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Comment · 6 years ago
Hm, I change my mind, you are correct.
Comment · 6 years ago
? I’m confused how your comment relates to mine. Did you post on the wrong thread?
Comment · 6 years ago
Cool, thanks for the explanation.
Comment · 6 years ago
Cool :)
Comment · 6 years ago
Yes, that is why he used a burner account.
Comment · 6 years ago
Did it a few times, all I got were ads and dead links. Maybe implement a filtering system?
Comment · 6 years ago
Always wanted for someone to make a copy of Apple’s products but without their insane level of control over your device. Looks like someone is finally going to do it :)
Comment · 6 years ago
Watched that guy heavily a few months ago. He makes great explanations, really breaks things down so laymen can understand it.
Comment · 6 years ago
I’m new here, so this seems like a valid criticism to me — but judging by the number of downvotes, it may not be. Can someone explain why this comment is incorrect?
Comment · 6 years ago
Well, he dismissed Bright’s argument as a random pet peeve from people who haven’t written a line of code in C before, so yes, I do think he said it explicitly.
Comment · 6 years ago
Part of what makes YouTube’s recommendation algorithm so powerful is that it doesn’t necessarily have to be very good. I scrolled through my recommendations just now and only found one video after scrolling through fifteen that I was interested in watching — but that’s fine, since it’s easy to decide if you might like a video based on its title, thumbnail, and creator.

However, if YouTube was as good at recommending books as it was recommending videos, I would never use its book recommendation algorithm. You necessarily have to get almost every book recommendation “correct” for it to be seen as actually useful by the user.

Comment · 6 years ago
I think this could work, although perhaps in combination, not replacement, with the traditional ranking system. The book on the bottom of somebody’s list isn’t necessarily a bad one.
Comment · 6 years ago
What? You are suggesting that a person is unable to share his personal experiences and opinions unless their employer agrees? Obviously this may damage the company, but personally I have no sympathy for a company worth billions of dollars who is not known for their fair treatment of workers at all. I see nothing immoral in the original commenter releasing this information.
Comment · 6 years ago
True -- after all, it is still authoritarian, the only difference is that this authoritarian government seems to care for the wealth of its citizens (although not much else.)
Comment · 6 years ago
Definitely going to check this out. Thank you!

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