• @[email protected]
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    461 month ago

    They don’t have to, algorithms do whatever they are designed to do. Long division is an algorithm.

    Profit motives are the issue here.

    • @irmoz
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      111 month ago

      Yeah, the narrowing of the word “algorithm” to only mean “social media recommendation algorithms” is getting on my nerves.

        • Zagorath
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          41 month ago

          At this point, “crypto” is its own word short for “cryptocurrency”, and not for “cryptography” in the broader sense. It’s unfortunate, but that’s how people use it.

          • @[email protected]
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            030 days ago

            That isn’t even generally true. Try mentioning crypto on the LKML and see what they think you mean.

        • @irmoz
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          31 month ago

          Scam from start to finish

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        I’ve always thought it was so funny when people say tHe aLgOrItHM like it’s a bad word or something. I know they mean social media & marketing, but it’s funny to think that they’re very concerned about something like bubble sort.