Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions

Re:Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions by amirmc on Friday March 28, 2014 @11:54AM (#7487983)

Nowhere does it suggest that the kid is some kind of genius. Not in the original article, nor in these threads. It's clear that this was a school science project and that he was encouraged by his teachers (and his reviewers) to pursue it.

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Re:Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions by SilasX on Friday March 28, 2014 @12:56PM (#7488433)

The fact that it's considered newsworthy enough ("man bites dog" & all that) to merit a CNN story is itself the claim that this is somehow novel or interesting.

It's the same objection you'd have if CNN posted a story about "kid uses physical model to predict lava distribution from volcano using baking soda and vinegar".

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Re:Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions by zimpenfish on Friday March 28, 2014 @01:17PM (#7488575)

Also "of the nearly 200 submissions they have received since 2011, Suvir's project was a real standout"

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Re:Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions by zimpenfish on Friday March 28, 2014 @12:01PM (#7488030)

Fair point - it doesn't actually mention the word "genius".

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