Bayesian statistics?
Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
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Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#72What do you mean by test of time? Is this applicable to Minecraft if there is Michelangelos David, or Beethovens 5th Symphony? Or some random tech stuff like Git if all the math is run on the shoulders of the likes of Euklid? But to add something technical: Nicolas Appert the guy who did canning before Pasteur could explain how it worked.
It applies to everything you mentioned. I didn't ask anyone to compare the relative greatness of the creations.
I think he's saying one is years old, the other is centuries old.
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#73The paperclip? That seemed to be multiple 'single person' inventors, however.
Are you talking about Clippy? ;-)
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#74Python and Ruby
and Perl for that matter
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#75What do you mean by test of time? Is this applicable to Minecraft if there is Michelangelos David, or Beethovens 5th Symphony? Or some random tech stuff like Git if all the math is run on the shoulders of the likes of Euklid? But to add something technical: Nicolas Appert the guy who did canning before Pasteur could explain how it worked.
Forgive the tangent, but this is the first time I've seen Euclid written with a "k".
In retrospect that seems like the more obvious Latinization. I wonder why Euclid is more common.
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#76The lines blur between creation/discovery for some of these. Additionally, the historic nature makes it impossible to determine if these were all the work of a single individual, but I'll go with: Joseph Shivers - Lycra/Spandex Albert Hoffman - LSD Anton Köllisch - MDMA (was killed in WW1) John Pemberton - Coca Cola (significantly different to the modern drink) John Baird Glen - Propofol Percy Spencer - Microwave Ove…
I'd wonder what the original Coca Cola would taste like.
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#77What do you mean by test of time? Is this applicable to Minecraft if there is Michelangelos David, or Beethovens 5th Symphony? Or some random tech stuff like Git if all the math is run on the shoulders of the likes of Euklid? But to add something technical: Nicolas Appert the guy who did canning before Pasteur could explain how it worked.
Isn't Minecraft the David or 5th Symphony of our time?
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#78Javascript (created by Brendan Eich in 10 days)
Using Common Lisp.
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#79https://www.nirsoft.net/about_nirsoft_freeware.html
Tiny utilities (typically under 100 kb), no ads, available for free, and they do exactly what they say very efficiently. The site has been around since 2001.
Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
#80The light-bulb - Thomas Edison