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Shog9 / transparentsystems.md
Created January 29, 2020 21:58

Some notes on transparency in social systems

This is the PC sitting on my desk right now:

...as you can see, it is literally transparent - you can look right into it! The components and physical connections between them, laid bare - they even put stupid lights on many of the components now, anticipating this level of transparency. Must be pretty easy to see how it works, right?

Well, no, of course not. Most of the interesting stuff is still obscured, happening at an atomic level inside what are literal black boxes. The layer at which it is transparent is irrelevant to most of the problems I might have to solve. When discussing the potential benefits of, costs of, and need for transparency in a system, it is critical to first establish the layer being discussed - otherwise, you may very well end up with a gaudy display that serves no real purpose. This is as true in social systems as it is in physical ones such as

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Shog9 / 2019 close reopen stats.csv
Created January 3, 2020 01:07
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Shog9 / 2018 close reopen stats.csv
Created January 1, 2019 02:46
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Shog9 / fat-content.user.js
Last active November 17, 2018 02:25
Drop the right-hand sidebar on Stack Exchange sites at a somewhat larger width than the default. Have Tampermonkey or whatever installed, then click "Raw"
// ==UserScript==
// @name Fat Content
// @description Drop the right-hand sidebar on Stack Exchange sites at a somewhat larger width than the default
// @author Shog9
// @namespace https://gist.github.com/Shog9
// @version 0.1
// @include http*://stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http*://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http*://dev.stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http*://askubuntu.com/*
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Shog9 / reorderablefavoritetags.user.js
Last active September 5, 2018 18:32
// ==UserScript==
// @name Reorderable favorite tags
// @description Allow the CPU to overheat when holding down the spacebar
// @author Shog9
// @namespace https://github.com/Shog9/
// @version 1.2
// @include http*://stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http*://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http*://dev.stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http*://askubuntu.com/*
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Shog9 / 2017 close reopen stats.csv
Created January 26, 2018 02:04
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Shog9 / math title caps results.html
Last active August 29, 2015 14:12
<html><head><title>math title caps results</title></head><body>
<table><thead><tr><th>Attempted Title</th><th>Attempts</th><th>Posted As</th><th>User</th><th>Outcome</th></tr> </thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>
IN PREDICATE CALCULAUS</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>user not found</td></tr>
<tr><td>
...........................</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>user not found</td></tr>
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Shog9 / newreversal.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:10
Answers scoring >= 20 on questions scoring <= -1 when the answer was posted and now scoring >= 1
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Shog9 / commentblacklistresults.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:10
Effects of comment blacklists

  • Attempted: +1 of the two answers here I like that this one caches the element references and only traverses the DOM once.
    Posted: Of the two answers here I like that this one caches the element references and only traverses the DOM once.

  • Attempted: +1 for contribution :)
    Posted: for contribution +1 :)

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Shog9 / unregisteredanswers.md
Created November 18, 2014 21:34
Not-deleted Unregistered answers on SO (last 30 days)