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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.

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