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aqfamnzc | 10 months ago

> It’s a bit like saying Dropbox is just a GUI on top of TLS.

Well, it is. After all, for a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially...

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eddieroger|10 months ago

It'll be a sad day when this reference is posted and understood for the last time.

scarface_74|10 months ago

How many people on HN today would get the structure - “less $x than $y. No $z. Lame”?

swyx|10 months ago

a fun thought exercise - what would have to happen to HN for this to come true? basically all the old guard have to age out and not pass on the reference?

dmit|10 months ago

A weekend project tops

freedomben|10 months ago

Isn't Dropbox just a GUI on top of rsync? I've also seen people say "FTP"

incanus77|10 months ago

Yeah, the same way a car is just a GUI on top of two bikes.