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  1. Last 7 days
    1. The Selfish Gene. December 2023. Page Version ID: 1188207750. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Selfish_Gene&oldid=1188207750 (visited on 2023-12-08).

      The book argues that genes are the primary unit of natural selection, acting selfishly to ensure their own survival. It introduces the concept of "selfish genes" to explain why certain biological traits persist across generations. It further states that organisms can be viewed as vehicles for their genes.

    1. Paid promotion and ads, where someone pays money to have their content replicated

      A lot of people on social media cares about the "replicate volume", which is how many times the video or article has been forwarding by people. Therefore, if the data is good, more people are likely to look at the content.

  2. Apr 2024
    1. Ash. Autism is NOT A Disability. July 2022. URL: https://www.autism360.com/autism-is-not-a-disability/ (visited on 2023-12-07)

      The piece advocates for a broader understanding of autism under the social model of disability. It suggests that disability arises from the interaction between individuals and their environments. Therefore, autism should not solely be classified as a disability, instead, should be seemed as differently abled.

    1. Reddit unfortunately doesn’t allow alt-text for their images. So while we were going to have a programming demo here to look up the alt-text, there is no alt-text on images uploaded to Reddit to look up, meaning this site is unfriendly to blind or low-vision users

      In reality, there are many apps and website instead of Reddit only that are unfriendly for disabled people, and the inconvenience might make them depressed and feel being alienated by the world, which is inhumanity.

    1. General Data Protection Regulation. November 2023. Page Version ID: 1187294017. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Data_Protection_Regulation&oldid=1187294017 (visited on 2023-12-05).

      The GDPR is a comprehensive data protection legislation that aims to give individuals more control over their personal data while standardizing regulations across the European Union. It emphasizes transparency, lawful processing, and data security, and sets strict guidelines for the transfer of personal data outside the EU. The GDPR also provides individuals with various rights, including the right to access, correct, and request the deletion of their data. Enforcement is robust, with significant penalties for non-compliance.

    1. Some governments and laws protect the privacy of individuals (using a Natural Rights ethical framing). These include the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation [i3] (GDPR), which includes a “right to be forgotten”, and the United State’s Supreme Court has at times inferred a constitutional right to privacy [i4].

      I am thinking about a question which is Which countries are the most protective of individuals' privacy and which countries are the least?

    1. Kurt Wagner. This is how Facebook collects data on you even if you don’t have an account. Vox, April 2018. URL: https://www.vox.com/2018/4/20/17254312/facebook-shadow-profiles-data-collection-non-users-mark-zuckerberg (visited on 2023-12-05).

      shadow profiles refer to the collection of data about individuals who have not consented to sharing their information. This collection can occur from different ways, such as when users upload their contacts to Facebook, and Facebook will "steal" those information. But those people themselves might not been using Facebook.

    1. For example, social media data about who you are friends with might be used to infer your sexual orientation [h8]. Social media data might also be used to infer people’s:

      I am thinking about whether sexual orientation could be correctly inferred because for example I am a gay or lesbian does not means that my friends are also LGBTQ, they might be straight but still my friends.

    1. lonelygirl15. November 2023. Page Version ID: 1186146298. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lonelygirl15&oldid=1186146298 (visited on 2023-11-24).

      The series gained significant attention for its blending of reality and fiction, pioneering the use of social media platforms for narrative storytelling.

    1. The way we present ourselves to others around us (our behavior, social role, etc.) is called our public persona [f20]. We also may change how we behave and speak depending on the situation or who we are around, which is called code-switching [f21].

      The concept of code-switching is not just limited to personal interactions but is also prevalent in professional environments. It is similar to how companies rebrand themselves in different markets, showcasing the versatility and strategic thinking individuals employ in various aspects of life.

    1. Something Awful. October 2023. Page Version ID: 1178318588. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Something_Awful&oldid=1178318588 (visited on 2023-11-24).

      "Something Awful" is a comedy website founded by Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka in 1999. This website is known for its varied content, including blog entries, forums, and a series titled "Comedy Goldmine,". In addition, the community has been active in philanthropy, notably raising funds for disaster relief.

    1. one 15-year-old member

      I was amazed by that because that person is only 15 years old, which is just a teenager. It further let me think of the question that whether a member with that young age could manage the website well including manage those improper opinions.

    1. Elon Musk [@elonmusk]. @Andst7 I hereby challenge @paraga to a public debate about the Twitter bot percentage. Let him prove to the public that Twitter has \textless 5% fake or spam daily users! August 2022. URL: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1555950698252181507 (visited on 2023-11-24).

      Musk said that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users, while it might not be just talking about the fake users. Musk has created a AI called Grok xAI that collaborate with Twitter and aims to compete with ChatGPT. Therefore, this message he post might be related to his future plans about the Grok.

    1. This reminds me about a game that I am playing right now called Honor of Kings. Couple weeks ago, a new design has been added into the gameplay that I really don't like, but a lot of people like it, therefore I have to put in extra work or even modify myself to fit into the system.

  3. Mar 2024
    1. Zack Sharf. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Backlash: Academic Study Reveals 50% of Online Hate Caused by Russian Trolls or Non-Humans. October 2018. URL: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/star-wars-last-jedi-backlash-study-russian-trolls-rian-johnson-1202008645/

      The article states that a lot of negative comments are created since the movie “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” published. However, more than 50 percent of the negative comments are not even made by human, but robots instead, which shows that it is actually " actually “deliberate, organized political influence measures” in disguise."

    1. Note that sometimes people use “bots” to mean inauthentically run accounts, such as those run by actual humans, but are paid to post things like advertisements or political content

      It reminds me about the test on a lot of website such as Chrome asking if you are a human, and ask you to identify something such as pictures that has bus on it.

    1. Existentialism

      Walter Kaufmann wrote and published a book called "Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre" in 1956. Kaufman begins with a portrait of the "existentialists," from writers Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Kafka, and Rilke to thinkers Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Jaspers, and Camus, who refused to belong to any ideological faction or deny the sufficiency of any faith group. To regard traditional philosophy as superficial, scholastic and remote from life, and to be clearly dissatisfied with it - this is the core of existentialism.

    2. Taoism [b16]#

      In addition, Taoism also has a large system of deities, and believers worship and worship many deities, such as The Three Pristine Ones (The Primeval Lord of Heaven (Yuan Shi Tian Zun), The Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure (Ling Bao Tian Zun), and The Heavenly Lord of Tao and Virtue (Dao De Tian Zun) ), the Jade Emperor, and Four Heavenly Ministers etc.