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  • My feed, My Way: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms

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  • Statistical models are not technically algorithms

    Which makes "opt out of algorithms" even more wrong.

    They should define a bare minimum baseline of data points that should be made available to users to control the content they want to see

    I'm not a fan of specifying too much here. Many platforms don't track location while other fields that we can't think of in advance might be useful. Finding a more general rule that still gets the intent across might be hard but I'd rather have it a bit under-specified than suddenly requiring a social media site to track my location every time I post because someone wasn't careful enough when writing the text of a law.

    Other than that, I agree 100%.

  • My feed, My Way: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms

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  • I really really REALLY hope this is phrased well. Otherwise it is impossible to implement. People don't know what an algorithm is.

    Sorting by date uses an algorithm. Filtering by tag uses an algorithm. Even counting out a number of posts uses an algorithm. An algorithm is not some magic oracle but just a list of instructions like a cooking recipe.

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    The President Ain't the White House?

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  • I think OP misunderstood it because the first few sentences mention Trump multiple times, then switch to "The White House". If they are not familiar with the concept of using "the White House" as a synonym for "the president (+staff)" or if they are not a native speaker, that might seem like the White House might be a separate entity able to comment on the president's actions.

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    The President Ain't the White House?

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  • I guess they used "The White House" because they did not ask Trump personally but his press secretary or whoever answers questions from the public.

  • TIL The younger brother of Jesus

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  • You'll be together FOREVER ♥️

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  • I come to correct a typo and stay for another add on.

    Are you... me?

  • You'll be together FOREVER ♥️

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  • it’s easy to miss.

    Really? I didn't think it was subtle at all. Even pretty early, when he drives her home and fails to tell her what he thinks about her, I found it pretty obvious that everything that happens to him is a consequence of his own actions. At this point it can still be excused by him being insecure but as soon as he uses the willow, it is very clear that he doesn't care even a tiny bit about what she wants, he just wants to own her.

  • You'll be together FOREVER ♥️

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  • Nikki not having a real backstory is (probably) on purpose. We see most of the story from Bear's perspective and he doesn't care about her backstory. So we don't get to see it.

    The whole film uses those stereotypes on purpose to show how problematic they are.

  • You'll be together FOREVER ♥️

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  • I (unironically) love how your comment gets longer and longer every time I refresh this thread.

  • You'll be together FOREVER ♥️

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  • Exactly my thoughts. Yeah, you can argue that he wasn't aware how his wish would play out in detail but that's pretty much the only point that redeems him.

    He would have had a realistic chance to be with her if he had just actually talked to her in the beginning. Instead he completely ignores the entire concept of consent, uses a supernatural artifact to make her feel things against her will and while she still acts more or less normal, he shows exactly no remorse. He only gets interested in reversing the wish when there are negative consequences for him. He doesn't care for her feelings at all.

    He's toxic, he comes as close to being a rapist as you can come and the film makes a point of showing us that the real Nikki is still somewhere inside the remote-controlled shell that he has created and is very much not okay with what is happening.. How can anyone see him as the victim?

  • You'll be together FOREVER ♥️

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  • I think it's a screenshot from the movie Obsession. Spoilers ahead but I'll be as vague as possible:

    A guy just can't find the courage to tell his crush he's into her. He gets his hands on an artifact that grants him exactly one wish so he wishes that she'll love him more than anyone else in the world. True to the "careful what you wish for" trope, she becomes utterly obsessed with him.

    This screenshot might be from a scene where he leaves the apartment and she just stands there and stares at the door until he comes home. She doesn't move a muscle apart from eventually losing control of her bladder.

  • What's wrong with America?

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  • Old fridges am I right?

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  • I have a decades old fridge that literally freezes my veggie drawer every two weeks. I‘m so close to throwing it out.

  • Uncle Bob becoming even worse:

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  • So in other words he spends weeks to write extra tests so that the agent can save him days of coding.

  • How it probably happened

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  • The answer is obvious: the pyramids are the tips of half-buried D8s.

  • Volume

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  • Most movies are mixed for a theater surround sound system. Remixing them for tv speakers is usually not worth the effort. Dialogue usually sits on the center channel while effects and music are spread across left, right and surround channels. A tv with stereo speakers can‘t do much except mix all of that together and that makes it hard to hear the quieter parts.

