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Re:NY could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law ... by kennend3 on Monday October 31, 2022 @07:37AM (#33404406)
This is a very foolish thing to say.

Here (Canada) our nuclear power plants produce tritium as a byproduct.

This can be used to "boost" nuclear weapons. Should Ontario Hydro be allowed to sell this in the open market? It goes for ~$30,000/gram so Hydro would LOVE to be able to sell it.

What about poisons? They have no real use besides killing others, should they be available in your local walmart?

DDT, should we bring this back?

You see the point?

There is no "right to sell whatever you want" and there never will be one.

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Re:NY could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law ... by kube-system on Monday October 31, 2022 @07:51AM (#33404513)
You can buy tritium on Amazon here in the US.

And Walmart has dozens of poisons in stock. You should be able to find bromethalin, a neurotoxin, in any one of them.

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Re:NY could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law ... by flerchin on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:37AM (#33404883)
I'd love to have a glowing vial of tritium and I cannot find them on Amazon. The one site I can find says that it won't ship to the US without proof of an NRC license.
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Re:NY could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law ... by bradyd on Monday October 31, 2022 @09:03AM (#33405151)
Check out https://www.mixglo.com/ I've ordered from them multiple times before.
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Re:NY could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law ... by redanddead on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:13AM (#33404671)
Provide a link
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Re:NY could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law ... by gilded-lilly on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:07AM (#33405866)
Actually, your comment is foolish. Allowing companies to not sell specialist tools to third party repair persons is not the same as selling weapons grade plutonium.
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