Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

One of the primary reasons right there, the older systems were built before the surveillance era and are clean. Even if they weren't, the boards are simple enough that its possible to manually inspect every component for bugs. That simplicity also means you can reliably repair or replace just about any part on these boards with basic electronic repair skills:

No smds, no suicide chips, no fancy solders. Everything here is serviceable and replaceable.

To expand on what's been already posted: That board is literally filled with suicide chips.

• PLA
• VIC
• CPU
• SID
• RAM, if made by MOS or MT
• pretty much any other chip on the board if made by MOS

...and that's not to mention that pretty much none of the vintage C=64 power bricks are to be trusted (the internal DC voltage regulator goes high over time and fries components in the computer itself; almost all of the power bricks are filled with potting compound, as well, so they're impossible to service).

Oh, and any/all of the aluminum electrolytic caps are suspect at best.

Let me know where you can buy some replacement SID or VIC chips for that machine?

There are multiple FPGA replacements for the SID chips, and there's at least one modern replacement for both the PLA and VIC chips that I know of.

 

[Constellationzero]

The "big 3" all made their own ignition modules, computers, radios, etc. Today all that inhouse ability has been scrapped for cheaper outsourcing. And the people they outsourced to wanted even cheaper manufacturing so they shipped it off overseas. Now you cant even make a highlight switch with out reaching to CHYNA.

Yep. I worked for over 10 years at one of the big 3.

My first almost 8 years, we did EVERYTHING in house: Pick and pack. Engine line. IP line. Paint shop, Stamping, final... I worked every department.

Then I was in Materials...

And they decided KANBAN!! WOO, Just in time!! Holy shit, what a clusterFUCK. Wanna guarantee the line stops multiple times? Kanban. Wanna get into multiple shouting matches/fistfights with everybody? Kanban. Wanna do the same, but on the assembly line? Team Concept and Kanban.

I had hoped Trump was a course correction towards eliminating this stupid shit that is not only incompatible with our culture, but incompatible with a well run and efficient business.

Let's. Go. Brandon.

 

[potato in mah painus]

To expand on what's been already posted: That board is literally filled with suicide chips.

• PLA
• VIC
• CPU
• SID
• RAM, if made by MOS or MT
• pretty much any other chip on the board if made by MOS

...and that's not to mention that pretty much none of the vintage C=64 power bricks are to be trusted (the internal DC voltage regulator goes high over time and fries components in the computer itself; almost all of the power bricks are filled with potting compound, as well, so they're impossible to service).

Oh, and any/all of the aluminum electrolytic caps are suspect at best.


There are multiple FPGA replacements for the SID chips, and there's at least one modern replacement for both the PLA and VIC chips that I know of.

TIL. I have my commadore sitting in storage and wasn't aware the power supplies have become dangerous. You probably just saved my childhood computer.

 

[FatalTater]

I gotta stay off the reddit. This was interesting and not unexpected though

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[mr.moon1488]

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lol The US is slowly declining into a third-world country.

 

[Myles the Potatophile]

If that ever was the reason, it isn't anymore. Remember the oil pipeline ransomware from earlier this year? I'm amazed they haven't replaced those old computers already to connect them to the internet because some model somewhere shows it will increase efficiency by 2% which will create 1000 new jobs and grow our GDP by 0.01% and there's "essentially no risk" of hacking or ransomware because the government installed Norton on it.

A damning part of that was when the CEO testified before congress and was asked why nobody operated the pipeline manually. He responded by saying that those left who had that knowledge were retired or dead. I'd say its damning because we've really come to rely too much on computers to do work. The trade-off to the convenience seems to be the extra vulnerability everything is left with. If it's made of 1s and 0s, someone can get into it.

i always thought the point of those computers is that they are impossible to hack, since they dont connect to the internet or have any wireless connectability at all
maybe when they fail, they'll be replaced with lates 80's commodore computers?

