And yes, #regulation (and generally, any #legislation) should be subject to constant #review.

Not as means to stifle it, but as like a "Performance Review", asking critical questions like:

• Why was this regulation put in place?
• What was the intended outcome?
• What is the actual outcome?
• What consequence do we take from any disparities of the latter two?
• Is this even relevant anymore, or some abandoned vestigal rule that doesn't apply because it's rationale & reasoning doesn't exist anymore?

And then act accordingly.

• Ideally requesting public testimonials and comments from those affected, mandating a 1:1:1 parity between those at the compliance (i.e. businesses), enforcement (i.e. city authorities) and beneficiary (i.e. consumers) side.

#politics #regulators #ConsumerProtection #EnvoirmentalProtection #OverRegulation #BlindSpots

Also can we please #BanFakePhysicalGames aka shoving #download #codes into #retail game boxes?

• This only aims at decieving consumers for no good reason and is a huge #waste of #plastic and #space.

Like what's so bad about adding a "gift purchase" option with an activation code to a #GameStore?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQ2ukszcq8

#StopKillingGames #packaging #waste #wasteful #WastefulPackaging #EnvoirmentalProtection #Fake #PhysicalCames #FakePhysicalGames #Enshittification

@tante "#AI" is such a level of "#WastefulComputing" that it makes #CryptocurrencyMining look like an act of #EnergyConservation and #EnvoirmentalProtection by comparison.

• After all, #Shitcoins like #Bitcoin & #Ethereum too are using expensive manufactured #eWaste in the form of #ASIC|s, and like all those "#AiAccelerators" they are useless beyond being the most sophisticated & expensive space heaters by BTU.

Not that it doesn't make #Shitcoin-#Mining any less unethical and wrong!

@mrmasterkeyboard np.

• I thought the glare was excessive due to the lights, but then again I'm not gonna complain more about it. Noone expects you to have a fancy mattebox with turntable to make some professional product photo.

Also even if people don't have a donor to transplant a screen assembly from or don't feel comfortable fiddling with eDP cables they could just remove the screen and have a compact AiO Desktop.

• If it has like a "full function" #USBc port with #PowerDelivery than this can result in a sleek desktop that also looks good and doesn't require much space. Ideal if the battery is busted and a replacement isn't worth it! I've seen those in like #RepairShops where they basically setup some #MacbookPro that way as a DFU machine to reflash / reinstall other #Macs.

I think it's a necessity that we as #TechLiterates propagate the need to #UseLonger and the #RightToRepair as essential, given that #tech inherently is expensive in terms of #resources and that avoiding #eWaste and #Upcycling is an act of #EnvoirmentalProtection.

• Tho make shure to safely remove any "#DangerPillow|s" and handing it over to the relevant #recycling provider(s)...

If I had the necessary €€€€€ I'd literally start my own "#upcycling" #business, even employ some folks collecting all the #surplus'd #Windows10 machines and just cleaning, wiping, repasting, fixing and selling them as cheap #used #PC|s for those that kinda need something to do their casual "#office", #LightGaming and #MediaConsumption.

• I mean people are surprised how zippy even old hardware can be with just few tweaks (more RAM, a fresh SSD, cleaning it of dust bunnies and repasting the cooler with some quality (longlife #ThermalPaste, like #ArcticMX4) "#ThermalGrease" (that costs like €1/g in a 20g syringe and a #RepairShop can easily go through one in a shift)...

@Sirs0ri #AftermarketROMs are important.

• Because #UseLonger is always better than #Upcycle & #Recycle...
  

#RightToRepair #EnvoirmentalProtection #Repairability

@CelloMomOnCars @falcennial @pixelpusher220 Shure, the overhead of a #FuelCell will not.make.it.practical in a #Smartphone for the foreseeable future, and #SodiumWetcells are slowly entrenching #LiFePO4 cells territory.

I do however expect that for #EnvoirmentalProtection alone, we'll see #Lithium cells being slowly phased out in a few decades like #NiCd, #mercury and #lead before them.

• The only reason #LeadAcid wetcells are still used as #CarBattery is because they are disgustingly cheap and can provide high amperages for starter motors. Their weight inefficiency is not of big concern in cars.

Likewise I'm confident we see first #LiFePO4 then #SodiumWetcells then #FuelCells take over.

• On the flipside, I hope we'll see more #BatterySwap systems that'll use standardized #LiFePO4 cells (maybe not a giant stack of 21700's on cars, but on #eBikes and maybe 14500's #MobileDevices) which could solve the #charging speed problem.

In fact I'm confident #MethanolFuelcell will be used as drop-in replacement for (diesel-)electric buses simply because of scalability and fire safety alone.

• OFC the superior solution for regular bus lines are trolley buses, but being able to refuel on long-distance trips will certainly help conversion with long-haul bus services and #trucking beyond the "last-mile stop & go" delivery where drivers have their 8hr shifts and trucks can "slow-charge" at the depot at night.

In fact, #DeutschePost literally bought up an #electric #MiniTrick #startup just to get the "#CityScooter" #BEV|s made for them, and for couriers that only do stop & go these work fine.