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Unless of course you have a school with a math department and a math team that competes. Across American I'm sure it's the exception, and not the rule, to have a math department an…

That's funny but $200B seemed way too small. Then I found this: https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison "The United States spends more on national defense than C…

This is what the TSMC construction site in Arizona looks like. https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2022/05/26/tsmc-pho... They’re probably not hiding something like that in Cu…

In that scenario how does Apple source all the parts made in China? They would be better off paying the 6%

Exactly. And they pretty much have to make a deal because if they don’t it’s mutually assured destruction. There’s so seller like TSMC and no buyer like Apple.

There’s no way it’s that simple between Apple and TSMC. Apple also has something TSMC desperately needs too: the ability to pay upfront and guaranteed volume. Turning these lines o…

Obviously a modern system is going to have better control and range over temperature, but it does come at a cost. According to the link from datameta the older techniques do have a…

> I think it'd be fair to say that they don't make you 'dwell in darkness' as much as a solid wall would... Especially if they are motorized. It's the only home automation thing th…

It's basically a 3 star review, the labels don't actually matter. Is a 3 star good? or is it bad? Who knows. It either depending on context. And that's why people don't like it.

Today sure. But remember you have to boil the frog slowly lest it jump away.

Sure but the future is uncertain and when you’re selling ads it’s hard to control revenue. It’s much easier to control expenses.

Especially as it's not obvious how much headcount the other teams have. i.e. giving not-cut (the profitable/successful) teams a 1% headcount increase and cutting 10% of total staff…