• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      I don’t think any context is needed, it’s just about when you have an idea that you think is great and novel but it turns out it has already been done 30 years prior.

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        2 months ago

        Appreciate it. Thought it was a specific reference and i don’t know who the person in the shot is

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      you have a genius giga brain blast moment, you feel like the most intelligent person on the world, and you immediately google it.

      Only to find that it’s been a thing for the last 50 years and nobody seems to care about it…