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		spencerflem 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What if humanity forgot how to make CPUs? I don't think this is likely, but say we, the whole world, goes back to using telephones and writing paperwork on paper. I don't think it'd be the end of life as we know it.

alabastervlog 7 months ago [–]

The important chips aren’t the ones on our desks and in our hands. I think all that shit’s of dubious value to begin with.

It’s the ones in factories, power systems, and transportation equipment, among other things.

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