On Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 11:44:11AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: [...] > > But,first of all,I think that there are a LOT of old PCs in the world,since > > poor people aren't only a niche. > > I think you underestimate the scale of the e-waste problem. Simply giving > people better, less obsolete, hardware is (IMO) a much better use of > resources than trying to continue to use older hardware for no real reason > other than a desire to use really old hardware. Even just considering > environmental consciousness, saving a 5 year old PC from the landfill and > throwing out a 10 year old PC is a net positive in terms of energy > efficiency if nothing else. There is some truth to this. In this sweeping generality, though, this is more false than true. Cheers -- t
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