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If you're that dependent on components that there is no replacement for, then perhaps buy enough stock to last you through a redesign and recertification is in

If you're that dependent on components that there is no replacement for, then perhaps buy enough stock to last you through a redesign and recertification is in order. Having a contingency plan for such scenarios seems like a no brainer.

lnsru 5y ago
There are sooo many no brainers, that bureaucratic monstrosities also known as Big Corps just can’t get right. I work for one and more than half of the daily problems are home made and were simple no brainers elsewhere. I got all my electronic parts on time for my private development and first small manufacturing run. It is indeed no brainer.
- hvidgaard 5y ago
  It's because they value short term gain over long term gain and stability. I see it all the time in software development too.
vkou 5y ago
I'm pretty sure that whatever business you work for has no planned replacement for their local power company ceasing to provide electricity. This doesn't mean they should go out and build their own gas peaker plant. We live in a society, and no man is an island. You can't control everything you depend on. Sure, you can control some things you depend on, but that's a long, and expensive rabbit hole. Hoarding twenty years of canned food and seventy thousand rounds of ammuniton is all well and good, unless doing so puts you in a situation where you can't pay rent.
- erik_seaberg 5y ago
  I don’t know that massive datacenters are truly a good investment for my employer, but at least we have several zones in two regions in case of power/network/natural disaster issues.
- hvidgaard 5y ago
  Nice straw man. But I'll go with it for no other reason that I hope no one believes in that absurdity as an argument against planning for component supply issues. Issues that businesses have experienced time and time again since we began mass producing transistors. That is because it's a utility that source power from several producers. The risk of no power what so ever for a prolonged time is not something to even be considered. Should that happen, society as we know it is probably at risk and my job is no longer important at all. Oh, and someone actually do plan for intermittent power delivery failure including having two different outside sources for power, a battery backup and diesel generators, data centers come to mind.
- FeepingCreature 5y ago
  Don't big businesses often have Diesel generators to keep power to essential devices going through outages?
  - vkou 5y ago
    I don't mean a two-day power interruption, I mean a two-year power interruption. And if they intend to feed the generator in perpetuity, I'll happily shift the goalposts to some other critical supplier not providing their services.
- selimthegrim 5y ago
  You’d better tell the city of New Orleans that.

lnsru 5y ago

There are sooo many no brainers, that bureaucratic monstrosities also known as Big Corps just can’t get right. I work for one and more than half of the daily problems are home made and were simple no brainers elsewhere. I got all my electronic parts on time for my private development and first small manufacturing run. It is indeed no brainer.

hvidgaard 5y ago
It's because they value short term gain over long term gain and stability. I see it all the time in software development too.

vkou 5y ago

I'm pretty sure that whatever business you work for has no planned replacement for their local power company ceasing to provide electricity. This doesn't mean they should go out and build their own gas peaker plant. We live in a society, and no man is an island. You can't control everything you depend on. Sure, you can control some things you depend on, but that's a long, and expensive rabbit hole. Hoarding twenty years of canned food and seventy thousand rounds of ammuniton is all well and good, unless doing so puts you in a situation where you can't pay rent.

erik_seaberg 5y ago
I don’t know that massive datacenters are truly a good investment for my employer, but at least we have several zones in two regions in case of power/network/natural disaster issues.
hvidgaard 5y ago
Nice straw man. But I'll go with it for no other reason that I hope no one believes in that absurdity as an argument against planning for component supply issues. Issues that businesses have experienced time and time again since we began mass producing transistors. That is because it's a utility that source power from several producers. The risk of no power what so ever for a prolonged time is not something to even be considered. Should that happen, society as we know it is probably at risk and my job is no longer important at all. Oh, and someone actually do plan for intermittent power delivery failure including having two different outside sources for power, a battery backup and diesel generators, data centers come to mind.
FeepingCreature 5y ago
Don't big businesses often have Diesel generators to keep power to essential devices going through outages?
- vkou 5y ago
  I don't mean a two-day power interruption, I mean a two-year power interruption. And if they intend to feed the generator in perpetuity, I'll happily shift the goalposts to some other critical supplier not providing their services.
selimthegrim 5y ago
You’d better tell the city of New Orleans that.