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j_walter··on Study finds that budget cuts to public R&D would significantly hurt the economy
Government waste has been known for decades and people want it cleaned up. However the same people we have trusted to clean it up are part of the very system that has allowed it to continue. Take a close look at something like funding for the homeless in big cities like LA or Portland and you will find the $ amount per homeless person to be way higher than it should be. You have companies that insert themselves into the government system that do nothing but drain the money that should be going to help the people it's suppose to serve, like the homeless, and every year the problem gets worse and they need more money. People are tired of the lack of accountability for results and ever constant requests for more money.
j_walter··on I use zip bombs to protect my server
Check this out if you want to stop this behavior...

https://github.com/skeeto/endlessh

j_walter··on Bambu Connect's Authentication X.509 Certificate and Private Key Extracted
I've heard a lot of people recommending the K1 as a similar substitute.

https://www.creality.com/products/creality-k1-3d-printer

I might check it out too, while I like my X1C...Bambu might be overstaying there welcome in my house.

j_walter··on Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egYoxajTz0
j_walter··on Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab
You seem to be confusing the term packaging...it is not the box, it is how the chips are assembled together to make the final product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egYoxajTz0

j_walter··on Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab
What makes you think construction was completed in July 2022? The shell of Phase 1 may have been completed, but even now the construction continues in Phase 1B and Phase 2.
j_walter··on Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab
They have adopted a n-2 type of rule for advanaced tech...but as of yesterday they seem to have relaxed this rule and approved transfer of 2nm from Taiwan fabs to the AZ fab at some point in the near future.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/tsmc-cleared-for-2nm-p...

j_walter··on TSMC's Arizona Plant to Start Making Advanced Chips
They have 24/7 people on site, 4 shifts that cover the work...but those are generally techs in the US, which have associate degrees or less. In Taiwan they are generally engineers that work the 24/7 shifts.
j_walter··on TSMC's Arizona Plant to Start Making Advanced Chips
They don't have that many SWE...so be careful on your comparisons. 95% of their engineers are non-SWE...and those engineering disciplines do not make 4X those salaries listed above.
j_walter··on TSMC's Arizona Plant to Start Making Advanced Chips
They are not solved with compensation...simply put Taiwanese in both the US or Taiwan will put in more hours and work harder regardless of pay. Will compensation get some US workers to work as hard...yes...but not enough for what is needed to expand the AZ plant and keep it running. The numbers in the OP are Taiwan salaries...AZ salaries are upwards of $140-150K (not including bonuses) for someone with <10 years experience. These are not SWE...these are mechanical, electrical and chemical engineers...not in competition with Google, Apple, Meta, etc.
j_walter··on AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space
Server companies have long term agreements in place...waiting for those to expire before moving to AMD is not unexpected. This was the final outcome expected by many.
j_walter··on TSMC told US of chip in Huawei product after TechInsights finding, source says
Exactly this...and since the US is by far the biggest revenue source for semiconductors it would be stupid to ignore this rule. Taiwan in general wants to maintain favor with the US because of the invasion threat of China as well (although I'm not 100% confident the US would get involved in that fight).
j_walter··on TSMC told US of chip in Huawei product after TechInsights finding, source says
No, but any programming that would occur with identifiable information would occur after the wafer is cut and packaged. Generally this would be after delivery to TSMC's customer.
j_walter··on TSMC told US of chip in Huawei product after TechInsights finding, source says
There is no serial number on the individual die, but TSMC has very unique test lines on the chip that would easily identify if it was in fact made at TSMC.
j_walter··on Intel announces cancellation of 20A process node for Arrow Lake
Sounds like 18A yield is so bad they are bringing in the 20A team to fix things...at the expense of using 20A in their own products. Guess we know which roulette square the company is putting it's money.
j_walter··on Intel's bad year worsens, with analyst decrying company as 'profoundly broken'
They have claimed progress since then, but their latest and greatest processor that is available still runs on mostly TSMC chips. 18A has zero proof of being ready by the end of the year like they claim.
j_walter··on Ask HN: How do you structure your shared finances with your spouse/partner
I will add that I'm in my 3rd marriage and have learned the best way to reduce fights and stress about finances it to keep it mostly separate.
j_walter··on Ask HN: How do you structure your shared finances with your spouse/partner
Mostly separate finances: individual checking accounts, individual savings accounts, individual credit cards...and one shared savings account. I'm the only one with a paycheck but my wife gets paid a set amount into her checking account every other week. Bonuses get split between us 3 ways usually...between each savings account we have. I take care of all bills except her credit cards.
j_walter··on Intel is trucking a 916k-pound 'Super Load' across Ohio to its new fab
I would guess based on their description this is not expensive or precise...at least compared to the cleanroom tooling like an EUV tool. This is probably a gas tower that is used to produce high purity gas on site (like N2). They are large and often transported from where they are built. TSMC AZ had one delivered from Texas a few years ago (or more precisely Linde had it delivered to their site next door to TSMC AZ). You can see the large towers in the pictures linked below.

