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> I've been thinking of building a "poor man's cluster" using every old phone, Kindle, or laptop.

I think the Africans have beaten you to that idea already.

https://sm.pcmag.com/t/pcmag_uk/news/c/cleaning-u/cleaning-u...

On a more serious note though, repurposing old tech is perfectly valid, all we need is more programmers, so should programming become a mandatory lesson taught at schools in order to reduce e-waste, alongside Maths English & Science?

And would it lead to a world looking like this https://i.redd.it/z123hws4wtj31.jpg or like this https://i.redd.it/shvbec21k8y81.png ?



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