Right to Repair article https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-tenants-on-our-own-devices/
On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 18:57, James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > I guess they also have to protect experienced repair techs from hurting > themselves. =-O > > On 05/03/2019 03:19 PM, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote: > > Officially dead after Industry groups including Apple lobbied saying > > that consumers can hurt themselves doing repairs. > > > > > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxayy/right-to-repair-bill-killed-after-big-tech-lobbying-in-ontario?fbclid=IwAR1z8KUIq-CH1y9J_-kRqkyhd9c66EXlVsHrObCPazQDvShN9n29X6eDzvo > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Don Tai via talk <talk@gtalug.org > > <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote: > > > > I drilled out the rivets. Non-replaceable fuse was good, but the > > on-off timer switch was flakey, and probably not replaceable. I > > just scrapped a $250 convection oven due to an on-off switch. I am > > sad. > > > > On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 11:31, mwilson--- via talk <talk@gtalug.org > > <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 9:59 AM Don Tai via talk > > <talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote: > > >> > > >> A seemingly brand new small convection oven, Delonghi > > EO1270, made in > > >> China, came my way. Pristine clean and obviously unused, > > but did not > > [ ... ] > > > I would suggest that pop rivets are quite cheap and I'd > > doubt you > > > actually 'need' six to hold a tiny little board. > > > > or sheet metal screws, if you find there's room on the inside. > > > > --- > > Talk Mailing List > > talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org> > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > --- > > Talk Mailing List > > talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org> > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > --- > > Talk Mailing List > > talk@gtalug.org > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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