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Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac... by yowlingcat on Saturday December 28, 2019 @08:37AM (#21898807)
Nice touch on the last one. What do you think of a blend of the two? That is, government investments funding private companies?
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Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac... by huffmsa on Saturday December 28, 2019 @08:43AM (#21898839)
I like to flex my supposedly useless history degree from time to time. How else would I take shots at Julius II?

I don't think the government is particularly good at actively promoting things. Too easy to incorrectly optimize.

So to best promote investment in private firms, they should find something that currently disincentives it and stop doing that.

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Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac... by yowlingcat on Saturday December 28, 2019 @10:13AM (#21899259)
Are you sure about that? Even accounting for the historical contribution of the US DOD and public sector to the genesis of the Silicon Valley in the first place?
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