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Pravetz was coincidentally the birth place of Todor Zhivkov, the leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. If you know how rampant nepotism and corruption wa
by jansan 6y ago
Pravetz was coincidentally the birth place of Todor Zhivkov, the leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. If you know how rampant nepotism and corruption was during socialist time (even more than today), you will now that this was no coincidence at all.
Also, here is a nice quote from Zhivkov that he said during the opening ceremony of Bulgaria's first semi conductor factors:
"This year - a factory of semiconductors. Next year - a factory of full conductors."
- Arech 6y ago> "This year - a factory of semiconductors. Next year - a factory of full conductors." That's awesome))) Reminds me of one internal soviet joke about soviet-made microchips. That things called in Russian like "сверхбольшие интегральные схемы"-"superbig integral circuts". Don't know if the West used exactly the same term or just "integral circuts", but the joke was around that "superbig" adjective: "Soviet superbig integral circuts are the biggest in the world!". And if a listener didn't readily undestand the salt, one should clarify: "They have not only 16 legs /*connectors*/ but also a 2 carry handles".
- cryptoquick 6y agoI would imagine that's similar to VLSI, Very Large Scale Integration?
- Arech 6y agoWell, almost, I guess. Wiki says that VLSI is a process, and the thing I was talking about is the result of this process, a final product.