Matt BlazeNov 25, 2022

Stop saying there are no algorithms. Algorithms don't necessarily involve opaque machine learning-driven decisions. Showing posts in chronological order is an algorithm. Showing a partial ordering of posts coming in from other nodes in a federated distributed system is an algorithm. Anything involving computers uses algorithms.

Even if you can predict what it does, there's an algorithm. ESPECIALLY if you can predict what it does.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

Show threadWilliam Aegerter
@mattblaze My pedantic hill: the meaning of exponential. (Limitations apply. Offer of human sacrifice only available if it enables everyone to understand the concept.)
Nov 25, 2022 at 11:09pmWeb
Show threadMatt BlazeNov 25, 2022
@waege Oh god yes. I'm to the point of almost kissing the ground when I hear it used accurately or near-correctly in media. (E.g., "The virus could spread exponentially." Yes! Thank you!)