Josef Chen · Braindumps

When I was fourteen I bought Bitcoin miners with my own money, and watched newer chips kill them on a spreadsheet while Bitcoin was booming.

In 1770, at the court of Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna, a Hungarian civil servant named Wolfgang von Kempelen unveiled a machine that played chess.

In the spring of 1220, the richest empire in the world was erased by a people who could not read.

In 1174, a fire destroyed the choir of Canterbury Cathedral.

Tesla ships cars with panel gaps you could fit a finger through.

Another dinner.

As a hardware founder, I've personally felt the sheer pain of navigating the patent system.

Imagine a silent pact so powerful it can forge empires or crush dreams.

The Stark Reality: Top London hardware engineer graduates: £30,000-£50,000 Silicon Valley equivalent: $150,000+ The reality for most graduates is even grimmer: £25,000 starting salaries at traditional engineering firms Exodus to consulting or finance just…