Show HN: Epistemic News – re-ranking HN comments

A Show HN submission titled "Epistemic News" presents a re-ranked list of Hacker News comments that scores each discussion thread with a "gold" count and a "bullshit" percentage, such as 28 gold and 79% bullshit for the Nvidia GPU scarcity story and 47 gold and 86% bullshit for the FAA national ground stop item. The ranking, posted to Hacker News, surfaces items including GGML v1.0.0 at 325 points and the Nvidia story at 794 points, attaching a credibility estimate to each thread's comment section. The tool's scoring labels rate discussions on how much of the commentary is judged substantive versus noise.

| 1. | Why get an expensive Pi when I have an old phone? https://so.long.thanks.fish/why-pi-when-i-have-an-old-phone/ so.long.thanks.fish https://so.long.thanks.fish/why-pi-when-i-have-an-old-phone/ | | | 217 points by casi \| 144 comments ./item?id=50440709 \| 3 gold · 82% bullshit ./item?id=50440709 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50440709 | | | | 2. | Generative AI uses more energy on non-English text https://news.umich.edu/generative-ai-uses-more-energy-on-non-english-text/ news.umich.edu https://news.umich.edu/generative-ai-uses-more-energy-on-non-english-text/ | | | 24 points by DeepLogin \| 13 comments ./item?id=50441444 \| 1 gold · 92% bullshit ./item?id=50441444 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50441444 | | | | 3. | Ggml v1.0.0 https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/releases/tag/v1.0.0 github.com/ggml-org https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/releases/tag/v1.0.0 | | | 325 points by cobychapple \| 36 comments ./item?id=50493062 \| 1 gold · 86% bullshit ./item?id=50493062 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50493062 | | | | 4. | Monkey Island: all 13 versions side by side https://monkeyisland.pages.dev/ monkeyisland.pages.dev https://monkeyisland.pages.dev/ | | | 265 points by maximilianburke \| 83 comments ./item?id=50493904 \| 0 gold · 87% bullshit ./item?id=50493904 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50493904 | | | | 5. | Tech Companies Are Trying to Shift the Concept of Privacy Again https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/tech-companies-are-trying-shift-entire-concept-privacy-again eff.org https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/tech-companies-are-trying-shift-entire-concept-privacy-again | | | 62 points by gslin \| 8 comments ./item?id=50496602 \| 0 gold · 100% bullshit ./item?id=50496602 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50496602 | | | | 6. | Let&No. x27;s Write a PostScript Interpreter https://beyondloom.com/blog/postscript.html beyondloom.com https://beyondloom.com/blog/postscript.html | | | 25 points by RebelPotato \| 6 comments ./item?id=50478632 \| 0 gold · 100% bullshit ./item?id=50478632 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50478632 | | | | 7. | Nvidia allegedly engineered scarcity by funding AI startups to buy its GPUs https://www.techpowerup.com/354814/nvidia-allegedly-engineered-scarcity-by-funding-ai-startups-to-buy-its-gpus techpowerup.com https://www.techpowerup.com/354814/nvidia-allegedly-engineered-scarcity-by-funding-ai-startups-to-buy-its-gpus | | | 794 points by speckx \| 466 comments ./item?id=50493251 \| 28 gold · 79% bullshit ./item?id=50493251 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50493251 | | | | 8. | Unsloth Qwen3.8-27B Quantizations – Dynamic v3.1 Update https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/qwen3.8 unsloth.ai https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/qwen3.8 | | | 196 points by Retro Dev \| 55 comments ./item?id=50491980 \| 2 gold · 71% bullshit ./item?id=50491980 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50491980 | | | | 9. | Terminal borders that don&No. x27;t cost a cell https://www.joshka.net/cell-borders/ joshka.net https://www.joshka.net/cell-borders/ | | | 328 points by vinhnx \| 144 comments ./item?id=50491423 \| 6 gold · 83% bullshit ./item?id=50491423 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50491423 | | | | 10. | FAA