Dirk SchoemakersMay 1
iFixit

Shoutout to the marketing ‘expert’ who mailed a large, battery-powered, LCD-equipped video greeting card to our CEO to demonstrate their innovative approach to ignoring the #ewaste crisis. Bold strategy.

We’ll be sure to reach out if we need help shipping steaks and leather handbags to PETA.

Apr 30 at 4:39pmWeb
Show threadZelda 🎀 TheZeldaZone🏳️‍⚧️🎮Apr 30

@iFixit bruh

it's a business card but...that

woof

Show threadCluster FckuApr 30
@TheZeldaZone @iFixit yeah, if you zoom in you can read the letter. David Moses from Grow Team "saw their website" and thought they'd send a book about... growing their business. What, like 1) find websites, 2) order marketing material from us 3) send it to contact info. 4) order more from us
Show threadThe Hawk with No NameApr 30
@iFixit install Doom on it!
Show threadKévin ⏚Apr 30
@Hawk1291 @iFixit I’m sure someone must have already done this, Doom on everything !
Show threadZenHeathenApr 30
@kc @Hawk1291 @iFixit This is the way
Show threadXCMApr 30

@ZenHeathen @kc @Hawk1291 @iFixit
Even in a PDF.

https://doompdf.com/

Doom PDF: Play Doom Inside PDF Files

Discover how to play Doom inside PDF files! Learn about this innovative PDF gaming hack that lets you experience the classic FPS game in an unexpected way.

Doom PDF: Play Doom Inside PDF Files
Show threadZenHeathenApr 30
@_XCM It really is the carcinisation of IT. @kc @Hawk1291 @iFixit
Show threadllogiqMay 1
@ZenHeathen no, that's #RustLang.
Show threadHoul Floof  Apr 30
@iFixit 
Show threadFreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ‮‮‮‮‮Apr 30
@Houl 
Show threadFirstname Lastname Apr 30
@freeplay @Houl 
Show threadDeividas Paukštė May 1
@grunge_fox @freeplay @Houl 
Show threadMark StosbergApr 30
@iFixit Can you flash the firmware with a special Thank You note to send back to them?
Show threadZuthalApr 30
@markstos @iFixit say, one that emits a shrill note at maximum volume once opened and cannot be shut off
Show thread^[[200~MichaelApr 30
@zuthal @markstos @iFixit Give em the full Mark Rober with fart spray and glitter 🎁
Show threadVincent SparksApr 30

@mnf

The people Mark Rober did this to didn't deserve it in the slightest, but these fuckwads absolutely do

@zuthal @markstos @iFixit

Show threadMark StosbergApr 30
@AVincentInSpace @mnf @zuthal @iFixit The package thieves?
Show threadVincent SparksApr 30

@markstos

Personally, after the third year in a row watching the recordings and finding out the literal only people I was targeting were poor people barely making ends meet and trying to do something nice for other people in their lives, and not cartoon villains like I kept making them out to be, I would have stopped.

Or at least stopped making the boxes scream "KEEP THE CHANGE YOU FILTHY ANIMAL!!!" when they opened them.

These people don't need Justice Delivered From On High by a vigilante engineer who then laughs at their misfortune and invites his millions of fans to do the same. They need support networks, which given Mark Rober's wealth, I bet he could provide if he wanted to.

@mnf @zuthal @iFixit

Show threadmoanosMay 1
@AVincentInSpace @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit finally someone says it. Nothing like spending thousands of dollars and a few years to punish poor people from stealing a bit of stuff that will be replaced anyway
Show threadsaxnotMay 2

@moanos @AVincentInSpace @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit it's theft and why should theft be okay when you're poor? Especially considering that the thieves did not steal from the rich but from their peers

I'd much rather they steal from Walmart

Show threadVincent SparksMay 2

@saxnot ugh, for the last time, this is not a post about whether theft is okay, it's a post about how vigilante justice is always bad but especially when done by manchild engineers who think they understand why people steal and what should be done to make them stop stealing much better than they actually do.

@moanos @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit

Show threadF4GRX SébastienMay 1
@AVincentInSpace @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit agreed. As a joke it would be fun but the goal is to bring them to police outside of legal circuits, and this behaviour is definitely covered by ACAB.
Show threadGoinFawrApr 30

@zuthal @markstos @iFixit

Oh yes this so many times.

Show threadMIfoodieApr 30
@markstos @iFixit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUaD4u1b-CI
First Steps to reverse engineer a Growteam mail video ad for future projects (E-waste worries too)

