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Ideas like this is why I keep plugging away at my own.

Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.

arstechnica.com

On Wednesday, a New York-based app developer named Isaac Gemal debuted a new site called WikiTok, where users can vertically swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article stubs in a manner similar to the interface for video-sharing app TikTok.

It's a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly, learn new things, and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media app. Although to be fair, WikiTok is addictive in its own way, but without an invasive algorithm tracking you and pushing you toward the lowest-common-denominator content. It's also thrilling because you never know what's going to pop up next.

WikiTok, which works through mobile and desktop browsers, feeds visitors a random list of Wikipedia articles—culled from the Wikipedia API—into a vertically scrolling interface.

 

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I have a new favorite conspiracy theory: someone in the talk page for the wikipedia article on branch prediction thinks that branch prediction, in its entirety, is fake

 

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The only conspiracy theory about branch prediction I believe is the one about there's such a thing as too many if's. Experience has shown me that that is just not so.