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"What Google seems to do really well is building robust systems at a scale that pushes the limits of what humanity is capable of" Can you give some examples of things Google did which pushed the limits of what humanity was capable of?
I've never understood all the praise Netflix gets for technical excellence (not that they're bad) for running a video streaming site while Youtube does the same thing about as well with the added difficulty of taking in user submitted video with all the technical and legal troubles that entails. I'm far from one to praise Google, but Youtube is an amazing service.
no. youtube does it way better