This is an incredibly good article, like whole standard deviations above the average article quality on that site, for people who are wondering. It took a lot of research to track all those lines down and I'm glad someone took the time to do it.
Lines of code that changed everything (2019)
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Re: Lines of code that changed everything (2019)
#22It's disappointing that such an elaborate article omits that the "Like" was originated in FriendFeed which Facebook had bought. Upvoting was obviously a thing before FriendFeed too, but its specific form to signal the public with your opinion on a social feed had probably started with FriendFeed. Facebook had literally bought the Like button.
Re: Lines of code that changed everything (2019)
#23The fast inverse square root also deserved to be there. It ushured in the age of real 3d games. And killed SGI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
I was going to vote for deCSS and the illegal number issue.