Dont forget watches that depend on quartz consistent frequency to keep precise time. Crystal radios, tesla coils, etc. So many thing.

https://image.nostr.build/bd8d0eeb2ffabf771f372846d6bc6f66ca5be7f1cf466a6b941b19b9db4bcb7f.jpg

My geologist friend told me about this. Security there is apparently no joke. The size and purity of the quartz there is really that rare.

talk about a single point of failure

I’ve been through Spruce Pine a couple times. Had no idea that was there

Me fuck

That would be an massive bounty for someone to find a way to purify it. I wouldn’t count out motivated human ingenuity.

The nostrich urge to resolve that article by determining: 1. What's the dang powder 2. Whether this is for real 3. How exactly we'd cope with our current hardware stock and a moderate slowdown in application of Moore's Law 4. Whether 3 might be a good thing, given silicon tech in the iPhone to GPT E...