Post B2L6vvWGjLoPYYRffc by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #B2L6C9fLnmmq6srqoS by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:15:36.442883Z
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Interesting video on a Chinese repair shop for video cards here.@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcRGBeOENLg
(DIR) Post #B2L6LS7GZdMjwGMHIG by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:17:17.064815Z
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@thefinn Yeah i saw that one. I always watch the long hair dude. I want one of these damnit. Preferably the new 5080s they're slapping extra memory on.
(DIR) Post #B2L6SpfRPRFB0arWVc by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:18:37.258295Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta Yeah I would take the upgrade!
(DIR) Post #B2L6vvWGjLoPYYRffc by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:23:52.526329Z
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@thefinn Isn't it insane that nobody, literally nobody in the entire west is doing that too? Not a single place. Nobody.
(DIR) Post #B2L76d0JuUnFJkbX3g by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:25:48.861703Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta Yeah but also look in the video how that guy can access schematics very easily.And even the long haired dude was like "This is a common complaint in the repair community in the west"I think things are just different for them.There's a reason every cyberpunk book starts with the main character going to somewhere in Asia.
(DIR) Post #B2L7Tp1ROS7lFeBjRw by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:30:00.350173Z
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@thefinn True. But if he has the schematics so can we. Its a sign of extreme decline for us not being able to do this. We invented electronics ffs.
(DIR) Post #B2L7c3FEOmBjg6Ywka by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:31:29.324000Z
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@thefinn Or to the Asian.
(DIR) Post #B2L7q2xsEi3Qrd7LCi by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:34:01.202997Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta The custom PCB also... we don't have any of that kind of manufacturing going on :(
(DIR) Post #B2L7u0b0z7wEfyJYjA by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:34:44.203445Z
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@thefinn What a disaster ffs
(DIR) Post #B2L82Enk3P9T38BvN2 by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:36:13.454654Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta It's why I am saying about energy. China has no coal, if the world wanted to they could cut them off altogether.Like they did with the Japanese before WW2 over oil and petroleum products.
(DIR) Post #B2L89Mv8GVgyG334Fs by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:37:30.865536Z
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@thefinn Maybe i should go to the harbor of pireas here (cosco owns it) and look around for chinks to order one. Even during covid the harbor was working, chinks dgaf and greek ship owners constantly break embargos and sanctions.
(DIR) Post #B2L8GSyu869L5ACIDo by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:38:47.739469Z
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@thefinn Yes but they have Russia. Russia can give them all the energy they need for centuries. And Russia will never again ally with the west on anything short of China directly attacking them.
(DIR) Post #B2L8JMkFlxNobqj8NM by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:39:19.187865Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta Look at the whole process, that stencil they used for the memory modules, all of that would've had to be manufactured there.We don't have the process, so we don't have the manufacturing for it.Apart from the solder balls.
(DIR) Post #B2L8NKSMDvEkfaFJdQ by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:40:02.124804Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta Not sure Russia can meet all China's demand for coal dude, or they would be already.The transport costs makes our coal somewhat expensive for them.
(DIR) Post #B2L8UJdff4ZGA3rxsu by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:41:17.913447Z
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@thefinn Its that bad. So ok no chips (mostly) because lithography machines and fabricators. Butno boards? Ffs it can't be that hard or expensive right? Fucken jews...
(DIR) Post #B2L8b72MudTT6Zf8KW by thefinn@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:42:31.648153Z
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta As he says in the video - the long haired guy goes "It's very different in the west, we just throw broken stuff away" And the chinese guy goes "Yeah because the labour costs too much for this kind of process"
(DIR) Post #B2L8j3b7aHbwkphpo0 by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T10:43:57.832454Z
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@thefinn True. Oil/gas yesCoal no so much.
(DIR) Post #B2L8kdSfjH5AH0VTF2 by Paleface@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-16T10:44:15.108553Z
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We can barely get a washing machine repaired.
(DIR) Post #B2L9Om6P1RBmeiEKae by Paleface@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-16T10:51:29.905305Z
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I have a friend who goes to China at least once a year, I should get him to take my old 12Gb 3060 with him next time to double its memory.
(DIR) Post #B2LAFP5VJuHucpuBhw by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T11:01:00.843608Z
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@Paleface @thefinn Tell to bring you a 5090 with 128 or 64. Not worth going bellow that if you're breaking sanctions etc.
(DIR) Post #B2LBdcJpsWeoZ6ibcO by Paleface@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-16T11:16:00.928901Z
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I think at least part of why this happens there and not on the west is because a new card is a lot more expensive than for us because of sanctions. But yeah, I wouldn't really bother with fixing up a 3060 even if it was cheap if I have to send it through someone else.
(DIR) Post #B2LCdxVVCXVMEWtzto by Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st
2026-01-16T11:27:51.632502Z
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@Paleface @thefinn Yup. A regular 5090 is around 5k in China.
(DIR) Post #B2LLXujZUvHJTzfwOW by JohnYoungE@poa.st
2026-01-16T13:07:04.410273Z
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@thefinn @Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta I used to make my own (single sided) boards by etching them. Of course I did troubleshooting and repair to the component level. But this was long ago. It used to be that consumer goods -- even stuff like radios -- actually came with schematics, and that was so that repair personnel could fix them.But it is true ... America has a high cost of living and costs for renting a shopfront to repair things are insane. If I were to do that now, I'd have to charge $150+/hr for repairs. At that rate, it doesn't take much time for it to be cheaper to replace than it is to repair.Its sad because we fill landfills with stuff that could be fixed.