dajon

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   by dajon 7y ago

   Indeed, a single postcode in the UK will contain (on average) about 20 addresses and (usually) only refer to a single street.
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   by dajon 7y ago

   In the UK, the spots are allocated to parties rather than candidates, and determined by past election (and to a lesser extent, current opinion poll) performance. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media&#x
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   by dajon 7y ago

   > It didn't see the outcome of that vote yet though The referendum was very explicitly non-binding. 'The outcome of that vote' was achieved simply by publishing the results.
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   by dajon 7y ago

   Regarding your first point, there's a very relevant 2-minute sketch from the radio show 'That Mitchell & Webb Sound' that makes a similar argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9ptA3Ya9E
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   by dajon 7y ago

   I suspect this is fundamentally the same as Amazon recommending things you've already bought. Even if the likelihood of rewatching/repurchasing is small, that probability must compare favourably to the chance that their algorithm
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   by dajon 7y ago

   My only knowledge of Henri Bergson is from perhaps a less intellectual source, the Monty Python sketch 'Spot the brain cell': Cleese: ... Well your first question for the blow on the head this evening is: What great opponent of Ca