Well, I am sorry if you misunderstood what I am talking about... maybe because I did not tell the whole story.
I lost more than 7 points of karma in 20 minutes!
All of that because I commented on that story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=516027
And I was telling users NOT to flag that story, because those people are in trouble, and we should help them. So everyone down-voted that comment, and when I deleted it, it looks like they wanted to continue down-voting my other comments!
I always had serious doubts that Google is going to track users in such a way, as Google is always looking for a way to collect users' info - Look at Youtube and all of other Google's acquisitions!
Specially after their acquisition of Urchin - currently known as Google Analytics.
In fact I was asking myself, when Google will use these huge data sets that it has about us?
The interest based advertising is something that I am working on (research), and I am trying to code algorithm that would understand users' interests...
In fact, you can flag comments regardless if you reply to it or not. Once you pass the karma threshold - I think it's 50 - then you can flag any comment.
If you want to flag a comment, you will find beside the comment headline: link
Click on the link link , and you will be moved to another page that you can see the flag link.
The borders. :)
The visas laws... if you are an American, then almost you don't know about it, but Arabs are restricted from entering America... only fraction of Arabian visa applicants are granted the visa.
Anyway, I hope that maybe after 30 yrs from now, the globalization will be more practiced, and the borders will be removed.... so I would be able to acheive my dream.
I really wish to move to the Silicon Valley... it's my biggest dream in my life.
Starting my startup at the heart of the Silicon Valley - Palo Alto, or maybe at Mountain view... ouch, this dream is always in my head!
It's not about money or any thing... it's just emotional.
It's enough to tell you that the Silicon Valley is in my heart, and that I visit Google maps every day to take a look at the area with the street view feature.
I always had critical doubts that Google is going to track users in such a way, as Google is always looking for a way to collect users' info - Look at Youtube and all of other Google's acquisitions!
Specially after their acquisition of Urchin - currently known as Google Analytics.
Yes I know that the individual comments are the ones stored in the memory.
But it takes a while to load anyway. like the feature request story... it takes around 11 seconds to load.
Thanks for making it clear to me, I really appreciate it. :)
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