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Black Friday

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 15 Nov

Thanksgiving will be here in 12 days. I am seeing Black Friday ads already. I was curious and so I did some research on info about BF and found these things interesting: * It originated in the 50s and 60s as a term signifying a...

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Coded Bias

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 23 Jun 22

This documentary from Netflix was very enlightening. An African American college student is setting up some application for a class and finds that AI(Artificial Intelligence) won't pick up her face until she puts a white mask...

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Yet Another Fine Mess...

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 18 Aug 20

"Why is a raven like a writing-desk?", wrote Lewis Carroll once. How would you feel if your work was assessed not using a formal exam result, but by a computer algorithm? That is what happened in all 4 constituent countries of...

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Walmart owes me $15,000!

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 30 Jan 19

I am so totally stoked! I have bought a few thing at Walmart over the years, but I prefer Target for cheap socks, underpants, shorts, and t-shirts. But I have a new best friend his name is Ben Watson, and almost ALL of my SPAM...

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Good grief, what did I click on that's giving me this ad?!

Kelli M @spiderdust (14756) • San Jose, California 12 Feb 18

I'm not sure why the advertisers think I'm in need of a dating site, but this (and similar) are all over my pages now. I know I'm the only one who used this laptop, so this is very strange. I'd like the blood pressure ads back,...

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ads on my sidebar

Kelli M @spiderdust (14756) • San Jose, California 6 Feb 18

I wonder how I end up with the ads that get shown to me on here? This morning I've had ads for Pottery Barn Kids, DiscoverTheForest.org, and a clothing company I've never heard of before that uses fabric with NASA technology. None...

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Google search to get better

MagicalBubbles @MagicalBubbles (5103) • Canada 15 Aug 11

The changes are subtle and you probably havent noticed it. Google's goal is to "give people the most relevant answers to their queries as quickly as possible. This requires constant tuning of our algorithms, as new content—both...

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Would it be cool to have custom Url's? Do you know BBC code?

TheGreatWhiteBuffalo @TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822) • United States 14 Jul 09

I can understand why MyLot might be reluctant to allow us to create the name of our own URL's but shouldn't there be an algorithm that posts the domain of the site that a url links to? Say for example I want to post a link to a...

domain identification

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Online programming contest book, programming challenges

naturecode @naturecode (47) • India 15 Oct 08

Hi this is the book.I forgot to add the link in the previous post. This book is excellent for programmers. http://www.ziddu.com/download/2406202/Programming-Challenges.pdf.html If this was good help for you,do me a small...

programming contest

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Excellent book every programmer has to read it.

naturecode @naturecode (47) • India 15 Oct 08

Hi, I have got this book some where and this is an excellent book for programming contests.For those who love algorithm.Definitely you will enjoy the book.I have lot of ebooks with me.If you are satisfied with this book and...

programming contest

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Did you Get an Alert today!

brettbum @brettbum (304) • United States 30 Nov 06

I guess MyLot has changed their algorithm for earnings calculation and that sounds very positive, especially for those people that provide quality feedback to discussions.

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