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This is how I feel watching those shows listing all of the stats on super cars. Yes, they're fast and they're pretty, but I'll never afford one, so learning the inner details is lost effort on me

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In August, I bought a used server for $1k. It was manufactured in 2017 and it probably cost at least $50k when it was new. Things are expensive when they are new, but everything new will eventually become old.

Cool! What are the specs?

I purchased two Dell Poweredge C4130 servers with 2x Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 (18 cores @ 2.3GHz), 128 GiB of RAM @ 2400 MHz, and 2x 2000W PSUs. One with 4x AMD MI25 and one with 2x AMD FirePro S9300 X2. I rounded the cost. It was 2.5k USD for the pair, including shipping.

The machines were labelled YETI1 and YETI2. I will have to take good care of them because I think they may have some historic significance. In any case, these machines have a second life as workers for the Debian AI Team CI.

More info: https://lists.debian.org/debian-ai/2023/10/msg00009.html

I'm hoping to buy a used 'super car'

Is that allowed? I assumed that they wouldn't allow you to sell it. I guess they want to have their own Certified pre-owned side of the show room?

The horrible concept the a “sale” is only a revocable license hasn’t spread to cars too much yet. There is a robust trade in high end used cars via private parties and specialists - you can just look at eBay motors for plenty of examples.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296067000770?hash=item44eef7e9c2%3A...

Bear in mind that some of the super car brands do mandate terms like a "right of first refusal" in their favour, giving them the ability to block sales.

* https://wheelsonspin.com/rules-for-buying-a-ferrari/

* https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/right-of-first-ref...

I think the only car company that I’ve heard of doing something like that is Ferrari, who will ban you for various lengths of time (including for life) from buying another Ferrari.

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