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How do you get the blimp back?
I think bigger question is, how do you bring the blimp down without dumping out helium?
In related news, diesel is $7/gallon, and peets coffee is $25/lb, and computers (hardware and cloud) are up 25-50%. The official numbers claim 3% inflation. Does anyone actually believe that? We were seeing 30% YoY before Iran here in California. The discrepancy is so large, I’m wondering if there’s an official explanation or some reasonable explanation, or if they’re just not bothering anymore.
... but I'm not holding my breath.
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I dug up walmart ads from 8 and 16 years ago. In the first 8 years, a case of pepsi went up 5%. In the last 8 years, it went up 200%. Make of that what you will.
Drinking more water would be healthy for most americans.
Step 1: Put the helium in a blimp Step 2: Fly around the straight and over to Taiwan Step 3: Pump it into the chip factory There you go, solved it.
Two birds, one stone baby! Just hopefully it doesn't get hit by a bird or something...
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Umm, I think you have it reversed. A helium plant in Qatar shutting down causing problems to US chip consumers is precisely because of globalization.
So what, you expect 195 countries to develop a copy of everything just so they can hate the other 194? Connection and collaboration is always the better way forward.
But the question you're asking me is meaningless, because the premise is wrong. My original reply was true and entirely independent of my or anyone else's opinion of whether globalization is good/bad.
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Umm, I think you have it reversed. A helium plant in Qatar shutting down causing problems to US chip consumers is precisely because of globalization.
It's hard to imagine chip supply chain could be commercially viable without globalization. One could probably argue that giving up globalization means fewer and less capable products.