thanks_shakey_snake @ thanks_shakey_snake @lemmy.ca

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Waitwaitwait... The homophobic men displaying arousal: Yeah, sure, of course.

But NONE of the non-homophobic men got even a little ruffled? That's the real surprise here.

Oh interesting-- Yeah gaming the recommendation/search algorithms is another, related explanation. Like I know someone with an Etsy store who says that various things, like running out of stock or putting your store in "vacation mode" will hurt your store's visibility, so people find ways to game it. Totally makes sense that the same kind of thing would be going on on Amazon.

Weird that they'd allocate ad spend at the same time that they were out of stock, but like I said, the algorithms are pretty coarse and probably just not that coordinated.

There's more than one article about this?!

At least this one actually calls out the fact that this is a nothing story.

Lots of vendors set their prices algorithmically... So like when competitors raise their prices or demand seems high for some reason or something, the price will auto-adjust to theoretically maximize profits. The algorithms are often pretty dumb.

So sometimes when you see something like this, you're witnessing a dynamic pricing algorithm spiraling out of control because it wasn't implemented very well, and nobody's paying attention.

Okay maybe OR-- and just hear me out here-- Maybe the problem is not enough money in politics?

It's Vitamin D. There was this whole thing during the COVID pandemic about how the FDA/CDC were SUSPICIOUSLY QUIET about how impactful Vitamin D levels were on COVID outcomes or something and how that's how you know that... something something sinister ulterior motives.

So like the idea was that everybody going outside and getting some sun was actually the best thing for public health, but THEY were telling you to languish inside under lockdowns, because clearly they didn't want you to be healthy.

Nice! Hope it works out. For sharing publicly, you might look at something like Immich Public Proxy, if it seems like you need it.

Does Immich meet your needs?

I just need someone who can be both a psychoanalyst and therapist.

https://ooni.org/blog/

OONI monitors internet censorship and other forms of network interference, especially by state actors, worldwide. It's an important contributor to digital rights and freedoms IMO, and you can run their client in the background to contribute non-personal data on pretty much any device.

PSA: Inkscape is good now!

How is your network handling telemetry shenanigans?

No, no, you're thinking of a manifold. A manosphere is an orb that keeps track of how much spellcasting energy you have left, next to your healthsphere.

Art 👌

When they send over these time travelers, they're not sending their best...

Lol why is Aqua Net hairspray specifically the thing that takes them down? Like other brands of hairspray don't work? Spray paint or Elmer's glue or maple syrup aren't effective? You can't just throw a bedsheet over them or hit them with a crowbar?

Also MMA doesn't have anything to do with being staged.

Lol I went through the exact same process.

It's an algorithm that records its progress and any errors to a text file.

Can confirm. Mine will take about 3 days to charge from very low to full on a regular wall outlet. Still worth it sometimes though, like when I'm visiting family or camping or something. If I'm gonna spend the day somewhere (like 6+ hours, let's say) it might be worth it.