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901.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Given infinite time, the number of pages that could be generated is infinite.
902.
by ntoshev 18y ago
It is very reasonable to assume Google already includes such data in search since they bought Urchin / Google Analytics.
903.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Startups are kids.
904.
by ntoshev 18y ago
The dark pools, or liquidity platforms, match orders up before they reach the exchange. Basically you have big orders sitting in the pool and waiting to match up with passing traffic. These orders are not publicly visible, so you get less p
905.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Then they wouldn't have data form non-graduate hires, isn't it obvious?
906.
by ntoshev 18y ago
I wonder if their college-graduation bias is based on preconceptions or actual HR data from their past hires.
907.
by ntoshev 18y ago
The difference being that solar energy has already been stored there for you.
908.
by ntoshev 18y ago
These seem to be inexact data. Especially for rare keywords and non-US territories the results are off (I don't think Bulgarians search for "coroutines" more than Americans)
909.
by ntoshev 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_driven_development
910.
by ntoshev 18y ago
You can't do exploratory programming writing unit tests first, can you?
911.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Built for Google App Engine? I think it will kill your request if handling it takes more than 8 seconds. Not useful yet.
912.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Yeah, memory handling of Ruby is severely broken. Enterprise Ruby might help you. If you use thread-based model for handling web requests (JVM or .NET application), you won't have this problem. I think even Python processes would share most
913.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Not really what you want, but here is a nice showcase of what domain-specific wiki combining text and structured data can look like: http://wikinvest.com Edit: Again not a Wiki, but Google Spreadsheets could also work for you
914.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Multicore is nothing special if you are doing web apps. So I guess the trend towards multicore and the trend towards web apps will reinforce each other.
915.
by ntoshev 18y ago
You could ask pg if he would run your algorithms on the voting data he has.
916.
by ntoshev 18y ago
You would need voting data to make anything with the nice properties of pagerank.
917.
by ntoshev 18y ago
The social sites are much more dynamic than the web. This means, for example, that people high in the ranking like pg would upvote newcomers and they would instantly get a karma boost. Pagerank is usually log-scaled because of these feedbac
918.
by ntoshev 18y ago
I agree recommendations are a way to take trust into account, but it is a different way with its own drawbacks. You wouldn't need higher critical mass if you have just implemented a pagerank equivalent as opposed to recommendations. You can
919.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Pagerank sets global weights; you won't get a personalized homepage if you implement just that.
920.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Do you have implemented the described system, a recommendation system, or both? If you have implemented similar global estimation of how much every vote counts, I'd be interested in hearing how did it actually affect your site.
921.
Karma-rank (Pagerank for social sites)
25 points by ntoshev 18y ago|22 comments
922.
by ntoshev 18y ago
computers are good at doing stupid things fast, while people are better at doing complex things slowly It's a good rule of thumb, reflecting our current ability to use computers. I'm looking at the problem from scientific perspective, not
923.
by ntoshev 18y ago
Are you saying that the more complex the system, the better chance it has to be designed by an intelligent designer versus evolution? ;) Edit: The whole point in evolution is that the process is automatic. As for why the human brain may jus
924.
by ntoshev 18y ago
I think it would be better to normalize time for the number of submissions: right now when I submit a story late night US time, usually it goes nowhere because there is no one to upvote it. It is simple to do that: just use the number of st
925.
by ntoshev 18y ago
The author defines a theory as something simple enough to be understood by humans. If you drop this requirement, machine learned theories are a big deal nonetheless.
926.
by ntoshev 18y ago
I wish this was about the "Recommended" page, and why it doesn't work. Has anyone looked at this part of the open-sourced Reddit?
927.
by ntoshev 18y ago
It is a cool structure, but not a practical one because it is very cache-unfriendly. I'm surprised Wikipedia doesn't mention this.
928.
by ntoshev 18y ago
I believe most of these potential deals fall through. If you spend a ton of money on an M&A attorney every time someone mentions acquisition, you're screwed.
929.
by ntoshev 18y ago
In a current project I do mostly exploratory programming (figure out the code structure as I go), but I will probably also have automatic tests that exercise large chunks of the application at once, from user perspective, without going into
930.
Ask HN: What software engineering process for startups?
3 points by ntoshev 18y ago|3 comments

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