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Doesn't it expire from use? If you care that much about preserving history, buy one and don't use it for 30 years LE: although considering most stuff built tod

Doesn't it expire from use? If you care that much about preserving history, buy one and don't use it for 30 years LE: although considering most stuff built today wouldn't work without an internet connection the problem isn't just hardware expiring

simion314 6y ago
I seen some youtube videos where people are buying old consoles, clean them up and maybe replace some parts and they can use them. My origin is from a poor family and my first 4 computers were old second hand ones - this is a double benefit, the computers/laptops did not become e-waste and a poor family/person can access expensive tech that in my case helped me find a job and finally afford buying new stuff for me and my child. The big issue is when the mini computer inside your device is a small part of the device, like for example my parents TV is now showing all the time a red message in the corner because the software fails to validate something, the solution appears to be to have it re-flashed with an updated firware to remove those checks or replace the shitty un-essential component that is not used at all. So I am afraid that in future you will need to replace/repair your TV/fridge/car because a chip like the memory in it is one of the ones that "expire" (we had the case where Tesla cars SSD would get bad because of extreme logging)
- jack_pp 6y ago
  It's great that you can repair old consoles / tech but I seriously doubt they were designed with durability in mind, and by that I mean I doubt they sacrificed performance for repairability. I belive that if they could make it 10% faster knowing it will break in 5 years instead of 10 they would have made it faster
  - simion314 6y ago
    Yes, I agree. So they used existing components/manufacturing so they inherited most of the time durability. Now imagine a chip that can consume itself, a infinite loop bug or some logging going wrong or maybe intentional sabotage can destroy your stuff with an update.

simion314 6y ago

I seen some youtube videos where people are buying old consoles, clean them up and maybe replace some parts and they can use them. My origin is from a poor family and my first 4 computers were old second hand ones - this is a double benefit, the computers/laptops did not become e-waste and a poor family/person can access expensive tech that in my case helped me find a job and finally afford buying new stuff for me and my child. The big issue is when the mini computer inside your device is a small part of the device, like for example my parents TV is now showing all the time a red message in the corner because the software fails to validate something, the solution appears to be to have it re-flashed with an updated firware to remove those checks or replace the shitty un-essential component that is not used at all. So I am afraid that in future you will need to replace/repair your TV/fridge/car because a chip like the memory in it is one of the ones that "expire" (we had the case where Tesla cars SSD would get bad because of extreme logging)

jack_pp 6y ago
It's great that you can repair old consoles / tech but I seriously doubt they were designed with durability in mind, and by that I mean I doubt they sacrificed performance for repairability. I belive that if they could make it 10% faster knowing it will break in 5 years instead of 10 they would have made it faster
- simion314 6y ago
  Yes, I agree. So they used existing components/manufacturing so they inherited most of the time durability. Now imagine a chip that can consume itself, a infinite loop bug or some logging going wrong or maybe intentional sabotage can destroy your stuff with an update.