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Kerf blog
Company blog · getkerf.wordpress.comprogrammingdata
Kerf blog is the company blog at getkerf.wordpress.com, writing about programming and data. Since 2016, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Algorithm No One Knows About (2016)”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The official blog of the Kerf array-language tool. Commenters link it for a post on the Vitter algorithm and point to it as the official Kerf blog. None of the comments judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Algorithm No One Knows About (2016)5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2016-04-04
- String Interning Done Right3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-02-25
- Atlas Data Structure2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-09-02
What Hacker News says?
I presume that instead of calculating each and every "point" and "particle" in discreet form, they find the statistically correct result instead. Probably something similar to Vitter algorithm https://getkerf.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/the-best-algorithm-...
Comment linking /2016/03/30/the-best-algorithm-no-one-knows-about/
on “Math Breakthrough Speeds Supercomputer Simulations”Submitted Algorithm No One Knows About (2016) as a story · 286 points
HN discussionThis should enlighten you why: https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/an-introductio... Basically, he's big on Kerf because he's involved in the development. The above blog post will tie it with Kx and other APLs. https://getkerf.wordpress.com/ is the official Kerf blog. And Kerf is not meant to be free...
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on “Timestamps done right”Submitted Vitter's reservoir sampling algorithm D: randomly selecting unique items as a story · 117 points
HN discussionSubmitted Timestamps done right as a story · 64 points
HN discussionSubmitted String Interning Done Right as a story · 56 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atlas Data Structure as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted String Interning Done Right as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted An introduction to combinators (in the Kerf vector language) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Smart grid with time series and tick database Kerf as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Algorithm No One Knows About (2016) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Algorithm No One Knows About as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Time Bars as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atlas Data Structure (2016) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The algo no one knows about (2016) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kerf's approach to string interning as a story · 1 points
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