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What’s the practical application of this? It makes sense in chess where you have two players using the same rules, so a comparison makes sense. But is Postgres
by blowski 3y ago
What’s the practical application of this? It makes sense in chess where you have two players using the same rules, so a comparison makes sense. But is Postgres a better database than Redis? Is The Godfather a better film than Lord of the Rings? These questions make no sense. Political candidates can’t get an increased value simply for being less popular.
So is the idea that you use this in a very technical space for, say, ranking jobs in a queue? Or is it intended for an e-commerce site to order by product ratings?
- jjfoooo4 3y agoI think it is supposed to be fun
- blowski 3y agoOh so I'm just overthinking it? Sorry. I thought ELO was some trendy new algorithm being used somewhere, and this was a jokey application of it.
- JohnFen 3y agoI suspect I'm overthinking it even more! I couldn't even come up with an answer to the first matchup because I have no idea what I'm supposed to base my ranking on.