A normal American company

[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.
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[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!

[hathaway@lemmy.zip]

Wtf Pokémon? I thought I was hot shit with brick break and a couple other minor apps if I remember

[captainblagbird@lemmy.world]

Dramatic exaggeration I assume. But there was a Super Mario clone (at least on my TI Voyage 200).

[lifeinmultiplechoice@lemmy.world]

And here I only had connect 4 and junk programmed into my Casio

[hathaway@lemmy.zip]

Ah. That was one of my other apps for sure!

[n00b22@lemmy.ml]

Calculators? Did you mean "machines that can run DOOM"?

[aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

What's a cruise missile if not an advanced calculator with an engine, some fins, some sensors and some servos.

[aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Back in the day we would type 58008 on our calculator and turn it upside down to satisfy our porn needs...

[rustyfish@lemmy.world]

Nope. It was a „fully functioning“ version of Pokémon. Not an emulated one, super simplistic and it ran like ass, obviously something tinkered together by a fan, but still a version of it. The TI-84 Plus CE even had the GB Color versions on them fully emulated.

Sadly the TI-84 Plus CE only became the standard right after we graduated.