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How much did they ask Isreal for this 600 million investment? [0]
[0] https://www.israel21c.org/intel-announces-600-million-boost-...
The EU should invest in AMD and build fabs without Intel if we are to be "independent"
Why is there a shortage rather than a price hike, similar to what would happen with fuel? Long term contracts?
Regarding cars: "Some carmakers are now leaving out high-end features as a result of the chip shortage, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday. Nissan is reportedly leaving navigation systems out of cars that would normally have them, while Ram Trucks has stopped equipping its 1500 pickups with a standard “intelligent” rearview mirror that monitors for blind spots" I have an unpopular opinion, especially when we…
I think we need to start requiring commercial drivers licenses on some of these beasts.
They are intentionally designed to be difficult to see out of, difficult to see around. And the high point of contact on a human body means that they are deadly. Definitely should not be allowed on a residential street without an explicit commercial purpose, IMHO.
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> why are there shortages for these basic chips? Can’t they be made anywhere, and more easily? Not really. Semiconductor fabs are built around "tools" from manufacturers like AMAT and Nikon. Those tool vendors make most of their money from selling new tools for fancy new processes, not supporting 20-year-old stuff. Eventually stuff breaks, and fabs have to offline these older processes. The way this works in the tech…
Actually, ASML provides lifetime support for their machines. I don't know for the rest.
And Japanese almost as a rule have whack a good leasing, and service business, including replacement parts for close to 30 years old equipment.
Regarding cars: "Some carmakers are now leaving out high-end features as a result of the chip shortage, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday. Nissan is reportedly leaving navigation systems out of cars that would normally have them, while Ram Trucks has stopped equipping its 1500 pickups with a standard “intelligent” rearview mirror that monitors for blind spots" I have an unpopular opinion, especially when we…
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If you don’t want a monthly car payment pay a monthly car payment so later you can have a smaller monthly car payment?
I think the idea is that you accrue the interest yourself instead of paying it to someone else.
Better advice: put the money in the market or other higher-yielding investment, then take a low or no interest loan on the vehicle when the time comes so those investments can continue to grow at the much higher clip. Money's just too cheap to give away your own cash. Obviously, if the interest rate environment changes, this should be re-evaluated.
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I couldn’t imagine not having smart lights, they are one of the few iot devices that make my life a lot more comfortable- def not a novelty
What do you use them for that is really helpful? I’m considering getting some Hue lightbulbs, but it seems like a bit of a waste.
Regarding cars: "Some carmakers are now leaving out high-end features as a result of the chip shortage, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday. Nissan is reportedly leaving navigation systems out of cars that would normally have them, while Ram Trucks has stopped equipping its 1500 pickups with a standard “intelligent” rearview mirror that monitors for blind spots" I have an unpopular opinion, especially when we…
That said, "good visibility" is not a replacement for safety tech. The sensors and cameras in a car are always going to be better at spotting danger than a human for things like blind spot monitoring and backup cameras.
You sound a bit like the teachers that would drill mental math because "you won't always have a calculator in your pocket". It's good to be able to do mental math, and it's good to be an alert driver, but let's not ignore the massive capabilities that technology allows.
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We are in the iPod Video stage of individual car ownership.
Are you saying that the next step will be the best version of individual car ownership?
But to defend the analogy, iPod Video was iPod gen 5. Apple did two more generations on that format with the minimum additional feature set.
That might take a while. And there will be many a Zune sold in the meantime.
Ban cryptocurrency exchanges and some of the wafer capacity currently being dedicated to mining will return to regular use (or we can just wait for the ETH2 merge, then ban the purchase of PoW cyrpto). Secondly get workers back to work by ending COVID-era unemployment payments and workplace restrictions.
China banned it and something like 60% of the mining happens there. The whole thing was built to get around bans. Also crypto was thing that just pushed us over the edge, before that Apple was buying out (preventing any chips from being manufactured at) entire node sizes, there were serious issues with semiconductor manufacturing already.