Comment by chrispeel

2 years ago

It's called "the internet".

People from around the world can collaborate easily on incredibly projects such as Linux or OpenRISC. Or on closed-source projects as used by FAANG companies.

Hamming and Shannon, provided with lifetime employment and sharing an office, working for an organization that does things like invent the transistor. @FurryRubyProgrammer and @IHuffFarts conversing on a Discord channel. It's exactly the same thing.