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Re:Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; ... by embedding-shape on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:09AM (#47014261)
Examples? :)
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Re:Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; ... by alright2565 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:18AM (#47014725)
First one that comes to mind is https://morethanmoore.substack.com/
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Re:Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; ... by embedding-shape on Saturday February 14, 2026 @12:00PM (#47016104)
Run by a Dr. Ian Cutress. Never heard about before, seems to describe themselves like this:

> Industry Analyst, More Than Moore. Youtube Influencer and Educator.

Seems they're one example of the sad trend of people going from being experts and instead diving into "influencing" instead, which comes with a massive list of drawbacks.

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Re:Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; ... by weiliddat on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:00PM (#47016697)
Ian wrote a lot of in-depth technical reviews and articles at Anandtech. He’s not a nobody.

https://archive.is/2022.02.18-161603/https://www.anandtech.c...

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Re:Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; ... by amarant on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:31PM (#47017010)
Damn, for someone asking specifically for experts with blogs, you sure have harsh opinion of experts with blogs!
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