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by jasonlotito 1049 days ago
> I’m with the artists on this one. Our obsession with converting everything into input for an algorithm that spits out an ill-defined number (what the hell is “vividness”?) needs to stop.

Usefulness is immaterial here.

Is he allowed to do this? Yes.

What's wrong with presenting a page count and word count, for example?