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Built-in obsolescence has been a common business strategy among electronics makers for the last half century, at least. Why make a gizmo that can last forever when you could make one that fails in a few years, leading to repeat purchases and bolstered revenue? Dell, the notoriously economical computer maker, took the opposite track; when it found out that 11.8 million of its desktops were filled ...
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Manu Ginobli looks like Roberto Benigni.
Guys, I lost my phone. $700, a punch in the arm, and a land whale later I have a new one. #wompwomp
shoes emerged unscathed. small miracle.
someone just dropped a burrito on my head. from atop a parking garage.
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