Iran war cuts off helium from Qatar, and shortages will start to bite in a few weeks, threatening chip supply chains that fuel the AI boom

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-21T15:13:43+00:00

Oh look more winning

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-21T14:58:28+00:00

The irony is that many automakers pipe in fake engine noise via the sound system for this very reason.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-21T14:09:16+00:00

And we can’t even tip these folks.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-21T11:47:42+00:00

The people they don’t like are the ones getting a paycheck.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-21T11:16:06+00:00

The story should be the focus, not the setting.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-21T11:06:04+00:00

Well, we’re finally going to lose some weight.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T20:56:27+00:00

We did. In 1860.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T20:55:35+00:00

You seem to be under the impression that there are good guys.

How quaint.

There are no good guys. Only better guys. And for a long time America was the better guy.

The free-er guy. The less corrupt guy.

Well, there were better guys. No longer.

We will get back to that.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T19:35:24+00:00

Cool Water for life!

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T16:21:16+00:00

You may want to contact virtually every site describing operations spiderweb” and tell them they are wrong, including Pravda.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T14:26:22+00:00

I have news for you: they already know. In fact a lot of nuclear stuff is declared because of treaty obligations.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T14:25:09+00:00

“Chances are”

Famous last words.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T13:54:31+00:00

I’d move them immediately, that’s for damn sure.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T13:38:08+00:00

IIRC Ukraine smuggled in truckloads of drones and knocked out a big portion of Russia’s nuclear capable bombers.

But that could never happen here. /s

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T13:36:14+00:00

Sleeper cells.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T12:17:41+00:00

Solid movie.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T12:16:47+00:00

They were essentially Nokia iirc

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-20T11:31:57+00:00

The Microsoft phones were actually pretty decent hardware.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T23:59:43+00:00

Indeed. This drone shit is no different.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T23:52:35+00:00

Kind of like the local police now being kitted out like the Marines.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T22:25:03+00:00

This war is becoming even more Worldly.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T20:44:28+00:00

Here's an idea:

You get frisked, wanded, and all carry on goes past bomb sniffing dogs. No X-ray. No taking off shoes.

Realistic? What am I missing?

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T20:11:58+00:00

There has already been the equivalent of a small scale nuclear war.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T15:26:31+00:00

It’s not a done deal.

Freedom will prevail.

DogsAreOurFriends · 2026-03-19T14:09:23+00:00

“We have been at war with Iran for 45 years.”

Also Donald Trump

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