Subj : Re: The Worst Programming Language Ever
To   : DustCouncil
From : 2twisty
Date : Wed Apr 27 2022 11:03:28

 Du> The most likely explanation is that video has trended lately - possibly
 Du> just because a bunch of people clicked on it from here - it knows other
 Du> people who watched it watch other computing channels.  You watch

Probably, but I see this crap happening all over the place.  My friend and I will have a conversation (and our phones are nearby, but not in use) and then suddenly, we start getting ads or video recommendations about that topic.

Sometimes its explainable like you did above, but there are other times we are having off-the-wall discussions that result in these ads/recommendations.

When this happens, we just shrug our shoulders and say "suuuuure. Yeah. the phones aren't listening.." and move on.  We just accept it as "normal," but it still rubs me the wrong way.

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