Haelwenn /элвэн/ 
> Mastodon
> "Doesn't have algorithms"
You do not know how a computer works.
> "Doesn't have algorithms"
You do not know how a computer works.
Shark Blackle@lanodan this just colloquially means you have to move the abacus beads by hand
@SuricrasiaOnline But that's not mastodon
@lanodan right, sorry. activitypub
Moved to @@[email protected] the algorithm may merely be that which implements
ORDER BY date DESC but it is still there@alexandra Mastodon is way more than that.
For example it hides:
- Replies from people you do not follow
- Follower-only replies that by AP standards are visible to you but where the rest of the context isn't
For example it hides:
- Replies from people you do not follow
- Follower-only replies that by AP standards are visible to you but where the rest of the context isn't
tusooa 
西风 
@lanodan moreover, it does have trending now 
Normikoto 
🏳️⚧️@[email protected] gotta love overloaded terminology
christian faubel@lanodan given Donald E. Knuth's Definition of an algorithm vs. what he calls a a computational method, one might be tempted to deduce that personal computers and alike (cell phone etc..) run almost no algorithm and mostly computational methods, see scan
@fblchrstn We have programs that are known to end.
The QuickSort *algorithm* for example given a finite amount of data is also finite and determinist.
The QuickSort *algorithm* for example given a finite amount of data is also finite and determinist.
@lanodan sure, but if new data are constantly fed into a program (toots, images etc..) which are by their order unpredictable, what will be first on the list becomes unpredictable.
@lanodan not sure what part of logging i would need to understand, but the point is that a program that produces a different log (such as a web server) when it gets different requests makes it pretty unpredictable what will be written in the log-file, for example it will impossible to predict which IP-address will appear in the logs of a web server in the next second. in that sense I would say a server log is a reactive process.
@fblchrstn The ordering, the actual thing that's part of the sorting is static and quite deterministic.
It's based on the time at which posts gets received, the content doesn't matters, mathematicians have been sorting fruits for ages with glossing over details that weren't used in their algorithms.
It's based on the time at which posts gets received, the content doesn't matters, mathematicians have been sorting fruits for ages with glossing over details that weren't used in their algorithms.
@lanodan I agree that the ordering is deterministic if the data is known beforehand, than i can run the whole thing over and over again and i will always get the same order. But even the time at which data comes in is unpredictable, so i would stick with Knuths definition that the log continually interacts with its environment, and thus qualifies as a reactive process.
Louis R. Couture@lanodan I get what you’re saying but it’s not llle when they are only showing you what you are interested in or what they want you to see.
feral american@lanodan It always bothered me that society just collectively decided to name the golden bull “The Algorithm”, like it’s fucking Agent Smith from the Matrix.
Jons Mostovojs@lanodan also fediline fetching lol