I'm at odds with my algorithms

I'm at odds with my algorithms

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
A few months back a poster (think it was Dive) posted something about looking to buy a shed. I did a quick Google search and for the next few weeks was constantly bombarded with adverts for sheds. (Wherever I went).

Somebody out there really had me pegged as a chap contemplating the purchase of a shed. - Am currently being stalked by winter coats.
Try a couple of aspirin and a good nights sleep. πŸ™‚

-VR

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i got caught watching youtube again
the lil setting where the computer scolds me for too much screen time has an artificial voice that sounds just like my mother
the guilt is thick, but i am astonished that i still have the ability to ignore her long after she's passed
rest her soul
i decided on a workaround
i started saving videos to my "watch later" list
then i got fancy
i created seven or eight different folders to save videos in so that i could easily decide whether to watch spoon-carving videos, or opt for more exciting content like "the most brutal leg fractures in mma"
i also enjoy watching scandinavian originated videos and i watch them without subtitles and find it quite soothing, both the sounds of voices i don't understand AND the guys mowing lawns
anyways, i started counting how many videos, and how many hours those videos represent, that are in my various "watch later" lists/folders
if i do not add any more videos to my lists beginning right now and do nothing but watch saved for later videos and set the videos to play at 1.5 speed, i should be able to clear my lists in less than seven years
then i realized that i had not accounted for the chess games which seem to occupy wall street and portions of portland

be back later, stuff to do

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
A few months back a poster (think it was Dive) posted something about looking to buy a shed. I did a quick Google search and for the next few weeks was constantly bombarded with adverts for sheds. (Wherever I went).

Somebody out there really had me pegged as a chap contemplating the purchase of a shed. - Am currently being stalked by winter coats.
I do use that function to steer my adverts. So I look for tools and getadverts for tools. Those are normally not animated too much.

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@fmf said
My YouTube algorithms are not satisfying me with their choices. But aren't those algorithms just reflecting the nature of my past choices back at me? I feel repressed. Am I the victim or the perpetrator?
Am I the victim or the perpetrator?


You're bored and have nothing better to do than to post complaints such as: "algorithms are not satisfying me with their choices." YouTube algorithms are there as a minor convenience, nothing more.

A suggestion if I may: Find something constructive to do with your time. πŸ™‚

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What a dreary nobody you are, mchill. I don't think you have the slightest idea what the satirical, topical humour is behind the question: "Am I the victim or the perpetrator?"

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@fmf said
What a dreary nobody you are, mchill. I don't think you have the slightest idea what the satirical, topical humour is behind the question: "Am I the victim or the perpetrator?"
My apologies if I missed your bit of humor. Yes, I'm a bit dreary, that's my nature. I'll try to be a little more sensitive to this in the future.

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@fmf said
My YouTube algorithms are not satisfying me with their choices. But aren't those algorithms just reflecting the nature of my past choices back at me? I feel repressed. Am I the victim or the perpetrator?
You are an unwitting co-conspirator in a virtual reality you have helped to mold by your mere participation in it. As with any sect, including the secular sect which is run by people such as Larry Page and Mark Z and now Elon Musk, the powers that be have power only insofar as the masses give up their own.

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i've used an adblock extension on chrome browser for many years
6? 7?
it's worked real well up until about a month ago when youtube got really mad at me (adblock) and set about defeating my defeation
warning me that i would have really bad gas pains if i didn't quit blocking their stupid ads for rolaids
then by accident, duckduckgo sent me an invite to use THEIR browser and touted the most heavenly and miraculous cures for advertitis aversiuous if only i would employ them
so i did

now when i watch any youtube video in the duckduckgo browser there are no ads
none
zip
nada
zilch
and i know by just typing this in google will track me across the universe™ and devise some sort of way to force me to watch advertisements for german beer
the frauleins are lovely, but, warm beer?

i've only been using the ddg browser for a few days
do not expect an update

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@mchill said
My apologies if I missed your bit of humor. Yes, I'm a bit dreary, that's my nature. I'll try to be a little more sensitive to this in the future.
I'll try to be a little more sensitive to this in the future.

I suggest you just ignore my posts.

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@mchill said
My apologies if I missed your bit of humor. Yes, I'm a bit dreary, that's my nature. I'll try to be a little more sensitive to this in the future.
I think you're giving too much credence to the put-down.

You do not have to agree with those who minimize you.

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@fmf said
I'll try to be a little more sensitive to this in the future.

I suggest you just ignore my posts.
Because this makes it easier for the bobble-headed hoi polloi to stand out.

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@suzianne said
Because this makes it easier for the bobble-headed hoi polloi to stand out.
No. Because mchill, as posters go, is wishy-washy and tedious. Surely you have been able to discern that too?

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@fmf said
No. Because mchill, as posters go, is wishy-washy and tedious. Surely you have been able to discern that too?
Only the lonely
Know the way I feel tonight
Only the lonely
Know this feeling ain't right

There goes my baby
There goes my heart
They're gone forever
So far apart

But only the lonely
Know why
I cry
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Know the heartaches I've been through
Only the lonely
Know I cry and cry for you
Maybe tomorrow

A new romance
No more sorrow
But that's the chance
You gotta take
If your lonely heart breaks
Only the lonely

-- Roy Orbison

No. Because you, as posters go, are just as hammer-handed (everyone looks like a nail, especially those who disagree with you) and tedious as @divegeester. Surely you have been able to discern... wait a minute, who am I kidding?

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@suzianne said
Only the lonely
Know the way I feel tonight
Only the lonely
Know this feeling ain't right

There goes my baby
There goes my heart
They're gone forever
So far apart

But only the lonely
Know why
I cry
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Know the heartaches I've been through
Only the lonely
Know I cry and cry for you
Maybe to ...[text shortened]... d tedious as @divegeester. Surely you have been able to discern... wait a minute, who am I kidding?
just love the Orb.like your wit and wisdom.

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@david-burton said
just love the Orb.like your wit and wisdom.
Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet
Pretty woman, I don't believe you
You're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
Mercy!
Pretty woman, won't you pardon me?
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman, you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?
Rwar-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r
Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me
'Cause I need you
I'll treat you right
Come to me, baby
Be mine tonight
Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey
Okay
If that's the way it must be, okay
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yeah, she's walking back to me
Oh, oh, pretty woman (Thank you)

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