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Hate to be that guy, but why is this even in the front page, let alone #1?

• dstick 8y ago
  Well I guess I’m “that guy” who finds it highly interesting as an outsider with a very high interest in search. Never knew what tools Google’s using (never bothered to look it up either) and this list is a feast of “Aha!”’s for me :) Hopefully that answers your question ;-) Same as with a discussion about patents the other day. It’s fascinating to learn / read / understand how big businesses work as someone who’s never worked at one nor aspires to work at one, but does want to build one ;-)
• tomcam 8y ago
  Just winging it here, but maybe because these are some of the most influential companies on the face of the Earth, they employ tens of thousands of HN users, they are the envy of maybe half of all employees on the planet, their programming systems effect everyone reading HN, and many people here are genuinely interested in what happens at ginormous corporations that employ other hackers.