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by e4e78a06 5y ago
You have no internet access in sub-Saharan Africa with a traditional laptop. 4G LTE USB dongles basically don't exist or they're as expensive as a cheap Android phone. WiFi and copper to the home isn't widespread in developin
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by e4e78a06 5y ago
> example: Samsung used to make chip for iphone. Apple ditched them as soon as Samsung compete with Apple w/its own smartphone. Apple was dual sourcing as recently as the A9 on 14nm. The reason they stopped was because Samsung fell
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by e4e78a06 5y ago
> idle power draw on desktop isn't a major concern It certainly is if you're a major corporate entity deploying tens of thousands of desktops idling 24/7. The 30-40W IO die idle cost adds up. If you're doing distribut
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by e4e78a06 5y ago
Making a textile factory is a lot less capital intensive than a semiconductor fab.
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You can do all of the above on an Android tablet actually. Maybe you can't do all types of programming but you can definitely write a book, produce a song, use spreadsheets, and work with maps.
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> Yeaaaaah. You know that had nothing to do with actually increasing digital literacy, and was actually directed at tapping into previously unexploitable markets right? That's the point. The market trying to make money does a better
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Their market penetration for the general population definitely wasn't great though. A big reason IMO was they didn't have a cellular data connection and cell infra hadn't yet been sufficiently developed with good speed and co
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by e4e78a06 5y ago
The free market and the march of technological progress did a better job than any moonshot project designed to solve digital literacy in poor countries. Many sub-Saharan and Southeast Asian countries have better LTE rollout than rural Ameri
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by e4e78a06 5y ago
Hispanics are not a homogenous group like you portray them to be. For example Republicans won Hispanics in Virginia this year [1]. There is a balance between more conservative leaning Hispanics from Central/South America, wealthier 3rd