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Trump Versus Big Tech
American Thinker.com ^ | February 24, 2021 | Jay Valentine

Posted on 02/24/2021 4:44:17 AM PST by Kaslin

Uh oh!

Word is leaking out of Mar-a-Lago that President Trump may be delivering a major social media platform on which conservatives can chat away. There’s something hidden in the technology disruption shadows behind that rumor, so let’s explore it a bit.

Twitter. Facebook. The Washington Post. The New York Times.

People, there is no fancy technology at any of those sites; there is simply scale.

We are at the end of life for current silicon-based technology. Even the highly regarded Gartner Group in its 2021 technology forecasts said that companies need to understand silicon can no longer scale by adding faster circuits.

Companies need to look for an alternative to the current tech stack -- yes, the one used by all those Big Tech companies with scale.

Disruptive new tech stacks are coming to market. Some have been quietly accumulating customers for the last two years. More about that here if you care.

Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, and Google are the pinnacle of scaling the current tech stack. They spent billions of dollars building incredible data centers, honing algorithms, and bringing in armies of millennials to sit in cubicles all day, wearing their favorite tech logo wear and building scale.

Scale cannot survive technology disruption.

New tech stacks reduce the price of computing somewhere between 1/10th to 1/100th of the cost. They reduce the price of entry into any of these markets by factors of a thousand to a million, no exaggeration.

Don’t believe me?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: jayvalentine

1 posted on 02/24/2021 4:44:17 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The article makes what I think are excellent points. The tech is WAY outside my area of expertise, but does match what I have seen of tech trends in many areas.


2 posted on 02/24/2021 5:14:15 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (Sick to Death of Surrender Monkeys!)
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What would be the ultimate sweet would be for Trump to start up his own communications social media for his conservative supporters and have Lefties sign up and get banned for trash talking Trump and conservatives on the right.

Just day dreamin'....

3 posted on 02/24/2021 5:27:36 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: Kaslin

A lot of wishful thinking (out loud) with no technical substance in the article.

“The President Trump Twitter equivalent is running on new technology that costs a fraction of what Twitter costs to run.”

OK, I’ll bite. What is this technology of which the author speaks?


4 posted on 02/24/2021 5:41:13 AM PST by CheneyClone
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To: CheneyClone

The thought the same thing. What new technology are we talking about here? And Trump just submitted a request to be reinstated on Facebook and Instagram (but not Twitter)


5 posted on 02/24/2021 5:44:05 AM PST by BurgessKoch
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To: CheneyClone
A lot of wishful thinking (out loud) with no technical substance in the article.

I went to the author's website. No substance there either.

6 posted on 02/24/2021 5:59:14 AM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: CheneyClone
A lot of wishful thinking (out loud) with no technical substance in the article.

I went to the author's website. No substance there either.

7 posted on 02/24/2021 6:00:19 AM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Kaslin

Sounds like quantum technology. Some freepers will be so upset. Nothing left to deny anymore. 😆


8 posted on 02/24/2021 6:02:15 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Kaslin
I sold computer systems spanning 5 different decades, 60s - 00s and watched as Moore' Law continued to be proven true true, size of chips decrease, and costs decrease so that productivity quadruples every 18 months or less.

It was even better than that, but it has been true since the beginning of the 60s.

I have no idea what comes next, but one thing is certain, Trump comes with a loyal band of followers that number in the 10s of million, which can kick start any reasonable technological business endeavor.

I won't be surprised if he starts something in the people communication business, like a twatter, fakebook, instadram, tocktick or like hannity used to say, boom-boom.

Trump has loyal followers. Period.

9 posted on 02/24/2021 6:24:58 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerpustule and Jack Dorsey:

"Get off my Internet!"

10 posted on 02/24/2021 6:29:52 AM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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I’m not a techie but I wonder how StarLink would play in all this. Any Freeper input on this?


11 posted on 02/24/2021 7:08:07 AM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Kaslin

If and when, sign me up immediately!


12 posted on 02/24/2021 7:11:54 AM PST by Walrus (I do not consent)
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