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		rsync on Feb 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This is why people fear the Internet of Things That may be the case with privacy, or other intangibles like that, but we're talking about electronics. As I said, the airports (or the commercial kitchens, or the industrial lighting consumers) need to buy these things in bulk, so the prices get driven down. Yes, a brand new NEC displaywall panel purchased quantity 1 might cost 20% or even 100% more than a panel at best buy, but go backwards one revision and its as cheap as any electronics. In this case it's not "the rich" but rather the informed, or the savvy.

erelde on Feb 29, 2016 [–]

Opinion: there's a lot of interlap between "rich" (not necessarily rich as in the "1%") and the "informed"/"educated".

I think people with a will to learn often end up living comfortably, because they like learning and informing themselves.

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