@darius what a perfect analogy!

@darius Mastodon's post ranking algorithm:

• Post shows up
• Post is displayed

Yet it's still an algorithm

@darius that's a good point! Both are correct based on popular usage but incorrect based on dictionary/technical definitions.

@darius who says such a thing

@darius Ismorphisms are structure preserving and reversible. Isn't this more a quibble about a missing adjective?

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"Our products are natural, and the meat is gluten-free!"

@darius LOL who said that?

@darius related discussion on birdsite on "algorithm" in social science: https://twitter.com/simulo/status/1511695001968943104

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See also:

KILLS 99% of all known germs DEAD

@darius followed for the use of "rhetorically isomorphic" 🤓

@darius I like Organic foods! 🤣

@darius one of the most irritating conversations I ever had was with someone who insisted that they were allergic to "all chemicals"

@darius @emma Sounds more like “There are no cakes in our fruitcake”. 😊

@darius I totally agree! But does really someone claim to have software without algorithms?