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obsidian
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Posted: 02-28-2017 05:46 AM

As I understand it, the process isn't very efficient or cost effective, and as a result most of our electonic recycling goes to landfills or third world countries.

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Posted: 02-28-2017 06:12 AM

Pretty cool just the same the way they do that

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Posted: 02-28-2017 06:38 AM

also this

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Posted: 02-28-2017 06:41 AM

obsidian wrote:
As I understand it, the process isn't very efficient or cost effective, and as a result most of our electonic recycling goes to landfills or third world countries.

and that's how Geoff gets his 10k computer.

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Posted: 02-28-2017 01:50 PM

Most of that shit ends up in giant electronic graveyards in Africa, where parts are picked through by kids and melted down for scrap. Planned obsolescence, at its finest:

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Posted: 02-28-2017 03:16 PM

obsidian wrote:
As I understand it, the process isn't very efficient or cost effective, and as a result most of our electonic recycling goes to landfills or third world countries.

Ever thought how an archaeologists in the distant future will be sifting through our landfill sites and wonder what sort of world we lived in? Half a society living in a planned obsolescence world of consumerism where we are compelled to consume and the other half scratching for crumbs, while starving to death

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Posted: 03-01-2017 09:07 AM

Heh... you think we have a future. Cute.

Think about this, there's billions upon billions of solar systems out there and no signs of intelligent life. Some systems, like ours, are much farther along in terms of how long they've existed in comparison to earth yet no signs of life. Something is killing sentient life before it's able to leave the planets they start from and populate other areas of space. Whether it's self destruction or some cosmic event that wipes us out chances are there will be no future archaeologists.

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seremtan
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Posted: 03-01-2017 10:15 AM

^ says the guy who thought it would be a good idea to have a kid

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Whiskey 7
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Posted: 03-01-2017 10:27 AM

Κracus wrote:
Heh... you think we have a future. Cute.

Think about this, there's billions upon billions of solar systems out there and no signs of intelligent life. Some systems, like ours, are much farther along in terms of how long they've existed in comparison to earth yet no signs of life. Something is killing sentient life before it's able to leave the planets they start from and populate other areas of space. Whether it's self destruction or some cosmic event that wipes us out chances are there will be no future archaeologists.

One way to look at the future I suppose. Me, I dream a different world in 500 years.
When I was thinking archaeologists in the distant future I was thinking thousands of years much archaeologists today in Egypt.

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Yeah I don't think we've got that long left.

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As I understand it, the process isn't very efficient or cost effective, and as a result most of our electonic recycling goes to landfills or third world countries.

Pretty cool just the same the way they do that

also this

obsidian wrote:As I understand it, the process isn't very efficient or cost effective, and as a result most of our electonic recycling goes to landfills or third world countries.and that's how Geoff gets his 10k computer.

Most of that shit ends up in giant electronic graveyards in Africa, where parts are picked through by kids and melted down for scrap. Planned obsolescence, at its finest:

^ says the guy who thought it would be a good idea to have a kid

Yeah I don't think we've got that long left.

obsidian wrote:
As I understand it, the process isn't very efficient or cost effective, and as a result most of our electonic recycling goes to landfills or third world countries.

and that's how Geoff gets his 10k computer.