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Dedicated matrix multiply in 1969. Damn! people in the past, they were nuts.
by RantyDave 7y ago
Dedicated matrix multiply in 1969. Damn! people in the past, they were nuts.
- tpmx 7y agoI get this realization all of the time when reading about and exploring past innovations (it's one of my primary hobbies). The really smart people back then were just as smart as the really smart people today. It's just they had crappier tech and less knowledge to work with. "On the shoulder of giants" is an old and very true statement.
- Accujack 7y agoIt was originally meant as a dig at the height of some fellow scientists, really.