anthem2025 3 days ago

lol, Silicon Valley has always been evil.

For certain values of "always". I feel many of the original tech startups were genuinely interested in research, pushing limits, etc. Intel/AMD weren't "evil" as far as I can tell - nor the EDA infrastructure.

The social media era (Fbook) is when it started feeling like "majority of new companies are evil". Of course, if Palantir is Sauron, Oracle is Morgoth..

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LastTrain 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

/Almost/ always

	▲	coldtea 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'll give you Xerox. The rest ...

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themafia 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Silicon valley is a place.

Government contracting is an activity.

The two should be very far apart and yet somehow they're joined at the hip.

	▲	bruckie 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Always have been. In large part, government contracting is what created Silicon Valley. https://steveblank.substack.com/p/if-i-told-you-id-have-to-k...
	▲	scottyah 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Government contracting is the only reason silicon valley exists. It'd just be another valley.

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brianbest101 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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