Re:The Lights Wink Out in Asia
by cat_plus_plus on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:02AM
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Engineers should know centralized systems do not work. There is a place for trade, but absolute reliance on Russian gas or Chinese goods creates a single point of failure. There has to be an option to fall back to local sources of goods quickly, or every country becomes a single point of failure.
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Yes, every time I fill the kettle from my centralized water authority then flip it on from my centralized electricity provider, then pick up my centralized newspaper to read about the performance of my investment portfolio on its centralized stock exchange, that's exactly what I think. Centralized systems simply don't work.
Re:The Lights Wink Out in Asia
by cat_plus_plus on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:03AM
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I guess you are not in Michigan or California since you are bragging about utilities. Actually sounds like you are in a totalitarian country since you have one centralized newspaper and one stock exchange. All right, enjoy your cool aid...
Re:The Lights Wink Out in Asia
by justinclift on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:23AM
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Centralised systems seem to work pretty well, when they're resourced ok, run by competent people, and share the same (or similar) values to you.
When any of those are badly off track, then alternatives/fallbacks start looking good. ;)