Comment by drcode
11 years ago
> Well, it was "better" on every axis except one -- it was centralized.
Back in the 80s, I built a car that was better than Google's self driving car in every way except one -- A person had to drive it.
11 years ago
> Well, it was "better" on every axis except one -- it was centralized.
Back in the 80s, I built a car that was better than Google's self driving car in every way except one -- A person had to drive it.
> I built a car that was better than Google's self driving car in every way except one -- A person had to drive it.
You built your own car, in the 80s? Awesome. Got any pics? What were the stats? I imagine designing your own engine and gearbox was fun!
Yes, I'm being sarcastic, but it's to point out something very important. The OP actually built what he's talking about. Sure, it had some limitations, but he really did build it. You, however, did not build a car.
There's a fundamental difference between "centralized, like gmail.com" and "decentralized, like everyone running their own mail server" (which is what what I built, OT, etc. are) and "decentralized, like bitcoin (well, bitmessage, in this analogy)".
I'd argue that gmail is farther from "everyone runs a mail server" than "everyone runs a mail server" is from something like bitcoin/bitmessage.
Fair enough, I suppose I've complained in the past that folks on HN are too negative when people discuss products they've built.
The GP isn't mocking the OP's work, just trying to point out it's a total apple and oranges situation.