See? Nuance. And I rate every book I finish. If I don't rate it, I didn't finish it, either because it was terrible or it just didn't interest me at all. It's not that hard, Amazon. Do better. (/end)

*My system, FtR: 5*: great book; loved it; will keep it forever; a must-reread; 4*: good book; will probably keep it & probably reread it; 3*: average (logical); enjoyed it but may not reread it; 2*: it had its good points, but I didn't like it a lot; won't keep it; 1*: hated it; will delete/toss.

... any of my books 5) were considered "bad", which means not recommended, which means no sales. Thanks, Amazon! No stars; do not recommend. Does this mean I'm going to change my rating system? I don't know. Maybe my public ratings. But it feels dishonest giving a 3-star book a 5-star rating.

So please consider this when rating books, especially for indie authors. It makes me angry that every book I've rated under my carefully considered system* has just been plopped into either "good" or "bad", regardless. Any ratings of my books that weren't 5 stars (and tbh I wouldn't even give ...

A brief thread: TIL that Amazon's rating/recommendation algorithm considers anything below a 5-star rating as "bad". 5 stars or GTFO. If you're going to ignore the nuance of your own rating system, go back to thumbs up/down. I'm an Upper-Midwestern WASP. I cannot *function* without nuance.

oh. All this time I thought Miike Snow was just one person.

Most protests fail. What are activists doing wrong - and right? psyche.co/ideas/most-p...

A shift towards ... A *shift* towards reliability? You mean it's not being designed for that NOW?!?

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Scaling up and shaping up large language models increased their tendency to provide sensible yet incorrect answers at difficulty levels humans cannot supervise, highlighting the need for a shift in AI design towards reliability, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4eCAnis 🧪

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