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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 155 points 4 months ago (38 children)

I also hate the way "algorithm" has taken over the public consciousness. You can find people unironically saying "I don't want any algorithm in my social media feed", which is a nonsensical statement.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Let's not tell them that by definition both a shopping list and a recipe are algorithms.

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Can you put some milk on the algorithm please?

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