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		colinsane on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel Solidifies $3.5B Deal to Make Chips for Mili... and a Finn invented the kernel that powers the servers, a Frenchman invented the compression used in the bitstreams, and a German made the standard library/runtime that everything else stands atop: if we gave loyalty to all the inventors we're benefiting from right now it would be impossible to go to war with anyone.

20after4 on Sept 14, 2024 | [–]

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

krisoft on Sept 14, 2024 | | [–]

> if we gave loyalty to all the inventors we're benefiting from right now it would be impossible to go to war with anyone.

You say as if that is some bad thing?

jazzyjackson on Sept 14, 2024 | [–]

and they might not have been able to without that MIC that everyone likes to dunk on

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