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the-algorithm is such a pretentious name for a repo

• BbzzbB 4y ago
  It's a colloquial term for recommendation engines, how often do you hear people say "the algorithm" (vs. "the recommendation engine") on YouTube?
  • distrill 4y ago
    yes, but this is the first repository i have seen named like this
    • krapp 4y ago
      It's because there's been nearly a decade of conspiracy theory around the use of algorithmic feeds in social media generally, and Twitter specifically. Among the right, "algorithms" have become symbolic of the machinery of leftist oppression they believe to be arrayed against them by modern media. So this language is Elon signaling that he's presenting the "woke hivemind's" head on a platter.
• sho_hn 4y ago
  Eh, it's name-spaced.