XPost: alt.unix.geeks   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 22/01/2026 04:09, c186282 wrote:   
   > They ARE popular - and good. Not SURE why tantalum   
   >    is SO much better than, say, aluminum however.   
   >   
   Tantalum used to be used in military grade capacitors because it lasted   
   better and took more abuse.   
      
   >    And, frankly, I barely give a shit where the tantalum   
   >    comes from. Are the people running the mines 'good'   
   >    guys or 'bad' guys - or something distinct from the   
   >    old Euro defs of such things ? The world isn't all   
   >    about US.   
      
   The US experience can be summarised in three words   
      
   Ignorance is Bliss.   
      
      
   --   
   “It is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of   
   making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people   
   who pay no price for being wrong.”   
      
   Thomas Sowell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)