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The federal government has identified semiconductor manufacturing as a critical piece of national infrastructure. If it comes to it, Intel can get subsidized li
by qppo 6y ago
The federal government has identified semiconductor manufacturing as a critical piece of national infrastructure. If it comes to it, Intel can get subsidized like Boeing.
- Jonnax 6y agoIs money actually the issue here? I presume it was incorrect technical decisions rather than a lack of money.
- xxpor 6y agoMore money can fix a lot of mistakes, like making it financially viable to start from "scratch" (whatever that means in context), or fund multiple redundant teams trying more ideas in parallel.
- delfinom 6y agoGotta fucking love it. Our American industries are becoming so incompetent and corrupt that we just start giving them free cash in hopes that they fix themselves. Instead it just becomes permanent socialism for corporations and by socialism, I mean free hand outs to the non-engineers MBA fuckheads that run these companies to drain them for cash.
- nix23 6y ago>socialism for corporations and by socialism That's not how Socialism works, but you can call it elitist and extreme capitalism if you like...or United Cyberpunk of America.