Quote from: JAMMAN on May 28, 2026, 03:38 AMI'm very much alive, I think. Let me check. Ouch. Yup.Yeah, I'm just busting chops, they are gr8, almost as good as me
Megatronprime- better programmers here than the place I work, I'm the only one left! They kept me for laughs and sub all the rest of the programming out.
Quote from: megatronprime on May 27, 2026, 07:21 AMIt's just like RAM or graphics cardsThe difference is pretty significant. With computer stuff it's mostly a demand side problem because of AI/data center demand. Yes there are some supply side pressures because China has a large portion of other precious metal resources. But with Tungsten there isn't a huge spike in demand, with maybe some pressure to replenish this administrations
QuoteThe current high cost of RAM is driven primarily by soaring AI and data center demand, which has forced manufacturers to prioritize production away from consumer DDR4 and DDR5. This reduced supply has made all memory more expensive for PC builders and system integrators.
Quote from: jstell on May 26, 2026, 10:00 AMI think they were all invited to a party in the East Wing late October of last year. Hauled off to China for scrap.Ahhhh.... the new Baal Room....
QuoteTungsten is a metal of significant national security concern (due to its use in armor as well as armor-penetrating kinetic weapons) and 80% of the world supply is controlled by China.
Perhaps equally importantly, it is used to make carbide cutting tools for industry.
Almost every product on the planet journeys from an engineered idea to something you can hold in your hand (and many things you rely on but never see) by moving through a manufacturing facility into the real world.
And almost all of that in some way comes to be touched by carbide cutting tools that require Tungsten in their manufacture. China has restricted exports of this necessary metal.
Please work toward a solution that long term offers stability to a supply of Tungsten for manufacturing in this country, and short term to deal with China in order to ease the pressure on this necessary resource.
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Quote from: Rstewart on May 21, 2026, 08:35 PMWhatever you make per hour, it probably isn't enough
Quote from: CNCAppsJames on May 25, 2026, 11:41 AMWe're going with Eureka.
We really need g-code simulation not mock-sim.

