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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by zymhan on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:45PM (#25457995)
I'm honestly amazed at the PC component market for the past decade. The Thailand flooding that messed up HDD production, and crypto mining jacking up the price of GPUs, are just two examples
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by ethbr0 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:17PM (#25458425)
Second order effects of increasing centralization in pursuit of manufacturing efficiency.

It saves money to have everything co-located.

It also amplifies the magnitude of physical-world disruptions.

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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by throwaway2048 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:27PM (#25458542)
more efficient usually means more fragile
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