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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by donatj on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:46PM (#31161797)
I mean I'm sure Google has somewhere a UML chart of the entire process of ordering results. Your insistence otherwise is disingenuous at best, either that or you've never actually worked on any sort of major software, at least with any level of reliability/dependability.
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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by fmobus on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:18AM (#31168543)
> I mean I'm sure Google has somewhere a UML chart of the entire process of ordering results.

No, there isn't.

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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by mhh__ on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:56PM (#31161891)
Sure they have a chart but it's not "if !idpol -> make woke instead".

The level of discourse I'm trying to convey like what we saw in the Zuck/Pichai hearings in Congress. No understanding of the domain at all.

You or I know how software actually works, your average politician or man on the street does not.

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