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   Delivering Happiness On A Jet Plane(uncrunched.com)

   2 points by sbashyal 15y ago|0 comments
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   ICloud Communications changes name, drops suit against Apple(arstechnica.com)

   2 points by sbashyal 15y ago|0 comments
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   Which browser did you test it on? Firefox didn't render it properly.
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   Yes, the point and comment count display seems to be the common consensus among the community members. I am considering this as an option.
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   Yes, that is one of the option I am considering. I could surely take someone's help in getting things prettier :)
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   I will be providing a number of different versions and the one you described will be one of those.
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   It is news.ycombinator.com
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   HN provides an API for some of the functionalities but submitting/upvoting is not included. Here is the link to HN search API: http://www.hnsearch.com/api
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   by sbashyal 15y ago

   I agree that this will lead to HN point inflation which in itself is not bad. The community has to decide whether the features out-weigh potential content quality degradation. I have maintained so far that I'll build this service IF the com
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    That's a possible side-effect. But it has benefits (for e.g. better content discovery) that I think out-weighs the side-effect. On the other note, if vote count is the measure of content quality, the ease to vote should not adversely affect
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    I think that's a good insight
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    Let's do it!
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    Thanks! I am willing to convert this hack into a service for the HN community.
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    It does look odd! Because the submission page is a Hacker News page, I can not control its behavior. One of the things I would like to do, after being convinced that the HN community wants this feature, is to discuss possible options with t
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    Yes, that's the workflow. HN rightly counts re-submissions by different users as an upvote.
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    Did you read my blog post on the topic? I was wondering if I didn't do a good job explaining my pain point well. Just like you have mentioned, I also wanted to let my readers know that the content has received some HN love. So would you be
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    You bet! Let's think of the current version as a mock-up :)
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    Show HN: Like Button for Hacker News(hnlike.com)

    568 points by sbashyal 15y ago|65 comments
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    But Google did show the correct results when I clicked on the link suggesting I was searching for the actual string. So it was on their menu all the time. I also communicated my request correctly to the other end; the other end deliberately
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    I am impressed by bangs. I am still exploring it's full potential. The reason I did not mention bangs in my write-up was because it was not related to the basic search comparison I found interesting.
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    Please see my burrito example in another response in this thread. Let me know if you think differently about search.
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    In most situations I've encountered, Google's auto correction is quite helpful. If I place an order for a Chicken Burrito but am served a Beef Burrito (auto correction) because that's the most popular dish, it would not be okay. Same appl
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    Google's search algorithm is tuned to what actually works for most people. Yes. And that is where I think it goes wrong. The fact that a lot of people misspell should not be used to correct a person's right search to a wrong one. That's n
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    The curious case of DuckDuckGo(hacksandthoughts.posterous.com)

    103 points by sbashyal 15y ago|98 comments
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    Twitter Turns Out to Be the Best Financial Advisor Around(techland.time.com)

    1 points by sbashyal 15y ago|2 comments
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    I checked you HN profile and found your about section interesting: I am unemployed and possibly unemployable.
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    by sbashyal 15y ago

    I exactly understand your point. It is for that reason that I mention that I graduated from college. I have a degree but it did not take me to where I wanted to be. I remain a critic of the education system and I see that UnCollege addresse
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    College or UnCollege?(hacksandthoughts.posterous.com)

    4 points by sbashyal 15y ago|6 comments