• Emperor@reddthat.com
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    2 days ago

    Maybe this is a software bug? The prices are the same, or it could just be a coincident.

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      I’m fairly convinced it’s a shitty image similarity algorithm based off the color and whiteness of a typical tampon

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        1 day ago

        I doubt you would use a image algorithm for this. There is so much better data to cross correlate, not to mention cheaper 😂.

        Then again, it’s not working so can’t expect them to design it well.

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          21 hours ago

          Walmart asked the question “If we can’t have replicators from star trek, what if we built a global supply chain fueled by human misery that spreads broken window syndrome like project Pluto spreads radiation instead.”

          That’s company is not going to make human friendly decisions, they’re going to make profit obsessed psychopath friendly decisions.

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            19 hours ago

            simplest answer is an database array misalignment, it matched items with the same price instead of another similar attribute.

            ML for commonly bought stuff is way overkill for a single query and would eat up infra costs.