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> Glenrothes, Scotland For non-UK readers, Glenrothes is a giant electronics manufacturing hub, much like Shenzen. It benefits from excellent road and rail l
by jimnotgym 4mo ago
> Glenrothes, Scotland
For non-UK readers, Glenrothes is a giant electronics manufacturing hub, much like Shenzen. It benefits from excellent road and rail links to financial centres like Freuchie and has world class sea and air port facilities. 97.8% of European advanced electronics are built within 500 leagues of Glenrothes.
- rbanffy 4mo agoAny interesting computer museums in the vicinity? So much history must leave some marks.
- jimnotgym 4mo agoNot in Glenrothes Metropolitan District itself, but in the wider conurbation there are some great ones. The 'museum to worldclass advantage that we gave away in fealty' is my personal favourite
- rbanffy 4mo agoI ask because there is a nice, if tiny, one in Galway, where DEC (and Apple, IIRC) used to have some manufacturing operations. These artefacts tend to linger in people’s attics for a long time.
- yaqubroli 4mo agoThey also have a shit shopping centre and a big Asda, so really they’ve got everything
- jimnotgym 4mo agoNot only that. But they have...three Greggs boulangers
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- clickety_clack 4mo ago500 leagues is 480,000 rods for anyone who was confused.
- tiramisutambo 4mo agoSnorted with laughter at this one. We should call it ShenGlen. I do have a lot of affection for Apricot. My dad bought me a 486 from them in the early 90s, and the tinkering I did on that thing set me on the path to my career in technology. I now work for a somewhat larger fruit-named company. Having grown up in Fife, I have less affection for Glenrothes. It does have pretty efficient roundabouts, though.