fa_il

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   by fa_il 14y ago

   Can you show me where I said: "all programmers at Google" "amazed" "world-changing ideas" What I see are your words, not mine. Yet they are attributed to me. If this is an "argument" as you suggest, then you are doing a poor job at making
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   by fa_il 14y ago

   Right. I would say it's more about execution. For that Google gets full credit. And I do find the execution impressive. The mediocrity line is my opinion. Not necessarily fact. Downvote me if you are offended. Better yet, prove me wron
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   by fa_il 14y ago

   Sorry, but applying an old concept to a new problem (actually just new buzzwords... it's only the size of the problem that's new) does not make a "novel" solution. Moreover, it's an obvious solution. But I guess that depends on who is doi
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   by fa_il 14y ago

   The thing is that "MapReduce" is a concept that was in practice, e.g. by LISP programmers, long, long before Google rediscovered it. Much like Google's many acquisitions that the public perceives as resulting from "Google R&D", things l