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TIL both Algeria and Morroco have modern passenger rail services including growing High Speed services.... but the land border between them has been closed since 1994, so the systems don't touch :(
One day! 🤞
Algeria system is SNTF, Morroco: ONCF
Easiest English info is through https://www.seat61.com/Algeria.htm

Simply not compatible with their optimisation function
This loop explains well why commercial algorithms are incompatible with creativity.
"According to this employee, Spotify leadership didn’t see themselves as a music company, but as a time filler. The employee explained that, “the vast majority of music listeners, they’re not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day.”
Simply providing a soundtrack to your d…

The algorithm failed music
Algorithmic music recommendations failed to cut through the noise and just served us up slop.

The Secret Algorithm Behind Your $20 Burger (Brock Hrehor/The Lever)
https://www.levernews.com/the-secret-algorithm-behind-your-20-burger/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p106#a251211p106

Instagram launches Your Algorithm, which shows users an AI analysis of their activity to let them customize the topics shaping their Reels recommendations (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/instagram-lets-you-pick-what-shows-up-in-reels/

Instagram Will Start Letting You Pick What Shows Up in Your Reels
In the battle for your attention, Instagram is betting that more control over the algorithm could keep you scrolling on Reels.

Instagram launches Your Algorithm, which shows users an AI analysis of their activity to let them customize the topics shaping their Reels recommendations (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/instagram-lets-you-pick-what-shows-up-in-reels/

Instagram Will Start Letting You Pick What Shows Up in Your Reels
In the battle for your attention, Instagram is betting that more control over the algorithm could keep you scrolling on Reels.

Die vergessenen Gig-Worker: Reinigungskräfte aka "die #Putzfrau":
"Reinigungskräfte, die über Apps nach Aufträgen suchen, wird stets eine konkrete und unverhandelbare Vorgabe gemacht: die veranschlagte Arbeitszeit. Berechnet wird sie vollautomatisch […]. Die Ungenauigkeit dieser Berechnungsmethode führt jedoch häufig zu Konflikten - selbst wenn der Auftraggeber nicht schon…

Allekirjoita vetoomus koirien puolesta! #eläinoikeudet

Vetoomus: Yulinin koiranlihafestivaali lopetettava | Oikeutta eläimille
Auta Yulinin koiria ja allekirjoita vetoomus.

Raducanu oder Nader? - Carlos Alcaraz spricht über heiße Liebes-Gerüchte #News #Nachrichten

Study: ~200 Instacart shoppers in four US cities were shown different prices for the same 20 grocery items; Instacart confirms it is running short term "tests" (Ben Casselman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algori…

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.