[danellis]

A similar thing happens with browser technology. "Look at this amazing WebGL demo!" The thing is, the only interesting thing is that OpenGL can be accessed from JavaScript in the browser. After that, it's just lots of people rehashing demos that were done years ago, but people continue to be impressed because it's in a browser.

[xigency]

So we're all wasting our time. Some people find more interesting ways to do it than others.