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		jdpage 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its S... The purpose of a system is what it does.

philipallstar 3 months ago [–]

It's not "a system". Each company is run by different people, and is under different pressures, and makes different decisions. Monolithing that is silly.

dredmorbius 3 months ago | | [–]

Have some Beer:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...>

jdpage 3 months ago | | [–]

Each company is a system, though. And they exhibit certain behaviors common to their type.

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