#ELECTRONICS

[r0sh11]

MY HONEST OPINION

[yodaprod]

2007

Source: Flickr/Adam Field

[389]

Speed Ratliff as the Boom Operator for SAW (2004)

[melonramune]

2025-03-12

[stone-cold-groove]

An 80s era Apple portable/laptop computer prototype.

[reasonsforhope]

"The California state government has passed a landmark law that obligates technology companies to provide parts and manuals for repairing smartphones for seven years after their market release.

Senate Bill 244 passed 65-0 in the Assembly, and 38-0 in the Senate, and made California, the seat of so much of American technological hardware and software, the third state in the union to pass this so-called “right to repair” legislation.

On a more granular level, the bill guarantees consumers’ rights to replacement parts for three years’ time in the case of devices costing between $50 and $99, and seven years in the case of devices costing more than $100, with the bill retroactively affecting devices made and sold in 2021.

Similar laws have been passed in Minnesota and New York, but none with such a long-term period as California.

“Accessible, affordable, widely available repair benefits everyone,” said Kyle Wiens, the CEO of advocacy group iFixit, in a statement. “We’re especially thrilled to see this bill pass in the state where iFixit is headquartered, which also happens to be Big Tech’s backyard. Since Right to Repair can pass here, expect it to be on its way to a backyard near you.” ...

One of the reasons Wiens is cheering this on is because large manufacturers, from John Deere to Apple, have previously lobbied heavily against right-to-repair legislation for two reasons. One, it allows them to corner the repair and maintenance markets, and two, it [allegedly] protects their intellectual property and trade secrets from knock-offs or competition.

However, a byproduct of the difficulty of repairing modern electronics is that most people just throw them away.

...Wien added in the statement that he believes the California bill is a watershed that will cause a landslide of this legislation to come in the near future."

-via Good News Network, October 16, 2023

[scipunk]

Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

[mylittleponyoh]

SimPost CC Kit by MylittleponyOh x Kapands

Hi Simmers ,

I am back with a new CC kit in collaboration with Kapands ! Create the perfect Post Office with these 20 Lowpoly, Maxis Match and Base Game items + 2 CAS recolors ! You'll find it in the build and buy under Simpost, MLPO or MylittleponyOh ! In this kit you'll find :

Mural ATM

Cardboard Unfolded

Ceiling Post Pannels Tall

Ceiling Post Pannels Medium

Ceiling Post Pannels Small

Display

Enveloppes Stack 1

Enveloppes Stack 2

Enveloppes Stack 3

Functional Water Dispenser

Open Package

Closed Package

Small Closed Package

Parcels Trolley

Photocopier

Plastic Letters Crate

Simpost Corporate Pannels

Postal Truck

SimPost Sign

Sticker Printer

CAS

Recolor SimPost Polo M (Base Game)

Recolor SimPost Polo F (Base Game)

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ALL THE LOVE <3

[machetelanding]

2.2 megabytes in 1966

[eightiesfan]

[yodaprod]

[389]

Guillermo Santomà, a Barcelona-based artist and architect

[melonramune]

2025-05-03

[stone-cold-groove]

Do you have the courage to save 50% on your next computer? Ad for the Data General Eclipse minicomputer system - 1974.

[possible-streetwear]

Siouxsie And The Banshees