Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
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Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
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Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#2With symlinks (or hard links for that matter) you can have folders work like tags in a real filesystem.
That said, binary classification (object A is a member of class B, a function with a boolean truth value) is the basic concept in classification. That is, any classification can be represented correctly with binary classification.
There really are a few things where you assign something a category from a finite set (like a chess game was won by "White", "Black" or was a draw) but frequently when people build ontologies based the idea that "A is a member of one of this set of categories" they are going to screw it up.
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
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Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#4Instead of tagging (which takes effort) you could also use a good search algorithm.
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#5With symlinks (or hard links for that matter) you can have folders work like tags in a real filesystem. That said, binary classification (object A is a member of class B, a function with a boolean truth value) is the basic concept in classification. That is, any classification can be represented correctly with binary classification. There really are a few things where you assign something a category from a finite set…
If only symlinks worked for every software / OS. On Windows at least, there are so many different way to link things (including "subst") that it's hard to get idea which one to use. (I do love symlinks, but having spent most of my time on Windows, there are some edge cases I've hit, for example some third_party software not following the symlink and simply failing to open the file..., and no that was not the old .lnk style link)
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#6>Error establishing a database connection
Whew I wasn't ready for that hot take.
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#7Instead of tagging (which takes effort) you could also use a good search algorithm.
If (fuzzy) search is your primary use case, sure. But classification is also important for other use cases, like security ACLs, usage analytics, etc.
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#8After the past 5 years or so of experiencing the supposed best "folderless" computing has to offer on iOS and ideologically similar platforms.
I've gained huge respect for how beautiful the concept of the folder is.
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#9>Error establishing a database connection Whew I wasn't ready for that hot take.
I guess it was so hot, that the database melted.
Re: Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
#10Instead of tagging (which takes effort) you could also use a good search algorithm.
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