Here's a somewhat cyberpunk-ish fact I learned today: Back in '98 Taiwan, unbranded, mysterious desktop CPUs called Golden Soldier ("黄金戦士") were available in th

Here's a somewhat cyberpunk-ish fact I learned today: Back in '98 Taiwan, unbranded, mysterious desktop CPUs called Golden Soldier ("黄金戦士") were available in the street. It turns out they were actually modded mobile Intel CPUs installed in slockets. https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/980618/parts4.htm https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/980618/parts4.ht... https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%84%E9%87%91%E6%88%A6%E5%A3%AB https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%84%E9%87%91%E6%88%A6%E5... BTW, speaking of repair culture, I love this idea of repurposed headless MacBooks. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Screenless-MacBooks-masquerading-as-Mac-Minis-are-selling-like-hotcakes-in-China.606913.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Screenless-MacBooks-masqueradi...