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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:56:30 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:01:13 -0500, -hh wrote:

> On 12/29/24 11:52 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> How much data was involved, really? I suspect a more sensible app would
>> deal with the same data much more efficiently and easily.
> 
> There was a pretty modest chunk of data ... maybe just 1000 unique data 
> points?
> 
> What made it large & computationally intensive was that the dataset was 
> routed iteratively through a ~dozen different "Monte Carlo" statistical 
> exercises and filters to identify & glean signal from noise.

I’m sure something could be whipped up in Python with NumPy/Pandas/
Matplotlib etc that would go through the same operations much more quickly 
and efficiently.

Microsoft is even offering access to these Python toolkits to Excel users 
now -- at a cost. You know -- charging for something that the users could 
bypass Microsoft and access for free, only they’re too dumb to realize it.