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Re:Show HN: Simply Reading Analog Gauges – GPT4, CogVLM Can't by bsenftner on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @06:38AM (#39102103)
I guess you're unaware of the gargantuan number of legacy manufacturing plants littered all over the globe that are trying to retrofit current tech over 40+ year old tech while it is still operating. Think 2nd and 3rd world manufacturing; far larger than you probably imagine.
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Re:Show HN: Simply Reading Analog Gauges – GPT4, CogVLM Can't by _fizz_buzz_ on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @06:57AM (#39102245)
Also 1st world manufacturing.
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Re:Show HN: Simply Reading Analog Gauges – GPT4, CogVLM Can't by Workaccount2 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @10:07AM (#39104274)
My company has a huge legacy business where we are still manufacturing brand new PC boards with intel 8086's on them. We have a huge inventory of 40 year old chips for it, lol.

Nobody wants to upgrade when the current system still works and can be supported (however painfully).

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