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Cake day: June 7th, 2023
  • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
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    8 months ago

    yeah, there’s nothing to argue here. These are scientific definitions of the two terms. A positive feedback loop can be negative in terms of consequences, but it doesn’t change the fact that the loop is defined as a positive feedback loop.

    The words “positive” or “negative” in terms of the loop definition do not refer to “good” or “bad”, but rather the mathematical definitions of “additive/multiplicative” or “subtractive/divisive”. A positive feedback loop is an additive or multiplicative function whereby inputs increase outputs which increase inputs which increase outputs.

    A classic example is a snowball rolling down a hill that grows in size and gains speed. Whether or not the snowball grows big enough and rolls fast enough to annihilate the school at the bottom of the hill, it doesn’t change the fact that by definition the feedback loop that is generating a larger and larger and faster and faster snowball is defined as positive.

    An example of a negative feedback loop could be you getting sick. The input being viral or bacterial particles enter your body, the output is your body temperature increases, which kills the pathogens thereby decreasing the input. The decrease in pathogens then signals to your body that the infection is receding, and you body temperature returns to normal (decreased output). You healing from a sickness is a positive (good) thing, but the feedback loop that did it, is a negative one.

  • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
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    8 months ago

    I agree completely but just so you know, it’s a positive feedback loop even if the outcome is negative.

    A positive feedback loop is one where the input creates an output that then increases the input further, which in turn further increases the output.

    A negative feedback loop is one where the input creates an output that then lessens the input, which in turn decreases the output.

    Shrinking middle class begets ignorance. Political forces capitalize on ignorance to misinform and manipulate the masses to elect people and enact policies that are not in their best interest. Doing so further erodes the middle class and decreases education, begetting further ignorance, misinformation, and political extremism. Positive feedback loop.

    (Sorry if this was pedantic but it reminded me of a very specific learning moment I had with an old science teacher of mine about this exact distinction)

  • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldtoReddit@lemmy.ml•If you're stuck with Reddit, at least inotia00's patches makes it useable
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    1 year ago

    Here is a guide I wrote previously on how I did this step by step for reddit sync. It’ll be similar for the other apps but I haven’t tried any of those.

    1. Uninstall reddit sync from your phone.

    2. Go here and download a clean redditsync apk file (click the blue “DOWNLOAD APK” Button) This is the APK I used: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/red-apps-ItdIsync-for-reddit/sync-for-redditv23-05-03-1718-release/sync-for-reddit-v23-05-031718-2-android-apk-download/

    3. Go here and download Revanced Manager APK file and install it. https://qithub.com/revanced/revanced-manager

    4. Go to reddit.com/prefs/aps and go to the bottom where it says “Create Application” (you have to login here to do this)

    5. Name it whatever you want, select “installed app” and under redirect uri, type http://redditsync/auth then click “create app”

    6. After you create the app, you should see it under the title “Developed Applications”. Under the name you gave it you should see a random string of numbers, letters, and symbols. This is your client ID. You will use this in the next step.

    7. Using a file manager on your phone, navigate to /sdcard/ and create a txt file titled “reddit_client_id_revanced.txt”

    8. Open the text file you just created and paste in your Client ID from step 7. Make sure it is on the top line of the text file with no spaces or indents before or after the ID.

    9. Open Revanced Manager on your phone. Select Patcher on the bottom, click “select application”, click the “storage” button on the bottom right. Navigate to the location where you downloaded the clean redditsync apk in step 2.

    10. When you select the apk file in step 10, you should see that it has selected 2 patches (change Oauth client ID and Disable ads). Click "Patch’ in the bottom right.

    11. Allow the patching to occur and read everything on the screen to check for errors. If the Oauth failed to patch, revisit step 8.

    12. Click install. Google play will likely warn you, expand the option and click “install anyway”, if it asks to scan the app, decline scanning.

    13. Launch the application, run through the setup and re-log into your account if you want.

    14. Profit