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happy April fool’s btw

  • [deleted]@piefed.world
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    7 hours ago

    The impossible monopoly is part of why it is obviously a joke. The fact that AMD was the small dog by a significant margin for all of that time period and Intel running themselves into the ground enough for getting bought out a possibility is another part. There are a lot of things going on that make it funny.

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      7 hours ago

      That’s the thing, I don’t think it’s impossible at all.

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        7 hours ago

        k

        There is also this for the people who missed the context.

        At press time, the companies said the deal was expected to close shortly after the industry finished checking the calendar.