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Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

it fails the top tier qc check, but passes a low tier qc check. That's how different price points/tiers for CPUs exist.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 7 months ago

And then there's those who fail the low tier check and "some friend" gets them for scrap en masse.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

That sounds like two different ways of saying the same thing.

It failed to be the best, but it was good enough to be used for something else.