[tdeck]

You're just jealous. These guys have spun up their own RoHS and are doing a 100% EDA automation with full Verilog over there. By doing the reflow process (it's a way of building integrated circuits) they're able to offer complete impedance right here in the USA.

[Tade0]

Before retirement my father was employed in a company certifying medical devices.

Half the descriptions provided by those who made the devices were this sort of word salad because they concerned products which were obvious scams[0].

On person in particular was editing the description on the fly and was looking for a word so dad jokingly suggested "impedance". "Yes, thank you!" replied that person - her face lighting up as she added the word.

[0] Like a vacuum cleaner which was supposed to dispense a mist of medication. Initially rejected as there was no dosage control whatsoever, but I heard that eventually somehow it was certified.

[turtledragonfly]

Go back to /r/vxjunkies/, and take your retro-encabulator with you :Þ

[esperent]

In case anyone need it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/4zzfp4/what_i...

[hn_go_brrrrr]

I was fully expecting "inverse reluctance" to make an appearance somewhere in there.

[_fizz_buzz_]

Too much impedance is outsourced to Asia these days …

[tdeck]

It's a complex problem, there's a lot of resistance from consumers who react badly to the price of domestic goods. Maybe tariffs will induce more demand, but I'm not sure the capacity is there in the first place.

[cyberax]

You can reduce the resistance if you outsource to two countries in parallel.

[kevin_thibedeau]

It gets complex once an accumulator is involved.

[seec]

It's not really a problem of "resistance", it's more about purchasing power, common and avoiding feeling ripped off.

People buy stuff competitively and that's it. There are modifiers, notably being rich enough that regular items prices make no difference to you, so you can buy all from your own country without affecting you too much.

But even if you are middle class, buying most items at a higher price just because they are from your country is just a waste of money from an individual utilitarian point of view. It directly affects people and they always favor that, even if in the long run doing so might have a second order effect that will affect them in worse ways.

Tariffs, taxations and special legislation is actually the only way to make some product competitive for your own country. Especially when they are a participant in the trade willing to take a hit just to corner the market. This is basically what China did for many things, so here we are...

[washadjeffmad]

Maybe an EE can rectify the the situation.

[camillomiller]

Yeah I think OP should relax, do some yoga or meditating. Repeat with me: Ohmmmm

[tonyedgecombe]

You couldn't resist it could you.

[wvh]

Not sure watt you guys are on about. Not to be too negative here or polarise the debate, but I remember the electrifying experience as a child to source local products instead of relying on imports from faraday countries. I guess technology has lost some of its radiance and has just become a mains to an end, to feed the addiction.

[rolandog]

It must be insulating to be so cagey. Does it hertz?

[asimeqi]

~relying~ --> relaying

[iszomer]

I'm hoping it induces the reversal in reckless culture of consumption and waste and longer end-product life cycles on the companies that design and manufacture them.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

That could be tested with a Vector Demand Analyzor.

[apercu]

Amazing. I'm not an EE and the first half of that sentence had be believing you.

[croemer]

I hope you're joking - what you wrote makes no sense at all.

[dragontamer]

Thanks. I hate it.

Have my upvote.

[Taniwha]

You're mixing your processes - is he making his own circuit boards (reflow) or making his own chips (verilog) - and I have no idea what "complete impedance" even means in this context - HN really needs to stop AI posting here

[tdeck]

Buddy that was exactly the joke. I do proudly make up my own nonsense without relying on AI, though.

[simonh]

Genuine home grown artisanal nonsense, delivered by devices assembled in China.

[Hojojo]

The tariffs on that must be astronomical.

[em3rgent0rdr]

tdeck is making fun of the way the article is written.

[igor47]

Woosh

[numpad0]

tbf, GP could have had just a bit more absurdity to clarify it has been a joke.

[squigz]

GP was a joke, mate.

[tomalbrc]

We really should not be doing jokes like this in times like these where the US president makes those kinds of remarks on a daily basis while being 100% serious

[nyeah]

Yes, the President has thrown down a very respectable challenge to absurdists everywhere.

[apercu]

Trump is not all bad, I mean, he makes guys like me look like fucking geniuses.