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The devices we sh-tpost on have their CPUs made in a giant fab costing tens of billions and that needs to move tens of millions of units a week to stay in business.

These require silicon with fourteen-nines purity, and global supply chains.

There are so many ways we can f--k this up its not funny...
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Layerjack (Onion Knight) 1y ago

This is the peak of human progress. High energy projects like space travel and nuclear failed, so they were replaced with CGI and politics.

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Low Information Voter 1y ago

I think you might be right, sadly.

Nuclear-thermal rocket engines have epic thrust-to-weight. But were benched in the 70s for political reasons. I'm hoping Elon can find a way to get them legalized again. Makes so much economic and technical sense, even if you have to launch from Madagascar...

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Layerjack (Onion Knight) 1y ago

I don't think it was political. Likely physical infeasibility. Doesn't make any difference to us, cause we aren't flying into space any time soon. Even high altitude balloon projects stalled.

So instead you get an Internet pager and you can complain about rising prices and politicians. In a world like this, habitual drug users are the rational ones.