Comment on Nvidia and TSMC produce the first Blackwell wafer made in the U.S. — chips still need to be shipped back to Taiwan to complete the final product

• victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is of course drawing lines on a projected globe, rather than straight lines on a round globe. But the reality is not much better—Argentina is almost exactly on the other side of the planet from Thailand. 🫣 Thailand’s antipode is just off the coast of Peru, so very close to Argentina.

  Really, really irresponsible use of resources. Especially if these pears are shipped by sea. Then it’s even worse.

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  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Especially if these pears are shipped by sea. Then it’s even worse.

    Shipping via sea is the cheapest and least greenhouse gas producing way to ship things. With the only exception being pipes, which are significantly better than ships on both fronts. However, we shouldn’t be shipping peaches via pipe. ;p

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    • Nutteman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We absolutely should so I can put the end of that pipe in my mouth

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      • uninvitedguest@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You have died of dysentery.

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    • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Transoceanic pipe cargo lines could be nice. Vacuuming cargo out, pushing in. Like trains, except with no life support concerns.

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      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Someone is dropping pennies in the vacuum tubes again! Now the whole thing is jammed and we’ve got cargo backed up all the way to Guam!!

        And yes Bob, we all know it was you!

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    • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah yeah, I failed to consider that, but it’s at least an even longer route by sea. 😅

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      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Longer than what? By plane?

        Not not but much…

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    • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Shipping via sea is the cheapest and least greenhouse gas producing way to ship things.

      AFAIK all ships still run on fuel. Esecially the huge ones.

      While a lot of emmissions are “hidden” in the infrastructure, ships still have infrastructure: the ports and terminals weren’t always there like the sea. Less infrastructures than other modes to be sure, but certainly not “free”.

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      • balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well there’s a clear thing you need to do now: go figure out the proportion of greenhouse gasses for a given shipped item caused by shipping. Someone has done the research, seems like you ought to find it.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The fact that the result can apparently still manage to show up in a store cheaper than peaches grown and packed locally just goes to show how fucked up the economics in Argentina and Thailand are.

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    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The economy of the entire globe is designed to siphon money into the West. Third world nations largely aren’t responsible for the failures of their economies, it’s mostly because the West is doing imperialism.

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      • verdi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good luck trying to convince people in the West to downgrade their lifestyle. Talk about not flying to some remote off the coast of Africa or Asia and you’re looked at like a fucking heathen. Revolution cannot come soon enough.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For whatever reason, this method was deemed cheaper. Resources cost money, and you can count on business not blowing money for giggles. You never know what weird shit goes on behind the scenes in a trade you’re not familiar with.

    Hard to imagine a case for this one though! I fear there may be government fuckery like tariffs involved.

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  imagine how much easier it would be if the world weren’t flat

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  • Statick@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It would be so much easier if there world was inside out. Then we could just drop the pears to each country.

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    • naticus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh fuck, Drop Pears now too?

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    • HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I need this laugh today, thank you.

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  • balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That only helps if you forget Africa exists

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• Tetragrade@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dumbass shipping route, just tunnel through.

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