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I don’t think you’re missing anything. I like the “calculator for words” analogy that was posted on HN a few days ago. It doesn’t seem like a revolutionary prod
by burlesona 4y ago
I don’t think you’re missing anything. I like the “calculator for words” analogy that was posted on HN a few days ago. It doesn’t seem like a revolutionary product, but it does seem like a fundamental innovation which will then unlock many more complex things in subtle ways. Calculators were arguably the predecessor to computers, which are kind of a big deal :)
- JBiserkov 4y ago> Calculators were arguably the predecessor to computers, which are kind of a big deal :) "A computer is a machine that moves data around and only occasionally performs computation on it." ;-) Computers aren't great, because they can compute numbers faster, they're great because we've managed to encode text, audio, video, geospatial, etc. information as numbers, which allowed us to perform complex text, audio, video, geospatial, etc. operations.
- int_19h 4y agoIt's a reckon-mill. https://gist.github.com/int19h/6fa34a86923cd681396393b21b9abce7 https://gist.github.com/int19h/6fa34a86923cd681396393b21b9ab...