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   dtluna (dtluna@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Saturday, 30-May-2026 20:14:30 JST dtluna
   It's not okay that we rely only on TSMC to produce all the computer hardware in the world
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 30-May-2026 20:14:27 JST iced depresso

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     @mrsaturday @thatbrickster @dtluna asians are kind of generationally domesticated. americans are notoriously volatile. though i doubt that's the problem.
     
     the USA does very stupid things like the CHIP act (paying megacorps that already could and just don't invest in tech; intel is too busy being run by wall street trying to figure out how to cut up and sell it)
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@cawfee.club)'s status on Saturday, 30-May-2026 20:14:28 JST Bricky

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     @dtluna China are at least trying to make domestic production viable. The rest of us refused to learn the lessons from the Taiwanese drought that created the shortage years ago.
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     @thatbrickster @dtluna They're trying to bring it to the US, but starting any sort of domestic manufacturing with our debased currency and yo-yo tariff policy is a fool's errand.
     
     There was a funny article about TSMC opening a facility in Arizona and learning that Americans don't have the same deferential relationship with corporations that the Taiwanese do.
     
     TSMC: "Either our engineers work 60 hours a week and exceed performance standards or we fire them!"
     Engineers: "I'm leaving for Intel. Good luck with that!"
     TSMC: :pika:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 30-May-2026 20:22:19 JST iced depresso

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     @mrsaturday @thatbrickster @dtluna my point is that americans are notoriously volatile. even among civilized jobs our firefighters tend to die more than equivalent other countries. we're just inherently more unstable, which the brits also used to be.
     
     the producers of max headroom noted that max "had to be an american" because only americans normalize just walking up to people they don't know and talking at them. most of the world making noise is taboo.
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     @icedquinn @thatbrickster @dtluna If you treat Americans well, they will treat you well. If you show up acting like a taskmaster looking for slaves to whip into shape, then you're a springboard for us at best. Use us, and we'll use you.
     
     I honestly don't know if things will get better without a harsh market correction, one that the government's been trying to stave off for a couple decades now.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 30-May-2026 20:27:48 JST iced depresso

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     @mrsaturday @dtluna @thatbrickster but basically yes i've been saying for a couple years that we need to democratize semiconductors entirely; which america is not willing to commit to--our elites don't know how to do anything but acquisitions and mergers on paper and TMSC isn't selling. they can't money magic (like 1990s japan) taiwan away either.
     
     so the move for civilization is basically a joint project to open source the process to some degree, but that costs money and is bad for extraction.