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ryanlol
on June 17, 2015
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The creation of the modern laptop
Assuming "trillions" means 3 trillion. Divided by the average work hours during a persons career that'd come up to about 33 million people.
That's quite a few engineers.
scarmig
on June 17, 2015
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It's like the Civilization technology tree. To get the laptop, you first have to invent Electronics, and before that Physics, and before that...
Easily adds up to trillions of hours.
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That's quite a few engineers.