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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Dec 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Jeff Nolan  🇺🇸 🚀

      1/ehhhh there's SOME truth here, but it's only part of the story government mandated emission controls and fuel efficiency standards have a ton to do with it - diesel tractor engines now have mandated DPF filters, which are controlled by microprocessors to run a burn off cyclehttps://twitter.com/jeffnolan/status/1337267106165886976 …

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      Jeff Nolan  🇺🇸 🚀 @jeffnolan
      these tractors sold for about $25k new in 1980. 40 years later, they sell between $30-40k not because they are rare. Farmers are rejecting new tractors because mfg’ers are hostile to right to repair. Old tractors going back to work https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/53639659/1980-john-deere-4440 …
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Dec 2020

      2/ but this only applies, IIRC, at certain HP or engine displacement size, or something, so the ~ 30 HP cat 1 tractors are still free of DPF / DEF etc

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Dec 2020

      3/ Part of the reason that old tractors sell for a decent amount of money is ... THEY STILL WORK. Tractors, whether we're talking a 1960s Ford N series, or a 2005 Kubota, are built out of big steel parts, and not too many of them. The fact that they hold value may seem weird

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Dec 2020

      4/ to people who see cars lose 15% of their value the second they roll off of the dealer's lots, but a tractor is closer to table saw - there are Powermatics from 1950 that work just as well today as they day they were delivered (bc they're overbuilt, well maintained

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Dec 2020

      5/ and are not subjected to road salt). I dislike "right to repair" (even though I repair all of my own tools), because it's a clever marketing slogan for an assault on intellectual property rights. It says that a vendor can not have a business model with X cost up front and

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    6. Red Headed Steppeson‏ @TheLumpenprole 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      But there is no intellectual property rights, you can’t own an idea.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @TheLumpenprole

      IP is a constructed right, like contracts. It generates utility. I like it.

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        2. Red Headed Steppeson‏ @TheLumpenprole 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @MorlockP

          I mean, ok, but it breaks down cus sure, you can have a contract with one person but that cannot restrict folks not party to that contract. I ger the benefit of IP as a motivation for development but I think it stifles it as much in the long run too.

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        3. Red Headed Steppeson‏ @TheLumpenprole 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @TheLumpenprole @MorlockP

          I also think calling it a right is misleading and potentially dangerous, but I’m admittedly very strict on how I define rights.

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