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Chinese startup launching RISC-V laptop for devs and engineers priced at around $300 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Especially since calling a laptop "book" is hardly a civilization-level achievement, hardly even an idea, it's fashion and I approve of Chinese treating trademarks like this.

I think trademarks and patents should die. We'd see a better world without them, and very quickly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Star Treks prime directive always stated two criteria - warp tech and calling non-stationary computing devices books. Having invented actual books with pages isn't necessary.