The trick: technically, silicon is sand.
Achtually! Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table. Sand is (mostly) Silicon Dioxide, SiO2.
So sand is mostly oxygen. ;)
By weight it’s almost fifty-fifty (28:32).
Kinda like how plants grow structurally by using the carbon from the CO2 they absorb. Imagine gaining mass by breathing.
I don’t have to imagine, I’m over 40.
Why does this read like a marketing stunt?
Cause it likely is.
Edit: thinking about it further we have never heard of, nor seen, an Nvidia branded trailer. We have never heard about one getting stolen before. Now suddenly 2 get stolen, and were bait? Who were they baiting?
No mention of this being run by police, and why would Nvidia advertise on the sides of trucks? Lots of mentions of the transport company name.
Oh, actual truck trailers!
I had to read it like 3 or 4 times before I understood. Just confirming every intrepretation was bonkers until I remembered trucks are a thing.
Yay, fuck this shit corporation.
But this article is stating that it was a ruse to fool the thieves unfortunately.
Well, that’s what they claim now. It might just as easily have been a ruse to fool investors.
That’s what I get for just reading the headline. :(