alt Hacker NewsI don’t think it’s that harsh. And I don’t also deny that they’re a capable competitor and will surely mix in their own innovations.
But would they be where they are if they were not able to borrow heavily from what has come before?
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dcow • 01/20/2025
Sure, it’s a point. Nobody would be where they are if not for the shoulders of those that came before. I think there are far more interesting points in the discussion.
We all stand on the shoulder of giants? Should every engineer rediscover the Turing machine and the Von Neumann architecture?