Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:01:46 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

Either way, it keeps them out of the landfill. If it turns out, down the
line, that they don't do a thing other than throw it into a gigantic
bonfire, I can make myself feel good by saying that I did what they
expected of me.

Pyrometallurgical recovery is similar to a gigantic bonfire.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/pyrometallurgy

This article describes the downside as well as explaining
hydrometallurgical techniques.

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep14574

I don't know if there are enough gold plated edge connectors to bother
with anymore but at one point that was the chief target and the preferred
method was cyanide leaching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_cyanidation

In this state if you say cyanide leaching they may pour the cyanide down
your throat. There's a bit of history with extractive industries and
Superfund sites.

Whether any of this is economically feasible is the real question or if
it's a subset of 'green' technologies that operate at a net loss unless
propped up by a government.