The MATLAB Subscription Crisis

The MATLAB Subscription Crisis
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Nothing drives a researcher to political extremism faster than discovering their MATLAB trial expired mid-analysis. Suddenly you're staring at your life's work held hostage behind a $2,000 paywall, wondering if seizing the means of computation might actually be the rational response. The transition from "I just need to run one more simulation" to "We Need Communism" is approximately 0.3 seconds - roughly the time it takes MATLAB to display that soul-crushing license expiration message. Python users watching from afar with their free, open-source superiority complexes.

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