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This argument has been made before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion

Unfortunately, it didn't work out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

What market is Intel a monopoly in?

They don't even have all of the x86 market. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/335650-amd-achieves-al...

And there's this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Fab

"The X-FAB Silicon Foundries is a German group of semiconductor foundries, with headquarters in Erfurt (X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG is located in the south east industrial area between Melchendorf and Windischholzhausen). The group specializes in the fabrication of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for fabless semiconductor companies, as well as MEMS and solutions for high voltage applications."

And:

https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2021/03/apple-to-invest-ov...

"Apple will invest over 1 billion euros in Germany and plans European Silicon Design Center in Munich"

They stopped doing that in Q1 of 2021 for obvious reasons.

Notice all the zeroes https://www.intc.com/stock-info/dividends-and-buybacks

Also, "Upcoming Dividends: There are no future dividends presently declared for INTC as of Jun 7th, 2022. The declaration and payment of dividends are at the discretion of the Company."

I suppose one could argue that they shouldn't have done that in the quarters before now but they are where they are.

Assembly services are all over the place. Here's a large one in Escondido, CA which is commonly used. https://www.qptechnologies.com/about-us/company-info-bios/

Manufacturing anything large is an international affair these days.

https://www.asml.com/en/news/stories/2020/inside-high-tech-m...

"ASML has five manufacturing locations worldwide. Our lithography systems are assembled in cleanrooms in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, while some critical subsystems are made in different factories in San Diego, California, and Wilton, Connecticut, as well as other modules and systems in Linkou and Tainan, Taiwan."

And you can assume those factories depend on sub-assemblies from lower tier factories which are made in even more places.

This is the first sentence of that article, “MacBook rarely shows overheating issues.”

I can say that’s definitely not the case of the Intel laptop I’m currently using.

Because lots of power makes a system hot. And a hot system is a slow system, even if the battery is full.

https://www.novatech.co.uk/blog/cpu-and-thermal-throttling/

I agree that the world basically runs on excel, but given that, the world cares about excel’s performance. Especially as spreadsheets are only getting bigger.

And then there’s this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-office-for-ma...

I wondered why someone would publish such a list, and happily there is a FAQ which answers that.

https://sive.rs/bfaq

Your comment was also addressed.

“Why don’t I see __(some book)___?”

I do read fiction, but I don’t take notes on it. For fiction, I prefer audiobook.

I also read hundreds of books before 2007, but didn’t start taking notes until I realized I was forgetting what I had read.

And ultimately, I only read things that apply to my life or current interests right now. I say no to all requests, and publishers asking me to do reviews.

> Any true difficult problems I’ve faced professionally have been predominately organizational.

If I was the interviewer I would love to hear that story.

Much like in political debates, answering the question asked is not required to persuade the voters. And in an interview, the end goal is to convince the voters.

> There are rice paddies surrounding the capital city of Sacramento.

Believe it or not but the area where they grow rice in Sacramento is actually a flood plain. [1] Given your handle maybe you knew that? Surprisingly rice's water needs aren't all that high either. It's not the lowest but it's not the worst by a long shot. [2]

[1] https://www.ppic.org/blog/the-yolo-bypass-its-a-floodplain-i...

[2] https://localwiki.org/davis/Rice_Paddies

"In an arid state with growing pressures on water availability and use, it may surprise many to learn that rice is one of our most water-wise crops, requiring 25 gallons to produce each serving, like oranges, while almonds require 80 gallons per serving"

If the +2 is kids than you left off an important $48K/yr expense.

https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/how-much-it-costs...

Agriculture and municipal uses much more water than industry in AZ. Shockingly even with the population growth total state water use hasn’t increased due to conservation efforts. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environme...

I think you make a fair point but on the other hand I don’t see many “top 20 alternatives to http in 2022” articles (which implies there are more than 20 alternatives) like we have for front end technologies.

I.e. https://www.netguru.com/blog/front-end-technologies

> no ship-on-ship

Do submarines count? If so, then yes.

An important detail of the battle of midway was the Japanese didn’t think the American carriers were present. If they knew from the get go then the out come very likely would’ve been different. I.e. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Isl...

In the game, the Japanese would not be surprised.

I think the concept could work. Just choose a different battle. :)

P.S. If you’re into this stuff this is a must read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shattered_Sword