Glad that he eventually got it fixed.
Fortunately, Lifeward eventually capitulated and Straight was able to get his exoskeleton repaired — but that was only after an intense campaign
Still, these are the issues that make me question why anyone is excited for products like brain implants. The longer we can go without commercialised body modifications, the better.
To me, it’s why Right to Repair laws are incredibly necessary. Repair parts, manuals, everything needed to operate and maintain a sold product should be mandated as “must be available to buy from the patent-holder, or the patent expires and the part is legal for anyone to manufacture”.
Shit like this is why we need strong regulations for anything that is a medical device that is depended on by people. I don’t give a shit if it isn’t profitable anymore, these companies need to support their customers that may be significantly impacted if their devices don’t work.
Every two years, 99% of voters here in the US choose to put their stamp of approval on capitalism. Then they inexplicably clutch their pearls when capitalists do capitalist things, as if it’s somehow shocking.
Looks like public pressure brought a positive outcome in this case, so that’s something, but this is the stuff you should consider when voting for the two ruling parties.
You are that guy in the comic about a modern person blaming serfs for the persistence of feudalism.
I’ve been voting for a while and never have I seen a candidate on the ballot who was against capitalism.
US voters are never given the chance to vote for non-capitalist candidates. But this year we actually have a socialist in the running which is why I am voting for Claudia de la Cruz this year.
In a two-party system, you’re throwing away your vote that could get Harris instead of Trump elected for not even a blip on the radar. This is at best pointless grandstanding.
Edit: Decided to read a little into her. She’s nothing but a spoiler candidate, meant to syphon voters away from Harris, just like Stein. Cherry on top: Apologia for China and North Korea and funding from China, which alone should motivate any decent human being to avoid her like the plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_De_la_Cruz_2024_presidential_campaign#Criticism
How exactly are you not throwing your vote away voting Harris or Trump, in full knowledge that neither is going to do anything meaningful to help the poor and working class?
Are you seriously trying to promote a false equivalency narrative?
I’m asking a legitimate question here.
We can look back at the last 40 years, but the last 20 in particular, when Democrats were handed a mandate not once but twice.
And they’ve used that power to make us poorer, not wealthier.
So how exactly are you not throwing your vote away voting Harris or Trump, given that we can look at recent history and infer exactly what they’re going to do once elected?
I could vote Harris, but my eighty year-old parents are still going to have to drive for DoorDash, in the car I lent them, and if they can’t Harris or Trump will gladly allow their monied friends to take everything away from them. You and I both know it, so all of the discussion about ‘throwing your vote away’ just rings very hollow to me. My vote is already worthless, at least as concerns the Federal Government.
Hey, look at that. It’s the inevitable consequence of the game theory of first past the post voting. Voting system reform is my #1 issue, and if you actually care about the fact that “99% of voters” are locked into voting for someone they dislike to avert disaster every 4 years, it should be yours as well.
There is no meaningful future for third parties until and unless this occurs. IRV is a good first step, but Score voting is better. Multimember districts are also important. Getting rid of the electoral college is a no-brainer.
Requires a constitutional amendment, which, in case it isn’t obvious, will not happen, as it will require the yea votes of states that currently wield outsized power under the current system.
Push for it in your state, first. We’re still in the first few cycles using RCV in Maine (I like STAR better) where folks are learning to love it, but there’s no time like now to get that ball rolling. More people need to experience it to shift the national conversation of “whether we should” to “which should we use”
Thank you for your perspective.
Voting system reform is my #1 issue
Respectfully, I don’t think it is. You’ve seen the same history I have and, whether you want to acknowledge it or not, you know how your Democratic vote reinforces that which you say you want to change.
Ridiculous, but depressingly unsurprising.
Companies should publish schematics, drawings, 3d files etc when they mark a product obsolete.
Don’t forget to unlock the bootloader on products that have an operating system, so that people can also flash a replacement for it. So many Ipads and Iphones being wasted now.
According to the dictionary the company is lying.
If it will go in someone’s body, it should be completely opensource, from hardware to software.
