Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: "DeepSeek" - China AI App Shakes Up Tech Markets Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 22:57:39 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <6dc4c7be-7e7a-2272-0ae7-1ff117fb77dd@example.net> References: <20250128130321.00002cc9@gmail.com> <5f302a07-ed82-ec7a-7351-1b76c45b5fd1@example.net> <38be8622-b262-7764-2bc8-bb30fc9a240f@example.net> <98da551f-cc48-b92f-8f18-3cfc88257134@example.net> <71048b2c-787d-ccd1-f5ee-44df418e7262@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2554712"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:65181 On Mon, 3 Feb 2025, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 22:02:40 +0100, D wrote: > > >> 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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? 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!