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  • AatubeOP
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    310 months ago

    Phones can also run Python and web is already a pretty separate version, I don’t see why they can’t only make the web version cloud.

    • HidingCat
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      110 months ago

      Money, what else? Office 365 is a priority and this is an attempt to hasten adoption.

    • bedrooms
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      110 months ago

      At least iPhone apps usually redirect Python tasks to their servers. That’s one reason there are projects like Tensorflow Light.

      • AatubeOP
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        110 months ago

        For instance? All the python apps I’ve downloaded so far seem to function offline.

          • AatubeOP
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            110 months ago

            That’s just machine learning which is very resource consuming. It has no relation to your purported case of phones redirecting all python tasks to servers.

            • bedrooms
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              110 months ago

              Okay, I dug more to find out I’m wrong.

              But isn’t ML technology a thing Excel offers with its new Python interface?

              • AatubeOP
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                110 months ago

                Not really. I don’t expect them to have a cloud instance running that long.

        • conciselyverbose
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          110 months ago

          You can even get third party libraries, though it’s limited compared to less restrictive environments.