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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by downrightmike on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:58PM (#43339527)
Oh, cool, someone is going to use ipv6
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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by dluan on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:05AM (#43342792)
Chinese people have an irrational amount of love for international standards.
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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by throw839399939 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:27AM (#43344278)
In this case it is quite rational love. Some US universities have more IPv4 addresses than entire China! Single IPv4 address cost like $50, it is impossible possible to buy large ranges.
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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by calcifer on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:58AM (#43343322)
What makes it irrational?
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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by grumpy-de-sre on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:42AM (#43343794)
Sure beats sitting around discussing, complaining, and half assedly developing a replacement standard and getting nowhere. Perfect being the enemy of good and all that.

https://xkcd.com/927/

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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by dluan on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:22PM (#43347294)
I just meant that they REALLY love international standards. They have the assumption that a group of really smart people must have decided it democratically and fairly, so no matter what it is about they will get excited about it.
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