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Four core operations on a set
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Sorting (reorder), searching (find one), filtering (remove), classifying (label).
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Other uses the guide names
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Prioritising, associating, counting, software development, and machine learning.
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Sorting vs filtering
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Sorting keeps everyone and changes the order. Filtering removes, and the removed are invisible to everything downstream.
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The question that opens a counter-argument
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What happens to the person at the bottom of the ranking?
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