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  • Tavi@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoTechnology@lemmy.world•This whistle fights fascists | How thousands of 3D-printed whistles are derailing ICE.English
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    10 days ago

    Good luck adding drm to a microwave to prevent it from microwaving “fish and fish adjacent shapes”. 3d printers consist of a couple of motors and a hot bit. No computer in there, unless you go for the high end stuff and even then they can’t run that sort of software. MCUs are clocked in MHz, but even a 10 year old computer is clocked in GHz. Even with a cloud connections, how much money have companies poured into “AI” only to have it still get things wrong? Do lawmakers expect a podunk garage team to figure out what Google, Meta, Apple, and literal billions of R&D haven’t?

    Since this is effectively a ban, it would result in “healthcare CEO shot by wooden ghost gun” if gun kits are still sold, because 3d printers don’t print guns. They print the “lower” that has the serial number, which is legally, but not practically, defined to be the “gun”. Any gun that doesn’t have a serial is a ghost gun, but the point is moot.

    More realistically, it would result in: “healthcare CEO shot by a 2026 special edition 9mm VEHHFU746582 on sale for 1984$, get it before it is banned” because for some reason the legislature is running on rich people feelings, and this shooting is special because of the gun, and not because of EVERYTHING ELSE.

    Not super into guns but I’m a bit frustrated with the technical ineptitude of some of these lawmakers. Gun control existed before 3d printers did, this is just half assed. Feel free to correct me if I missed something.

  • Tavi@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoComic Strips@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
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    2 months ago
    1. Exploiting children needs to be a full time 996 position not just seasonal. Hiring for seasonal production means low skill labor. Better to run your existing workers ragged, especially due to holiday mismatch in Asian culture.
    2. Exploiting children doesn’t stop when they become adults, they turn into exploited adults. At that point, why hire children? This process would be better served by adults. In contrast, mining in tight spaces makes children have a profit advantage, hence child labor in the congo. (Cobalt anyone?)
    3. Why are they making toys? This process is so efficient that exploiting children is wasting money. Slavery cost money, robots cost electricity. They should be making clothes, which are hard to automate due to changing designs and flexible materials, which is year round. (Bangladesh, India, China) This would make the comic less “seasonal”, unfortunately.
    4. No specificity in its criticism. Toys? Who are these children?

    TLDR. Under capitalism, there comes a point where you cannot exploit someone hard enough to make money. Why not downsize and automate the process with two robo arms and an operator?

    Don’t buy Nike, avoid fast fashion whoever possible. Reuse (and repair) Reduce (Consumption). RECYCLE COMES LAST AND THESE CORPORATE

    Hi. Head of production here. My position has been eliminated in favor of increasing investment in AI. While this comes as a shock to none, I will be lying flat for a while.