issues national ground stop – lifted 4.5 hours later https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faa-orders-nationwide-ground-stop-departing-flights-reasons-safety-rcna609247 nbcnews.com https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faa-orders-nationwide-ground-stop-departing-flights-reasons-safety-rcna609247 | | | 1587 points by zulln \| 1,125 comments ./item?id=50489641 \| 47 gold · 86% bullshit ./item?id=50489641 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50489641 | | | | 11. | The curious case of the north-east arrow https://arsh.zip/posts/north-east-arrow/ arsh.zip https://arsh.zip/posts/north-east-arrow/ | | | 18 points by arshxyz \| 8 comments ./item?id=50466069 \| 0 gold · 100% bullshit ./item?id=50466069 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50466069 | | | | 12. | Jonathan Blow – If AI solved coding, why is my software still the same? \ video\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRK8h67ol7Q youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRK8h67ol7Q | | | 369 points by helloplanets \| 502 comments ./item?id=50484658 \| 31 gold · 75% bullshit ./item?id=50484658 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50484658 | | | | 13. | What happened to 3Com? https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-3com/ dfarq.homeip.net https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-3com/ | | | 174 points by gvieri \| 92 comments ./item?id=50491830 \| 12 gold · 67% bullshit ./item?id=50491830 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50491830 | | | | 14. | Show HN: Live map of U.S. flights during tonight&No. x27;s FAA nationwide ground stop https://grounds.top/ grounds.top https://grounds.top/ | | | 172 points by gvsi \| 23 comments ./item?id=50491545 \| 0 gold · 91% bullshit ./item?id=50491545 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50491545 | | | | 15. | Service Crew Discovers Rare Yellow Burbot in Oswego Harbor https://www.fws.gov/story/2026-11/service-crew-discovers-rare-yellow-burbot-oswego-harbor fws.gov https://www.fws.gov/story/2026-11/service-crew-discovers-rare-yellow-burbot-oswego-harbor | | | 16 points by tart-lemonade \| 5 comments ./item?id=50454791 \| 1 gold · 80% bullshit ./item?id=50454791 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50454791 | | | | 16. | Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing inflammation https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03638-3 nature.com https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03638-3 | | | 222 points by gumby \| 30 comments ./item?id=50488470 \| 0 gold · 100% bullshit ./item?id=50488470 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50488470 | | | | 17. | FM-1 Workbench https://open.m-vave.com/fm1-workbench open.m-vave.com https://open.m-vave.com/fm1-workbench | | | 248 points by simonebrunozzi \| 161 comments ./item?id=50488325 \| 5 gold · 81% bullshit ./item?id=50488325 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50488325 | | | | 18. | How Not to Build a Music Player https://alichraghi.github.io/blog/how-not-to-build-a-music-player/ alichraghi.github.io https://alichraghi.github.io/blog/how-not-to-build-a-music-player/ | | | 142 points by vinhnx \| 62 comments ./item?id=50491400 \| 3 gold · 82% bullshit ./item?id=50491400 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50491400 | | | | 19. | Live airband on all frequencies from KORS. Victoria, CA also ground stopped https://orcasairband.com/ orcasairband.com https://orcasairband.com/ | | | 280 points by mmaunder \| 65 comments ./item?id=50490593 \| 2 gold · 86% bullshit ./item?id=50490593 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50490593 | | | | 20. | After 600 experiments, here&No. x27;s what I discovered about JEPA world models https://haddyalchaer.com/jepa haddyalchaer.com https://haddyalchaer.com/jepa | | | 273 points by halcdev \| 45 comments ./item?id=50487185 \| 0 gold · 89% bullshit ./item?id=50487185 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50487185 | | | | 21. | Show HN: I have trained 15 blood glucose forecasting models on my own data