Last Thursday, along with the live broadcasts from yet another grand illumination somewhere with 500,000 LED lights twinkling in some shopping mall, was a news item about a temporary power drop in our area. Because of trouble with a transformer somewhere the voltage dropped by 40% for about 0.07 seconds… That’s right, it wasn’t a power cut, just a reduction, for less than one tenth of a second. As a result, factories all over the area came to a halt, some shut down for a day or more, and a Toshiba semiconductor plant’s output in January and February may be cut by 20~30% as a result. Hard to believe, but it’s true.
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- Very clear dispassionate discussion, from Google to genetics: Cianan Brennan: How data becomes money - the price w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… - posted 1 hour ago
- RT @jljzen: China's Global Times newspaper has called the military exercises “rehearsals on taking over Taiwan.” “The U.S. and Taiwan must… - posted 3 days ago
- Brilliant. twitter.com/MattSchrader_D… - posted 3 days ago
- The "free world" really needs to show more solidarity with Taiwan. Missiles aren't the only way - let Taiwan join t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… - posted 3 days ago
- "When the mother initially denied the allegation, she was told by police that other family members would be called… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… - posted 3 days ago
