[nikofeyn]

that still doesn't really hold up. i mean amazon was dealing with massive data a lot sooner than most. it's a pretty natural instinct to think those (not all that young) fields are important. and generally the story makes no sense. yegge acted like it was an obvious thing, immediately saying oh yea i forgot that. how is that alien-level genius at play? bezos may be smart, but yegge's exposition does nothing to demonstrate that. it's hard to believe yegge got famous as a writer.