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johncole
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Fair point, that is pretty much the answer I’m finding for most open source solutions in hardware, you make your money on implementation and support.
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If you intend to build a physically chip, short answer is you don’t. You can’t really build it without Taiwan at this point.
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I think the EU is making credible attempts to change this.
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I think this story is the exception. The supply chain time for hardware is so long, designers are picking their chips out months and years in advance. So you really do have to trust that the supplie…
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Thanks, how could I have made it stronger?
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The company declares bankruptcy, the money is gone. Same as an equity investment.
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Agree here, chem may be more complex than language, and not as definable as language. I think this is the realm that physical ai will overlap with.
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This is a fantastic option when the only other viable option is to get them a phone. They can text parents, they can be tracked, but they can’t watch stupid YouTube or TikTok videos, and they can’t p…
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Australias probably has more to worry about with the snakes and sharks.
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Dictatorships are always more efficient in the short run.
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It provided the above to a select few that thought the way they were supposed to. It also did NOT provide to a few million that didn’t think the correct way.
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Extreme subsidy between the competitors.
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Favorite claim they made?
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Fascinating, that’s really interesting.
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I probably over exaggerated there. But it does seem he was earlier than the team that’s been given credit for it, no?
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They will never be Chinese or considered Chinese. Has China become more welcoming to foreigners lately?
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I don’t think Microsoft is sending people to the gulag because they didn’t have enough zeroes behind their idea.
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Do Chinas state subsidies encourage innovation? This story is a great example of the system taking a brilliant person, and stomping their opportunity down because they were from the wrong class. But …
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Who provides such an economic system?
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How do you build a company on something that's free? Daniel Schultz, founder of aesc silicon explains.