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Perhaps it is coffee [1,2], not porn, that is the principle hidden driver behind digital progress. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20439301 https://www
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
Perhaps it is coffee [1,2], not porn, that is the principle hidden
driver behind digital progress.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20439301 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20439301
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_...
- hnlmorg 4y agoAlso the “hello world” of 3D modelling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot (Ok, technically that is a tea pot. but the two do share a common design an form factor).
- tgv 4y agoI'll tell you my theory: it is (or at least, was, for a long time) gaming. There are so many gamers, and they bought expensive hardware, and replaced it frequently. That made developing processors and video cards pretty lucrative. Hence GPU-based neural nets and Bitcoin miners.