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by messo 6y ago
People and groups with strongly held beliefs are not the most affected by algorithms, as you are pointing out. Worst case scenario is that their echo chamber becomes less impenetrable or that they become even more extreme. Algorithms does m
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by messo 6y ago
I have recently been building simple sites (HTML+CSS) for small-ish businesses with Hugo, with great success. I am currently building a base theme that will contain all the basic scaffolding, much like how Wordpress have the concept of chil
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by messo 6y ago
> […] the animations while pretty get pretty jarring once u start switching windows too often. Agree. I have used i3 for several years, but tried GNOME again recently to experience with Pop_OS's tiling feature. It was OK-ish, but a
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by messo 6y ago
> I think algorithms have less power than people think they do, even the computer scientists. Algorithms are powerful because they can cause tiny, incremental and often completely unnoticeable changes of opinions and perception. These ch
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by messo 6y ago
The movie does not argue for policing content, but directs criticism towards massive data gathering, analysis and micro-persuasion trough algorithms.
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by messo 6y ago
It is a bit silly, but at the same time an effective way to illustrate some very technical concepts to non-techies. Judging from the response I got from my partner, it did the trick.
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by messo 6y ago
Netflix is also guilty of using algorithms to recommend content, but to be fair, they do not gather nearly as much data on your behavior and life in general as i.e. Google and Facebook/Insta/WhatsApp. They also have different ince
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by messo 6y ago
Do you think watching The Social Dilemma with family or friends could help spark a conversation about how they are being manipulated by "Big Tech"? I plan on doing this with someone who has been greatly affected by the algorithms,
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by messo 6y ago
They include an example in the movie regarding search results (and auto-complete suggestions) to illustrate that the answer you get is influenced by the algorithms knowledge of your world view. The example they use is: "Climate change
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by messo 6y ago
As I mentioned in the first sentence of my post; "For those who have seen the film on Netflix already; what are your thoughts?" It is a movie / documentary[0] which raises questions about the combination of massive amounts of
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by messo 6y ago
@blueterminal: There are many proposed solutions, some better than others. GDPR is a step in the right direction, it should not be easy or trivial to collect huge amounts of data on people. There is no good rational justification for this b
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by messo 6y ago
I think this film can do just that, but for non-techies. We can't really blame non-technical people for not understanding or caring about these things, when the underlying mechanisms are of such a technical nature. That is why I really
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by messo 6y ago
Some basic rules and regulations would be great :) This should of course not replace taking personal responsibility, but humans are way to easy to influence / hack to leave it entirely to market forces. Some common ground and basic rul
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by messo 6y ago
> Don't tell me that Mastodon and Mastodon clones can be replacements for Twitter, Facebook, Facebook groups, Facebook events, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, etc. It has been for me. But I am very aware that the fediverse is far from
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by messo 6y ago
> I spend lots of time reading. Is reading an addiction? I don’t think spending time on something is necessarily an addiction. Anything can become addictive, really, if we use ASAM's official definition: «People with addiction use s
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by messo 6y ago
I am not categorically against ads on online platforms (or offline for that mater), but I do have a problem with the power these companies have gained by gathering and analyzing fine-grained data-points on us and our behavior. The fact that
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by messo 6y ago
I'm applauding every effort to compete with the big players, but I also hope that anyone who spend time trying to solve these problems builds interoperable systems (open protocols etc). What I really like about the ActivityPub protocol
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by messo 6y ago
> Though there was hardly anything that I didn't already know, I liked the movie very much for its presentation […] This is exactly the same impression I had after watching the movie. There was little new information in this movie f
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by messo 6y ago
I agree that many (most?) people will be back at their phone within hours, even after watching The Social Dilemma. At the same time I find Jaron Lanier's comment compelling; even if only a few percent choose to get of algorithm-driven
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Ask HN: What do you think about “The Social Dilemma”?
331 points by messo 6y ago|248 comments
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by messo 6y ago
I want this in a 27"-ish monitor for programing and text work in general!
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by messo 6y ago
A question for people that have experience with both Hugo and 11ty: What are the main differences and which one do you like the best (and why)?
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by messo 6y ago
This is a relief to hear! The only downside with the RM1/2 for me is the lackluster epub/PDF functionality, but if it is possible to put koreader on it without interference with existing functionality, I might just sell my Kobo e-
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by messo 6y ago
For a US-based variation of democratic schooling, check out the Sudbury Valley School: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Valley_School
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by messo 6y ago
> The emissions from travel it took to report this story were 0kg CO2. The digital emissions from this story are an estimated 1.2g to 3.6g CO2 per page view. Maybe this is what finally could push companies towards making lighter and more
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by messo 6y ago
This seems like an unsolved problem to this day. Does anyone know about any active efforts to define an "Open Reader API" of any kind? I have been thinking recently that it would be _great_ to have a simple server that handles you
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A Letter to All Present and Future RSS Syncing Platforms (2014)(rss-sync.github.io)
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by messo 6y ago
i3 on a phone may not be the most sexy experience, but I still want it!
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This! I would love to be able to add some blogs to my mastodon feed.
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by messo 6y ago
The good news is that we do not have to sacrifice our (digital) human rights to fight the virus. I was recently made aware of a really simple but effective way of tracking infections without storing data centrally or using positional inform

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