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I dislike "this new thing is just that old thing" analogies. Someone on HN once tried to argue with me that the old unix talk utility was no different from Twit
by neilk 14y ago
I dislike "this new thing is just that old thing" analogies. Someone on HN once tried to argue with me that the old unix talk utility was no different from Twitter.
Just because it's a computerized container for human communication doesn't mean it's the same idea. I mean, when you get down to it, it's all strings.