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Algorithms suck & my expercience with Thunderbird - Patroncast S03E33
🕑 Added 2023-08-14 06:34:21 +0000 UTCHi everyone!
Here is your brand new Patroncast episode!
In this one, I talk about:
- 00:48: Youtube disabling recommendations on the homepage when you don't have watch history turned on, and how algorithms aren't designed to give you what you actually want to watch
- 12:33 My experience with Thunderbird 115, the things I got used to easily, and the things I don't like as much
- 25:29 The Youtube channel, its performance, and what I'll be working on this week
I hope you'll enjoy listening to this one!
Have an awesome week!
Comments
The Linux Experiment
That's a good way of doing it! It also "compartments" activities, with youtube watching being in its own "app", which is probably a good way to not zoning out for hours :D
The Linux Experiment
Very nice, thanks! I'll start creating my rules there, then!
I use a separate browser for watching Youtube. I have the browser set to remember the open tabs and the first tab is set to my 'subscriptions'. I very rarely click on videos 'offered' to me by Google, unless it's by someone I already know and realized I missed a video by them I want to watch. Of course, I may 'explore' when a person is recommended by someone I watch or if I use the search and look for a particular topic, etc.
Simon Elst
Hello Nick, I'm using rules in Thunderbirds in order to apply tags: it's a built-in option, it does not require any extension. The trick is that is named "Filters" and not "Rules" ... ;-) 1. Open the hamburger menu 2. Enter "Tools" 3. Choose "Filters" (or "Message filters" maybe ? "Filtres des messages" in French) 4. Click on "New" and... there you go ;-) I use it because I too many e-mail accounts (private, pro job1, pro job2, university, common address for family) and I want to show mails from different accounts in different colors. There used to be an extension for that ("Account colors") but it didn't survive the changes in extensions' API and the drop of legacy support in TB 74.
