The rogue province of Taiwan was paying farmers to not grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · edit-2 3 months ago

The rogue province of Taiwan was paying farmers to not grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead.

Pili@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months ago

You can’t eat that kind of chips though.

DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months ago

I’m sure the US will take that into account and make sure the population won’t go hungry when they drag the island into a war with the mainland. They’ve been such a loyal vassal after all!

qwename@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months ago

As this is news from 2023, I suggest changing the post title from “is paying” to “was paying”, or add a “(2023)” prefix.

Similar news from 2021: Taiwan’s Drought Pits Chip Makers Against Farmers | Archive: https://archive.ph/0YvJE

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago

ah good catch, updated

Makan@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months ago

Bleh.

PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months ago

isn’t Taiwan an island? like in the ocean? /s

ᜐ᜔ᜉᜍ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀-193@lemmygrad.ml · 2 months ago

No rice means no semiconductors

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The rogue province of Taiwan was paying farmers to not grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead.

The rogue province of Taiwan was paying farmers to not grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead.