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Re:Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight by floatrock on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @09:06PM (#11531644)
Ain't that a bit sad, all that energy and pollution going towards planned obsolescence so that he with the shiniest toys wins?

There is some legitimate utility derived from novelty -- I don't want to be walking around in my grandfather's battered rags either -- but I wonder if some day we can shift towards something more sustainable and less paying to dig consumerist holes then paying again to fill them back in.

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Re:Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight by taneq on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @09:27PM (#11531707)
Yeah, I never went in for replacing things just for the 'new car smell'. That's probably why I drive a nearly-30-year-old car. :)

The point about your grandad's battered rags is that they're battered rags, though, not that they're old. His good leather jacket is probably still perfectly serviceable today.

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Re:Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight by sjg007 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:55AM (#11532503)
My leather jacket is 20 years old and in great shape.
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