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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by toyg on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:25AM (#30072803)
Tbf, the focus on secrecy is probably because everything in China is at risk of being copied / ripped off by competitors at the drop of a hat. Being an IP wild west has its drawbacks.
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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by dathinab on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:35PM (#30076846)
The problem is this approaches tend to not really prevent the rip of as any of this obscuring methods tend to not hold against someone with expertise in subverting them. Which companies which do this kind of rip-offs tend to have...
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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by bsder on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:56PM (#30080300)
A pick and place really is one of those things that would benefit from being open source--the vision algorithms are very annoying and require high technical skill while the motion algorithms are stupid simple.
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