I think the original mention of the Y Combinator was in reference to "The Y Combinator" [1] which is implementable in hardware. A community website cannot be i

I think the original mention of the Y Combinator was in reference to "The Y Combinator" [1] which is implementable in hardware. A community website cannot be implemented in hardware because it is not implemented in isolation of the people who use it. *1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point_combinator#Y_combinator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point_combinator#Y_combin...