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Announcing the Pollen API

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Re: Announcing the Pollen API

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> Pollen data presents a unique opportunity for businesses–whether it’s an opportunity to build brand loyalty and trust, increase engagement and product value, or become a catalyst for a more resilient community. Such a perfect example of Google-speak. Every data point is an engagement hack.

As time passes it feels like Google slowly morphs into a Hooli-esque enterprise. Google's corpspeak has become insufferable...

Re: Announcing the Pollen API

#25

> Pollen data presents a unique opportunity for businesses–whether it’s an opportunity to build brand loyalty and trust, increase engagement and product value, or become a catalyst for a more resilient community. Such a perfect example of Google-speak. Every data point is an engagement hack.

It's such a ridiculous statement that without context you'd have thought it was a parody of corp speak.

Re: Announcing the Pollen API

#26

> According to the World Health Organization, up to ⅓ of the global population suffers from allergic rhinitis, Has anyone yet figured out why so many humans suffer from an allergy to many natural plants which we have lived around for millions of years? It looks like the first documented case of Hayfever was March 1819[1], and at the time it was considered a very unusual and rare affliction. When and why has it now be…

Some allergies are triggered by a disease[1]. It is possible that hayfever is an outcome of a disease which has become common since 1819. The disease may have no other symptoms, and hay fever a symptom in only some people, and therefore be very hard to track. [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0727-emerging-tick-...

Or a virus. A lot of autoimmune diseases are thought to be triggered by a virus.

Re: Announcing the Pollen API

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vitriolic comment voicing your own little issues that adds nothing to the conversation about the topic at hand

1. Threads on HN aren't expected to remain on-topic, especially top-level comments (like the one you're replying to). HN's content guidelines place no restriction on comments to be on-topic, let alone decide what on-topic is.

2. I see no vitriol in your parent comment. Sarcasm yes, but employing sarcasm alone does not make speech vitriolic.

3. You commented _about_ your parent, rathering than responding to the content of it, adding nothing to the conversation it started.

4. That you interpreted your parent's sarcasm much more strongly — as, instead, vitriolic — perhaps voices one of "your own little issues".

Re: Announcing the Pollen API

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm disappointed as i thought they'd use actual sensors instead of guessing using old data.

There’s nothing wrong with building a model using related data if the thing you care about is hard/expensive to measure at that scale (which I don’t know if that’s true or not). But you’d want to validate your model using actual pollen samples. The data here is pretty much worthless without a paper explaining the model and the validation.

Imagine if they said that about street view? At this point, with so much capital at google, it probably makes sense to just have measuring equipment shipped, installed and have hosted/maintained at these locations. At the very least, snap some kalmann filters together with these "models" and adjust your model predictions with real-time actual values.

Re: Announcing the Pollen API

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How bored are you to register an account just to post that formulaic comment?

It could be a black PR effort of a competing company. Remember Scroogled? That, but a bit more subtle.

Could be, but unfortunately, this isn't an entirely unreasonable question regardless. Given Google's track record, I would be very hesitant to integrate new APIs right after launch.

Re: Announcing the Pollen API

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post #21

> Pollen data presents a unique opportunity for businesses–whether it’s an opportunity to build brand loyalty and trust, increase engagement and product value, or become a catalyst for a more resilient community. Such a perfect example of Google-speak. Every data point is an engagement hack.

As time passes it feels like Google slowly morphs into a Hooli-esque enterprise. Google's corpspeak has become insufferable...

Sometimes the company is a parody of itself. I got shouted at by People Operations for saying "Merry Christmas"...
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