The author's blog post is retarded; "herp derp I don't know how recaptcha works and it's too hard for me." He has a pretty blog and a green name on HN, so everyone upvotes it. Pretty sad IMO.
There's the annual calendar of "news" stories pertaining to major holidays, sports events, and political cycles.
If you've lived a few years (or decades) in any particular area, you'll find a recycled set of "places to go, things to do, sights to see" articles.
If you've lived through a few economic cycles, there's a very predictable trend through boom, cusp, bust, downturn, recovery cycles (NB: still in the downturn).
News is cyclic. Not everyone knows everything. Reiterating the basics every so often is necessary.
The challenge isn't not doing it, but getting the balance right.
> Even if you're logged out, one engineer told me, there are 57 signals that Google looks at -- everything from what kind of computer you're on to what kind of browser you're using to where you're located -- that it uses to personally tailor your query results.
He says they are signals used during ranking, not something to identify people.
Lol, this screencast is horrible. It's just one guy talking, but they edited the cuts so close to each other that he's overlapping himself talking. I guess it's "saving time" or "is stylish and cool". Obviously it was a conscious decision on their point, but it's a horrible idea. I don't think I'd trust a company that would put out something this bad as an official video.
