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uzerkayat • today at 7:43 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

I think in upcoming days everything gonna be making comeback previously like one or two years ago I was thinking the mobile price are so dropped that mobile phones gonna be like as cheap as possible but now after the AI their price are going as high as possible and same with the computers and laptops and all.


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gblargg • today at 8:59 AM

Maybe more efficient code will make a comeback.

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dr_kiszonka • today at 8:22 AM

We can get refurbished phones with 8 GB LPDDR5 for less than regular DDR5 modules.

LPDDR5 is slower but maybe a small cluster could be useful?

flanked-evergl • today at 7:52 AM

The wages of the West's deliberate deindustrialization and deliberate dependence on Asian manufacturing.

30 refineries were closed in Europe in the past 15 years about, and that is just a small example of a pathological situation.

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hypfer • today at 7:44 AM

I mean arguably, this is good.

The amount of waste produced due to phones not receiving new batteries and software updates was utterly insane, given what goes into making them.

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