Assignment 2

Assigned Readings Part 2

• What is the difference between structured content and semantic HTML?
  Structured content specifically made to be able to connect to any interface. It consists of small packages of content that the algorithm can read, allowing the user's search results to be remixed and adapted to. While structured content relates to the readability by the algorithm, semantic HTML is the markup that explains relationship of elements between documents, which affects the elements seen on screen. This is why some webpages look fine to humans, but is hard to interpret by the algorithm.
• How do they work together?
  They work together by organizing webpages for both machine and humans. Structured content lets the machine adapt to what we input, and semantic HTML structures what we see.
• Why is it important to have structured content and semantic HTML in your web pages?
  Both are important to webpages because they provide clear relationship between page elements, and important information that algorithms need to interpert the data together from multiple sources.

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Assigned Readings Part 4

• Denise Jacobs argues that we all have a troll-like inner critic. Of the methods she identifies to banish this troll, which would be most successful for you? Why?
  One of the methods Jacobs mentions to banish the “inner critic” is “interrogate.” Jacobs explains how we can question our inner critic in a direct way by asking questions like “what do you want?” and “so what’s your point?” I often like to think through things in a direct way so I can truly understand what is happening. I believe by employing this method, I can work through why my inner critic is saying the things it is to really understand the root of the problem.
• In David McRaney's article, what is "hyperbolic discounting"? List one method McRaney identifies to counteract hyperbolic discounting. Which would work best for you?
  McRaney states that hyperbolic discounting is the “tendency to get more rational when you are forced to wait.” This refers to how the more time we wait to get something, the more clearly we can see the worth of it. McRaney breaks it down by explaining — when faced with two rewards, one where you can get in a month vs a year, most people would choose the one you can get in a month since it can be obtained faster. This is regardless of how great the reward given in a year is. So, by having a longer wait time for the rewards, people will see which one is more valuable as you already have to wait no matter which reward you chose in the end. McRaney mentions how we should acknowledge the person who faces consequences from procrastinating (a type of hyperbolic discounting) is going to be a future version of you, not the present you. I think this would help me put into perspective how hyperbolic discounting is damaging, as I can recognize it causing negative consequences in the future.