Comment on Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Useless? Knowledge for the sake of itself is worth pursuing.

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  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it though?

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Depends on what you’re into, what you do, etc… Could be the difference between winning Final Jeopardy and not. Or being able to identify Alessandro Gazzi by name in a police lineup.

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      • sfxrlz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean you can just swipe if it’s not your jam. I think this is a great idea.

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  • the_doktor@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is no knowledge that is not power.

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• ludrol@bookwormstory.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Usless knowladge is still better than tiktok journals.sagepub.com/doi/…/07067437221082854

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Information > misinformation

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still better than endless tiktiok scroll, me thinks

  Due to shitty company pokicies where I worked, I once had a 6 month stint of reading Wikipedia 4-6 hours a day out of boredom and fuck yeah did I learn a lot of bew things. Sure, not everything sticks, but it’s enough

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  • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also just getting more word a day is great for your vocabulary. Ive been reading a lot more lately and have noticed that the more I read even relatively simple books that my vocabulary has vastly expanded even in everyday life. Im much less often left searching for a word because I have likely seen it more recently.

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe, but you will win more pub quizzes and it’s better than brainrot content

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• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As opposed to spending the day reading social media where the knowledge is useful?

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• AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Knowledge is a good in and of itself

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• Darkhoof@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because Tiktok is so much better.

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