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		pjmlp on July 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Choose Boring Technology I think people at the same epoch living in other continents did reinvent them.

core-questions on July 2, 2019 [–]

That's independent invention, not re-invention. Reinvention requires that you could conceivably be aware of / be using an existing technology, but instead you choose to create it from scratch yourself.

pjmlp on July 2, 2019 | [–]

Fair enough, I guess you're right.

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