On: Mathematicians clear hurdle in quest to decode primes

[ackbar03]

Is finding primes of all things really the first thing you did with a computer as a teen? You could have invented Facebook or Napster

[kzzzznot → ackbar03]

Finding primes is a hugely important problem. I’d argue much more important for the world than sharing what you ate for breakfast or music.

[kybernetyk → ackbar03]

I invented Napster but then Justin Timberlake stole my idea.

[easytiger → ackbar03]

I know.

I'm fairly sure i did develop them but just deleted as i thought nobody would want that

[axiosgunnar → easytiger]

In fact, nobody does want Facebook, so you were right

[easytiger → axiosgunnar]

I actually built in the 90s a site that was kinda like reddit but just for BBC news articles (they only started comments a few years ago) and a comedy/satire news site ala the onion.

in retrospect teenage me should prob have told other people about my websites

[wiz21c → ackbar03]

The first thing I'd do today is a spam filter :-)