<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Right to Repair article<div><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-tenants-on-our-own-devices/">https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-tenants-on-our-own-devices/</a><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 18:57, James Knott via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I guess they also have to protect experienced repair techs from hurting<br>
themselves.  =-O<br>
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On 05/03/2019 03:19 PM, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote:<br>
> Officially dead after Industry groups including Apple lobbied saying<br>
> that consumers can hurt themselves doing repairs.<br>
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> <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxayy/right-to-repair-bill-killed-after-big-tech-lobbying-in-ontario?fbclid=IwAR1z8KUIq-CH1y9J_-kRqkyhd9c66EXlVsHrObCPazQDvShN9n29X6eDzvo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxayy/right-to-repair-bill-killed-after-big-tech-lobbying-in-ontario?fbclid=IwAR1z8KUIq-CH1y9J_-kRqkyhd9c66EXlVsHrObCPazQDvShN9n29X6eDzvo</a> <br>
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> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Don Tai via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>     I drilled out the rivets. Non-replaceable fuse was good, but the<br>
>     on-off timer switch was flakey, and probably not replaceable. I<br>
>     just scrapped a $250 convection oven due to an on-off switch. I am<br>
>     sad.<br>
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>     On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 11:31, mwilson--- via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a><br>
>     <mailto:<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>         > On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 9:59 AM Don Tai via talk<br>
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>         >><br>
>         >> A seemingly brand new small convection oven, Delonghi<br>
>         EO1270, made in<br>
>         >> China, came my way. Pristine clean and obviously unused,<br>
>         but did not<br>
>         [ ... ]<br>
>         > I would suggest that pop rivets are quite cheap and I'd<br>
>         doubt you<br>
>         > actually 'need' six to hold a tiny little board.<br>
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>         or sheet metal screws, if you find there's room on the inside.<br>
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