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Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate accounts
634 by costco | 508 comments on Hacker News.
Author here. This site lets you put in a username and get the users with the most similar writing style to that user. It confirmed several users who I suspected were alts and after informally asking around has identified abandoned accounts of people I know from many years ago. I made this site mostly to show how easy this is and how it can erode online privacy. If some guy with a little bit of Python, and $8 to rent a decent dedicated server for a day can make this, imagine what a company with millions of dollars and a couple dozen PhD linguists could do. Here's Paul Graham: https://ift.tt/8QifUDy Here are some frequent HN commenters: (EDIT: Removed due to privacy concerns)
634 by costco | 508 comments on Hacker News.
Author here. This site lets you put in a username and get the users with the most similar writing style to that user. It confirmed several users who I suspected were alts and after informally asking around has identified abandoned accounts of people I know from many years ago. I made this site mostly to show how easy this is and how it can erode online privacy. If some guy with a little bit of Python, and $8 to rent a decent dedicated server for a day can make this, imagine what a company with millions of dollars and a couple dozen PhD linguists could do. Here's Paul Graham: https://ift.tt/8QifUDy Here are some frequent HN commenters: (EDIT: Removed due to privacy concerns)
Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees
514 by CHB0403085482 | 155 comments on Hacker News.
514 by CHB0403085482 | 155 comments on Hacker News.
Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environment initiative?
544 by cpeth | 475 comments on Hacker News.
No form of transport requires less energy than telecommuting. Why aren't there Zoom/MS Teams/Slack bill-boards on 101 and 880? Where is everyone's outrage at needlessly requiring people to move themselves into offices and the congestsion, waste, and environmental damage it causes?
544 by cpeth | 475 comments on Hacker News.
No form of transport requires less energy than telecommuting. Why aren't there Zoom/MS Teams/Slack bill-boards on 101 and 880? Where is everyone's outrage at needlessly requiring people to move themselves into offices and the congestsion, waste, and environmental damage it causes?
Mom handcuffed, jailed for 8-year-old son walking half a mile
491 by leephillips | 474 comments on Hacker News.
491 by leephillips | 474 comments on Hacker News.
My project is now an easter egg in Microsoft Flight Simulator
459 by s-macke | 122 comments on Hacker News.
459 by s-macke | 122 comments on Hacker News.
Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST
807 by tambourine_man | 222 comments on Hacker News.
807 by tambourine_man | 222 comments on Hacker News.
Delaware judge discovers hidden entity recruiting people to be patent trolls
705 by Andrew_Russell | 234 comments on Hacker News.
705 by Andrew_Russell | 234 comments on Hacker News.