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Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by coward8675309 on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:31AM (#25468663)
I spent $600 on a PS2 from an eBay-based scalper in 2000. I can only imagine how much more organized and pervasive the practice is twenty years later.
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Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by colejohnson66 on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:36AM (#25468736)
Easy access to code to run your own bot doesn’t help. In 2000, the internet was pretty new, but now, YouTube exists and can teach anyone to set up their own bot for a chance to “get rich quick!”
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Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by coward8675309 on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:40AM (#25468800)
I haven't looked, because I would get too depressed, but I'm sure YouTube contains videos teaching people how to get rich quick by creating videos that teach people how to get rich quick by…
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Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs by doublerabbit on Friday December 18, 2020 @01:30PM (#25470249)
I'm already watching YouTube videos of 16 year olds teaching me things related to what I was teaching when I was 16. It's depressing.
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