• Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    Randall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible ‘what ifs’ developed the ‘top’ sorting algorithm for reddit.

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      21 days ago

      the ‘top’ sorting algorithm

      Isn’t ‘top’ just the highest vote score within a given timeframe? ‘Hot’ and ‘controversial’ seem like they would be more difficult to design…