Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (December 31, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for December 31, 2023 :</p>
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Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts
Summary: Chris Siebenmann's blog post discusses the issues with using email addresses as permanent internal identifiers for accounts. The main problem is that email addresses can change, even within a single organization. Additionally, there's no guarantee that organizations won't reuse email addresses. Siebenmann suggests using unique and permanent internal IDs instead, making account management simpler and more secure in the long run.
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Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT
Summary: This article compares search results from Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT to evaluate their quality. The author notes that many tech professionals believe Google's search results have worsened over the past decade. The comparison involves three types of queries and considers factors like relevance, scams, and user experience. Marginalia performs relatively well with decent answers and fewer scams. ChatGPT has mixed results, with some impressive outcomes and some "hallucinated" nonsense. The author questions if smaller search engines can displace Google and if user-curation or aggregation approaches could improve results.