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[–] 27 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Those fabs in Taiwan, even though they look like plain boxes from the outside, are really a wonder of human ingenuity. Each machine that’s sensitive to quakes is on a vibration isolation pedestal and that pedestal is seismically braced, from what I’ve read.

Not to mention every building in Taiwan is laced with explosives in case China ever attacks…

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    Not to mention every building in Taiwan is laced with explosives

    Be me in a different life, changing a lightbulb in my Taiwanese home. Slip on the ladder and grab the light holder tearing it from the wall. The wiring breaks against the det. cord causing a neighbourhood wide chain reaction that can be seen from space.

    Standing in front of St. Peter with 50 other rather angry neighbours.

    oops.jpg

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