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bandrami ◴[13 May 25 06:03 UTC] No.43969975[source]▶

Pretty cool that Linus Torvalds invented a completely distributed version control system and 20 years later we all use it to store our code in a single place.

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1. csomar ◴[13 May 25 07:27 UTC] No.43970434[source]▶

>>43969975 #

distributed # decentralized. The point of distributed is to keep a copy of your own. The point of decentralized is to not have a central point of authority.

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