▲ 427 ▼ President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before' (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 year ago by MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (4 children) but they got high profile in like the 90s three decades ago permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Nobody but computer nerds had heard of NVIDIA back then. Go outside right now and snatch 10 neighbors or strangers, ask them if they know anything about the company. I can only think of 3 people on my block who have heard of them. Me (35 years of IT), young neighbor (works county IT), young neighbor (PC gamer). Bet not another soul on the whole block would have a clue. As my favorite YouTuber Paul Harrell (RIP) always said: "Everything I'm saying today are my conclusions and my opinions. My opinions are based on my education, my training, my experience. Different people have different experiences so they have different opinions. I make no claim that my opinion has its origin in the mind of greatness. And if someone does tell you that their opinion has such origins, you should be very incredulous." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I had a few people come to me asking when Nvidia starting surfacing in investor/finance land. And one for AI work. EDIT: Also, I'm bookmarking that quote, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) To PC gamers and hardware nerds. Not to the average person or the high levels of US politics. As I often say, Lemmy skews really techy, but most people don’t know anything about this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not sure why you're being down voted. If you never built your own PC, you would have had zero reason to know who Nvidia was. And most people buy pre built machines. Most of those have probably been laptops for the last 10-15 years, so not even the chance to upgrade. They just but the latest things with the biggest numbers and assume it will handle their needs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Nobody but computer nerds had heard of NVIDIA back then. Go outside right now and snatch 10 neighbors or strangers, ask them if they know anything about the company. I can only think of 3 people on my block who have heard of them. Me (35 years of IT), young neighbor (works county IT), young neighbor (PC gamer). Bet not another soul on the whole block would have a clue. As my favorite YouTuber Paul Harrell (RIP) always said: "Everything I'm saying today are my conclusions and my opinions. My opinions are based on my education, my training, my experience. Different people have different experiences so they have different opinions. I make no claim that my opinion has its origin in the mind of greatness. And if someone does tell you that their opinion has such origins, you should be very incredulous." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I had a few people come to me asking when Nvidia starting surfacing in investor/finance land. And one for AI work. EDIT: Also, I'm bookmarking that quote, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I had a few people come to me asking when Nvidia starting surfacing in investor/finance land. And one for AI work. EDIT: Also, I'm bookmarking that quote, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) To PC gamers and hardware nerds. Not to the average person or the high levels of US politics. As I often say, Lemmy skews really techy, but most people don’t know anything about this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not sure why you're being down voted. If you never built your own PC, you would have had zero reason to know who Nvidia was. And most people buy pre built machines. Most of those have probably been laptops for the last 10-15 years, so not even the chance to upgrade. They just but the latest things with the biggest numbers and assume it will handle their needs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not sure why you're being down voted. If you never built your own PC, you would have had zero reason to know who Nvidia was. And most people buy pre built machines. Most of those have probably been laptops for the last 10-15 years, so not even the chance to upgrade. They just but the latest things with the biggest numbers and assume it will handle their needs. permalink fedilink source parent