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x1xx··on Improving recommendation systems and search in the age of LLMs
> Spotify saw a 9% increase in exploratory intent queries, a 30% rise in maximum query length per user, and a 10% increase in average query length—this suggests the query recommendation updates helped users express more complex intents

To me it's not clear that it should be interpreted as an improvement: what I read in this summary is that users had to search more and to enter longer queries to get to what they needed.

x1xx··on Third Time: a better way to work (2022)
After reading the title I was hoping to find something about third time, same as third space: time that's neither work nor rest. That would be something!
x1xx··on How to make self-hosted maps that work everywhere and cost next to nothing
also https://github.com/umap-project/umap/ found it quite handy for personal needs: importing geojson, curating info via custom properties, visualizing it using map marker tooltip templates, exporting gpx and using it in OsmAnd on my phone
x1xx··on About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
Streaming is very different from radio: https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly When I pay for music I don't want harvesting of my listening habits to be part of the price.
x1xx··on The Opt Out Project
personal (as opposed to corporate) computing
x1xx··on Programming breakthroughs we need
To some extent this can be addressed with `--ignore-revs-file`: https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-bla...

An example: https://www.moxio.com/blog/43/ignoring-bulk-change-commits-w...

x1xx··on Ask HN: What do you use to build auth?
also password policies, account takeover detection/prevention, user device/session list management