…the #judiciary is an equal branch of #government & congressional #Democrats have limited opportunities to enact concrete changes.…
#Republicans, who control the #House, oppose legislation to tighten ethical guidelines for the justices & have portrayed overhaul as a political effort to damage the legitimacy of a #conservative#SCOTUS that has delivered them major victories on #abortion & other issues [+ they worked decades to install this court].
Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of.
Over 1,000 years before the internet and smartphone apps, Persian scientist and polymath Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī invented the concept of algorithms.
It's smart to follow alot here on #mastodon because unlike #centralized#socialmedia where they feed you all sorts of shit based on their (manipulated) #algorithm, you aren't getting one damn toot until you fill your follow count. You have to follow a lot to get a rich experience.
That needs to be hammered for new #fediverse accounts: follow, follow, follow. Then follow some more.
Between that and the esoteric mystery of picking a server, a lot of people just don't get it.
Fmr #Trump treas sec #Mnuchin is telling investors he has a plan to buy #TikTok
Mnuchin told potential backers he aims to maneuver around its price of >$100B & #China’s ban of the export of recommendation #algorithms.
He indicated he could overcome those hurdles by offering to buy the #app w/o the export-blocked #code, essentially forcing his consortium to remake a service built on billions of lines of code.
“Everyone wants to build a #TikTok-level #algorithm. That’s a key element of competition in… #tech …right now,” said Matt Perault, UNC prof & fmr #Facebook dir who studies tech #policy.
“…the biggest cos have thrown a lot of money & #engineering talent at that issue & have struggled to do it. If #Mnuchin thinks he can do that & succeed where…successful cos have struggled, good luck.”
Mnuchin, [is] a fmr hedge fund mngr & Hollywood producer w/no #SocialMedia experience….
Facebook’s algorithm prioritizes pictures over text. So if you have a thought, it’s better to take a screenshot of your words and post that. Turning 150 words and 800 characters into 156kb.
What a waste. Facebook is so dumb.
Which is why I’m complaining pointlessly over here.
Love your sketch gifs, lashman! Always wondered how a professional sketches, ordering of pen strokes, etc. Do you show erasures and do-overs? Just curious about the craft. @sl007@lashman
Mastodon is built differently. Just like the birdsite, you won't see every toot in existence but the 'why' is different. On birdsite, an #algorithm decided. Here, it's your #social connections that truly, organically determine what you see.
It works because it gives you control over who you interact with, and the people you interact with shape the timelines of you and all your neighbors.