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Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin? by bartread on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @01:01PM (#18763499)
Why? The original question makes no mention of this, not to mention that it might be cool to think about a bunch of inventions that have been with us for so long that we entirely take them for granted.
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Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin? by davidw on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @01:23PM (#18763645)
Because the spirit of the question about an inventor choosing to remain anonymous, rather than being 'anonymous' because it was 5000 years ago.
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Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin? by amineazariz on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @01:53PM (#18763879)
Exactly, this how I meant it to be understood. Sorry if my original question wasn't precise enough.
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