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 nostr:npub1ysufjjd485tftr4wy2a83fqyqvtfq0yn820gl8vl6hcsdz8uv2hskx2jyl nostr:npub1sxxcs90jxcmajrg9mgg3xgp5jddms3ttucpn86x850warplh3z2seuv88l nostr:npub15erk9uzxqplx24h2t9qlqlmx5rlkq68xtzmd8ngqy6lqq9y5fegsfnwg2k I kind of hate that in the eyes of normies the word "algorithm" came to mean "recommender system".

I'm honestly considering emailing stallman to add "algorithm" to the GNU Words to Avoid list essay when outside of the context of mathematics and computer science.