https://github.com/0xdeadf1sh/T1DMAI github.com/0xdeadf1sh https://github.com/0xdeadf1sh/T1DMAI | | | 53 points by 0xdeadf1sh \| 31 comments ./item?id=50444761 \| 0 gold · 90% bullshit ./item?id=50444761 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50444761 | | | | 22. | Extending LLDB to Debug Applications That Span CPUs and GPUs https://engineering.fb.com/2026/11/09/developer-tools/extending-lldb-to-debug-applications-that-span-cpus-and-gpus/ engineering.fb.com https://engineering.fb.com/2026/11/09/developer-tools/extending-lldb-to-debug-applications-that-span-cpus-and-gpus/ | | | 25 points by JDevlieghere \| 3 comments ./item?id=50448432 \| 0 gold · 100% bullshit ./item?id=50448432 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50448432 | | | | 23. | Show HN: Isometric SF – A pixel-art map of the SF Bay Area https://isometricsf.com/ isometricsf.com https://isometricsf.com/ | | | 231 points by juscha1 \| 73 comments ./item?id=50487228 \| 1 gold · 82% bullshit ./item?id=50487228 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50487228 | | | | 24. | Perplexity Decider v1.3: Training, eval, and use cases https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-decider perplexity.ai https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-decider | | | 140 points by gmays \| 25 comments ./item?id=50488464 \| 1 gold · 88% bullshit ./item?id=50488464 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50488464 | | | | 25. | Live-migration support in FreeBSD and bhyve coming https://gyptazy.com/blog/freebsd-bhyve-live-migration-support-rfc/ gyptazy.com https://gyptazy.com/blog/freebsd-bhyve-live-migration-support-rfc/ | | | 124 points by JohnDohnBohn \| 32 comments ./item?id=50488835 \| 1 gold · 91% bullshit ./item?id=50488835 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50488835 | | | | 26. | Minnesota guitarist&No. x27;s "palmfrets" invention strikes a new chord https://www.echopress.com/business/minnesota-guitarists-invention-strikes-a-new-chord echopress.com https://www.echopress.com/business/minnesota-guitarists-invention-strikes-a-new-chord | | | 187 points by bookofjoe \| 105 comments ./item?id=50484650 \| 3 gold · 88% bullshit ./item?id=50484650 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50484650 | | | | 27. | Reverse engineering my Coway air purifier to ditch the cloud https://scottjg.com/posts/2026-11-11-reverse-engineering-my-coway-air-purifier-to-ditch-the-cloud/ scottjg.com https://scottjg.com/posts/2026-11-11-reverse-engineering-my-coway-air-purifier-to-ditch-the-cloud/ | | | 767 points by scottjg \| 214 comments ./item?id=50474959 \| 10 gold · 78% bullshit ./item?id=50474959 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50474959 | | | | 28. | Elephants found to be increasingly isolated leading to fractured social networks https://today.ucsd.edu/story/elephants-found-to-be-increasingly-isolated-leading-to-fractured-social-networks today.ucsd.edu https://today.ucsd.edu/story/elephants-found-to-be-increasingly-isolated-leading-to-fractured-social-networks | | | 161 points by gmays \| 35 comments ./item?id=50492860 \| 1 gold · 94% bullshit ./item?id=50492860 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50492860 | | | | 29. | Amtrak booking system experiencing major issues amid nationwide FAA ground stop https://www.fox5dc.com/news/amtrak-outage-ticket-booking-faa-ground-stop-november-13-2026 fox5dc.com https://www.fox5dc.com/news/amtrak-outage-ticket-booking-faa-ground-stop-november-13-2026 | | | 183 points by snow mac \| 70 comments ./item?id=50492315 \| 0 gold · 94% bullshit ./item?id=50492315 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50492315 | | | | 30. | A technical vision for the Haskell ecosystem https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-technical-vision-for-the-haskell-ecosystem/15078 discourse.haskell.org https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-technical-vision-for-the-haskell-ecosystem/15078 | | | 223 points by cosmic quanta \| 134 comments ./item?id=50484235 \| 5 gold · 79% bullshit ./item?id=50484235 \| hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50484235 | | |