3/23/2026 at 1:06:35 AM
by cjamsonhn
3/23/2026 at 2:36:49 AM
I was glad to discover this is an analogy to electrical circuits further down the page. It's a good topic to understand, the write-up is comprehensive.by skyberrys
3/23/2026 at 2:59:22 AM
> They are the only man-made technology in history that we don’t fully understand from first principles…what? What about bicycles? Ice skates? General anesthetics? I feel like there are a ton of commonly-used man-made items we don’t fully understand from a first-principles perspective.
Am I missing something here?
by jopolous
3/23/2026 at 5:21:22 AM
No, I don't think you are missing anything. Only recently have engineers been inventing things from "first principles". I think for the majority of human civilization we've mostly invented and improved through trial and error.by doctoboggan
3/23/2026 at 2:51:06 PM
yea all of modern semiconductors were built on a guy going "wouldnt it be cool if i could write using metal instead of ink"by jareklupinski
3/23/2026 at 9:38:19 AM
How many computing or mathematical constructs fall into that category? You don't accidentally land on a new algorithm typically.The author shouldn't have discussed inventions when the nugget is about "original thought".
by willis936
3/24/2026 at 3:05:42 AM
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