EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCalifornia Passes Backdoor Bill to Control the 3D Printing Hobby and Spy on Small Designers, Prototypers, and Hobbyistswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1507arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1504arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Passes Backdoor Bill to Control the 3D Printing Hobby and Spy on Small Designers, Prototypers, and Hobbyistswww.techspot.comEvergreenGuru@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square134linkfedilinkfile-text
This first bill allows the state of California to regulate and oversee all 3D prints in the name of public safety.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoYou can, but 90% 3D printer buyers can’t, and that’s a good enough amount of people to spy on.
minus-squareHertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoexactly but that’s also good fuel to defeat the bill.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours ago90%? More like 99.999% Including op. There’s a difference between building a pile of crap and actually building something that works effectively. It’s a difficult hardware and software problem.
minus-squareJaY_III@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agohttps://www.reprap.org/wiki/RepRap The work has all been done long time ago. The designs and software are all open source at this point.
You can, but 90% 3D printer buyers can’t, and that’s a good enough amount of people to spy on.
exactly but that’s also good fuel to defeat the bill.
90%?
More like 99.999%
Including op.
There’s a difference between building a pile of crap and actually building something that works effectively. It’s a difficult hardware and software problem.
https://www.reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
The work has all been done long time ago.
The designs and software are all open source at this point.