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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You know all those post apocalyptic shows where people are zap strapping turbos from different vehicles to their vehicle and doing all kinds of weird shit to bitch slap a working vehicle together?

This is our PC hardware future. Buying old components, swapping/trading, buying used.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not convinced. I think there's a decent enough chance that in a couple of years it'll be the opposite, we'll all have supercharged Hemi Cuda's on our desks. Because there's been a lot of production that's all been allocated to the AI market, and when that implodes...

[–] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

They will probably trash or recycle them than sell them. They are that petty.

Also the companies have grown so big that they can afford to eat a loss if it means telling us to go fuck ourselves.