Welp. I'm glad I managed to catch this in whatever window of time it was visible on the site. Great analysis, reasonably readable.<p>While I might disagree with the methods used to suppress it, I understand why the powers that be might not want this sort of article to be widely spread, but what can you say. Thanks OP.
Very cool!<p>And the IPython notebook is direct available here: <a href="https://github.com/sangaline/reverse-engineering-the-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm/blob/master/Reverse%20Engineering%20the%20Hacker%20News%20Ranking%20Algorithm.ipynb" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/sangaline/reverse-engineering-the-hacker-...</a>
Unironically, this was apparently censored (no realistic human interaction would result in this post, which was gaining popularity quickly, disappearing from the first 6 pages within moments).<p>Meanwhile, a post about YCombinator itself (the <i>US</i> company) going to Canada to skirt US visa regulation changes so that it can continue its access to foreign founders whose exploitable economics are desirable to US founders... remains on the first page.<p>This, IMHO.<p>This article was excellent, btw, despite my lack of basic calculus knowledge and, thus, my inability to understand the notated equations.