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by vdaniuk 13y ago
They are anonymizing queries after 18 months, not deleting them.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Oh no, you are wrong. Machine learning algorithms that are used by Google learn by observing behaviours of users and the results of this learning is essentially a black box of parameters and weights for the target function. Certainly they
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Sure. This is first study that I've found. "The findings revealed that social isolation was associated with an increased risk for depressive symptoms, suicide attempts, and low self-esteem." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I hugely respect Buddhist philosphy but quoting eight fold path in a discussion about addiction to our gadgets is a non sequitur. Do you know who is better to comment on the human condition? Actual scientists who study human mind. And whil
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Published papers in psychology journals are authoritative sources for information. I tried googling for information related to Bill Watterson and psychology and couldn't find any links to the relevant information. I am sure that come
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
At first I wanted to commend you on your long answer since you put a lot of work to explain your position. As I was writing a reply I understood that you have spent so much time to explain in detail why some subset X of humans are idiots, w
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Right. First someone says that isolation is good for adolescencents citing a comedian, you are arguing that mix of external and internal escapism is probably the best as the comic explains. I am not a subject matter expert, but comics are n
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Of course, I've noticed. But is it a bad thing? Reality is pretty dull for 90% of humans.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Really? I am not sure. We've got a lot of quirks in our cognition and intuition is not really a good heuristic for studying human mind.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
While the level of discourse on HN is high enough, it still suffers from the memes( as in their original definition) permeating through the content and diverting the attention to emotional, not rational issues. I for one find the emotional
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
You say idiots, I say your cognitive bias is rearing its reality distortion field. Read up on fundamental attribution error and you'll see what's wrong with your comment.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I am flabbergasted. Adolescents benefit from isolation? And you're citing a comedian? Care to cite some serious sources?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
There is no inherent conflict of interest between consumer and advertiser. There are conflicts of interest a between some consumers and advertisers. That is the point -- web search monetization is more complex than "ZOMG too many ads&q
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Very relevant to your thoughts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I guess the sarcasm tag should have been more obvious :D
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Glorify hard work? Madness. We don't need these protestant values in the coming post-scarcity economy. We should glorify efficiency, curiousity, self-sufficiency and internal state of tranquil happiness.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Wow, so nice to see a refreshing attitude here on HN. You nailed the arrogance of SV types. Not everything can be improved with technology, just look at these massive failures in disrupting education : Coursera, Edx, Udacity. I, too, hope t
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Relative to Khmer Rouge Russia is a beacon of human rights. This means nothing.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
It points out your biases in a humorous way while conveying information that I've first hand knowledge of the subject ;)
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Well, that was obviously a typo. There are generation of new knowledge and dissemination of old knowledge. I am not quailified to comment on the first, however his contribution to the second is substantial.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I am a citizen of a country near Russia and have a rather good knowledge about Russia internal politics and economics. Black propaganda, you say? That's adorable.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Weren't they talking about the search engines that allowed to buy organic placements in the results?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
If economic sciences produce economic models that are have better prediction power than models in previous iteration they are by definition useful. Your own disregard for this type of science is irrelevant.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Too much studying, you say?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Go back to reddit.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Come on, he is doing one of the best jobs in the world educating him about security. No, he probably wont risk his security for the benefit of others but he is a positive force. So please stop holding him to the absurd standards.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Please, come on. If only Google stops using tax optimization havens, Apple and Microsoft will get an edge simply because profits of main competitor decreased. The different guy gets the stick. This is exactly like DRM for digital media, thi
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Its quite trivial to follow their brand guidelines.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Yes, it is a smart model. However consider that the process of the unravelling of idea may be much more important that the data communicated about the idea to VC. Even if founders wanted, they couldnt transmit all the data about the idea.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
It would certainly be interesting to analyze a game theory model for ads if one could surface negative reviews about competitors.

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