Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city’s tech boom is over::Virgin Atlantic in a Friday statement said that in Austin “demand in the tech sector is not set to improve in the near term.”

  • Bri Guy @sopuli.xyz
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    For a few years it seemed like every tech bro and their mother was moving into Austin

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      Then Texas happened. All they had to do was nothing and become silicone valley rich

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        It was bringing in too many liberals for Texas. They’ll trade the billions in money for control.

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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        It sucks because Texas was actually one of the first places the integrated circuit was developed. It’d been hypothesized and speculated upon prior to its invention, but my understanding is that the first effectively integrated circuit was designed by Jack Kilby and built by Texas Instruments; followed shortly by Robert Noyce in California (who made the first true integrated circuit).