Vint Cerf, a "father of the Internet", is retiring

11 comments

• raychis 11 minutes ago
  Thought this was about Tim Berners-Lee, he is the only father I know.
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  • almost 7 minutes ago
    Father of the web sure. But HTTP is not the Internet!
• croes 21 minutes ago
  Nitpicking: a father of the internet not the father. There is more than one.
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  • pipes 3 minutes ago
    I'm reading "where the wizards stay up late", and I was thinking the same thing. It's difficult to keep track of who is who but I'm pretty certain Cerf has appeared yet. I'm not that far through.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/06848...

    (Well actually I'm listening to it not reading, maybe that's why I can't keep track of the protagonists!)
• pwdisswordfishq 51 minutes ago
  > a relatively good career

  What's that for?

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  • lkramer 47 minutes ago
    I believe it's what is called a joke. I'm with you, I don't like them either.
• chips_not_fries 1 hour ago
  A genuine innovator

  No matter what you think of Google
• tonyhart7 25 minutes ago
  Imagine creating internet to connect people and live to see the day that most internet traffic is Bot and AI talk to each other is fascinating

  I wonder what he feeling about it
• kulahan 1 hour ago
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• cube00 34 minutes ago
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• kappi 2 days ago
  He made millions last 20 years at Google without doing much and just being a honorary post, not sure what he feels about BS jobs like this
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  • sollewitt 1 hour ago
    Vint took what could have been a prestige emeritus position at Google and turned it into a platform to champion accessibility and “Greyglers”. The man has more class than his suits.
  • sph 57 minutes ago
    Of all the millionaires in the world, I feel he’s earned a little bit of monetary recognition for his achievements.

    Had I coinvented TCP/IP, I’d gladly take a bullshit, cushy paying job in my latter half of my career as a ‘reward’
• roschdal 8 minutes ago
  Al Gore invented the internet.
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  • tomhow 6 minutes ago
    Please don’t post snarky or low-substance comments on HN.
• TurdF3rguson 33 minutes ago
  Well that's quite fine with me. Thank you Al Gore for all you have given us.