Why “Data” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
it would be nice to know, whether she has had a payed subscription and has had that share data switched on or off. also - which model has been used? is this with fable and its r…
by theGeatZhopa · Oct 5, 2026
as someone who has driven by Google data centers in Iowa and Facebook in Oregon, I can report you that I can’t hear anything from them from the roadside.
by rockwotj · Oct 5, 2026
Thanks for another great interview, veqq! > What do those Lisp books lack? > it doesn’t go very deeply into e.g. garbage collection and data representation. > I like to blog abo…
by matheusmoreira · Oct 5, 2026
Show HN: Orrery, a Three.js solar system visualization powered by real NAIF data
by rybosome · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 points
I wonder what causes more harm? High fructose corn syrup or data centres?
by lostlogin · Oct 5, 2026
So we should judge each piece of evidence in a vacuum? Facebook has broken its promises about user data many times before. I don't buy anything they say about Muse, and nobody i…
by foltik · Oct 5, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "data" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "data" over time.
Data is a collection of discrete or continuous values that conveys information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally. A datum, data value or data point is an individual value in a collection of data. Data is usually organized into structures such as tables that provide additional context and meaning, and may itself be used as data in larger structures. Data may be used as variables in a computational process. Data may represent abstract ideas or concrete measurements. Read more on Wikipedia