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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:57:50 +0100, Niocláisín Cóilín de Ghlostéir wrote:

> Two hours ago Professor Arvind Narayanan uploaded to LinkedIn:
> "ideas are a dime a dozen and everyone else is too obsessed with their 
> own ideas to pay attention to yours. As computing pioneer Howard Aiken 
> said, "Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are 
> any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.""

What’s important is not the idea, but the execution. Prove your idea 
works, and maybe more people will pay attention to you.