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There are already plenty of blog posts explaining the same topic (eg : 2013 post - https://janav.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/tf-idf-and-cosine-similarity/ https://

There are already plenty of blog posts explaining the same topic (eg : 2013 post - https://janav.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/tf-idf-and-cosine-similarity/ https://janav.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/tf-idf-and-cosine-sim...). I don't know why people have the urge to write a blog post about simple things. I don't think there is anything new in the post that I can not find already. This is just stupid, people writing about stuff that has been there for some time as if it is new. I Can't believe this link is there on the front page of HN. Sorry if it seemed harsh, but somebody had to say it.

siculars 8y ago
Your comment is ridiculous on its face. The reduction of your argument is that all topics should be written about once. Well, thankfully, that's not the case. There is a saying, the best way to learn something is to teach. And that is what wiring a blog post is - teaching. We are all better off having multiple voices describe the same thing in multiple ways. I hope to see your writing on simple things one day too. Whether or not this specific article should be on the front page of HN is a different question.
- jagadkanihal 8y ago
  My point is "what's the value added with this article?" is it - ease of explanation? - numerical example? - code? I can find plenty of blog posts which do a better job at all these criteria with a simple google search. I don't see any value added with this post. Maybe the author wrote it to teach whatever he has learnt, but it's not worthy of HN front page.
  - johnday 8y ago
    The value add is not for people who have already seen the article from 2013 that you linked. It's for people who have never been exposed to this idea before. You could have added value just as easily by saying something like "this article from 2013 does a good job of explaining the same topic: ..." But you chose to be rude.

siculars 8y ago

Your comment is ridiculous on its face. The reduction of your argument is that all topics should be written about once. Well, thankfully, that's not the case. There is a saying, the best way to learn something is to teach. And that is what wiring a blog post is - teaching. We are all better off having multiple voices describe the same thing in multiple ways. I hope to see your writing on simple things one day too. Whether or not this specific article should be on the front page of HN is a different question.

jagadkanihal 8y ago
My point is "what's the value added with this article?" is it - ease of explanation? - numerical example? - code? I can find plenty of blog posts which do a better job at all these criteria with a simple google search. I don't see any value added with this post. Maybe the author wrote it to teach whatever he has learnt, but it's not worthy of HN front page.
- johnday 8y ago
  The value add is not for people who have already seen the article from 2013 that you linked. It's for people who have never been exposed to this idea before. You could have added value just as easily by saying something like "this article from 2013 does a good job of explaining the same topic: ..." But you chose to be rude.