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Re:Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to wa... by Kaze404 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @09:21AM (#22693289)
Wasn't the internet a product of the US government?
Re:Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to wa... by kortilla on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:30PM (#22722941)
No. At least not the one that has useful stuff on it. Companies selling it to consumers and consumers/businesses putting stuff on it is what made it such a resounding success.

The internet created by the government was just a network connecting research labs together.

Re:Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to wa... by leetcrew on Thursday March 26, 2020 @10:20AM (#22693809)
depends on whether you think creating a small research network is a bigger contribution than the billions spent by the private sector to build it into what it is today.

having an idea or even a reasonable prototype is often not the hardest part of building something useful.