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@Purplegengar25 It sounds like you’re assuming all your past purchases were driven solely by algorithms, rather than by your own genuine wants or needs at the time.

And you might ask, why does racism go together with working together with Russia? Isn’t Russia supposed to be working with the global South against USA?Internally, Russia is racist AF. The white christian ethnic Russians rule unquestioned. Siberian, Muslim, Asian & brown people are cannon fodder, get no funding, have dirt roads and outdoor toilets.Ideologically, Maga USA is a perfect match to Russia. Both want to rule in colonial style over their own non-christian-non-white population.

A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad that quietly became the foundation for every line of code running in the world today.His name was Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. The book is called The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.Every time you say the word algebra, you are saying his book title. Every time someone says the word algorithm, they are saying his name. Both English words come from him. Both are Latin transliterations of Arabic and of his own identity. The man did not just contribute to mathematics. He named it. #Mathematics #Algebra #Code #Algorithm

@df Nothing online is free from algorithms, but please don't nitpick here. I was talking about a recommendation algorithm designed by corporations to maximize engagement and built to escalate, disrupt, and polarize. Mastodon's "top favs and stars during last 24 hours" is not it.