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> modern tech industry (ie in the last 10-20 years) Famous (badly mangled) quote - "There has only been 3 things invented in the tech industry since the 70's"
by aaron695 6y ago
> modern tech industry (ie in the last 10-20 years)
Famous (badly mangled) quote -
"There has only been 3 things invented in the tech industry since the 70's"
I know spreadsheets is one of them. No idea about the other 2.
- cousin_it 6y agoPageRank and blockchain? :-p
- sideshowb 6y agoEigenvector centrality has been around since at least the 70s, and idiocy is as old as humanity itself
- amelius 6y ago> Eigenvector centrality has been around since at least the 70s Yes, but the novel part is formulating the problem as such.
- aaron695 6y agoBlockchain I'd say definitely is one, but came or became obvious after the quote. So I think there are still another two. (Not sure about PageRank, it might be one of the two)
- sideshowb 6y agoPublic key encryption? though diffie hellman was around in the 60s and public in the 70s
- hirundo 6y agoLittle known fact: Before the 1970s spreadsheets used to be implemented on cellulose pulp, processed into flexible "sheets" by deposit from an aqueous suspension. Then we'd update them with a cylindrical device consisting of a thin rod of graphite encased in wood. It was wild.
- aaron695 6y agoJokes aside, I'd hope we know a ledger is not a spreadsheet :) Spreadsheets are a very amazing abstract. It was a heck of an invention. There's a reason spreadsheets control so much of the current world.