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Michael Mitzenmacher
Personal blog · mybiasedcoin.blogspot.comprogrammingmathscience
Michael Mitzenmacher writes My Biased Coin, a personal blog at mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com about programming, math and science. Since 2008, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “The effect of Groupon promotions on Yelp ratings”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Michael Mitzenmacher's posts on cuckoo hashing as background reading. One thread discusses his blog's post on Groupon promotions and Yelp ratings. No comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
My take on computer science -- algorithms, networking, information theory -- and related items.
Most-linked posts?
- The effect of Groupon promotions on Yelp ratings2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-04-08
- Cuckoo Hashing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-03-11
What Hacker News says?
One of the comments on the blog perfectly sums up what would have been my hypothesis, so I will simply repeat it here: Part of the drop may be due to Groupon inducing people to visit a business selling something they otherwise wouldn't be interested in. E.g., I might check out a Greek restaurant even though I'm indifferent to Greek food because of a good deal and curiosity. Given the same experience as someone who l…
Comment linking /2012/03/groupon-effect-on-yelp-ratings-guest.html?showComment=1333075513809
on “The effect of Groupon promotions on Yelp ratings”Submitted The effect of Groupon promotions on Yelp ratings as a story · 93 points
HN discussionIf I were still a student I might hope that this will be a sort of "it gets worse before it gets better" moment, in that the faculty are the only party even theoretically capable of arresting Harvard's ethical and managerial decline. Experience indicates that having been blind for decades, they're unlikely to see the light now. The Harvard bureaucracy is big enough and old enough that its true purpose is itself. Onl…
Comment linking /2008/10/on-ad-board-harvard-centric-post.html
on “Harvard Search of E-mail Stuns Its Faculty Members”Submitted How to send a real number using a single bit (and some shared randomness) as a story · 53 points
HN discussionMany people would disagree with you. Groupon has been shifty with their earnings and filings each time till now (e.g. http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2011/11/22/history-re... ), and currently being investigated for it ( http://ansonalex.com/infographics/groupon-sec-fililing-and-i... ). There have been various statements by former/current employees about inflating prices ( http://articles.businessinsider.com/2…
Comment linking /2012/03/groupon-effect-on-yelp-ratings-guest.html
on “Groupon Announces First Quarter 2012 Results”Submitted Cuckoo Hashing as a story · 45 points
HN discussionBTW, more info on cuckoo hashing: http://mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com/2007/06/cuckoo-hashing-theo... http://mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-robust-cuckoo-...
Comment linking /2008/05/more-robust-cuckoo-hashing-esa-paper.html
on “Cuckoo hashing”- ot · 2014-10-23
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