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Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA

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motionlessveloc · 1789676063 · focus · HN ↗
Named after monaka, a traditional Japanese confection of sweet red bean paste sandwiched between two wafers.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaka" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaka
It's not terribly popular even in Japan, since it's dry, bland, fragile and has to be assembled on the spot or it goes soggy.
1. conorcleary · 1789676959 · focus · HN ↗
  Good metaphor, then; do what we must, not what others want from us.
2. userbinator · 1789696501 · focus · HN ↗
  "sandwiched between two wafers"
  Pun intended?
  1. motionlessveloc · 1789711005 · focus · HN ↗
    Almost certainly.

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