• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    Right, but a microchip is quite a different beast than raw steel. Nobody is going to buy a muffler to melt down to produce something else, but they might buy a PC to scavenge for parts. It’s relatively easy to pull a chip off a board, whereas reforming steel is a lot more intensive.