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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > UKMT February 2016 - UKMT is a forum of self-harm
 
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Apr 17, 2006

ThomasPaine posted:

They are, but I'm more concerned with the individualistic assumption that some person's desire to avoid an uncomfortable situation trumps their ideological obligation.

What does this mean with regard to trigger warnings

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Apr 17, 2006

 Nothing puts me in a better mood for building apps than spending hours of my life researching and switching electricity providers

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Apr 17, 2006

Malcolm XML posted:

At their size they should have enough data to construct good predictions for most people based on shopping habits. Big data is a dumb term but the results are pretty good


Target famously sent a teen girl a list of baby items and got flak from her father until he talked to his daughter and discovered she was pregnant

Did they figure it out from some subtle change in her habits or is it just like every other rubbish recommendation engine "you bought a baby thing PLEASE BUY MORE BABY THINGS"

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