A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old
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A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old
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#2Anyone tried it?
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#3https://www.visualcapitalist.com/oldest-companies/ is also rather interesting to look at. The oldest one in Japan:
> The Japanese temple and shrine construction company, Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (founded in 578) has weathered a few storms over the millennia, from nuclear bombs to financial crises. In 2006, it was bought by the construction conglomerate, Takamatsu Construction Group Co., and continues to operate today.
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#5Related, recent article:
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200211-why-are-so-man...
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#6https://www.visualcapitalist.com/oldest-companies/ is also rather interesting to look at. The oldest one in Japan: > The Japanese temple and shrine construction company, Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (founded in 578) has weathered a few storms over the millennia, from nuclear bombs to financial crises. In 2006, it was bought by the construction conglomerate, Takamatsu Construction Group Co., and continues to operate today.
Am I the only one thinking that nuclear bombings are actually good for a construction company?
It's like saying the condom industry survived the AIDS pandemic.
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#7Well, crud. I honestly thought a 10-bit `company_age` field would be sufficient. I'll add a Pivotal story to make the database migration.
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#8I heard a story about some restaurant or hotel where a owner apologized for not providing the authentic experience because the original shop burned down like 600 years ago
Re: A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old
#9Well, crud. I honestly thought a 10-bit `company_age` field would be sufficient. I'll add a Pivotal story to make the database migration.
Put it in the icebox, we won’t need that for years.
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#10I don't think any tech companies will ever survive that long.