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Ask HN: What are instances of “reinventing the wheel” you've had or seen?

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Post by deadgrandmajoke » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:03 PM UTC

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Post by Engineering-MD » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 5:56 PM UTC

My favourite example is the “rediscovery” of the trapezium rule by a medical researcher. Shows the disadvantage of overspecialising!

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