Hacking was always possible. Computers and telecommunication systems became the place where a lot of people first got to experiment getting into and being in off-limit systems.
It was more of an underground thing back then. Certain computers had certain crowds of people who loved to program, hack, and push the limits of these things. Lots of people still do so to this day. There are dedicated communities of people who still use microcomputers and home computers. Some people even make hardware add-ons for the C64, Amiga, and Atari computers. And if you happen to be into the ZX Spectrum get fucked -t. C64 Master Race

You can even get off-the-shelf components like capacitors, resistors, and even ROMs and keep things up and running. It's a matter of availability, of course. People even make their own PCBs. 6502 microprocessors are still around at $14.95

You could always have these things serviced, or DIY if you had the know-how. Technology has become throw-away and companies just want you to buy another one. iPhones are junk, cell phones are junk, blahblahblah. People would rather have their stuff fixed than buy a whole new one, which they did in the past. Demand for that sort of service is growing, and there's a lot of potential for that to make a comeback with all the vulnerabilities and damage exposed by the trade system we use.

 

[Toolbox]

Those ancient computers are a liability in their own way because there is just zero replacement parts for when they fail.

Well, these days at least you can acquire mini circuit makers and shit and 3d print whatever bigger parts you need for mechanical systems/3d print the molds/ cnc metal parts so it's not as big of a deal. Later computers especially today's are going to be a nightmare to maintenance for future generations.


On another note, stores in my area are finally starting to run out of essentials, even shit like bottled water, which while not exactly 'essential' if you know what you are doing, is something a lot of people rely on for disaster scenarios. If any big natural disaster happens soon I'd imagine even FEMA will be screwed, doubt years old plastic leeched water is a good idea. Shit is getting irreversibly fucked for the common consumer and once the bread of the circus is gone too maybe some people will start to see the issue.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

A damning part of that was when the CEO testified before congress and was asked why nobody operated the pipeline manually. He responded by saying that those left who had that knowledge were retired or dead. I'd say its damning because we've really come to rely too much on computers to do work. The trade-off to the convenience seems to be the extra vulnerability everything is left with. If it's made of 1s and 0s, someone can get into it.

LMAO that's literally some Fall of Rome shit right there. We're going to be a society of hyperspecialized idiots that will collapse when our machines break/someone fucks with them.

 

[Art Kassul]

‘That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about’: Buttigieg admits US supply chain issues won't end until pandemic does

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted on Sunday that supply chain issues plaguing multiple industries at the moment are going to continue as long as the coronavirus pandemic does.

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‘That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about’: Buttigieg admits US supply chain issues won't end until pandemic does​

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted on Sunday that supply chain issues plaguing multiple industries at the moment are going to continue as long as the coronavirus pandemic does.

Confronted about the supply chain issues by Fox News’ Chris Wallace – including the fact that standstills at the Port of Los Angeles have only worsened after it began operating on a 24/7 basis – Buttigieg could only say that businesses should expect relief from the issues when the pandemic ends as the problems are a “direct” results of the virus’ strain on the world.

Spoiler: Ready to get vaxxed yet, pleb?

 

[contradiction of terns]

‘That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about’: Buttigieg admits US supply chain issues won't end until pandemic does

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted on Sunday that supply chain issues plaguing multiple industries at the moment are going to continue as long as the coronavirus pandemic does.

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‘That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about’: Buttigieg admits US supply chain issues won't end until pandemic does​

Spoiler: Ready to get vaxxed yet, pleb?

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These people are soulless monsters and every day I come to hate them slightly more.

 

[tehpope]

‘That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about’: Buttigieg admits US supply chain issues won't end until pandemic does

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted on Sunday that supply chain issues plaguing multiple industries at the moment are going to continue as long as the coronavirus pandemic does.

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‘That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about’: Buttigieg admits US supply chain issues won't end until pandemic does​

So never then. Unless people get sick and tired and take these fuckers out by force. Escorting them to prison by gun barrel.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

LMAO that's literally some Fall of Rome shit right there. We're going to be a society of hyperspecialized idiots that will collapse when our machines break/someone fucks with them.

only difference is no chrisanity to save all this info this time around. unless one of these crytpo millionaires start paying people to learn old stuff like that. i know a shitload of people that were heavily involved in those 1950s/1960s era techs. the stuff you only see in museums and period pieces now; they probably wouldn't mind uploading vids to youtube or some other archive for times like this, except whats stopping them from getting those videos removed too.

there are enough old mechanics and technicans with books of error and how they fixed them to fill the largest libraries the problem is being able to keep that shit where someone could reach it.

 

[George Lucas]

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I’m sure if we deliver the thieves pallets of cash it’ll satiate them and they won’t want to steal anymore.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

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This shit is why autonomous trucks will never work, since no one is going to program the truck to run over niggers due to legal issues.

