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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by coliveira on Saturday August 01, 2020 @01:06AM (#24017811)
> China couldn't even figure out how to make ball point pens until 2017.

China changes very quickly! In 2020 they have 5G technology that blows competitors' pants off. They are sending missions to mars, have more electric cars than any other country, and just yesterday they released a home-grown competitor to GPS.

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by mickael-kerjean on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:20AM (#24018737)
This strikes me the same as Ballmer's reaction to the iPhone launch laughing at the perspective of such a device to gain any market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U
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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by pinkfoot on Saturday August 01, 2020 @09:55AM (#24020438)
Synthetic bovine insulin, 1965.
Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by flywheel on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:11PM (#24023510)
That isn't really "high tech", it's organic chemistry. We can split hairs about the meaning of "high tech" but that would be pointless.
Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by linlucas on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:20AM (#24019302)
Huawei has more 5G patents than any other company. By far.
Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by DuskStar on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:52AM (#24020083)
And considering how much it's alleged they stole from Nortel, that's not irreconcilable.
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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by dang on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @12:46AM (#24046691)
You have been breaking the site guidelines quite badly, and repeatedly. That's not cool. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.