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But I know because it’s a 1999, I know that it has a certain kind of chip that I can sell for a certain price. Maybe I know that the screen has a different value. And maybe I know there’s memory in it, too, that has a value. So I can see more value in it than you can.” “Who buys it?” He laughs. “Somebody who wants to use the chip again! Many companies that make scrolling digital signs, they like these older chips. They can run that application for a long time.” In other words, the chip in my old Samsung might be extracted and then transplanted into a scrolling digital sign purchased by a ...more
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
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