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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 133 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Old and busted: Software piracy

New hotness: Hardware piracy

[–] errer@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rob GPUs from the rich, give GPUs to the poor

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol, rob gpus from the rich to sell gpus to the rich.

[–] Mister_Hangman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I love boosters two

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're not even useful to anyone else.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

What’s the melt value tho?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

We had hardware piracy back in the day, when there were CPUs you may have been able to unlock extra cores on.

Then the companies started lasering them off so that was no longer possible.