The only algorithm that actually gets me is...
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I dunk on algorithms a lot but I need to stop and give a shoutout to the greatest algorithm I’ve found: Spotify’s. Discover Weekly, along with the app’s other recommendations, are so good.
After a decade of viewing, Netflix still doesn’t know crap about what I like and constantly serves up dreck that’s got nothing to do with me (see: Atypical). Meanwhil…
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