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I often wonder what HN means by technology and engineering. It seems to mean websites and the backend to support it. Sure it’s “complicated” and multi layered but so is “finnegan’s wake”
For me technology means micro-fabrication bridges, substations and OSes. AT&T has delivered more “tech” than any other company ever!
Google’s innovations? Repackaging existing solutions and funding, yet to be launched, Moon shots.
EDIT it goes without saying that AT&T is a shadow of its former self.
And the weird thing is that it almost is not a coincidence! The meter was almost defined as a second pendulum (implying pi^2 is exactly g) but then the variability in g was considered to impractical.
So then they choose the first meter definition (1/4 circ. if the earth)... which is suspiciously close to what they wanted to define the meter with in the first place
You held a magnet 6 inches away from a plate spinning at 5400 rpm.
I always wondered what my Facebook acquaintances thought when I left.
I figured they didn’t care Id left to give it much thought or that I was being a prick and had deleted them.
People organize to do something illegal. RICO