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Those chips exclusively come from West-aligned geographies. China can't fully disentangle its supply chain from that of the West without building EUV-based technologies. Taiwan remains a shared pressure point so long as China needs TSMC.

This buys time for the West to build more defensible fab infrastructure before China attempts to take Taiwan or damage its fabs.

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  verb
  gerund or present participle: investing
  1. expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit
  or material result by putting it into financial plans, 
  shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial 
  venture.

Seems like a correct use of the term to me, even if crypto is highly speculative and kind of a dumpster fire recently.

Technically it's true that the depositor gives up "ownership" of his funds upon making a deposit, but in the US this is practically a moot point for most people because of FDIC protections. Depending on the state (for example, "right of setoff" in NY) there may be some unusual corner cases, but in general crypto exchanges have far more power over your crypto deposits than traditional banks do over your cash deposits.

> The investigation began in 2018 and is focused on Binance's compliance with U.S. anti-money laundering laws and sanctions, these people said

If the investigation is five years old, then this isn't as big of a story as it seems on first glance. Not yet, at least.

Well, that totally makes sense. We wouldn't want Twitter to turn into some free-for-all hellscape.

> Whatever ChatGPT (or similar) can generate, humans need to do better.

You overestimate me.

I'm not sure I'd want to travel on commercial aircraft if the regulators eliminate pilot redundancy.

The comparison between FTX in 2022 and JP/GS/DB in 2007 is an undue insult to the banks and understates the misconduct within FTX.

On top of that, much of what you write in the latter paragraphs is speculation without much evidence to back up its premises.

Hold your horses sir. Both of those links cite the same not-reliable source: a comment [0] made by Sam Bankman-Fried in a conversation with crypto YouTuber Tiffany Fong.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DezodR9hNI&t=774s

At this point it would be naive to take at face value anything SBF said about his money. Financially speaking, he appears to be the world's biggest liar of 2022.

> direct employee donations often favor Democrats but donations to PACs which then support candidates

Rather than speculating, we could alternatively choose to look at some numbers:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Wq2kPw3C4X_50Tqc8H9...

> SBF has few friends

SBF was the second-biggest donor to the Dems in the 2022 midterm elections. Not only does he have friends, he also has a cadre of politicians who will look terrible in the case that their major supporter ends up rotting in prison. It is unsurprising that some people believe he could walk.

I think we can forgive the author for the low estimate considering that this project didn't exist publicly at the time of writing.

How does power usage remain stable in a fab? Please say more about how that works.

Sometimes. Yet you can find a substantial over-the-counter segment of the derivatives business in most major financial markets.

I prefer it as written, because the additional information of timeframe for measurement indicates that the author is not talking about momentary/peak power.

I think that depends how much build-out you have to do in order to install the kind of capacity required for a $40B semiconductor fab, which would hypothetically need some kind of major energy storage infrastructure or backup source in the event that solar is the main source of electricity.

> Large semiconductor fabs use as much as 100 megawatt-hours of power each hour, which is more than many automotive plants or oil refineries do. [0]

If a fab is running at that consumption rate for twenty hours every day for one year, it will consume approximately all of Arizona's 735,000 MWh of annual utility-scale solar, wind, and geothermal net electricity generation. [1]

Contrast that with the annual hydroelectric generation of Itaipu Dam in South America, at 79,440,000 MWh in 2019. [2]

[0] https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/client_serv... [pdf]

[1] https://www.eia.gov/state/print.php?sid=AZ

[2] https://www.power-technology.com/projects/itaipu-hydroelectr...

Absent any form of fab redundancy in the global economy, the fabs make Taiwan fragile in the eyes of the Western powers. Taiwan is safer when it is not a pressure point for the entire Western economy because it's easier to defend territory that can withstand a few hits.

Judging by the pictures, TSMC is building a lot of expensive-looking stuff out in Arizona. I know they're both Taiwanese companies but this project seems a bit different.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/TSMC-to...

Yes, but the cost of ultrapure water is essentially represented by the cost of electricity used for purification.

It would make more sense to put the mega-fabs where electricity is cheapest in the Americas, and that certainly isn't Arizona.

> The BSE SENSEX and NIFTY 50 stock indices fell over 6 percent on the day after the announcement. The move reduced the country's industrial production and its GDP growth rate. It is estimated that 1.5 million jobs were lost.

Wow.

They should have gone back to the drawing board after seeing their announcement lop off a huge chunk of their equity market capitalization.

When it comes to current events, I think the advantage that Wikipedia has over traditional encyclopedias is not authoritative but rather referential. With most articles (such as historical events or scientific breakthroughs), Wikipedia converges to a pretty authoritative treatment of the subject and can be more accurate than a singe-source encyclopedia. With current events articles, Wikipedia provides a starting point for further reading (including via the citation pointers) whereas a single-source encyclopedia may be out of date and completely devoid of content on the subject.

Not sure how that links to the article considering that these IP ranges are linked to professional institutions.

I think a lot of us are thinking, "why can't we automate this industry even further."

It seems strange to me that thousands of tons of goods and materials can be held up by flu season.

In lieu of more reliable methods of managing freight trains, it sounds like railroads put the full-court press on their employees.

Is there a justification for the railroads' practices? Do rail workers frequently call in sick for BS reasons?

edit: also, thanks for weighing in with your viewpoint. from the outside it's kind of hard to understand the emotions and practices that are driving this story.

I'm not a lawyer but I've lived in some very gun-friendly places.

Every state has different laws about when/why you are allowed to engage with deadly force against another human being. Generally it is permitted when you face a threat of inescapable, serious bodily harm. Sometimes the law is more permissive than that. Look up "duty to retreat," "stand your ground law," "castle doctrine," and "justifiable homicide."

If an unarmed person is stealing your car in California, it's unlikely that shooting at them would be lawful. However, California law imposes no duty to retreat, this article is about "violent robberies," and it specifically discusses getting held up at gunpoint. Someone under those circumstances would likely be permitted, under law, to kill the robber. That may not be true in states with duty to retreat laws.

The fact that every state has a unique approach to this question means that there really isn't a satisfying and succinct answer to your question.

Sounds like the line between "free speech" and "free-for-all hellscape" is demarcated by Ye.

> Now if someone could explain to me how a shit savoruy scone is a "biscuit" on your side of the pond

It may be because "scones and gravy" sounds like it would taste, well...British.

Do you drive worse on purpose because you have ABS?

At that level, any kind of in-person visit is a sign of mutual good will. Traveling to see someone is an act of respect, and opening your doors to someone honors that person. Not every interaction is zero-sum.

You can't cherry-pick a market segment like that. Each successful product has a niche somewhere.

Dominant market share is not the same thing as a monopoly, because the existence of competitive alternatives is a check on the behavior of the market leader. Also, it is tough to ignore the fact that any customer can buy a Samsung phone with largely the same capabilities at a similar price point to the iPhone.

Not all monopolies are unlawful in the US. There is a need to prove that practices are anticompetitive, such as by unfair pricing or exclusive dealing. If Apple is expected to curate and support an App Store with non-malicious apps and reviews thereof, used on a platform for which they provide an ecosystem of developer tools, they are entitled to charge a fee for that.