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Burns
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Didn't see any thread that this seems to fit into exactly. This could affect GPU and CPU production: Two quartz mines supply all the quartz for the superconductor industry. Both those mines are in the cut off in the flooded town of Spruce Pine, NC. Bridges and railroad tracks are washed away.
About the importance of the mines, written back in March:
www.tomshardware.com
Only Business Insider and NPR have picked this up ATM. Both suck, but NPR's website is much better:
Current Images of Spruce Pine:
About the importance of the mines, written back in March:
The world's semiconductor industry hinges on a single quartz factory in North Carolina
The deposits formed 380 million years ago when Africa collided with North America.
Only Business Insider and NPR have picked this up ATM. Both suck, but NPR's website is much better:
Current Images of Spruce Pine:
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Gavinmad
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Which has absolutely nothing to do with the purity of the quartz from Spruce Pine.
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Utnayan
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True. But easily refined. (Regardless of what alarmist environmentalists will say)
Gavinmad
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Sure and synthetics are viable too. It's still going to lead to a massive disruption and major price increases.
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Why do these green-haired people always behave like literal nazis? What would they do if they had the physical power? Game development is infected.
ronne
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In case anyone needed to fall further in to despair about the state of gaming, gaze upon the black hole that is mobile/gacha.
These games make more in a month off a single titty skin than a game like Space Marine will make in its lifetime. This is what big corporate studios are looking at when deciding what games to make, and how they can get a taste of this sweet coombrain money.
These games make more in a month off a single titty skin than a game like Space Marine will make in its lifetime. This is what big corporate studios are looking at when deciding what games to make, and how they can get a taste of this sweet coombrain money.
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Big Phoenix
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Cosmetic buyers are making a strong case that they're worse than feet people.
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Uriel
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Cosmetics are fine/great in something like azur lane where that's how they monetize, and you can pull every unit they release without spending a dime. And the skins are only like $10 to $15 or so with no rng. I much prefer that to the genshin model where you can save enough currency for 1 unit every 3-4 months or something. I think it's over $1k to max out a unit at c6, not even mentioning pulling for their weapon.
Epic7 is another great game where you can spend nothing and do everything (other than top tiers of RTA maybe) just by playing a lot.
Epic7 is another great game where you can spend nothing and do everything (other than top tiers of RTA maybe) just by playing a lot.
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CaughtCross
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This is mobile only, and only an estimate. Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero are all on PC and PlayStation as well. Meaning they probably make a lot more than the estimate here.
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Harshaw
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Mist
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Yeah everyone's crying about woke when it's actually cash shops destroying games.
Just gamer things.
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Caliane
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but that shit is mostly an independent game space. its not till, "don't you have phones?!" that anyone gives a shit.
like pc gamers not giving a shit about console games, until pc games start being made for consoles and poorly ported to PCs after the fact with garbage controls, and design.
like pc gamers not giving a shit about console games, until pc games start being made for consoles and poorly ported to PCs after the fact with garbage controls, and design.
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Uriel
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Uriel
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Burren
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I wonder how many hundreds of millions of loser faggot beta simps there are in the world now?