    If you watch a lot of movies, I recommend a soundbar or even better a 5.1 system. It’s expensive but it mostly solves those mixing problems.

  • In a genderless and sexless society, what would pronouns be based on?

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  • I’d argue that shortened names aren’t pronouns. Like, “Bob” isn’t a pronoun after all. But that’s a cool idea nonetheless.

    Counter-argument: the only two reasons why "Bob" isn't a pronoun are a) because English has other pronouns and b) because not every name has a form that's short enough to use in place of pronouns.

    I would say it's fully plausible that a language develops proper pronouns (with case markings and everything else you would expect) based on a rule that works with any name. As an arbitrary example, a Robert, Robin, Ronald and Rocinante might all use roki for the nominative case, ros for the genitive case and ron for the accusative case. In the absence of other pronoun systems, that would be indistinguishable from what you imagine as pronouns. Add a few centuries of sound shifts and you get something really interesting.

  • In a genderless and sexless society, what would pronouns be based on?

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  • I assume we are talking about third person pronouns, mostly singular, possibly plural (like in French which has gendered ils/elles). First and second person (I, you, we) aren't gendered in (most?) western languages anyway.

    It could go multiple ways:

    • Just one set of third person pronouns for everyone, equivalent to English they/them. The fewer different pronouns you have, the harder it is to talk about multiple people at once but in principle, it works. After all, nobody keeps you from talking about five men who all use he/him in English, you just have to add more specifiers or names to differentiate.
    • A distinction based on proximity. One set of pronouns for a person near the speaker, one for a person near the listener and one for a person somewhere else. Japanese does something similar for things (これ kore, それ sore, あれ are) but as far as I know, not for people. For an example in English, imagine equivalents to this and that which are personal pronouns instead of demonstratives.
    • A distinction based on age. Different pronouns for children, adults, elderly or relative to the speaker's age.
    • A distinction based on familiarity. One set of pronouns to refer to close friends and family, one for acquaintances, one for strangers.
    • A distinction based on status and respect. A bit similar to what Japanese does with honorific name suffixes but in pronoun form.
    • One of the conlangs I'm occasionally working on has pronouns based on the shortened form of names: the first syllable of the person's name plus a suffix. Plus one set of pronouns for if you don't know (or don't want to mention) a person's name.
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  • Disclaimer to others: the comment I'm replying to has been almost completely rewritten while I was typing my reply so I'm quoting things that are no longer there. I will still leave my reply as it is.

    In Germany, every EU citizen pays next to nothing. Doesn't matter which university or what grades. As long as you qualify for university (i.e. you have finished high school), you are able to get a degree if you want. No "if", no "I wouldn't have to worry", no "top student", no "cheap". There is no tuition, period. Most universities ask for a small administrative fee of less than 200€, most of which finances additional benefits that cannot legally be paid with taxes, such as a student council.

    As mentioned, for non-EU students, there is a fixed tuition of at most 1050€ per semester. Again, no "if", no "you wouldn't have to worry", no "top student".

    Also note, that I never, not even once complained about American tuition fees. If you re-read my comments, you will only find the stated fact that the tuition for non-EU students is lower than "most US tuition fees". Which, by your own admission, is true. I never claimed that it is lower than the lowest possible US tuition, I never said anything about this being good or bad.

    So please stop projecting your own rage onto something I have never said and stop insulting people. You are entitled to your opinion and I will gladly fight for your right to state it. What you are not entitled to is being rude to strangers. For that, I will downvote and possibly report you.

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  • the real cost of college for most students is closer to $10K a year.

    So you agree that the 650 to 1050€ figure in my post is lower than your $10K? Yes? Good.

    did you even go to college? or are you just ragebaiting yourself over sticker prices?

    I have a BSc and MSc in computer science from one of the top universities in Germany. I paid about 4000€ in total because I was unlucky to have my first few semesters fall into the time that had the 500€ per semester tuition. Someone who started a bit after me would come out under 2000€. Again, not per year but in total for two degrees.

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    dfyx @lemmy.helios42.de

    Need help designing connection between two parts

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    dfyx @lemmy.helios42.de
    Resin printing

    Flexible resin recommendations for tabletop miniatures?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Why I probably won't defederate from Threads

    plume.helios42.de /~/english/Why%20I%20probably%20won't%20defederate%20from%20Threads/