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surya

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About surya

Startup founder currently residing in Edinburgh, UK.

Blog: http://arnavk.blogspot.com

Startup: Yadster ( http://www.yadster.com ) - Applying reputation networks to Web Search and News.

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    Ask HN: What is the best way to revise an old language/technology?

    I used to be a Java nerd back in college, but ever since then I haven't touched it. My work for the last 3-4 years has mostly been in Python and C++, and I have forgotten a lot of …

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    Comment #160100

    Yes, thats interesting... I wonder if they want to keep it quite (by making this info hard to find) or the developers of the API didn't think it through...

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    Thanks for sharing this... But isn't the AJAX Search API to be used from within the browser (client) rather than from a central server?

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    Ask PG: API for Hacker News?

    Hi PG, Are there any plans for a basic API for Hacker News? These functions will be useful: 1. List of recent/top stories (we can get this from the RSS feed though). 2. List of all…

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    Comment #150685

    I'm interested...

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    Ask YC: What do you think of Yadster's search-feedback-update mechanism?

    Please try out Yadster and leave your comments/feedback... Yadster takes feedback from the searcher on which results they like, and then changes the original query to bring them be…

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    Ask YC: Why do people share on social websites (like Youtube, Digg, Reddit, YC)?

    I have been thinking about this: What do you think is the need that drives the "social" media? Is it the feeling of charity, or something more personal, or do these users (who subm…

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    Comment #79233

    I'm in Edinburgh. Working on a collaborative web search startup.

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    I am working on a startup called 'Yadster'. We are trying to build new collaborative filtering algorithms (like those based on trust/reputation) are trying to apply them to applica…

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    We are based in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are working on a new trust-based collaborative filtering algorithm and looking to apply it to domains like Search and News.

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    Where to look for Python developers?

    I am working on a collaborative filtering startup and looking for a partner/developer who has experience in building scalable high-performance websites in Python. The geographic lo…

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    I believe doing your best work, is the best way of helping the world. If you love what you are doing, if you are one with yourself when you are doing it, you are giving the most yo…

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    Comment #43775

    Democracy has a weird tendency of favoring idiocy. Just take a look at this discussion: http://reddit.com/info/2ga89/comments

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    No, Google will be killed by people who it rejected to take.

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    Maybe thats why you didn't recieve a response.