For what its worth I do it the same as you. I feel accomplished when I get it all in one round but that only happens with the easy puzzles at the beginning of the week. I have a goal of completing a puzzle on just the first pass of accross clues without having to use any down clues.
Listening =/= conceding or taking action
I agree with you, I recently explained it to a group of engineers and techs.
I haven’t read the article but what’s described in the headline is abhorerent. Ironically the technology could be used to identifying times when artists’ identities are being misattributed or stolen. Pretty simple for an artist to define their portfolio then have a bot flag anything it finds with their signature on it that they didn’t create themselves.
The original justification for patents at least had some logic to it. In exchange for progressing the state of the art and telling everyone else how your new invention works you get a period of market exclusivity. There was/is the option to not patent ideas and keep them as trade secrets instead, at the risk of others figuring out your idea.
Unfortunately for all of us 20 years is a really long time for exclusivity at our current tech development pace and in no way are patents consumable information for laypeople. The nonsense filings that get granted and all the lawyers involved have turned it into yet another tool only available to the wealthy.
Also from Canada. I recognized him because I recall one music video of his getting some rotation on tv in the early 2000s but I have a really good memory for that type of thing. I’d guess the majority of people here wouldn’t know him.
The other part of this that’s notable is they’re substituting in corn in place of rice. Corn production is heavily subsidised in the states. This is also part of the reason why there’s so much high fructose corn syrup in their food and they turn a ton of corn into ethanol.