaying and intermediate routing and servers necessary for the shortest, most efficient route...
Which would use the least energy? How would the data throughput compare in the time it takes the ship to arrive?

#tech #technology #infrastructure #efficiency #sneakernet #internet

#duckduckfedi : If you had the world's largest container cargo ship, filled with the most shipping containers it can carry, and every container is filled floor to ceiling, wall to wall, front to back with microSD cards of the maximum currently available data capacity (no packaging, just a thin layer of temporary glue so they don't immediately fall out of the container when you open the door to this solid wall of microSD cards), and you sailed it across the Atlantic from the largest capacity ports in the eastern US, to the largest capacity ports in Europe, in the span of a couple of weeks,
And you had the currently built datacentres running on the largest available diesel backup generators, transmitting nonstop at full capacity through the currently available fibre optic and satellite and copper infrastructure across the Atlantic, and you include in your calculations all power needed not only for those datacentres in the US and in Europe, but also all transmission and relaying and intermediate routing and servers necessary for the shortest, most efficient route...
Which would use the least energy? How would the data throughput compare in the time it takes the ship to arrive?

#tech #technology #infrastructure #efficiency #sneakernet #internet

A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency

https://vtdigger.org/2026/07/29/a-pharmacy-chain-in-vermont-implemented-ai-for-efficiency-its-led-to-delays-incorrect-information-and-privacy-concerns/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105190

#HackerNews #AI #Efficiency #Pharmacy #Vermont #Healthcare #Technology #Privacy #Concerns

A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency

https://vtdigger.org/2026/07/29/a-pharmacy-chain-in-vermont-implemented-ai-for-efficiency-its-led-to-delays-incorrect-information-and-privacy-concerns/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105190

#HackerNews #AI #Efficiency #Pharmacy #Vermont #Healthcare #Technology #Privacy #Concerns

The Productivity Mirage

https://frantic.im/mirage/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49104335

#HackerNews #Productivity #Mirage #Productivity #Hacks #Work-Life #Balance #Time #Management #Efficiency

Oh, look! 🚀 Yet another compiler feature that boasts about saving milliseconds of developer time. Because obviously, the real bottleneck in software #development is those pesky extra seconds waiting for code to compile. 😂 Thank goodness the Zig team has heroically liberated us from such inefficiencies! 🎉
https://mlugg.co.uk/posts/incremental-compilation-internals/ #compilerfeatures #efficiency #Zigteam #softwareengineering #humor #HackerNews #ngated