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Making featureless metal balls seems very easy, they have only one dimension and are perfectly symmetric. .. until you realize that: - they have extremely tig
by nom 2y ago
Making featureless metal balls seems very easy, they have only one dimension and are perfectly symmetric.
.. until you realize that:
- they have extremely tight tolerances
- they function together, a single defect one ruins the whole assembly
- you have to make millions of them for cheap
Some things are deceptively hard. For a related fun fact, check out China's ballpoint pen adventures.
- Cumpiler69 2y ago>China's ballpoint pen adventures True. Though they've moved up in the world since then. They now have their own semiconductor fabs. Chinese industry of today is way more advanced than the China of the 90's making low margin nick-nacks.
- binary132 2y agogo ahead then, explain their high-speed rail issues…
- Cumpiler69 2y ago?