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janrinok
on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:40AM
from the you-don't-own-anything-anymore dept.
from the you-don't-own-anything-anymore dept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JCh0owT4w
When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over.
Farmers using Eastern European cracking software for their tractors, and MS, Apple, etc. want to stop them.
Related: Right to Repair
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If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:50PM (1 child)
If your Toyota is 40 years old, you can put any mod you want under the hood.
"Currently, smog inspections are required for all vehicles except diesel powered vehicles 1997 year model and older or with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVWR) of more than 14,000 lbs, electric, natural gas powered vehicles over 14,000 lbs, motorcycles, trailers, or gasoline powered vehicles 1975 and older."
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday February 04 2018, @01:50PM
Yeh, unfortunately for me, the toyota is a 1977, and 1974 is the cutoff date... I am three years too young.
However, the diesel I just bought is 1994, which does fit in under California law.
I would swap my 1977 for a 1974 in a heartbeat so I could keep it under the law. I don't know if I am going to stay in California, now that I am retired, and the van is quite capable of towing it to where it may be legal to drive. It is fundamentally a sturdy little car, but I would like to swap the engine out to an open-source fuel injector... like a megasquirt.
I still have a few odds and ends for a business I want to launch, and when I get the designs all debugged and running, I will have to decide how I am going to build these things.... and the middle of nowhere is looking better and better, as I know exactly what's gotta be done and I really do not need a "highly trained workforce".... I'll train 'em myself.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]