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Fine. I have a blog, and I have every intention to write books at some point in my life (and even some concrete options to do so in the near future). I fully intend to keep on iterating until I am a famous author.

Would you not find it dishonest if I introduced myself as a famous author today, rather than 30 years from now when I've actually done it?

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The distinction is that anyone (and lots of people) have blogs. So having a blog is itself unremarkable.

So regardless of how their accomplishment is being presented, they did actually do something of great merit.

I guess the headline is unfortunate because rather than celebrating the technical advancement of hobbyists who share their ideas with the general public, we're having semantic arguments over whether this accomplishment fits a particular connotation of the word "replicate".

Sorry, I went for the link-bait-headline instead of a serious one.

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