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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

by annabyrd on 1/16/24, 8:24 AM with 6 comments

• by carrozo on 1/16/24, 4:32 PM

  I clicked this thinking of the “Welcome to Airspace” essay on The Verge in 2016, and turns out it’s a sequel article by the same author.

  https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325104/airbnb-aesthetic-...

• by giraffe_lady on 1/16/24, 4:07 PM

  Gotta look for the Ungrammable Hang Zones there are still plenty of them around. https://www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/un-grammable-hang-zone-m...

• by cafard on 1/16/24, 1:40 PM

  Somebody tell the poor kid about fern bars. They were a distinctly boomer phenomenon, and I don't know whether they still exist.