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Fair enough. If you're interested: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34853768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34853768> <https://news.ycombinator.com
by dredmorbius 3y ago
Fair enough.
If you're interested: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34853768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34853768> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21867978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21867978>.
On survivorship: technology often functions as Wittgenstein's Ladder. Even failed branches are often critical in arriving at successful ones.
Magnetic tape and LaserDisc both informed subsequent / parallel storage technologies: digital tape, spinning rust, and optical storage (CD, DVD, BluRay, etc.), as well as they hybrid magneto-optical format (somewhat dead now, but significant at the time).