Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

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• KeraKali@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just found this article that for some reason has me dying of laughter: ICBM address

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  • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I love this. ICBM address is a very clever joke.

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  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you enjoy this, have a peek at The Jargon File. Classic hacker slang is something else.

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    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you for this. Very interesting read about hacker speak.

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  • ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s hilarious

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• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is pretty awesome. I do see the need to be able to add categories of interest. Like follow history, the arts, etc. Cool regardless.

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  • artificialfish@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It needs the TikTok algorithm

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  • misterdoctor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “I have had plenty of people message me and even make issues on my GitHub asking for some insane crazy WikiTok algorithm,” Gemal told Ars. “And I had to put my foot down and say something along the lines that we’re already ruled by ruthless, opaque algorithms in our everyday life; why can’t we just have one little corner in the world without them?”

    The developer seems staunchly anti-algorithm but I feel like some sort of filter system would work well. I know nothing about development but the same level of randomosity (it’s a word don’t look it up) but for specific topics would be amazing.

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    • auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ;/

      Algorithms themselves are fine. It’s wikipedia. I’d actually use it if it brought me to interesting pages based on a recommender algorithm.

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• ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  wikitok.vercel.app

  WikiTok

  Not sure if there’s an app yet, I found one on the Android store by Arakassia…

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  • MrSilkworm@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    On android:

    1. Open link in Firefox.
    2. Tap the three dots.
    3. Tap “add to start screen”

    There’s your app!

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    • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      On iOS through Safari: Tap the Share icon Scroll down a little Add to Home Screen Profit?

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  • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Most “apps” are just http web hooks to a regular website backend with extra tracking telemetry. So a website working as a PWA should be enough for everyone. I hate how everything has to be a fucking app, because it doesn’t need to be

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    • AstralPath@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If phone OSes made it so there’s less friction to save a web page as an icon on your desktop it would help to resolve that issue I think.

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  • theorychapter@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Seems to work fine as a PWA-esque shortcut on iOS for the time being

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