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Re:Colorado passes agricultural Right to Repair by mschuster91 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:08AM (#35536845)
> But the salespeople earned their keep, because every large photocopier sold also had a service contract that charged a fee for every copy made.

And without the service contracts, schools are fucked when the printer breaks down. Like, here in Germany, a single copier can run through entire crates worth of paper in a day.

It's absolutely ridiculous how fossilized our education system has become. We should be using laptops and tablets loaded with e-books and digital worksheets. No one cares about handwriting anything outside of school any more.

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Re:Colorado passes agricultural Right to Repair by mistrial9 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:08PM (#35544113)
no - laptops and tablets with e-books break the attention span of students from minutes into only seconds.. Humans are able to see things that change constantly, but there is a cost. Secondly, abundance past a certain level creates apathy and overwhelm. Third, there is a realization that giving any screens to children below a certain age is just basically harmful to regular brain development.
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