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They use a syntax-aware search (thus refining for ME, MY, …). I thought (hoped) that journalists among all people would be the best at semantic search. Here th
by fenollp 11y ago
They use a syntax-aware search (thus refining for ME, MY, …).
I thought (hoped) that journalists among all people would be the best at semantic search.
Here the guy is just saying "whoa great dude and next I'll use regexps oh my god woaw".
We have word2vec, doc2vec, many cores, … why aren't journalists using the tools they should be using?
- fudged71 11y agoI would read this post if you wrote it... because I don't know what word2vec & doc2vec are and why they are useful. If you write the post maybe someone will be inspired to build a tool for journalists using these algos.
- matnewton 11y agoThat's an interesting question - if you read the stories of how Edward Snowden's story came to light, you'll find that his main issue with Glenn Greenwald was to get the guy to use technology properly. Hopefully out of the many tech heads who read HN, one will have the same thought as you and build the tool.
- seanccox 11y agoNone of the journalists I have met or worked with in six years in publishing and investigative due diligence know about the tools you are proposing. I recognize regex, because of a problem I needed to solve (that later became two problems), but I would love to learn more about the others. If you would consider writing that up, I would happily edit it for you.