Bits Feud over Book Prices « CLOUD Disassembly RPI

Bits Feud over Book Prices

“Carlos Bueno, author of a kids’ book about understanding computers called Lauren Ipsum, describes what happens when the cadre of competing bots that infest Amazon’s sales-database began to viciously fight with one another over pricing for his book. It’s a damned weird story. “

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