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Abandoned Detroit School with Laptops Left Inside
- rmason 4y agoI want to point out that since hitting bankruptcy Detroit is on its way back. The city isn't without problems but is making steady progress. The Detroit Public Schools are another matter altogether. It's one disaster after another. Some might point out that these dozens of laptops left behind are probably older machines. But you can load Linux on them and give them to kids without home computers and I can assure you there would be many worthy takers.
- eesmith 4y agoI would like more context. Pictures can be very incomplete. At https://www.boredpanda.com/abandoned-detroit-school-then-and-now/?utm_source=duckduckgo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic https://www.boredpanda.com/abandoned-detroit-school-then-and... they have pictures from a different abandoned school. The text points out a "brand new, state of the art, school was completed right next door in 2005-2006". I see some old computer monitors in one of those pictures, though no computers proper. It also says "Today, Detroit is designed for 2 million people. However, less than 1/3 or ~ 700 thousand have remained in the city, leaving plenty of abandoned places. The infrastructure, built at the time of the population boom, is now run-down and an easy target for arsonists."
- throwawaysleep 4y ago> something as new as a laptop left behind when it's shut down. This isn't the 2000s. Laptops are neither rare nor expensive. Laptops are so cheap that companies don't view it as worth the bother to collect from remote employees much of the time. You can purchase a Chromebook for less than dinner for two.