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Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by bastardoperator »

deltaonefour wrote: post #109
yumraj wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don’t think Winnie the Pooh has big balls to attack Taiwan in recent future. Not disagreeing with you, but I think people generally incorrectly assume that a dictator with absolute power thinks and acts rationally.

Ironically, I think the above statement is irrational. Why does being a dictator automatically make you more irrational? Absolute power has no direct causal bearing on human intelligence. It does not make you more irrational or more rational. There are plenty of examples of good kings, bad kings, good emperors and bad emperors throughout history both for ancient china and plenty of other civilizations. Modern China,…

History is pretty clear, go check it out. Nobody wants to be ruled by a single individual that operates with impunity.

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by TearsInTheRain »

mym1990 wrote: post #37
roughly wrote: post #18

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But we saved some money by shuttering all our factories and outsourcing everything, so, who's to say what the right answer was. (/s)

"We saved some money" is how economics works in price competitive markets. This is a result of many players doing what keeps each one competitive, but without collaborating on what the large scale effects are down the road.

We optimize for price so you cant align with something that price doesnt capture. Taxes and subsidies allows us to take those factors into consideration

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by yumraj »

deltaonefour wrote: post #109
yumraj wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don’t think Winnie the Pooh has big balls to attack Taiwan in recent future. Not disagreeing with you, but I think people generally incorrectly assume that a dictator with absolute power thinks and acts rationally.

Ironically, I think the above statement is irrational. Why does being a dictator automatically make you more irrational? Absolute power has no direct causal bearing on human intelligence. It does not make you more irrational or more rational. There are plenty of examples of good kings, bad kings, good emperors and bad emperors throughout history both for ancient china and plenty of other civilizations. Modern China,…

> Why does being a dictator automatically make you more irrational?

People, including leaders, are influenced by those around them.

A sane leader has advisors, which they trust to provide rational arguments, which sometimes may differ from their own.

A dictator on the other hand is only surrounded by yes-men since anyone else would be thrown to the lions. So, there is no one to provide a counter argument to the dictator's own viewpoints and makes them believe in their supreme power. This is what makes them dangerous and act irrationally.

Pick any dictator/supreme leader and you'll see the trends.

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by coolso »

AvesMerit wrote: post #99
bingohbangoh wrote: post #51

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And when the orange man came and said we should bring it back, I laughed at home and call him an idiot!

How much onshoring did orange man actually do? According to St. Louis FRED - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP - basically nothing > call him an idiot! And you were and still are right to do that!

Love him or hate him, if you don't think Trump caused a monumental, almost overnight shift in both public and governmental opinion towards going back to promoting American manufacturing, bringing jobs back to America, and finally fighting back against China for their decades of taking advantage of us... you're letting your bias do all the talking, and that's sad.

You'll note that in his debates, Biden took some lines almost directly out of Trump's playbook regarding those subjects (made to sound more polite of course), and in fact many of Trump's policies and executive orders, Biden has kept in place. Because they're having a positive effect. We just needed someone with balls like Trump to finally enact them.

Big Tech, China, offshoring, and globalism can shove it. The tides are finally turning. If there's one good thing to come out of Trump's presidency, it's this!

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by WillPostForFood »

ceejayoz wrote: post #107
cbfrench wrote: post #96

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It’s worth noting that Chinese incursions into Taiwan’s ADIZ are a routine occurrence and don’t really represent any increase in aggression above the baseline: “On Wednesday (February 23), two Chinese military jets flew into Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ), marking the 12th intrusion this month.” https://www.wionews.com/world/two-chinese-fighter-jets-enter...

In part, because Taiwan's ADIZ extends over mainland China . https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JADIZ_and_CADIZ_and_... (ADIZs are also unilateral and not something set up in international law; they're basically a request)

I agree these stories should not be overblown, and have been a regular occurrence. It isn’t a worrisome escalation.

But it is incorrect to say they are happening because the ADIZ extends over Chinese territory. The repeated incursions are out over the ocean, most commonly over the SW corner of the ADIZ which is not over mainland China. China is doing it intentionally, and is both testing and prodding Taiwan.

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by jthrowsitaway »

amelius wrote: post #133
umvi wrote: post #46

Russia's actions make me nervous that China will be emboldened to do the same for Taiwan

Yes this is scary. Chinese defense budget is considerable at 1/3 of US budget.

Interesting. I wonder if China has the same amount of waste and overspending in their military industrial complex.

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by zabzonk »

allisdust wrote: post #71
livinglist wrote: post #21

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as a Chinese raised in China myself, this happens pretty regularly since years ago. I don’t think Winnie the Pooh has big balls to attack Taiwan in recent future. China has too much to lose right now.

Has China ever sent their army into another country post their independence ?

Independence from whom?

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Post by lastofthemojito »

pirate787 wrote: post #111
munk-a wrote: post #98

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Modern economic theory doesn't disallow subsidies - it's very possible to exist in a primarily capitalist society with either tariffs or domestic business subsidies to ensure certain key industries remain on local shores - it might be politically infeasible for such laws to be passed in the US, but it is a very reasonable response.

The United States has all kinds of tariff and other subsidies for key industries. Foreign airlines and shipping companies are literally blocked from providing domestic US services. (That's also why all major US cruise ships touch a foreign port in their journey). Steel and autos and much of agriculture are also heavily protected. These are all anti-consumer and bad public policy.

> That's also why all major US cruise ships touch a foreign port in their journey

In a pedantic sense, major US cruise ships don't need to touch a foreign port in their journey. The catch being there is only one major US cruise ship - The Pride of America, which generally does Hawaiian cruises: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_of_America

The other major cruise ships you see operating in the US are actually foreign-flagged so they can avoid US environmental, gambling and employment regulations, etc. These are the ships that must touch a foreign port during their journeys.

Re: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

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Post by speg »

angryGhost wrote: post #50

who else said yesterday they would quit the news? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430041

I’ve got my head in the sand. Good thing I stopped checking my investments too.

I’ll let you guys on HN let me know when things are good again :)

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