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Would be equally interesting to know how much it cost them to recover that much gold from that many devices.

• sfall 10y ago
  it is a profitable venture there are companies that recover precious metals from computer equipment
  • noobie 10y ago
    Hobbyists too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhuwO8AjM7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhuwO8AjM7k
    • awqrre 10y ago
      but at the scale he is doing it, he looses money
      • tamana 10y ago
        That's what a "hobby" is: a money-losing activity. A "business" is a money-making hobby.
  • tamana 10y ago
    Sort of. Those businesses have externalities in worker unsafety and pollution.