The latest #Pluralistic post by @pluralistic is about a very smart #OpenHardware approach: the #Baochip. I know very little about hardware manufacturing, but this looks really cool and feasible.
Go read it at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/
@jmcastagnetto @pluralistic Till the commercial makers realize that by designing multiple independent SoCs into one production run, they themselves can maximize their own production runs to have more units and optimize costs. Which will make "free dark matter" disappear.
@jmcastagnetto @pluralistic It's literally the same optimization move that supermarkets have done:
Instead of donating nearly spoiled food to food banks, they now sell "don't let it go bad" boxes cheaply with food that they might not be able to sell the next day.
And that supermarket move has been copied across the world. Here in Peru, a couple of the main supermarket chains have sections labelled "Consumo Responsable" (Responsible Consumption) for food and items that have 1 to 4 weeks before the best-before date (no spoiled food).
