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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point (www.wired.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

@etbe definitely. That's why ve have internet - to connect many users of given devices. Like entuziasts of retro gaming consoles: some dudes spend time of reprogramming others help with sharing - fixing - adapting.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    @mcSlibinas @etbe Worth noting that in the six months after Apple releases the thinnest, best iPhone ever each year, it would receive several million two-year-old iPhones as trade-ins.

    So you could theoretically reflash several million units of nearly identical hardware with embedded Linux (or QNX), remove the batteries (and screens?).

    You would then have several million near-identical motherboards ready for second life embedded in appliances or sensors.

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