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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by thisisbrians on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:36PM (#30122871)
The transistor is 13 years old. The transistor is not a new technology...
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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by scott_s on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:51PM (#30123611)
The transistor was invented in 1947. By 1960, 13 years later, transistors had replaced vacuum tubes as the dominant technology for electronics.
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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by thisisbrians on Saturday January 29, 2022 @12:27PM (#30128250)
Yes, and then the internet took another 20+ years.
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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by scott_s on Saturday January 29, 2022 @03:56PM (#30130353)
You made an implicit argument: it took a similar amount of time (13 years) after the invention of the transistor for them to be used to solve real problems. That is clearly wrong. What argument are you trying to make now?
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