On: The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers

[dboreham]

> very very close to being indistinguishable from "inventing the internet"

For a native English speaker, no it isn't.

Also fwiw, if you weren't working in the field at that time, experiencing the process of connecting to the then Internet, I don't think you can comment on this authoritatively.

[icepush → dboreham]

What is the difference between creating something and inventing it?

[hn_throwaway_99 → icepush]

Your own quote you posted didn't say "I created the Internet". It said "I took the initiative in creating the Internet", which when coming from a politician is most reasonably interpreted as creating the conditions and policies (e.g. funding and regulatory framework) to make the Internet possible, which, according to the inventors of TCP/IP, he did.

[skylurk → icepush]

If you invent a new kind of bagel, not much of a difference.

For something on the scale of the internet, political alignment is absolutely critical for its creation, regardless of who invented it.

[x______________ → icepush]

I create a Local Area Network by connecting and configuring devices to a local router, as opposed to inventing Local Area Networking hardware equipment and respective protocols.