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IndustryHow Did TVs Get Cheaper and Better at the Same Time?Aug 13, 2026 · 10 min read
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The picture on your wall got cheaper because a factory in China got very good at cutting glass. The computer behind it got cheaper because it found somebody else to bill.

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The other side of Loose CablesNot a question per post. One question, and every post a step toward it.Leg 01: Bone to SatelliteBefore the neural nets, a walk back to the people who first thought a machine might be able to reason at all.Start the walk

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Hardware10 minWhy Did I Put Padding Inside a Keyboard?The sound was real. The wanting was real too. It just didn't start with me. It started with a video I was shown.5 of 10 facts confirmedReadIndustry10 minWho Actually Pays Whom Inside Your Phone?Google pays Apple about $20 billion a year to be the search box on your iPhone. The cheque is the scoreboard, and what decides who pays whom now is a court in Washington.12 of 16 facts confirmedReadSoftware8 minIs the Windows Start Menu Actually a Website?It isn't. But the people correcting the claim were also wrong, and Microsoft has just proved it by undoing the thing they said didn't matter.4 of 7 facts confirmedReadHardware7 minIs Apple Running Out of Reasons to Sell Me a Pro?Not this year. Every reason I paid for in 2019 has since been handed to the phone that costs less. Your answer changes completely if you shoot at 4x.6 of 7 facts confirmedReadHardware6 minWhy Can't Noise Cancelling Block a Crying Baby?Your headphones aren't broken. You're asking a system built for three-metre waves to do something about seven-centimetre ones.5 of 7 facts confirmedRead

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