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Re:TSMC and Google push chipmaking boundaries with 3D 'stack... by onion2k on Thursday November 26, 2020 @03:21AM (#25218020)
If any country nuked another without a direct attack that couldn't be repelled through non-nuclear means as provocation it would be economic suicide - no country on Earth would continue to trade with them. They would have to pay crippling reparations. Sanctions would be put in place within hours. That alone is enough to stop any country using nuclear weapons in anger. The deterrent aspect of "mutually assured destruction" isn't really necessary any more.
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Re:TSMC and Google push chipmaking boundaries with 3D 'stack... by jimmydorry on Thursday November 26, 2020 @05:06AM (#25218551)
A few years ago, that assumption would have been sound. After seeing it slightly tested in the past four years though... I don't think such an assumption really holds as an absolute certainty anymore.

We have seen developed nations continue trading with (and in some cases even increase their trade with) countries that have received international condemnation that should have seen unilateral embargos.

To name the first three that come to mind:

- Russia-Ukraine (land grab) - EU and Germany in particular increasing trade with Russia, particularly in terms of gas procurement when Russia should have been sanctioned into the ground

- Russia-Britain (killing on foreign soil) - same as above

- North Korea violating nuclear and ICBM testing treaty - most countries ceasing to trade openly, but continuing "off the books"

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Re:TSMC and Google push chipmaking boundaries with 3D 'stack... by corty on Thursday November 26, 2020 @05:20AM (#25218626)
The US, murdering people with drones without due process and often by sloppiness and mistake. The land-grab in Guantanamo bay and some parts of middle-america. Supplying nuclear weapons to the likes of Erdogan and Merkel. Supporting an autocratic regime in Saudi-Arabia and a lot of other regions. Violating the Iranian nuke treaty unilaterally.
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