• ja27 2 hours ago
    We did a "restart party" at our hackerspace a few years ago. Definitely could have used a good stock of capacitors. Probably power cords. Not sure what to do with all the very specific USB-C etc. ports that break.
  • jjice 2 hours ago
    Everything about fixing something broken is so appealing. Better for the environment, often better for your wallet, and better for the soul.

    I think this applies to software too! Writing good software allows it to be maintained well and it being open source helps promote that. Publishing good documentation is another huge win for maintainability.

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    • lukan 30 minutes ago
      "and better for the soul"

      Well, if it works again ..

      https://xkcd.com/1994/

      If you have a habit like me of only partly fixing things, because a unforseen problem came up and deciding to get back later on it, you will just pile up electronic garbage and run out of space. (It was really good for my soul getting rid of most of it recently)

  • adolph 30 minutes ago
    Something that repair enables is wealth in the sense that David Deutsch uses in "Beginning of Infinity:" the repertoire of physical transformations that they would be capable of causing
  • guerython 3 hours ago
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  • dang 2 hours ago
    [stub for offtopicness]
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    • xeromal 3 hours ago
      I read this as fedex. The brain is weird.
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      • r_lee 3 hours ago
        I read it as Firefox
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    • daedrdev 3 hours ago
      Are they nimby?
  • idontlikenigge 1 hour ago
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