I think the battery on my SE2 gave up the ghost… or the charging port, because the battery wouldnt charge all the time by the end.

Next time, if you try changing your phone’s battery, you should watch a few youtube videos showing how to take it apart, too.

> And the US is at a high level of strength, not weakness. Its large corporations hold sway over the globe in a manner the likes of which has never been seen before in modern history. Its military has force projection to nearly every point on the globe, with hundreds of global military bases. Its national wealth is at an all-time high. Its stock markets are at all-time highs. Its median income is at an all-time high. Its median dispoable income is at an all-time high. Its housing wealth is at an all-time high

This is in part because other countries allow American countries to come in and take over markets.

The negative ramifications seem to be better than being invaded by the US or having regional entities invaded by the US, and the ensuing instability as a result.

If its going to be like this the rest of the world might as well cut its losses

A reminder the insatiable appetite of the American consumer is a big part of what props up a lot of other economies.

Every consumer is insatiable. Americans have (had?) powerful money that allows them to push the limit.

You mean the company that is going to spend 100+ billion to buy a legacy hollywood studio, Warner Brothers (sadly)?

Why yes, those evil wallstreet adjacent millionaire landlords who may rent out their basement to keep the lights on, are evil lizard people.

>Things like TV that took entertainment from a group activity to a single person event.

TV was the visual replacement of radios, and both used to bring families together for tv events… I remember lots of instances of that as a child.

It also brought people together at work. Everyone used to watch nearly the same things, and even up to 15 years ago, there’d at least be groups you could find in your office who was watching the same things you did, and could engage in water cooler talk.

Now theres so many shows on streaming networks, and you can watch whenever, so its all fractured.

> The only complete package integrator that manages to make a relationship work with Nvidia is Nintendo.

And thats probably because Nintendo isn’t adding any pressure to neither TSMC nor Nvidia capacity wise; iirc Nintendo uses something like Maxwell or Pascal on really mature processes for Switch chips/socs.

And also the Switch 1 was just the hardware for a nvidia shield tablet from nVidia’s perspective, without the downside of managing the customer facing side and with the greater volume from Nintendo’s market reach. (Not that it wasn’t more than that for consumers or Nintendo, just talking nvidia here)

I would imagine they could split their orders between different fabricators; they can put in orders for the most cutting edge chips for the latest Macs and iPhones at TSMC and go elsewhere for less cutting edge chips?

presumably they already do that (since non cutting edge chip fab is likely to be more competitive and less expensive) so, given they are already doing that, this problem refers to the cutting edge allocations which are getting scare as exemplified at least by Nvidia's growth

You can use baking soda and hydrogen peroxide for a whole range of cleaning applications, as well as clearing a stopped up toilet.

Mr Plumber has never worked for me clearing a clog. What does work is a wire with a hook on the end for the sinks, and a plunger for the toilet.