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Pretty sure that came after. And funding never made anyone smarter.
by rco8786 3mo ago
Pretty sure that came after. And funding never made anyone smarter.
- truthbe 3mo agoFunding didn’t make them smarter, but it did buy the hardware to scale it. Other guys had the exact same idea at the exact same time like RankDex and IBM's HITS algorithm. Google just got the cash first to actually build the server farms to run it.
- CPLX 3mo ago> funding never made anyone smarter One of my favorite things about HN is the way that you can find someone who has produced definitive proof of the non-existence of the public education system in an offhand comment.
- rco8786 3mo agoPlease, tell me more about my educational background.
- SJC_Hacker 3mo agoThey used Stanfords existing infrastructure … I don’t think the grant they were on paid for it directly. Pretty sure the cluster was a resource shared by several labs
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- shirol 3mo agoBut now, you can hire smart people.