@brianleroux the cheapest phones are still cheaper than the cheapest laptops ;)
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Replying to @brianleroux
@brianleroux@wycats reasonable to predict that money won't be the bottleneck to productivity -- literacy, access, and skills will.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@davidascher Money can often be a bottleneck. Growing up, I didn't have $ for a new computer. Was running a 386 mid-90s.@brianleroux2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brianleroux oh for sure it was. And is still often. My point is that with moore's law, it may not be the bottleneck of the future.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @davidascher
@davidascher I'm just saying that $200 sounded like a lot of money to me back then and would likely still today.@brianleroux1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brianleroux Expressing computer costs in # of days worked for a given population probably useful to assess that question.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@davidascher College (and financial aid for books/tools) was the first time I could really use modern tools for anything@brianleroux1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brianleroux I do believe I hear you, and I'm sorry you had to deal with that -- also impressed how far you got. I was luckier.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @davidascher
@davidascher@wycats ya me too. Though I remember a 386 mid nineties was still pretty rockin!
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@brianleroux (he was a computer tech so we had the software, but not reasonable hardware, in the house) @davidascher
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