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> if you look at something like the internet today and consider how it's changed in twenty years, it's barely recognizable in capabilities. I'm not a internet/
by rrss 7y ago
> if you look at something like the internet today and consider how it's changed in twenty years, it's barely recognizable in capabilities.
I'm not a internet/web person, so forgive me, but:
The internet today seems an awfully lot the same as the internet in 2000. In terms of 'unrecognizable capabilities,' are you thinking of streaming video or what?
Batteries is a good one, thanks.
- lostmsu 7y agoWikipedia for instance only launched in 2001. Arxiv, Amazon, Uber, etc
- leetcrew 7y agoI'm not just talking about the experience of browsing websites, although to compare a typical website in 1999 vs in 2019 is a bit like comparing a model T to a Tesla (for better or for worse). I'm mainly talking about all the services that are available today though, not just serving static text with pretty markup. web search, video streaming, cloud storage, etc. were barely available (to consumers) or non-existent in 1999. I'm venturing out of my area of expertise here, but I believe sharding, cdns, and load balancing were also in their infancy then. big web companies would actually have their sites go down and have meaningful downtime. web services are much more resilient today than they were.