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Umm, I think you have it reversed. A helium plant in Qatar shutting down causing problems to US chip consumers is precisely because of globalization.

isodev 7mo ago
So what, you expect 195 countries to develop a copy of everything just so they can hate the other 194? Connection and collaboration is always the better way forward.
- SilverSlash 7mo ago
  It's amazing how pretty much every reply to my original comment has failed to comprehend that I was not criticizing globalization. Whether it's even possible to get to where we are without it is also debatable. But the question you're asking me is meaningless, because the premise is wrong. My original reply was true and entirely independent of my or anyone else's opinion of whether globalization is good/bad.
  - behehebd 7mo ago
    Your comment was technically true but I don't get the point of it.
- naasking 7mo ago
  Redundancy is not "hate", it's robustness against failure. Complex, interconnected supply chains are fragile. If you're building an online storage API, you would (I hope) consider it deeply irresponsible not to setup plenty of followers of the main system for redundancy and automatic fail over. The idea that supply chains should not do this, or that any such suggestions are emotionally driven decisions is extremely bizarre. Yes, this may increase costs slightly because robustness necessarily has a cost associated with it.
jopsen 7mo ago
It's hard to imagine chip supply chain could be commercially viable without globalization. One could probably argue that giving up globalization means fewer and less capable products.
- SilverSlash 7mo ago
  Good, we agree :)
pjc50 7mo ago
You can have a 1960s isolated all in country production line if you're happy with the products of the 1960s.
- naasking 7mo ago
  It's a little weird that you seem to think that humans can't make technological progress without globalization.
jjk166 7mo ago
Pretty sure the helium plant is in Qatar because the helium is in Qatar, not because of globalization.

isodev 7mo ago

So what, you expect 195 countries to develop a copy of everything just so they can hate the other 194? Connection and collaboration is always the better way forward.

SilverSlash 7mo ago
It's amazing how pretty much every reply to my original comment has failed to comprehend that I was not criticizing globalization. Whether it's even possible to get to where we are without it is also debatable. But the question you're asking me is meaningless, because the premise is wrong. My original reply was true and entirely independent of my or anyone else's opinion of whether globalization is good/bad.
- behehebd 7mo ago
  Your comment was technically true but I don't get the point of it.
naasking 7mo ago
Redundancy is not "hate", it's robustness against failure. Complex, interconnected supply chains are fragile. If you're building an online storage API, you would (I hope) consider it deeply irresponsible not to setup plenty of followers of the main system for redundancy and automatic fail over. The idea that supply chains should not do this, or that any such suggestions are emotionally driven decisions is extremely bizarre. Yes, this may increase costs slightly because robustness necessarily has a cost associated with it.

jopsen 7mo ago

It's hard to imagine chip supply chain could be commercially viable without globalization. One could probably argue that giving up globalization means fewer and less capable products.

SilverSlash 7mo ago
Good, we agree :)

pjc50 7mo ago

You can have a 1960s isolated all in country production line if you're happy with the products of the 1960s.

naasking 7mo ago
It's a little weird that you seem to think that humans can't make technological progress without globalization.

jjk166 7mo ago

Pretty sure the helium plant is in Qatar because the helium is in Qatar, not because of globalization.