I think the company perspective “breaking a security chip to allow installation of other airfilters being in violation of copyright” is flimsy at best. No intellectual property is being protected with it, thats why I think putting the fix online and fighting the potential lawsuit is a better strategy. But I see why they wouldnt do that.
manual moderation, and there are some moderation bots that can detect spam.
Being in jail because you fixed an air filter is a much stronger message people could rail against.
I see that its not feasible for the nonprofit to invite breaking the law, but the law seems ill defined in this case, and perhaps a lawsuit that goes to the top could change things. I think lawmakers dont actually care about fixable devices, and proving they can be fixed doesnt change this. Saving someone from prison by way of closing a loophole(DRM to prevent repairs, replacement parts) is something much more actionable for polititians I think.
If I had the kind of money that they seem to have I would try this instead, is all I was trying to say.
But unlike Kociemba, he wasn’t about to share the fix. Though he was able to fix the problem, he doesn’t feel safe weathering the potential legal ramifications that he might face if he released the solution publicly. “I proved that I can do it,” he says. “And that was it.” Still, Fulu awarded him the bounty. O’Reilly says the goal of the project is less about getting actual fixes out in the world, and more about calling attention to the lengths companies are allowed to go to wrest control from their users under the auspices of Section 1201.
And thats where they lost me. The project isnt about actually fixing things? Its just to show the lawmakers that made fixing stuff illegal that stuff can still technically be fixed? Great…?
Fixing something that was obviously hostile in design, and then getting sued for fixing is a much stronger political signal than saying “it can be fixed :)” in a press release! People even get awarded a big chunk of money for it! The foundation seems to have a lot of money, they granted the first bounty to 2 people simultaneously, and they match all bounties up to 10000$ so they could support lawsuits that challenge stuff like this, but instead award money to secret solutions that help nobody.
This is frustrating to read, so close to challenging big tech without actually doing anything!
this is peak schizoposting. I love schizoposts, but it just doesnt belong in this community.
Its been a problem for a very long time now, electric cars require large amounts of electricity to charge and that needs to be supplied through the residential grid. Higher use of electric cars means more electricity necessary. Electric cars usage is still going up and that is not likely to change soon. As for the more important part: Lots of power plants are not green, and replacing them means building more power generators. This device converts heat to (green) electricity. How could you possibly see this as a negative?
…and electric cars. And green energy.
Ah I see. Sorry for the assumption then.
Fair enough. That comment about advertising the carnivore community to maga.place on the now deleted post promoting the community unsettled me enough to write this.
Wait, arent you the same person that made that “Carnivore Kitchen” community? Are you trying to play both sides?
And also, theres a lot of vegan communities already, whats your reason for making another one?
!vegan@lemmy.world !vegan@lemmy.ml !veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works !vegan@slrpnk.net
And whats up with the LLM use? The emojis in every paragraph, the AI generated logo and banner, etc.?
This is not LLM hardware, these are artificial neurons for research.