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Fairfax County Repair Café☀️ Summer is here, and so is Repair Cafe! We'll be at Great Falls Library THIS SATURDAY, June 6th, from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
**No knife sharpening at this event** - we are still trying to find a volunteer for knife sharpening, but we haven't found anyone yet, so we can't promise it this time.
#RightToRepair #RepairCafe #PlasticFreeDMV #ZeroWaste #SolarPunkSunday #FairfaxCounty #GreatFallsVA #Herndon #Reston #McLean #Dranesville
Krishna Draws✏️The obligatory “after” pic with the new dish washer control board installed*.
*Incidentally, I watched 4 separate YT videos prior to and during the install. Every single video missed / skipped the same key step (unscrew the two inner door screws on each side) to separate the inner door from the outer door. (And, for giggles, I asked ChatGPT for help. It gave *no surprise* completely worthless advice.
Enxeñería Sen Fronteiras
Today I took apart my dish washer for the first time ever to replace a worn and damaged control board.
(Aside: I had to take apart the door from the frame and detach the inner door from the outer door. A bit too involved for a simple control panel replacement.)
It was most certainly a learning process, but satisfying when the job was finished.
Being able to purchase a part to fix things is the way it should be.
Vincent DettmerI spent my afternoon migrating to my new Shiftphone 8.1 and I am impressed by this device.
A repairable ethical smartphone from a German company. It has a fingerprint sensor integrated in the screen, toolless battery swap and is overall very responsive and feels very well made quality wise. Spare parts can be purchased. Shift company claims to support the device until 2036.
Ur Ya'arFinally replaced my broken #fairphone screen. Took me less than 15 minutes.
Great experience, especially compard to my experience with trying to replace my older Xiaomi phone screen, that was so annoying and failed miserably since I didn't align it so well, and my attempt to re-align broke the new screen 😖
Hitchin HackspaceThe next Plastic Free Hitchin (PFH) Repair Cafe at Hitchin Hackspace will be on Saturday June 20th.
Repair Bookings are still available. If you have something that needs fixing please book a slot through Plastic Free Hitchin’s Web form:
(Edit: removed old Google doc link)
To book please contact PFH via their Facebook page or their website
https://plasticfreehitchin.wordpress.com/
#RepairCafe #Hitchin #Repair #righttorepair #PlasticFreeHitchin #PFH #HitchinHackspace #hackspace
Repair Bookings are still available. If you have something that needs fixing please book a slot through Plastic Free Hitchin’s Web form:
(Edit: removed old Google doc link)
To book please contact PFH via their Facebook page or their website
https://plasticfreehitchin.wordpress.com/
#RepairCafe #Hitchin #Repair #righttorepair #PlasticFreeHitchin #PFH #HitchinHackspace #hackspace
Kuketz-Blog 🛡Moderne Autos sind längst rollende Datensschleudern. Standort, Fahrverhalten, Sensorik, App-Anbindung, Diagnose: Alles wird digitalisiert, vieles landet beim Hersteller.
Bei VW kommt mit SFD noch eine weitere Ebene dazu: Diagnose- und Servicezugriffe laufen über Online-Token und werden zentral protokolliert. Das wird als Manipulationsschutz verkauft, bedeutet praktisch aber mehr Kontrolle über Fahrzeug, Reparatur und Werkstattzugang.
Aus Datenschutzsicht ist das fatal: Wer ein Auto kauft, bekommt immer öfter kein souverän nutzbares Produkt mehr, sondern ein vernetztes Zugriffssystem auf Rädern.
»Vehicle as a Service« ist kein Fortschritt, sondern Entmündigung mit Datenabfluss.
#Datenschutz #RightToRepair #VW #Elektroauto #DigitaleSelbstbestimmung