Thanks this is awesome!
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Re: Show HN: Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
After the Why We Sleep fiasco I'd quite like a site which peer reviews all the references in a book (could be crowd sourced wiki-style) individually. And then the book, or each chapter, gets a rating for factual correctness.
Would you minding pointing to what the fiasco was about. I read the book based on all round positive reviews and recommendations.
I did too, and it turns out a lot of the claims are either made up (the literature doesn't support the claims, or doesn't seem to exist at all!), potentially harmful or misleading (modified plots to suit the narrative).
In hindsight some of the claims are just weird, like saying you can measure the effect of one bad night's sleep months down the line.
On the whole it got people talking about sleep, which isn't a bad thing. But, the peer review (see sibling posts) only looked at one chapter I think, so God knows what else is wrong.
I don't think anyone is doubting that you should probably get a bit more sleep, try not to blast blue lights in your face and get into a routine. Standard sleep hygiene stuff.
Re: Show HN: Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads
#43I am trying to build something similar and I was wondering if there are any legal issues with showing content from the source website into mine, in your case for example the content is the user's comments.
In this page https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/ under the Intellectual Property Rights is written:
Except as expressly authorized by Y Combinator, you agree not to modify, copy, frame, scrape, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Site or the Site Content, in whole or in part, except that the foregoing does not apply to your own User Content (as defined below) that you legally upload to the Site.
I really wonder if I need to ask for permission from each website about showing some text from their website into mine?
Re: Show HN: Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
After the Why We Sleep fiasco I'd quite like a site which peer reviews all the references in a book (could be crowd sourced wiki-style) individually. And then the book, or each chapter, gets a rating for factual correctness.
That is a good point. Also reminds me I'd like a site that lists all the references in a book so I can more easily search them on the computer and not necessarily need to even own the book.
This is how conventional journal publishing works, so I don't see why this couldn't be implemented for books which provide a bibliography.