Re: "DeepSeek" - China AI App Shakes Up Tech Markets

On 2/3/25 4:57 PM, D wrote:

  On Mon, 3 Feb 2025, rbowman wrote:
 

On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 22:02:40 +0100, D wrote:
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Well, let's see... I read little brother and I think one other, and
although there were good points and nice extrapolation from the theme,
his writing didn't quite appeal to me. But we'll see.

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I never read 'Little Brother'.  When I go to the library I usually scan
the shelves for the author. That series is shelved in YA. I don't know
where that is in the new library but the old one had a separate kids
section and I felt out of place.
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I can't remember the author or the book but I did make the trek once. I
was surprised it had been tagged as YA. I asked a librarian and she said
they go with whatever the publisher calls it. It wasn't obscene but it
didn't seem to fit the genre.
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I think kids should be able to read whatever they want to but if you have
a special category there must be some criteria.

 Wasn't there a lot of noise about some states banning certain books in school libraries some months ago?

   There are 'books' - and then there's 'political propaganda'.
   In any case, the books aren't "banned" - you can buy 'em on
   Amazon if you want - it's just that The State isn't gonna
   pay to keep them in public institutions anymore.

I think that children should read more. I see how my students are struggling with the simplest man pages, and I wish the young of today would become ninja readers!

   LONG back we were taught intensely and intelligently.
   Rare to find any student going into grade 3 that was
   not a good reader/writer.
   Today however ........ everyone is supposed to let the
   very lowest common denominator set the standard so
   nobody will 'feel bad'.
   Another good reason for Trump to nuke the federal
   Dept Of Ed and every brain-dead Wokie he can find
   in that business.