saturday14

7 ms·

1.
by saturday14 6y ago
In all combat sports, there are weight categories. This ensures a featherweight isn't beaten up by a heavyweight. If a guy wins 100 fights straight because he is good, it is okay, because they are fair fights (assuming no doping, no bi
2.
by saturday14 6y ago
Are you not breaking their ToS though?
3.
by saturday14 6y ago
Just checked your list of products, very cool! I've always wondered about building a career with scraping, but never got around to it. One reason is the legality of scraping - big sites like Craigslist have gone after (and shut down) s
4.
by saturday14 6y ago
Very cool. I guess as you grow, you could get more partners and the data will keep getting more and more accurate. I wish big guys like Amazon released aggregated sales data. How do you get access to Amazon searches, google searches etc? do
5.
by saturday14 6y ago
Is this based on Google Trends? Where is the data coming from? Interesting project, btw
6.
My wish: help me stop pandemics (2016 Ted, by Dr.Brilliant, relevant today)(ted.com)
1 points by saturday14 6y ago|0 comments
7.
by saturday14 7y ago
Until the government bans masks in public places in the interest of, you know "public safety" once the covid-19 crisis blows over. It sucks that we even need to think about wearing masks to escape facial recognition.
8.
The Godfather of Fake News(bbc.co.uk)
12 points by saturday14 7y ago|2 comments
9.
by saturday14 7y ago
Can't believe official numbers from governments, can't trust journalists to provide accurate accounts (either because of bias or lack of access)... How did we reach here? This just sucks
10.
by saturday14 7y ago
Tristate area here, I am willing to donate time and skills as well. But this would require more than just tech skills - how are we going to find jobs for potentially a few million people fast, for example?
11.
Ask HN: What can we do to help during/after Covid-19?
1 points by saturday14 7y ago|2 comments
12.
by saturday14 7y ago
Because the general public doesn't care enough to raise a stink? Back when Snowden story broke, I tried explaining its significance to a handful of my friends - all I got was a yawn. These are not dumb people, they are smart profession
13.
by saturday14 7y ago
Yet we have panic buying of everything Initially, I got irritated with it too. But there seems to be no hurry from the govt in creating a vaccine, testing kits aren't widely available. When they do become available, it will most like
14.
by saturday14 7y ago
Maybe one thing OP could do is prominently display the last updated time, instead of saying "updated three times a day". Though he/she does display the time period at the top. But generally this is good advice - not add to th
15.
by saturday14 7y ago
Publish the emails, the phone calls, sanction us, go to the press Agree with the rest, but sanctions don't hurt the people who actually came up with this shitty idea. It ends up hurting the normal guy on the road, who will probably n
16.
by saturday14 7y ago
The very fact that we are discussing this is super silly and shitty. The whole world should be working together, not competing with each other and not trying to screw each other over.
17.
by saturday14 7y ago
Could you please talk about what kind of projects you are using it for? Do you use it for serious projects or just toy ones? Web or mobile? I looked at the site, this sounds interesting. Just interested in hearing it from someone who uses i