Readit Newsadamveld12 commented on Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search Architecture Part 1 highscalability.com/blog/... · Posted by u/PretzelFisch
It's strange, I don't really like using the HN Algolia search. I think it's because the responsiveness doesn't fit HN and the results are okay but not great? What are some other big sites that use Algolia as their search backend? It would be interesting to compare.
We use it for general search and similar items results on www.liveauctioneers.com
I'm a big fan of Jocko's podcast, there are great episodes that talk about Unit 731 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mizmXTWDf-4) and the Rape of Nanjing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uylTcj5yDOM) that are worth the time if you're interested in learning about the darker side of history.
The Rape of Nanjing episode is particularly interesting since he goes over the book "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" by Iris Chang in the first part, following that up with readings from "The Woman Who Could Not Forget" by, Dr. Ying Ying Chang which goes over how researching the Nanjing Massacre affected her daughter Iris deeply enough to the point of ending her own life.
Usually this is stuff that people avoid, but I feel that knowing what people are capable of doing gives some perspective in my life.
Where is that "Show HN" that will let me check if a site is affected by an S3 outtage?
adamveld12 commented on Publishing an Amazon Echo Skill acucciniello.com/2016/12/... · Posted by u/acucciniello
Funny, I just tried making an alexa skill the other day so this is appropriate. How did you get around the restriction on the types of utterances you can do? It seems like with this type of app you would need to use AMAZON.Literal but they took that out for (security?) reasons. I saw that you effectively have placeholder text in your slot definitions, is alexa 'loose' enough with utterances to let you say almost any phrase?