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Re:Huawei builds up 2-year reserve of 'most important' US chips by 082349872349872 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:32AM (#23368577)
"Nobody remembers or noticed what Reagan said" is equivalent to asserting, on a hypothetical 2056 HN, that "nobody remembers or noticed what Trump* said".

* At least he hasn't said "We begin bombing in five minutes".

(besides, can't have Oceania at war with Eastasia until you all get Airstrip One back from Eurasia, innit?)

Re:Huawei builds up 2-year reserve of 'most important' US chips by perl4ever on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:54PM (#23370776)
Are you from 2056? I can't be sure what will stick with people over that time, but I can look back at the Reagan/Bush administrations in retrospect.

Also, I think maybe younger people don't appreciate how much less people were plugged in to a very narrow channel of hysteria and BS before the late 2010s and the rise of ad-tech.

For a hint of what it was like, look at your local newspaper if it still exists or current events on Wikipedia.

Re:Huawei builds up 2-year reserve of 'most important' US chips by 082349872349872 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @05:09PM (#23372748)
We both agree that Reagan/Bush were 1980-1988, right?

Other than that, it doesn't sound like we had much in common. I was going to search old USENET for (Reagan|Raygun) references, but those archives seem to have gone down the memory hole.

Maybe we're from different timelines? I do see an amazing number of people around with goatees. Do you know how I can get back to my timeline? Should I ask evil Spock or evil Cartman for help?