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Show HN: Quod.us – Building an open database of misinformation(quod.us)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|1 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
You're absolutely right, we all have inherent biases and my goal with Quod is to create an environment where anyone can contribute regardless of political affiliation. Some of the problems with other fact checking sites is that they ha
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by newman8r 8y ago
Next time I'll definitely submit the direct URL, thanks for the tip.
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by newman8r 8y ago
Yeah that's a good point, I hadn't even thought about sorting it that way. It would definitely be better to prioritize content from CNN or Washington Post over a reddit post. I'll probably implement something like that very s
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by newman8r 8y ago
Yeah this is similar to snopes but will be mostly crowdsourced. Snopes has a small editorial panel but Quod allows anyone to submit misinformation. Thanks for the info on the header, will definitely get that fixed. I haven't had much f
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by newman8r 8y ago
Surprisingly no, and this is a solo venture so I don't even have a business partner to upvote it. I would have preferred my actual Show HN get popular because then people would actually be signing up.
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by newman8r 8y ago
Having the sensibility to consistently understand humor and satire is something a lot of HN readers probably take for granted. When I was 10 years old I probably only understood half the jokes on the simpsons - it makes re-watching those ol
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by newman8r 8y ago
BTW I did a Show HN for Quod a couple of days ago but it didn't get much attention - any feedback is appreciated.
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When does satire become misinformation?(quod.us)
61 points by newman8r 8y ago|100 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
This project is still in the experimental phase but the ultimate goal is to provide an open database of misinformation for researchers and developers to work with. Anyone can submit misinformation when they come upon it online. The site als
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Show HN: Quod – crowdsourced misinformation database
5 points by newman8r 8y ago|1 comments
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Slab City in 2018(youtube.com)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
Makes me curious, has anyone launched a pelletized version of soylent?
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by newman8r 8y ago
For sponsored TLDs, it's up to the sponsoring entity on how to establish and enforce rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsored_top-level_domain They probably have a TOS you can read on their main page. You men
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The Monkey Chow Diaries (2006)(angryman.ca)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|1 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
Personally I just don't like their software. One by one, I stopped using all of their products and services. I wouldn't say I hate Microsoft, but I wouldn't be surprised if they changed github into something I wouldn't w
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by newman8r 8y ago
This is a video about the Scots language, spoken in the Scots language. Most of it is easily understandable to me as an english speaker, but other parts are difficult to understand. I wonder if this is what it feels like to hear english whe
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The Scots Language: mutually intelligible with English(youtube.com)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|1 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
Who cares about an extra marshmallow? They should do the experiment with slices of pizza.
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by newman8r 8y ago
It's nice to see more projects using ArangoDB, it's one of the more enjoyable database systems I've worked with.
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by newman8r 8y ago
I think you need a pretty significant community size to make the 'subreddit' model work. It's kind of a 'chicken or the egg' problem. I believe reddit didn't even offer subreddits initially.
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by newman8r 8y ago
I was referring to the requirement of a page with an opt-out form, but since this law wouldn't impact small websites it's a moot point anyway.
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by newman8r 8y ago
I really shouldn't have. Don't underestimate your ability to make irrational decisions when you feel panicked. There wasn't anything illegal and they let me go on my way. I was kind of frazzled after I told them I had a medic
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by newman8r 8y ago
I like to use an in terminal for all of my anagram needs https://packages.debian.org/stretch/games/an - I tried this site and the UI is nice but didn't work as well as using an locally - probably because
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by newman8r 8y ago
The article fails to mention that the proposed law doesn't actually impact the majority of startups and small businesses, so calling it 'sweeping' might be a bit much.
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by newman8r 8y ago
Upon closer inspection, it seems like this law would only apply to large business or businesses that actually sell personal information. If that's the case then it's more reasonable than I initially thought. I was concerned that e
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by newman8r 8y ago
this is their homepage https://www.caprivacy.org/about - they should at least implement the conspicuous "Do not sell my personal information" link on their own website. Just to get an idea about the extra work tha
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by newman8r 8y ago
That's a really interesting idea. Kind of like wheresgeorge.com for trash
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by newman8r 8y ago
That makes sense, and now I see why they might mention that, since the incident was from 2002
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by newman8r 8y ago
I think they meant 'extemporaneous' instead of 'contemporaneous' although I'm not 100% sure. I've been stopped at one of these checkpoints in California and had my vehicle searched. I'm just glad that I di

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