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Comment Intellectual monopoly (Score 1) 49

Sorry, I see no difference between a human reader and an AI reader. Neither copies the book verbatim into their head. Both can recall interesting phrases and ways of speaking. AI will eventually bring us the age of knowledge abundance, and with that, we'll have no more need for so-called "intellectual 'property.'"

Comment Crony capitalism (Score 2, Insightful) 66

Expanding the reach of patents won't make it easier to do business but it will line the pockets of a select few. And, of course, lawyers.

The quality of our politicians is atrocious - I mean FFS, the cream of the crop, the very best we can offer to lead the free world is Kamala and Donald... Really?!

Democracy is a scam.

Comment If you can already Python... (Score 1) 67

... then why do you need Excel?

In the past I used to start data analysis with Excel in the mistaken belief it was easier / faster but I often ended up redoing it in something else. Now I don't touch Excel at all because I learned there are better tools for working with numerical data in scalable, repeatable, reliable, understandable and auditable ways than spreadsheets.

Comment Re:The guy has class (Score 1) 687

Ok, a quick Google (q=biden angry):

  • https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fjoe-biden%2Fbiden-left-feeling-angry-betrayed-top-democratic-leaders-wavering-camp-rcna162635
  • https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fworld-news%2F2024%2F07%2F20%2Fbiden-angry-obama-calls-step-down-2024-campaign-replaced%2F

Superfluous pedantry (I know, this is Slashdot) often indicates someone is right on the money and someone else would like to distract from that!

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