Comments on: The "chip shortage" and "what it means to you" http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:28:42 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: Winter in the postmodern Soviets « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-7109 Winter in the postmodern Soviets « The Tar Pit Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:24:47 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-7109 [...] course, for some reason "things" were obvious to me, among others, as far as 2021; and not because I'm some prophet, mind you, but because I don't really listen to any of the [...] [...] course, for some reason "things" were obvious to me, among others, as far as 2021; and not because I'm some prophet, mind you, but because I don't really listen to any of the [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-4480 spyked Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:02:17 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-4480 Two years in, the bet still holds: China and its allies are relegating the US dollar to the status of "yet another currency", while inflation in the West is ready to soar once more. What else the fuck did you think was going to happen, huh? Two years in, the bet still holds: China and its allies are relegating the US dollar to the status of "yet another currency", while inflation in the West is ready to soar once more.

What else the fuck did you think was going to happen, huh?

]]> By: The marks of decay « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-4118 The marks of decay « The Tar Pit Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:23:34 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-4118 [...] whatever doublespeak terms get packaged and sold to you on the very same Tubes. Either way, I did mention it a couple of years ago, didn't I? Don't you even dare bullshit me, as my domain name providers [...] [...] whatever doublespeak terms get packaged and sold to you on the very same Tubes. Either way, I did mention it a couple of years ago, didn't I? Don't you even dare bullshit me, as my domain name providers [...]

]]> By: On intellectual feudalism « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-3013 On intellectual feudalism « The Tar Pit Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:20:21 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-3013 [...] Have you ever wondered what would have happened had the Soviets discovered the integrated circuit before the US? or have you ever wondered what would have happened if the US hadn't outsourced most of its manufacturing to Asia? ↩ [...] [...] Have you ever wondered what would have happened had the Soviets discovered the integrated circuit before the US? or have you ever wondered what would have happened if the US hadn't outsourced most of its manufacturing to Asia? ↩ [...]

]]> By: Brașov, yet again « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-2803 Brașov, yet again « The Tar Pit Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:13:11 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-2803 [...] who's the megalomaniac, the nepotist and the arrogant? Who plays the moralist wolf while living in abject poverty, eh? The darn shoeman managed to get Romania's sovereign debt paid in full by his death, for all [...] [...] who's the megalomaniac, the nepotist and the arrogant? Who plays the moralist wolf while living in abject poverty, eh? The darn shoeman managed to get Romania's sovereign debt paid in full by his death, for all [...]

]]> By: All roads lead to Rome; or, how and why Nature abhors singularities; or, some pitfalls of causality « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-2677 All roads lead to Rome; or, how and why Nature abhors singularities; or, some pitfalls of causality « The Tar Pit Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:15:07 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-2677 [...] yet entirely disavowed by the postmodern Westerner mind. No wonder the East is on the top of the [...] [...] yet entirely disavowed by the postmodern Westerner mind. No wonder the East is on the top of the [...]

]]> By: The problem of labour « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-2554 The problem of labour « The Tar Pit Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:14:01 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-2554 [...] I'm well aware that this is a mere rehash of some prophet's point made two decades ago or so, but regardless, it doesn't hurt to reiterate through the matter. If nothing else, this will serve (as all my other ramblings do, as a matter of fact) as a reference point for yet another "I told you so". [...] [...] I'm well aware that this is a mere rehash of some prophet's point made two decades ago or so, but regardless, it doesn't hurt to reiterate through the matter. If nothing else, this will serve (as all my other ramblings do, as a matter of fact) as a reference point for yet another "I told you so". [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-chip-shortage-and-what-it-means-to-you#comment-839 spyked Sun, 05 Sep 2021 14:08:49 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=425#comment-839 Only one month and a few days later, <a href="https://archive.is/LBppA" rel="nofollow">ZeroHedge</a> writes a detailed piece on Jinping's next plan for China, which to me looks eerily like a <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2017/july-theses" rel="nofollow">July Theses</a> N.0, where I can't really be arsed to keep track of the value of N. So it's possible that I've at least partially misjudged the situation and China, while the top of the world and in the supposed position to do whatever it pleases, cannot in fact hallucinate for itself a future where resources of all kinds lie about on the street waiting to be picked up by Neica Nimeni. So instead, they neatly but without much fuss <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2020/the-cost-of-packaging" rel="nofollow">wrap up</a> their reorganization plans in a populist doublespeak -- or what else am I to understand from "adopting new science-based ideas" or "people-centric approach", what is that other than marketing/PR under another name. I'm stupid like that, or in any case I ain't one to say what said reorganization plans entail, but we'll just have to wait and see how things work for 'em in the next five years or so. In any case, I've called it. Only one month and a few days later, ZeroHedge writes a detailed piece on Jinping's next plan for China, which to me looks eerily like a July Theses N.0, where I can't really be arsed to keep track of the value of N. So it's possible that I've at least partially misjudged the situation and China, while the top of the world and in the supposed position to do whatever it pleases, cannot in fact hallucinate for itself a future where resources of all kinds lie about on the street waiting to be picked up by Neica Nimeni. So instead, they neatly but without much fuss wrap up their reorganization plans in a populist doublespeak -- or what else am I to understand from "adopting new science-based ideas" or "people-centric approach", what is that other than marketing/PR under another name. I'm stupid like that, or in any case I ain't one to say what said reorganization plans entail, but we'll just have to wait and see how things work for 'em in the next five years or so.

In any case, I've called it.

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