I don't think the issue is really just bitcoin and graphics

cards though. Unfortunately. In the next six months we will likely start seeing other problems arise.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202103/1216893.shtml

This idea that technology would get people through the pandemic is great, until the very foundation of the technology is upended by manufacturing and shipping problems with increased demand. As things break in the coming months and need maintenance, we will not only see shortages of things that are not essential, but the maintenance of essential things will become a problem. Like people getting their allergy shots. Keeping your internet running? Bank transactions, the possibilities are frightening really. They've already stopped some auto manufacturing plants because of the shortage.

Biden and the White House have seen this coming for a while now, but there's probably little they can do about it. Demand is up because of remote working/BTC/etc., and supply is down because of reduced manufacturing. Just don't be surprised to see some major problems in the next 6 months or so cropping up in technology and things that rely on chips.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2021/02/24/chip-shortage-automakers-biden/4573587001/

As chip shortage cripples auto production, Biden steps in

President Biden signed an order Wednesday to study supply chains to mitigate further car production disruptions due to semiconductor chip shortage.

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Mar 3, 2021, 9:39 AM

While we get back to "normal" levels, if Detroit is making cars at 100% capacity, and China is making chips at 20% capacity, it seems to be the foreign parts that are the problem in the chain. Take freezers. I'm going to just get on a wait list for one. Demand is high, manufacturing is back in the US and has been for a while, but we can't assemble them here without the parts from overseas.

I have a feeling China and our other trading partners, for whatever reason, has been hit far harder than their numbers and propaganda show. Either by shutting down, or whatever reasons......

I went to get an allergy shot yesterday and the server was down. No shots. Server down. Fine. That happens. But then I learned it was every office, nationwide. That's probably tens of thousands of allergy shots, maybe more, not being given. Said the server had been offline all last week and this week. Now that kind of a problem is something you know would be fixed in hours, if not minutes normally. But they're going into week two now not being able to give shots because the servers manage the dosage for each patient, the vials, reordering the vials, and scheduling the shots. And this isn't some dumpy local place. It's 100+ offices across the country. No clue how many doctors, or patients. Doc never told me the reason for the server outage, but I suspect it's an inability to find a part that in the past would have either been on a shelf nearby, or could be gotten quickly. This is something you pull out all stops to fix, and there's no excuse for 1.5 weeks being essentially out of business.

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Wow. Son of still can't find a graphics card.

Right now it's best to buy pre built.

Agree but this is a broader problem in manufacturing

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Y'all really don't need something that powerful

Re: Wow. Son of still can't find a graphics card.

Yep.

My son has been wanting to build a gaming PC and we

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