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Re:Hacker News' Reading Level by triffidhunter on Sunday December 12, 2010 @11:05PM (#1999262)
That's ok, arxiv.com is smarter than everyone.

https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site:arxiv.com&hl=...

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Re:Hacker News' Reading Level by billswift on Monday December 13, 2010 @02:41AM (#1999742)
To get that, they have to be discarding nearly every word that is common to most web pages and grading only on uncommon words. There is no other way to get that low a basic and intermediate score.
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Re:Hacker News' Reading Level by hugh3 on Monday December 13, 2010 @01:41AM (#1999619)
Wow, 99% advanced. That actually gives me a lot more confidence in google's algorithms.
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