@jeffwM to News • 3 months agoYour phones and computers rely on this remote North Carolina mine. Helene just walloped it.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up112arrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1-2arrow-down1external-linkYour phones and computers rely on this remote North Carolina mine. Helene just walloped it.www.motherjones.com@jeffwM to News • 3 months agomessage-square4cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@jeffwOPMlink4•3 months ago By some estimates, Spruce Pine accounted for 70 percent of the high-purity quartz needed to produce the pure silicon used to make most advanced chips I don’t think anyone was thinking a mine’s slowdown would kill their current phone lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•3 months agoFair, I just woke up and was very annoyed at the clickbait title. I guess I was wrong
minus-squaregeekwithsoullinkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months agoYou weren’t wrong - title is clickbait-y as hell.
I don’t think anyone was thinking a mine’s slowdown would kill their current phone lol
Fair, I just woke up and was very annoyed at the clickbait title.
I guess I was wrong
You weren’t wrong - title is clickbait-y as hell.