After 263 episodes and six years it's time for a break. We're going to take some time out to think about what we want to do next.Octal FM has first and foremost always been about hanging out and spending some time together, which we're still going to do. But this means we take away the pressures of researching, producing, and editing a podcast along with it.Thanks for listening, we'll be back soon!

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 &lt;p&gt;After 263 episodes and six years it's time for a break. We're going to take some time out to think about what we want to do next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Octal FM has first and foremost always been about hanging out and spending some time together, which we're still going to do. But this means we take away the pressures of researching, producing, and editing a podcast along with it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening, we'll be back soon!&lt;/p&gt;
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Sound-byte 109: BRB

In this episode we peel back the curtain behind ranking and recommendation systems. How does that top 100 list on MyAnimeList work? Why does Amazon recommend me weird stuff? Those questions answered, and more!Some further technical reading for you:<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_filtering">Collaborative Filtering</a></li><li><a href="https://graphaware.com/blog/business/content-based-recommendations.html">What are content-based recommenders?</a></li></ul>

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 &lt;p&gt;In this episode we peel back the curtain behind ranking and recommendation systems. How does that top 100 list on MyAnimeList work? Why does Amazon recommend me weird stuff? Those questions answered, and more!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some further technical reading for you:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_filtering"&gt;Collaborative Filtering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://graphaware.com/blog/business/content-based-recommendations.html"&gt;What are content-based recommenders?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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In this episode we peel back the curtain behind ranking and recommendation systems. How does that top 100 list on MyAnimeList work? Why does Amazon recommend me weird stuff? Those questions answered, and more!

153: People who listened to this episode also listened to...

In this episode we discuss the growing momentum behind the Right to Repair movement.

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 &lt;p&gt;In this episode we discuss the growing momentum behind the Right to Repair movement.&lt;/p&gt;
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In this episode we discuss the growing momentum behind the Right to Repair movement.

152: Right to Repair

Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Some more new games this week - Sefran has been playing Satisfactory and we've both been playing 20 Minutes Till Dawn.

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 &lt;p&gt;Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Some more new games this week - Sefran has been playing Satisfactory and we've both been playing 20 Minutes Till Dawn.&lt;/p&gt;
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Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Some more new games this week - Sefran has been playing Satisfactory and we've both been playing 20 Minutes Till Dawn.

Sound-byte 108: 20 minutes 'til satisfaction

In this episode we take a deeper dive into the history of the Elder Scrolls games. It's a big-un!

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 &lt;p&gt;In this episode we take a deeper dive into the history of the Elder Scrolls games. It's a big-un!&lt;/p&gt;
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In this episode we take a deeper dive into the history of the Elder Scrolls games. It's a big-un!

Elder Scrolls; a retrospective

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