Lots of interesting news today

I guess they could try some Lottery tickets!
GM Cruise Lost $500 Million In Second Quarter Of 2022
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Man jumped or fell from plane before it landed at RDU

First responders fanned out in a Holly Springs neighborhood Friday afternoon, looking for the man who may have jumped or fallen from a plane as it approached Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
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Plane coming into RDU with landing gear issues and somehow lost a passenger. I've seen a few posts on FB that it was the co pilot who was trying to free the landing gear and fell.

Duane
 
CLRracer said:
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Man jumped or fell from plane before it landed at RDU

First responders fanned out in a Holly Springs neighborhood Friday afternoon, looking for the man who may have jumped or fallen from a plane as it approached Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
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Plane coming into RDU with landing gear issues and somehow lost a passenger. I've seen a few posts on FB that it was the co pilot who was trying to free the landing gear and fell.

Duane
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I would think if he had to open a door and exit the plane to fix the gear he would be in a harness and strapped to the plane so he could get back in. It's sad because the plane landed kinda softly and he didn't need to die.
 
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mommucked said:
I would think if had to open a door and exit the plane to fix the gear he would be in a harness and strapped to the plane so he could get back in. It's sad because the plane landed kinda softly and he didn't need to die.
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Agreed.
Although... It's a pretty good cover for the pilot disposing of a "friend" mafia style
 
mommucked said:
I would think if had to open a door and exit the plane to fix the gear he would be in a harness and strapped to the plane so he could get back in. It's sad because the plane landed kinda softly and he didn't need to die.
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I mean *I* would think that too, but I'm just a dumbass firefighter, not a pilot. or co pilot, or whatever he was lol.

Duane
 
nice to see this at home, but I always wonder what happens when the support runs out... and where does it come from in the first place
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U.S. Congress passes long-awaited bill to boost chipmakers, compete with China

The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry, a victory for President Biden and his fellow Democrats hoping to keep their slim majority in Congress in November midterm elections.
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RatLabGuy said:
nice to see this at home, but I always wonder what happens when the support runs out... and where does it come from in the first place
www.reuters.com

U.S. Congress passes long-awaited bill to boost chipmakers, compete with China

The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry, a victory for President Biden and his fellow Democrats hoping to keep their slim majority in Congress in November midterm elections.
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I see they rejected my name for the bill.. It should have been the Chips and Development of Industrial Potential Act. The Chips and DIP act would have had far more support.

As for where the money is coming from, didn't they mainly identify unspent COVID funds? It's still funny money that we are just pulling out of thin air. But I think this is something worth investing in.

You are spot on about the sustainment question though. It doesn't do any good if companies take the money only to divest five years later when the government tit goes dry.
 
RatLabGuy said:
nice to see this at home, but I always wonder what happens when the support runs out... and where does it come from in the first place
www.reuters.com

U.S. Congress passes long-awaited bill to boost chipmakers, compete with China

The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry, a victory for President Biden and his fellow Democrats hoping to keep their slim majority in Congress in November midterm elections.
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"China had lobbied against the semiconductor bill."
FTMF
How is this even possible?
It's like a Ford press release saying "GM lobbied against the 7.3 gasser." Who even allowed them a seat near the table?
 
Southern_Transplant said:
I see they rejected my name for the bill.. It should have been the Chips and Development of Industrial Potential Act. The Chips and DIP act would have had far more support.

As for where the money is coming from, didn't they mainly identify unspent COVID funds? It's still funny money that we are just pulling out of thin air. But I think this is something worth investing in.

You are spot on about the sustainment question though. It doesn't do any good if companies take the money only to divest five years later when the government tit goes dry.
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There's no question, every person I know in the tech hardware, including chip design & fab industry, wants this to be in the US. Including the MFRs. The stakes of having them in China is much bigger than just control and competition, its a serious ecurity problem, both for DoD and just normal private business.
 
RatLabGuy said:
There's no question, every person I know in the tech hardware, including chip design & fab industry, wants this to be in the US. Including the MFRs. The stakes of having them in China is much bigger than just control and competition, its a serious security problem, both for DoD and just normal private business.
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Look no further than the "high-tech" UAVs of the Russians and the issues they have producing anything without international components. If China produces ANY item we need for guidance systems, logic processing, etc for military or critical hardware, we are screwed if they "sanction" us like what we did to Russia.
 
RatLabGuy said:
There's no question, every person I know in the tech hardware, including chip design & fab industry, wants this to be in the US. Including the MFRs. The stakes of having them in China is much bigger than just control and competition, its a serious ecurity problem, both for DoD and just normal private business.
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Then why aren't they? I'm not normally of this position, but it seems like .gov should have just told mfgs to produce X% of chips on US soil or be prepared to pay XX% tax on total revenue.
 
awheelterd said:
Then why aren't they? I'm not normally of this position, but it seems like .gov should have just told mfgs to produce X% of chips on US soil or be prepared to pay XX% tax on total revenue.
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I can't even begin to talk intelligently about global economy and multinational corporations. But I would see a flat ultimatum like that crushing any international business. Market leaders like Intel, Qualcomm, and many others would have been killed in the international market place if we had hit them with a stick vs. offering a carrot. The reality is that Germany, Japan, China, and many other nations offer incentives to cultivate domestic production. Heck, look at how much we subsidize agriculture to keep domestic food production.
 
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