I can't wait for 3D printers to be heavily regulated when guns aren't. It's even better than the gun emoji saga.
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Replying to @Pinboard
The fun thing about 3d printers is they can print components to make 3d printers which in turn aren't backdoored with regulatory firm-mal-ware.
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Replying to @RichFelker @Pinboard
There are already so many open-source 3D printer designs, and so many 3D printers manufactured outside the US, that trying to regulate them is absurd. (Also: it's still so easy to buy a gun, why would anyone bother 3D printing one?)
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this is true of photocopiers, and yet none allow you to photocopy a dollar bill with precision. They all leave marks to make sure it is identified as fake
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There are open-source photocopier designs?
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No, and that's a big problem because the same vendor-controlled firmware that refuses to copy currency accurately or at all also may (and often, does) include user-hostile features like hiding identifying watermarks in the output.
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Of course with 3d printing, and widespread availability of the needed components. it should be relatively easy for someone to make a fully open hardware and FOSS firmware 2d printer/copier...
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