Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

Yes-yes-yes! Happy Birthday, Lizok! :-*

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New article on my hybris blog: search synonyms and enhanced phrase search. There’s a well-known issue in SOLR (and it’s not just with hybris) that multi-word synonyms work very poorly. It still functions somewhat with single-word synonyms, but also comes with its challenges. The blog outlines a solution that helps circumvent these problems and make the search smarter.

https://hybrismart.com/2017/08/09/enhanced-multi-word-synonyms-and-phrase-search/

Wow, just wow. 77.7 million people in the USA have a criminal history and are on the FBI’s radar.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-arrest-records-rise-americans-find-consequences-can-last-a-lifetime-1408415402

This is how Lisa and I visit archaeological museums. The magical crystal ball literally turned everything upside down

The latest from the land of the Amisheys. About trust

Amish do not use electricity, and thus they have a ceiling fan that runs on compressed air

In the Amish bookstore (consisting about halfway of biblical and near-biblical literature) an attitude adjuster hangs

Stopped by the supermarket to pick up some road trip snacks. There’s a special parking area for carts, and three little horses are already waiting for their owners.

Today we spent the whole day in an Amish village. These people live by the traditions of the 19th century: no cars, no electricity, traveling in horse-drawn carriages, and growing their own crops. Such a genuine village. Wildly interesting. Discovered an intriguing comparison of an Amish school with an American public school. Big question, whether their school is worse in all aspects.