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the internet ad industry is raking billions from all over the world into the USA, how can you call that unproductive.
By that definition, war is extremely productive
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50k is just a step above McDonalds these days in a lot of areas. Sure minimum wage might be $15k, but realistically nobody pays that little except in very rural areas (if you need a small number of low skilled employees a small rural town is a perfect spot to build - but if you need more than a small number they can't provide more at any price - you will pay more in the city but there are a lot more people around if…
Perhaps - in California. Median US Salary is $59,384. Half of workers make less.
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Taiwan is a long-standing well-functioning democracy and a core ally. On the other side, I also view Russia's grievances as somewhat more legitimate than China's.
Addressing those "grievances" hasn't worked out too well for Russia. They complained about Ukraine moving in the general direction of NATO membership, and got Sweden and Finland as actual new members of NATO. Finland has a longer Russian border than Ukraine, and Sweden has a regional navy that pretty much controls the Baltic Sea. Both countries were pretty firmly neutral before the war.
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If you owned a small business you'd be singing a very different tune.
> If you owned a small business you'd be singing a very different tune. The problem with advertising is that a little bit done honestly is actually good and fine. What we actually have way, way too much, and it's often dishonest and manipulative. It's a similar thing with finance. It's necessary, but way too many talented people are spending their energies on it. Black and white thinking doesn't really capture the si…
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Wait, wait. In the context of semiconductor manufacturing packaging does not mean what you think it means. It is not putting the product in a paper box. It is about cutting the wafer into individual chips, wire bonding the silicone to pins, and covering the whole thing with epoxy. Here is a video which explains it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gg2eVVayA4 It would be indeed crazy if they would ship the read…
The packaging in this context is not wire bonding but CoWoS - chip-wafer and wafer-wafer bonding.
But you are right on that it is CoWoS which is the missing ingredient.
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Because is fucking undproductive, useless and detrimental to society. Advertising is a cancer, an immoral activity.
If you owned a small business you'd be singing a very different tune.
Off topic... Taiwan also machines and heat treats some of the best cutlery steels in the world. Taichung City is famous for this. This is not as delicate a process as producing CPU chips, but it is hard to get right consistently. Most all major cutlery companies have product lines that are produced solely in Taiwan (Spyderco, Cold Steel, Demko, etc.) It would be nice to see Taiwanese steel industy move some productio…
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I read the main problem with hiring chip factory workers in Arizona was the factory just didnt pay enough for the long hours demanded. I looked up the median salary and its only 50k so I'm assuming it's not crazy skilled labor (e.g. brain drain). Taiwanese workers just seem more willing to do it.
Cost of living can be a lot lower in Taiwan, if your property is already paid off. Unfortunately housing is super overpriced, due to the Asian mentality resulting in high property ownership. Real estate is always the monkey wrench in the gears of capitalism because of high necessity yet limited supply.
I have no clue what this means and in countries like Japan, housing is a depreciating asset vs. an investment, so…?
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> If you owned a small business you'd be singing a very different tune. The problem with advertising is that a little bit done honestly is actually good and fine. What we actually have way, way too much, and it's often dishonest and manipulative. It's a similar thing with finance. It's necessary, but way too many talented people are spending their energies on it. Black and white thinking doesn't really capture the si…
Those "US STEM grads have their skills wasted" are solving those problems (optimal ad load, bad ads, etc.) but its a very hard problem. Don't be so dismissive.
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Perhaps - in California. Median US Salary is $59,384. Half of workers make less.
Keep in mind the plant they are talking about is in AZ, where median wages and cost of living are generally lower than California.