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In retrospect, that idea was like introducing taxi medallions to make prices for taxis go up when almost everyone can drive a car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by yuhong 8y ago
In retrospect, that idea was like introducing taxi medallions to make prices for taxis go up when almost everyone can drive a car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#1930...
Of course, it only got worse from there in the case of game consoles. The fun thing is that the current debt-based economy encourages this kinds of behavior.
- yuhong 8y agoWhich also reminds me of the home computers section of the article. The recently launched Intel NUC with discrete GPU, while probably underpowered, is a step in the right direction: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/08/intels-10nm-cannon-lake-chip-gets-another-outing-in-new-nuc-mini-pc/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/08/intels-10nm-cannon-l...