https://www.phxind.com/projects/linde-spectra-30

j_walter··on Show HN: Unforget, the note-taking app I always wanted: offline first, encrypted
I'm always looking for a good note taking app that is self-hosted but still looks great on mobile AND desktop. Any chance you plan to release a docker container at some point?
j_walter··on Study shows banning false info traffickers online can improve public discourse
Yes, lets believe China because Republicans hate them so they must be right. China stopped any investigation in every way possible to cover up ANY possibility to find evidence of anything. Days after the first outbreak in the market they destroyed all of the evidence...almost like they knew the virus was deadly.

How about the Russian disinformation campaign about Hunter's laptop and the government insistence that social media discredit and actively stop any spreading of the information. Dozens of intelligence agents said it was not credible and shouldn't be trusted. You know, the same laptop that was introduced into evidence today in Hunter's trial.

j_walter··on Study shows banning false info traffickers online can improve public discourse
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fauci-prompted-scientifi...

Many reports show man made in lab is more likely now.

j_walter··on Study shows banning false info traffickers online can improve public discourse
> And lumping the Chinese state together with fact checking organizations is not a good argument.

This was not just the Chinese state. Fauci said from day 1 that this was not a lab leak and anyone saying that should be discredited.

j_walter··on [dead]
I'm not seeing the quote where he actually says this...only that he will roll back the EV credits, which is actually like you say rolling back regulations to make EVs compete in the free market.

I'm actually for EVs if we can get our power situation worked out...but this seems like a stretch article written for click bait.

j_walter··on Mortgages Stuck Around 7% Force Rapid Rethink of American Dream
House square footage was also lower back then though...

https://www.newser.com/story/225645/average-size-of-us-homes...

j_walter··on Intel's 14A Magic Bullet: Directed Self-Assembly (DSA)
>Customers will use 18A to dip their toes in the Intel waters with less critical chips that are not core to their business

Yeah...how many customers will use the most advanced tech for "less critical chips". The real question is not whether Intel's tech works...it's if they can mass produce it efficiently. 7nm worked just fine on a chip by chip basis...but they struggled for years on getting the yield and output to place where customers would want it.

j_walter··on TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas
This makes sense though...customers are pushing to have chips made outside of Taiwan to protect their supply chain, why not make them pay for that when it's clearly more expensive to do so.

Many companies have already cleared out of China as much as possible (Dell made it clear they wanted all supply out of China by 2024)...Taiwan is the next logical step.

You will start to see the term NCNT (No China, No Taiwan) used more and more...it's already part of many companies internal strategy and corporate planning. Similarly China has a "China for China" policy...where they want everything sold in China to be 100% made in China.

j_walter··on Intel puts 1nm process (10A) on the roadmap for 2027
Yeah, but the most advanced chips in Meteor Lake are TSMC chips still...3 of them (GPU, SoC, IOE at N5/6 node). Granted there are lots of comparisons saying TSMC N5 is Intel 7, etc...but when you actually come down to real life testing of power and
j_walter··on A peek at Intel's future foundry tech
Well you mentioned their latest and greatest...which also uses three of TSMC's N5 chips in it. So they may have solved that 2021 problem with 7nm tech, but they are still relying heavily on TSMC for their best chips right now.
j_walter··on A peek at Intel's future foundry tech
Basically yes, but this is the exact reason Apple got away from Samsung making their chips. TSMC is a neutral party with reasons to keep designs secret from other customers. Intel and Samsung have competing products on the market so why would you t
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