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Ask HN: Why did Amazon get rid of “users also bought” section? It was fantastic

Posted by yk42bb on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:34PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I discovered so many amazing books through the 'users also bought'. The recommendations that amazon gives now are AI based and terrible in every way. They are never related to what I am looking at currently.

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Re:Are the brain’s electromagnetic fields the seat of consciousness? on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @02:18PM (#24910206)

Since the brain can communicate between both hemispheres without a corpus callosum[0] I think it is obvious that our brain does interact with itself via electromagnetic fields.

[0]: https://www.kurzweilai.net/unexplained-communication-between...

Re:Army of avatar robots readies to invade Japanese job market on Saturday October 24, 2020 @11:39PM (#24883678)

When I first heard of this I thought it was really stupid, as in it just adds a robot where a person is for the coolness factor. I didn't realize until now that this is an easy way to collect data to create the AIs for the robots of tomorrow.

Re:I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps on Saturday October 24, 2020 @11:45AM (#24879876)

I have never read a first-hand account, that is why I am posting this.

I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps

Posted by yk42bb on Saturday October 24, 2020 @11:44AM
from the varsity.co.uk dept.

https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/19990

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Re:Four features that justify a new Unix shell on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:18PM (#24876674)

I still have high hopes for Lush, the Lisp Universal SHell[0].

[0]: http://lush.sourceforge.net/

Re:Google Play Music, Music Play Store and Music Manager are going away on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:33PM (#24873777)

I use Amazon music because it lets you download DRM-free MP3s and lets me easily switch between iPhone and Android. I just wish it didn't reset to 'cloud' when I want it in 'offline' mode because I live in a patchy area.

Re:Better Than JSON? on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:53PM (#24872599)

It should mention canonical s-expressions[0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_S-expressions