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Re:Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture by gsf_emergency_2 on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:29PM (#43008605)
This is the the strongest argument for not shaming reinvention...

Unless the victims are world-class..? (Because it's not entirely not self-inflicted)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42981356

Shades of the strong-link weak-link dilemma too

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Re:Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture by eru on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:07AM (#43012306)
> This is the the strongest argument for not shaming reinvention...

Sounds like a pretty weak argument? I'm sure there are some good arguments for re-invention. But this ain't one of them.

Basically, re-invention for fun or to help gain understanding is fine. But when you publish a 'new' method, it helps to do a bit of research about prior work. Especially when the method is something you should have heard about during your studies.

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