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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:50AM (#29568422)
> Surely we are way past the point where someone knows how the whole thing works, all the way down.

So you are disagreeing with this statement and saying that, in fact, you are the person who knows how the whole thing works?

I knew tech work produced some large egos, but sheesh.

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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by rch on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:23PM (#29568904)
This type of person exists, and while rare, not as rare as some seem to assume.
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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:31PM (#29569007)
There is nobody who exists who would be able to recreate a modern computer from scratch.
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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by 8note on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:22PM (#29569660)
No one person could recreate the pyramids from scratch either, and that's a pile of rocks
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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:26PM (#29569712)
But they could teach others the principle and have them follow their directions to recreate it.

I'm saying no such person, even one who built up a team that they taught, exists for the modern computer.

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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by gitfan86 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:40PM (#29569116)
When you say 'modern' do you mean with photolithography?
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Re:Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:11PM (#29569512)
Yes, I do, keeping with the spirit of re-building the metaphorical "baths" of modern civilization.

But even if I didn't mean that, there still is nobody who could do it.

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