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  • Eh, please tell me how you'd implement a heuristic that doesn't work either through magic or an algorithm.

  • WTF!? [subscribe to jellyfish facts]

  • So how does that neural network perform that task? There I can see only two possible options:

    • magic
    • an algorithm
  • Houston, we have a problem.

  • Is sort by upvotes an algorithm?

    Any sorting at all can only happen through one of the following:

    • luck
    • magic
    • divine intervention
    • an algorithm
  • Any meaningful answer to this question will require knowing where you live, for the powers of governments, the legal systems, your rights as a citizen and your possibilities of claiming those rights against the government all vary wildly all over the world.

  • Turns out that treating prisoners like human beings makes them much less likely to reoffend and go back to prison.

    What's really fascinating is that in Norway this is generally seen as a good thing.

  • I'd love to back up my phone locally, if there was an option, but AFAIK there isn't, so I'm stuck.

    Can you not use Syncthing?

  • It was perfectly OK and uneventful enough that I'll never understand why anyone would feel the need to discuss it.

  • There's also a whole lot that's just C/C++ exposing a Python interface, without any wrapping.

  • Yes.

  • Why the hell is the text tilted?

    Why would you ever want the text to be not tilted!?

  • Truly a great British invention.

  • American audiences watching too many non-American movies — now that's something I really didn't have on my 2025 bingo card!

  • What I'd like to know: For anyone using some app other than AntennaPod: Why? How is it worth it?