A normal American company

[chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world]

This goes all the way back to ancient Roman times (and earlier).

Roman Engineers: I guess we making bridges now.

Also Roman Engineers: What the fuck! Mangonels? Scorpions? Siege towers?!

[doingthestuff@lemy.lol]

I don't know that Yamaha makes weapons but they make everything, so probably.

[collapse_already@lemmy.ml]

TI sold their defense segment business to Raytheon in the late 90s. I don't think they make missiles anymore.

[frezik@midwest.social]

Computer Shopper was the shit back in the day. Imagine Newegg's listings of computer hardware bound up every month into a catalog.

[jaybone@lemmy.world]

You’d think they would make banjos.

[frezik@midwest.social]

Hitachi, man. Do you need an air conditioner? A hydrolic excavator? A pussy diddler? A 120mm self propelled mortar? If all of the above, they're the company for you.

[spacenoodle@lemmy.world]

That's Alabama.

[aeronmelon@lemmy.world]

To their credit, TI will stop making calculators when the Earth becomes uninhabitable.

[benjaben@lemmy.world]

I mean, a banjo could show up in country music of any kind, but it feels quite Appalachian to me. Though after looking apparently the top half of Alabama counts, anyway, so TIL!

[dragonsinaroom@lemmy.world]

Diversification

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

As the defense industry consolidated, TI sold its defense business to the Raytheon Company in 1997 for $2.95 billion. ^[1]^

::: spoiler References

1. "Texas Instruments". Wikipedia. Published: 2025-01-04T02:02Z. Accessed: 2025-01-09T19:01Z. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments#Missiles_and_laser-guided_bombs.
   • §"History". §"Defense Electronics". §"Divestiture to Raytheon". ¶1.
     :::

[rustyfish@lemmy.world]

If you never sat around in class playing Pokémon on your TI-84 Plus after you finished your math exam earlier than the rest, you have no idea what true power feels like.

[ss2k_2003@lemmy.world]

tbf they are "TEXAS" instruments, this is very texas of them.

[hexadence@lemmy.world]

Good ol' "aerospace and defense" industry. The backbone of every healthy society.

[jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org]

Don't forget nuclear power.

[huquad@lemmy.ml]

Teaching sand to think was a mistake.

[huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works]

Georgia answering the banjo call.

[bemorecareful@lemmy.world]

The largest year in the whole country.

[chickenladyloveslife@lemmy.world]

Apparently those hands belong to a real banjo player hidden behind the actor.

[chickenladyloveslife@lemmy.world]

Found Butler's lemmy account!