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> Mark’s idea didn’t replace Ethernet—and that was its brilliance. By allowing store-and-forward switching between existing CSMA/CD coax-based Ethernets, bridge
by beachy 3y ago
> Mark’s idea didn’t replace Ethernet—and that was its brilliance. By allowing store-and-forward switching between existing CSMA/CD coax-based Ethernets, bridges allowed easy upgrades of existing LANs.
This reminds me of John Carmack's philosophy of great things coming from thinking locally and taking small steps.
> Carmack subscribes to the philosophy that small, incremental steps are the fastest route to meaningful and disruptive innovation. He compares this approach to the "magic of gradient descent" where small steps using local information result in the best outcomes. According to Carmack, this principle is proven by his own experience, and he has observed this in many of the smartest people in the world. He states, "Little tiny steps using local information winds up leading to all the best answers."
- Solvency 3y agoThat last paragraph is literally the same basic sentence about "little steps" written three times in slightly different ways. Did you get this quote from an AI written SEOspam site?
- beachy 3y agoHa ha, it came from Wikipedia so possibly.
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- itemize 3y agoAs a barely relevant point, Using google, I can't find references to the quote (or John Carmack) by searching 'Little tiny steps using local information winds up leading to all the best answers'. Other search engines seems to do a bit better on retrieving the Wiki article. What gives, is google really becoming worse?
- Solvency 3y agoIt's been at its worst for like 6 years.
- foxylad 3y agoKagi search shows this HN post, a link to kids encyclopedia page on Carmack, and his Wikipedia page as the first three links. I started using Kagi last month, and am really enjoying it - it's like Google at it's prime.
- jen729w 3y agoThe Wikipedia article has a reference to where the quote came from. It’s a podcast, whose audio presumably has not been transcribed and indexed. https://lexfridman.com/john-carmack/ https://lexfridman.com/john-carmack/
- andsoitis 3y ago> Using google, I can't find references to the quote (or John Carmack) by searching 'Little tiny steps using local information winds up leading to all the best answers' Mr Carmack references "gradient descent" in interviews[1][2] and his own posts on X[3]. [1] https://dallasinnovates.com/exclusive-qa-john-carmacks-different-path-to-artificial-general-intelligence/ https://dallasinnovates.com/exclusive-qa-john-carmacks-diffe... [2] https://transcript.lol/read/youtube/@lexfridman/6522e995033150beacd16af5?part=5 https://transcript.lol/read/youtube/@lexfridman/6522e9950331... [3] https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1773391295538442445 https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1773391295538442445 [3]
- therealcamino 3y agoBut network-layer bridges were not a tiny step, they were a fundamentally new type of device with many enabling technologies. The point of the article is that it was revolutionary, not incremental.