Comment on If you're fond of restoring 30-year-old PCs, but then you see some old PC parts being obliterated by scrappers just to get small pitiful pinches of gold.

username_1@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• trigg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The step before “recycle” is “reuse”

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    People reusing 30yo computer is legendary, as in the rarity.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Industry use. Pretty common.

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  • username_1@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What those “enthusiasts” do with the old machinery isn’t reusing. It is hoarding.

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    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s not hoarding as long as it doesn’t impair your ability to lead a normal life in a livable home. Beyond that, to each their hobbies.

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    • turbowafflz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Would you say someone restoring an old car should recycle it instead? If an archaeologist finds an old buried tool should they recycle it? The rosetta stone is made from valuable silica, let’s recycle that too!

      People are allowed to enjoy things. If having a couple of old computers makes someone happy, isn’t that better than them buying new things instead?

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      • username_1@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Even if you collect garbage, it is still stupid to whine that garbage is recycled.

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• lechekaflan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    …now

    You have to be very patient and have an awful lot of storage space - and bet that the junk you’re storing will be worth something some day - to even bother keeping crappy stuff in any large quantity to turn a profit when the stuff is still crappy and not worth a damn.

    The reason 386s are getting rare is because nobody in their right mind made that bet when they were still around and completely deprecated.

    The only person I met who made a similar bet and won big money was a Brit who bought 6 Jaguar E-Types sight-unseen when they came out, and put them in storage for 30 years (prepared professionally for long-term storage too). When those cars came on the market, brand new with no mile on the clock, they sold for millions, the guy bought a nice house in Hampshire and retired in comfort.

    He told me he just knew that model would be highly desirable classic the minute he saw a picture, and almost bankrupted his family to buy them as an investment. Ballsy.

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