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>it's from a world that doesn't exist anymore.

You're right, I was there before, during & after.

Not at Bell Labs but I was already making progress individually using the approach he is talking about. As much as I could come up with on my own, I didn't know who Hamming was either.

But every single word of it rings true when you look at it.

This kind of thing is from a lost culture but regardless it can be found broadly useful in the 21st century.



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