I have a living pokedex in Y (718 in PC, one of each). I thought I knew my pokemon. This one is called Avalugg, not Crebase. https://www.dropbox.com/s/1puw4bgdtw3hyye/Screenshot%202014-... Using the americanized Japanese names is not right. Either use the native Japanese names in the correct alphabet, or use the English translated names.
Is it Pokémon or big data technology?
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Romanized would be a better description than americanized. Rōmaji is not just about America.
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#22What's with the hashtag?
Maybe they are implying that "big data" is trendy at the moment? As far as I've seen on HN over the last year or so, lots of people are talking about what is and what is not big data.
Or the company who made the post uses #bigdata on twitter. In case you missed the "if you got 100% send us your resume" on the last page.
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#23> hadoop is a big data system for counting words
To all appearances, Hadoop Pig is pokemon.
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#24I got 2 wrong. Disclaimer: I created the (currently) most popular browser-based Pokemon fan game. So it's pretty sad.
> I bring shame upon famiry.
Just because it's a meme doesn't make it right.
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#25I really hope this is a precursor for a big-data type breakdown post of how people responded to this survey. Would make for a great follow up
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#26> hadoop is a big data system for counting words
I have to admit, this made me laugh out loud. For those who don't know, the word counting example is the "Hello, World" of Map/Reduce.
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#28I thought about naming a project rapidash before realizing what I've done.
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#29"Hadoop is distributed system for counting words"??? Really?
Yeah, indeed it's funny (because I know about Hadoop), but for someone that's learning with this, it could be taken as a serious statement.
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#30Similarly, "Startup or Pokemon?":
http://evilbrainjono.net/pages/startup-or-pokemon.py
Which appears to have been submitted thrice in the past: http://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/prefix/0/startup%20or...