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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by WalterBright on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:43PM (#48239749)
I started my own software business with no capital.
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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by hackyhacky on Friday May 22, 2026 @03:04PM (#48240026)
That's very impressive. How did you write software without a computer?
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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by WalterBright on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:06PM (#48240907)
The school had one. When I wasn't at school, I wrote code in spiral notebooks.

Today you can buy a computer for $25. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=raspberry+pi

You can pick up a keyboard at the thrift store for about $5, and a monitor for maybe $15.

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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by hackyhacky on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:27PM (#48241189)
Okay so you admit that you did in fact have capital and you were lying before?

Did you ever compensate the school for their involuntary loan of that computer or are you now admitting that you are a thief?

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