The Computational Engine of Economic Development

Re: The Computational Engine of Economic Development by darawk on Saturday June 11, 2016 @09:13PM (#11886174)

This is very interesting indeed. But I wonder...why is Chile importing so many centrifuges from South Korea? 1.9% of their exports?

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Re: The Computational Engine of Economic Development by rdtsc on Sunday June 12, 2016 @01:13AM (#11886745)

Chile does a lot of agriculture, fish farming, mining. It is probably a mining thing. Can't imagine putting fish in centrifuges leads to anything useful ;-)

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Re: The Computational Engine of Economic Development by elcapitan on Sunday June 12, 2016 @05:18AM (#11887331)

You have the answer right in their exports - mining for metals, the centrifuges are used to separate the metal from the rest.

(I'd only worry if they imported centrifuges from North Korea. Otherwise I would not suspect it's nuclear centrifuges necessarily.)

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Re: The Computational Engine of Economic Development by MichaelBurge on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:22PM (#11886335)

Maybe Chile has an underground nuclear program?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

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