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[–] 4 pts

The gold plating on PCBs is very thin. It's usually well under a micron thick. Even in 'hard gold' plated PCBs, the thickness may be under 2 microns. You would need something like a couple of dozen of these devices to yield a full ounce of gold. That gold would still need to be refined to get it to a high enough purity though as it is often mixed with cobalt and nickel. It's worth it if you have a lot of gold plated PCBs to recover with, but it's not going to make you rich.

[–] 15 pts

Shhh, don't tell the ENIGS.

[+] [deleted] 8 pts
[–] 5 pts

No shit. The point is to get people to break into them looking for gibs. Try to keep up.

[–] 3 pts

The general population doesn't need to know that.

5g needs a lot of these things. That should cover their block.

[–] 0 pt

I’m sure there is enough for a couple of teeth in each one.