Big Smile, No Teeth: Tech gadgets may be getting more expensive soon


Semiconductors are in most of the technology that we use, so a shortage of them is serious business – so serious that in February 2021 US President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at addressing the issue. — Bloomberg

I bought these cheap shorts the other day. I like cheap stuff because, well, I’m cheap.

RM60. Not too bad. I didn’t see any difference in the shorts compared with the more expensive ones except maybe that the pockets were a little shallow. Presumably they saved manufacturing costs but cutting down on deep pockets. But what did I care? Pockets schmockets! Did I mention the shorts were cheap? Yeah!

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