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Re:Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used again... by jazzyjackson on Saturday October 13, 2018 @11:41PM (#18211231)
Actually there's some pretty cool stuff going on in steam engine research, if you look up "Coalition for Sustainable Rail", but that's neither here nor there.

I'm still not sure what part of filtering search results explicitly instead of statistically/nondeterministically is so backwards to you. Really, what's your angle in insisting on this particular future, where everything is sorted based on personal profiles?

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Re:Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used again... by candiodari on Sunday October 14, 2018 @10:49AM (#18213120)
That may be true, but I think you'll find that's further forward movement, not backward movement. I'm sure that aside from the operating principle, there are going to be huge differences between new and old steam engines.

One thing I know about, for example, is nuclear power generators. They are "steam engines", sort-of. That requires a creative interpretation of how it works, as it doesn't match at all.

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