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Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I feel like passionately arguing with you about 3 of your 4 examples

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It would be possible to argue about all of them, as each has genuine use cases. Just not to the extend they were praised during the hype.

[โ€“] starman 3 points 7 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'd like to argue why 3 of the 4 are absolutely amazing