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ASML in turn wraps a bunch of companies for lenses (Carl Zeiss), lasers (Trumpf), etc [0] Given lenses and microchips are both made from sand, I'm gonna conspi
by Cthulhu_ 1y ago
ASML in turn wraps a bunch of companies for lenses (Carl Zeiss), lasers (Trumpf), etc [0]
Given lenses and microchips are both made from sand, I'm gonna conspiracy theory that LLMs were invented by sand companies to sell more sand.
[0] https://www.robotsops.com/complete-list-of-all-suppliers-and-vendors-for-asml/ https://www.robotsops.com/complete-list-of-all-suppliers-and...
- burnte 1y ago> LLMs were invented by sand companies to sell more sand. Big sand will eat us all. First they squeezed out all the small time sand farmers, now they own the market and need to boost throughput!
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoI suppose the childhood fear of quicksand wasn't irrational after all.
- nickpinkston 1y agoWell most of the highest purity quartz for IC manufacturing (crucibles) comes from the Spruce Mine funny enough. https://www.construction-physics.com/p/does-all-semiconductor-manufacturing https://www.construction-physics.com/p/does-all-semiconducto...
- np1810 1y ago> Big sand will eat us all. Sand companies more like sandworms who are producing melange (Chips) and not hesitating to eat away its consumers (Users) on the way... (# Dune vibes)
- Arubis 1y agoIf we’re gonna go all the way down this road, I’ve seen the global economy described as “extracting carbon from the earth and putting it into the atmosphere as fast as possible”.
- slt2021 1y agoCarbon based lifeform trying to create Silicon based lifeform
- aakkaakk 1y agoElon is doing both.