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Re:The decline of computers as a general-purpose technology by freeone3000 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:05PM (#26266761)
>You can get many many components from local stores now, if you're willing to pay the 4x-10x premium

Well. No. RadioShack is closed. Fry's is closed. If I needed a resistor, I honestly wouldn't know where to go. Probably AliExpress or DigiKey. There's no local stores left.

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Re:The decline of computers as a general-purpose technology by notriddle on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:42PM (#26267260)
Comic books shops are suffering the same problem. It's not just computers.
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