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robot on Jan 16, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: A 14-year-old could build 1998's Google using her ...

Comparing 1998's problem set with today's tools is not a good comparison. The tools are cheaper but problem sets are also much bigger.

ahi on Jan 16, 2012 [–]

The problem sets are bigger only because our tools allow them to be.

rachitgupta on Jan 16, 2012 | [–]

There is also simply more information in the world now to index, because the internet has been around for longer.

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