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Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by TaylorAlexander on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:43PM (#35737253)
This reminds me of when I taught a robotics class for a week at a university in Mauritius, off the East coast of Africa near Madagascar. We're exposed to so much nonsense about how "people over there" are simple and can't understand complex concepts. But those kids from Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Morocco were exactly as talented as students from Palo Alto. People don't need to be treated like babies, they need to be given tools. No matter how special some engineer thinks they are, there's loads of equally talented people all over the globe.

By the way please show your farmer friends my open source farming robot. Sounds like you and yours would appreciate it. https://community.twistedfields.com/t/join-the-solar-farming...

Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by RealityVoid on Friday April 28, 2023 @01:42AM (#35737839)
I would like to have a couple of sock-puppets to upvote this more!

I jest, of course, but, this is such an important point that engineers and the designers of a product don't have monopoly on intelligence and people need not to be babied. I think some people even come to believe it themselves and develop some kind of learned helplessness.

Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by carapace on Friday April 28, 2023 @02:57PM (#35745567)
Hey, I joined up a few days ago and wrote a little intro post, but I seem to be blocked from posting pending admin approval. I know you’re busy, so I don’t want to bother you, but I’m eager to participate.
Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by TaylorAlexander on Friday April 28, 2023 @05:10PM (#35747146)
ooh thanks for letting me know! I am slow to do admin stuff there. I have approved your post. Welcome!
Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by carapace on Friday April 28, 2023 @07:09PM (#35748294)
Cheers!