 

[z0mb0]

Been lurking the thread a while, thought it would be worth mentioning nicotine products are starting to run pretty thin and most job postings ive seen are starting at $21 with signing bonuses.

This shit is why autonomous trucks will never work, since no one is going to program the truck to run over niggers due to legal issues.

sure they will, china has made amazing strides in their recognition tech.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

Been lurking the thread a while, thought it would be worth mentioning nicotine products are starting to run pretty thin and most job postings ive seen are starting at $21 with signing bonuses.

sure they will, china has made amazing strides in their recognition tech.

you work down in the factories where they make the shit? one teach decades ago used to have that job, they'd give the employees cartons for free weekly. Still havent seen these mythical $20+ jobs yet, outside of obvious ones, (local area tractor trailor, nursing, sign language expert etc)

 

[z0mb0]

you work down in the factories where they make the shit? one teach decades ago used to have that job, they'd give the employees cartons for free weekly. Still havent seen these mythical $20+ jobs yet, outside of obvious ones, (local area tractor trailor, nursing, sign language expert etc)

Somthing like that. Know the guy who owns one of the bigger vape and smoke shop supplies distribution company and his brother who owns one of the bigger store chains on the east coast, and a healthy number of business owners who all said the same thing. long story short vape shit is fucked for getting in what they need from china be it juice in the bottle or the shit to mix it and cigarettes need filters and packaging on top of needing people to run the machines to pack them all so thats slowing shit down.

As for the jobs warehouses truck monkey, forklift driver, overnight gas station bullet spo.. i mean pump jockey, security guard. Hell electrician plumber, hvac are starting there and no experience needed they'll train you. are they great jobs? no but when the basic stuff like that has jumped $7 in the last 6 months and trades will take any dickhead off the street its a easier to leverage businesses against each other for more right now.

 

[Kane Lives]

Yep. I worked for over 10 years at one of the big 3.

My first almost 8 years, we did EVERYTHING in house: Pick and pack. Engine line. IP line. Paint shop, Stamping, final... I worked every department.

Then I was in Materials...

And they decided KANBAN!! WOO, Just in time!! Holy shit, what a clusterFUCK. Wanna guarantee the line stops multiple times? Kanban. Wanna get into multiple shouting matches/fistfights with everybody? Kanban. Wanna do the same, but on the assembly line? Team Concept and Kanban.

I had hoped Trump was a course correction towards eliminating this stupid shit that is not only incompatible with our culture, but incompatible with a well run and efficient business.

Let's. Go. Brandon.

I never once seen these Agile concepts actually deliver on their promise of "faster results, less work". All it does is gum up the works with unnecessary overheads due to everyone forgetting that long-term plans are still needed, and going from sprint to sprint is a good way to get scope creep and sloppy work because everyone's focussed on delivering only MVP.

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

I never once seen these Agile concepts actually deliver on their promise of "faster results, less work". All it does is gum up the works with unnecessary overheads due to everyone forgetting that long-term plans are still needed, and going from sprint to sprint is a good way to get scope creep and sloppy work because everyone's focussed on delivering only MVP.

Because every organization I've ever worked with only wants the benefits, and will never put in the legwork to get the results. Agile is seen as a way to start a new initiative yesterday, without any planning, research, discovery, or coordination. Leadership will come up with/settle on an idea on Monday, and expect to have the first Sprint Deliveries of actual product, not just discovery, by next Friday.

Unrestrained manglement will inevitably ruin any process or procedure, and any employee with the backbone to draw hard lines and actually deliver on them will inevitably be poached by another organization willing to pay a premium for someone who'll actually get shit done. Given enough time for this gradient to run, and you'll end up with unrealistic asks being nodded along by yesmen who believe in "we'll just figure it out as we go along", who are only protected by a constant company culture of failure where so many initiatives die on the vine that nobody can really be held accountable less you have to can everyone in the organization.

 

[Jarolleon]

A damning part of that was when the CEO testified before congress and was asked why nobody operated the pipeline manually. He responded by saying that those left who had that knowledge were retired or dead. I'd say its damning because we've really come to rely too much on computers to do work. The trade-off to the convenience seems to be the extra vulnerability everything is left with. If it's made of 1s and 0s, someone can get into it.

That's probably like asking "Why didn't you hire blacksmiths to make the spare parts?".