Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores
by heleninboodler on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:58AM
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You haven't lived the life of a late 90's bay area nerd if you've never grabbed your copy of Computer Shopper and hit Fry's, Weird Stuff and Central Computer in a single afternoon. With friends. :D
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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores
by jjav on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:00AM
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I did that exact routine so many times!
It's not really Silicon Valley anymore without Weird Stuff and Fry's.
Of course, the valley companies aren't really tech companies anymore either. Just adware wrapped in tech, so sad.
Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores
by not2b on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @08:25PM
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There are still quite a few companies in the valley doing actual silicon design. They aren't as flashy.
Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores
by taurath on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:42PM
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Early 2000s here but yes it contributed so much to my feeling that it was an engineer/hackers paradise. Now it’s all consolidated so much it feels like it’s just corporate. Hoping I’ll get the chance to find that sort of feeling sometime again in life. I hear shenzen is incredible for that since they still make stuff.
Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores
by thewileyone on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:22AM
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We did Costco hotdogs, with a soda, for lunch before Fry's/Weird Stuff ...
Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores
by lscotte on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:05AM
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In the late 80s, as a student, we'd make a pilgrimage once in a while from Sacramento to the Bay Area just to visit Weird Stuff and Fry's.