Post 9kWN70LHEG8xkyGSki by matt@linuxrocks.online
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 (DIR) Post #9kWN70LHEG8xkyGSki by matt@linuxrocks.online
       2019-07-04T23:18:52Z
       
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       You'd be surprised how much an earthquake 400 miles (700 km) away can affect your job. Unless you work in Semiconductor.
       
 (DIR) Post #9kWRlMz8rUpJNmPjyi by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2019-07-05T00:10:59Z
       
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       @matt I guess you've got to recalibrate everything and then figure out if/which wafers in process were affected.  Fun...
       
 (DIR) Post #9kX5ocs8FOkHgrF7Kq by alchemyjones@linuxrocks.online
       2019-07-05T07:39:41Z
       
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       @matt I am just about 100 miles from the epicenter of that quake, in the nearest "big" city. It was a hell of a ride and I can't imagine trying to do that kind of work during all the shaking.
       
 (DIR) Post #9kXSAanIqqz8blrbsm by matt@linuxrocks.online
       2019-07-05T11:50:15Z
       
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       @alchemyjones Well lucky for us, humans could not feel the earthquake that far away, but you could still observe the effects such as conference room equipment shaking and vibrating slightly. Animals can certainly detect it.But its the actual wafer processing equipment that is super sensitive. It doesn't take much vibration at all (below the ability for humans to detect naturally) to trip seismic sensors and shut things down.