Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT - TV Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 22:47:06 +0200 Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <118k6e4$1ktct$1@dont-email.me> <119svuj$3mtpo$1@dont-email.me> <119vjv4$mskl$1@dont-email.me> <119vm1m$mtek$8@dont-email.me> <11a0e8d$11vos$1@dont-email.me> <11a0g0l$11hcr$7@dont-email.me> <11a197j$1de5v$1@dont-email.me> <11a28fj$1n9ag$3@dont-email.me> <11a2vth$20kbn$1@dont-email.me> <11a30em$20mv4$2@dont-email.me> <11a31hu$21a1u$1@dont-email.me> <11a5ckj$2res6$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net azhWDwdB6pTxM54XSWq8mguuPyNDSyxspT+ptwMFRVSj3ujGKG Cancel-Lock: sha1:WeaUh9stemlc81+5PvNspQYE868= sha256:6298wsRrDN1Ob60NxpAEtLKbEHO0DOc74yG+XZRj7IQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:36014 alt.comp.os.windows-10:196769 comp.os.linux.advocacy:723544 comp.os.linux.misc:93258 On 2026-10-09 15:05, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > "Carlos E. R." writes: >> chrisv wrote: >>> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>> chrisv wrote: >>>>> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> It does. >>>>> >>>>> Not if the supply chain is absolutely owned by China, it doesn't. >>>>> >>>>> Why is this always forgotten? It's the same thing for humanoid >>>>> robots and such. Show me that we can make them in our country (or, >>>>> at least, a friendly country). *Then* we'll talk. >>>> >>>> Well, to me, China is a friendly country, >>>> they make good to very good stuff and cheap. >>> Yeah, I know they do. But can't you see the problem in being so >>> dependant upon one country? An aggressive, communist-ruled country at >>> that? >> >> Aggressive? What war have they started? Or gotten into? > > The question was about supply chain risk, and China has shown itself > very willing to exploit its dominance in certain supply chains against > other countries. The rare earth restrictions in particular were widely > reported, you’d have to be living under a rock not to be aware of them. Usually they apply that to countries that are aggressive to them, in response, not attack. > > Hopefully the lesson learned is not to depend on any single supplied for > any given resource, rather than to avoid depending solely on China in > particular. > That's a lost game. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.