YouTube
Show threadiFixitApr 30
@MIfoodie Wow, this is awesome!
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@iFixit I think peta is an animal organization, I don't think they will take that idem. also it seams really cool. imagine having a greeting card in the form of a computer. most likely they wanted to send you a literally email, what that email being physical. that'd actually call for a good experiment in my own home, to see if I can get a physical battery powered greeting card that will automatically display something like this when opened. love the guys creativity
Show threadthe purple orb! Apr 30
@adisonverlice @iFixit
someone built this entire electronic device with the sole purpose of being opened once, used, and probably thrown out - to the people with the goal to reduce electronic waste through self-repair. this is very much like sending PETA steaks and handbags.
Show threadkittyboy Apr 30
@adisonverlice @iFixit i think you may have missed the point. ifixit advocates for the reduction of ewaste. a greeting card like this is designed to be only used once before being thrown away. it is designed to be ewaste. mailing an electronic greeting card to ifixit is like mailing a steak to peta.
Show threadSnep Apr 30
@leafeon @adisonverlice @iFixit On top of that, I betcha that products' repairability score will be terrible due to a glued down battery and a glued chassis with no user-replacable parts! 
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@snep my little project is not gonna be sent anyware or have anything done to it after I do this experiment, so I am not worried about repairing it. it's an old android 4.2 tablet, so I don't care if it's thrown away. hell, someone can come on the part in front of the house and take if if they want, I personally do not care. but if not, that shits getting thrown away lol.
nevertheless, yeah I don't think it's a good idea to just ship it off to a company
Show threadJargogglesApr 30
@adisonverlice @snep
It's like you're responding to bad LLM summaries of single paragraph comments...
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@jargoggles I don't use LLMs for replays, other than for grammar purposes. and even then, I only use grammar fixing tools for bigger paragraphs where I really need my point to get across.
Show threadJargogglesApr 30
@adisonverlice
I want to believe this is some kind of Andy Kaufman-esque account so bad...
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@jargoggles nope, this account is hosting normal content and this is an actual person. I actually joined tweesecake back in 2024. but I cover real topics, and ot silly ones like these, so I was just curious. to me, it just sounded like a cool thing to do. again, not that I would send or recommend sending one of these, but I think it was silly eitherway
Show threadSnep Apr 30
@adisonverlice I wouldn't call the project you mentioned a product. With product, I was refering to the commercial greeting card iFixit got sent. My reply was not a direct response to your project idea, to be fully transparent.
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@snep o ok
Show threadEmber ​May 1

@leafeon @adisonverlice @iFixit well, that is if you ignore that peta is actually for animal cruelty

See https://blogs.duanemorris.com/animallawdevelopments/2025/02/04/petas-animal-shelter-still-shows-grim-euthanasia-results/ for example

PETA’s Animal Shelter Still Shows Grim Euthanasia Results

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) runs a facility that it calls an animal "shelter" in Norfolk, Virginia. All animal shelters in the Commonwealth of Virginia must report annually the number of animals the shelter takes in and what happened to them. These reports are filed with the Virginia Department...

Animal Law Developments
Show threadFirstname Lastname Apr 30

@adisonverlice @iFixit "email being physical" ...that's just called "mail"?

You really don't need to send a screen with a battery, to forward a message to someone. And, I wouldn't call something that's somehow more useless than those toy laptops for children "creative" either. It might be fancy, but it's completely impractical

Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@grunge_fox o trust me, I do a lot of unconventional things myself. and also, i'm not saying it should be done, it's just cool to have it happen. I don't send my mail in electronic computer throwaways, but still i'm gonna experiment with those in my home to see if I can get a similar result.
i'll probably just throw it away myself rather than sending it off though. maybe show it to a few friends at best. also I call it creative because, well, that is something you don't see everyday.
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
I already have a tablet that is a very old samsung that I plan to throw away, so what the fuck? let's fuck it up and throw it away lol
Show threadKekoApr 30
@adisonverlice @iFixit
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@keko I don't know what it is, but i'm unable to view it. can you provide image description?
Show threadCattz   Apr 30
@adisonverlice @iFixit
Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@Cattz o the point of the post? I think the point was that ifixit received this battery powered laptop with a greeting card and was upset that they sent it. don't know what the comparison between that and peta was about, but I think the post was basically, don't send that again. personally, I wouldn't send that either...silly idea, but I wouldn't send that
Show threadCattz   Apr 30

@adisonverlice sending a non reusable full of needed-for-more-important-stuff-components greeting card to a person worried about excesive e-waste ≈ sending animal products to PETA.

Celebrating the non-sense card sent to a person that was against said card, quite a bit tone-deaf.

Show threadadison verliceApr 30
@Cattz i'm just saying it was silly idea. again, I don't recommend sending cards this way, but I think it was creative, or silly at the very least. definitely weird, but again, I can't complain
Show threadtecleandorApr 30
@Cattz @adisonverlice @iFixit bahahahahahaha 🤣
Show threadVIOLENCE SkateboardsMay 1
@adisonverlice Are they paying you
Show threadadison verliceMay 1
@VIOLENCESkateboards no, I don't get paid. i'm just a person who likes tech, I don't get paid
Show threadBerto, un huargo (a warg)Apr 30
@iFixit To make the best of a bad situation, is there maybe a local makerspace where someone might at least be able to use its harvested parts?
Show threadRobert Kist 🇦🇹🇸🇬Apr 30
@iFixit might not be that bad as long as someone makes it run Doom
Show threadDaMuApr 30
@iFixit they shipped that huge device with such a tiny screen?
Show threadiFixitApr 30
@DaMu Its screen-to-body ratio would bring nightmares to tech reviewers worldwide.
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMay 1
@iFixit @DaMu that's in the VTECH kid puter category.
Show threadMakiApr 30
@iFixit The dissociation is real.
Show threadTrantionApr 30
@iFixit How repairable is it though? :-)
Show threadГригорий КлюшниковMay 1
Trantion, probably 0/10
Show threadJulien Avérous – 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦Apr 30
@iFixit Some people are nuts.
Show threadBart SchuurmansApr 30
@iFixit Off topic: this might be the first HDR video I have seen in my Mastodon feed