So then this is just a shorter explanation, and not "publishing" the algorithm? Because before already anyone could read the code and understand how it works, it would have just taken longer.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 61 points 6 days ago (1 children)

anyone could read the code and understand how it works

"Anyone" is doing some heavy lifting here.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sorry for being pedantic since your comment is true anyway, but "could" is the one doing the heavy lifting.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

Heck, the way people are being nowadays, it's "read" that's doing the heavy lifting.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Personally, I would not be able to understand this, looking at the code (or any code). I appreciere that they shared a visualization of it. If you're hung up on the word "publish" instead of "share", "posts" or "shows", then I think its redundant

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 days ago

The same way "anyone" could make an HTML5 compliant browser. The reality is you can't do it unless Google lets you.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I suppose that by using the word “publish”, I made it sound like the algorithm had been private until this point. I could probably have chosen a better phrasing like “published breakdown illustration”.

Edit: I’ve updated the title.