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Great lesson in economics: it doesn't matter if I can predict the utility of the paperclip. If I can trade it to somebody who desires some form of utility from it to obtain something of greater value to myself, then we have both profited.

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LOL - yes, it did occur to me that you could start a business getting the sim card out of iphones.

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This reminded me of a clip from The Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWxcCCVJ1aU Good for a chuckle

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