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preisschildyesterday at 9:09 PM1 replyview on HN

> We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf, they would not know half the words, but the lying and flattering machine will be able to hold the conversation.

Wikipedia has existed for decades...


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Muromecyesterday at 9:13 PM

You can't talk to wikipedia either, but it exists and is helpful, yes.