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How the Iran war could derail the AI boom (www.ft.com)
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Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC depend on oil, gas, helium, sulphur, and bromine coming from the region, or through the Strait of Hormuz.

Marko Papic, chief strategist at BCA Research ... predicts a severe hit to chip production if the strait isn’t back in operation within a month.

Could mean higher PC component prices, or even a halt in production. Could mean global recession.

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Chop chop the clock is ticking and not in your favour.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I want to launch a satellite that eats other satellites and poops out figurines of little hands flipping off so the whole night sky can be a giant fuck you to these morons.

[–] staircase@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Intentional Kessler syndrome?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Global find out phase sounds good to me. We shouldn't be inflicted on the rest of the universe, recent events make that abundantly clear.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How do these idiots always end up in power? And what does that say about our intelligence that we let them?

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

I've got $3.50 I can donate to the cause