So? They are benefiting either way, what’s your point

Optima better be negotiating >$4000 reduction on the taxes owed… otherwise what was the point? Their fee was 10% of what your dad owes, he could have made payments on a payment plan with the IRS and been 10% completed

That bus ride from Lima to Cusco had some sketchy sections.

Definitely up there in my list of top anxiety inducing moments, I’m generally even keeled

You do the best you can to hold down a job, lest you find yourself out on the streets. It’s scary…

There’s a pretty broad set of federal export restrictions that recently came into play on ICs, commodities that include IC, supercomputing, and semiconductor manufacturing items.

Of significant interest is that semiconductor manufacturing bit which can include equipment, parts, IP, and technical guidance from US companies…. It’s nuanced, where and when it’s applied, for which entities / nodes / applications.

Regardless, suffice to say that right now, no the US is not “cool” with chip parts and manufacturing being shipped to China.