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Re:Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as li... by kirubakaran on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:49PM (#44340256)
Shockley -> Fairchild -> Intel, AMD couldn't have happened with non-compete. So Silicon Valley couldn't have happened in Washington.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous_eight

Per capita isn't a good measure here, as Washington's weather helps lower the denominator (I say this as a former Seattle resident)

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Re:Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as li... by airocker on Saturday June 21, 2025 @09:26PM (#44342299)
I can bet they happened with NDAs. Noncompete is another story, that is not the OPs problem here.
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Re:Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as li... by Der_Einzige on Sunday June 22, 2025 @09:26AM (#44346784)
Seattles weather does nothing to lower the denominator. The PNW is rainy and somewhat cold, but not cold enough to kill homeless on the street in large numbers which is what folks seem to think lowers the denominator. And yes I do live in the PNW.
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Re:Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as li... by dehugger on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:59PM (#44348392)
Eastern Washington is what lowers the denominator.

Source: grew up there.

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