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Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't. (www.techspot.com)
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[+] -26 points 3 months ago (15 children)

So that's just not true.

Yes there's gold in them, but much of the worth in their interiors is from rare earth minerals much more valuable than gold.

If you just crack one open expecting a fat gold nugget you'll be disappointed! But the value is there, even if 'full of gold' is a vast oversimplification.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Whoosh!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I just love the way that Flock Cameras wrap all their internal cables with purest saffron.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Oh fuck I lost my sense of smell to covid. How much is that shit worth with Iran being bombed?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Quite often, Saffron was already worth more than gold (by weight). I'd expect the price has shot up further, since it's almost entirely produced in Iran.

    There's only a very small amount of saffron in a Flock camera, but with recent price increases, it's likely worth thousands - and that's on top of the gold, 64GB of Ram, Nvidia Graphics Cards etc.

    They say "money doesn't grown on trees", but really, cracking open a Flock camera is the closest thing we've seen to a "free money" tree. There's never been a better time to crack one open.

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