mhoyeMar 15

Anyone else remember that thing where 2020 taught us that a bufferless, deeply interconnected world of just-in-time production was incredibly fragile, and an otherwise completely manageable temporary disruption would cascade quickly into economic catastrophe, but instead of learning any lessons or building resilient, humane infrastructure we told everyone that the crisis was past and normal was back and go sacrifice your lives and health to grease the machine?

I do.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html

Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production

At the center of the issue is the precision gas vital to chip manufacturing and cryogenics. Helium cools silicon wafers during fabrication, maintaining the extremely low temperatures...

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@mhoye look, there's a silver lining... *We* weren't going to get to use any of these chips anyway cosidering faceless AI corps had bought the full supply for years ahead. With some luck these will have gone bankrupt by the time He is available again.
Mar 15 at 9:58pmWeb