Comment on Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?parentComments−stripefan3moIn my view, this period surprisingly correlates with the first leg of the Fed's balance-sheet expansion [1], from ~$800B to ~$2.2T in 2008.As a reminder, this was the era of the early iPhones and the first MacBook Air [2] — tech was mature enough, but not yet overcrowded with VCs.[1] https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttren...[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20080223071127/http://www.apple....
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In my view, this period surprisingly correlates with the first leg of the Fed's balance-sheet expansion [1], from ~$800B to ~$2.2T in 2008.
As a reminder, this was the era of the early iPhones and the first MacBook Air [2] — tech was mature enough, but not yet overcrowded with VCs.
[1] https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttren...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20080223071127/http://www.apple....