Comment on Show HN: A HN Api to provide random HN posts to read uponComments−minimaxir11y hn_url := "http://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/" page := rand.Intn(50) points := randomInt(200, 600) url := hn_url + "search?tags=story&numericFilters=points>" + strconv.Itoa(points) + "&page=" + strconv.Itoa(page) That's an odd definition of random.−bluerailOP11yThe points is just a threshold to get a good article instead of just anything. And, Algolia returns maximum of 1000 hits for a query with 20 per page. So shuffling the page to pick up too.
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The points is just a threshold to get a good article instead of just anything. And, Algolia returns maximum of 1000 hits for a query with 20 per page. So shuffling the page to pick up too.