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$500 billlion into HyperCard

2025-08-29 17:50:10.826074+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

allison @aparrish@friend.camp

what if instead of investing $500 billion in GPUs and data centers, we'd invested $500 billion in like... HyperCard

allison @aparrish@friend.camp

ridiculous premise, obviously. because if computers were extensible, efficient, easy-to-use machines that people can use to make things and solve problems, people wouldn't need to buy new devices every year to keep up with the system requirements of their software subscriptions

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