Posts for 2019-05-12

A recurring problem I’m having with Safari on macOS Mojave—tags that I apply when manually downloading files don’t always get applied. It’s annoying because I use those in conjunction with the excellent utility Hazel to automate management of my downloads.

Facebook’s “celebration” and “memories” algorithms are auto-generating best-of-terror-recruiting pages for extremist groups

These ‘features’ are really just another way for Facebook to keep you on their platform. And, like most algorithms, they’re not that smart, no matter how much data you funnel into them. See also: YouTube recommendations.