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[–] [email protected] 142 points 21 hours ago (35 children)

I also hate the way "algorithm" has taken over the public consciousness. You can find people unironically saying "I don't want any algorithm in my social media feed", which is a nonsensical statement.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Let's not tell them that by definition both a shopping list and a recipe are algorithms.

[–] namingthingsiseasy 1 points 18 hours ago

Can you put some milk on the algorithm please?

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