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Capitalism breeds the kind of innovation that benefits capital. And that’s it
Just as a friendly reminder. Here in Germany, BMW would have to provide access to the required tools. After all, we have a right to repair over here in Europe.
And if you are american: fucking fix your government
And if you are american: fucking fix your government
I live in a red state where our last two Attorney Generals used the position as a ladder to go to the senate. The first one on the whole Jan 6 attack ran like a coward after fist pumping to the crowd of rioters. The state loved it so much they elected his clone.
Some states are just choke holded by a cult. This isn’t a top down thing, no matter how much the President thinks he is. No, down to the grass roots we are fucked to a level that I don’t see how we come back from.
The worst part, the state I’m in now is an improvement from the last one I escaped.
fixendFtfy
we just take the piss and moan approach then vote back in the assholes.
How’s that working out for you?
about as well as expected
It is confirming the long-held belief that there are two Americas.
Someone will just make the required tools. You can buy the keys for TSA locks on Amazon. I think we’re past fixing this country. Once the American empire falls, hopefully we’ll fall in line with the rest of the world. Though I’d like for someone to fix this country.
Slotted spanner would handle this, I’ve got several sizes in my toolbox right now.
And if you are american: fucking fix your government
I try everyday and I will not give up until it’s fixed.
Your government could end up more like mine if the AfD takes power so I urge you and all Germans to fight that with everything you got. It’s terrifying here and I really don’t want other people to have to go through what we’re going through so please take action now.
One threat that I believe people in Europe are not taking seriously enough is foreign interference in your elections from our Oligarchs like Elon Musk and our government. Trump’s so-called National Security Strategy explicitly calls for interference in EU country’s and the Heritage Foundation (the organization who planned much of Trump’s second term) has explicitly called for eliminating the EU.
Please consider these actions to immunize yourself and your country from us:
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Stop using Twitter, Meta products, TikTok and Reddit. These companies all have owners who are sympathetic to the Trump regime or in the case of Twitter it’s way worse. I’m personally a big advocate for Bluesky for replacing Twitter and of course goes without saying I really hope Lemmy can fully replace Reddit.
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Educate people on how to recognize disinformation and propaganda. This should be taught in school along with classes to mitigate the harmful effects caused by social media. Classes should hopefully cultivate skills like emotional regulation, critical thinking and conflict resolution because cognitive warfare is more successful against people who are weak in these skills.
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Try resolving people’s frustrations and social differences without them turning towards the far-right. This is part of how Trump got into power some people feel unhappy and vulnerable so the far-right takes advantage of them. I don’t understand this well but I’ve read that part of the AfD’s popularity has to do with unresolved differences between East and West Germany. If I’m wrong here or misunderstanding I apologize.
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If applicable campaign finance reform especially to restrict foreign money. I suspect Germany is way better than America here but if this is a risk please fix as soon as possible.
Amen sister or brother. Amen
Also, kill some fucking Nazis. They go outside just like everybody else, and I don’t think the us or Russian militaries will be helping you clean up if you fuck up again.
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You know, I think one can drill out a bit in the centre and it’ll work with a flathead.
Not that I’d buy a bmw, or a car for that matter.
You‘re onto something there. Another approach would be to use a Dremel tool to grind a narrow slot.
Yeah that usually works, just depends on where it is and if it’s flush.
I would guess that voids the warranty. After five years I guess they have planned obsolescence and brick the car
Free markets breed innovation, not capitalism. Different things.
laziness and necessity breed innovation, not market structures
Those also do, but in the context of market structures - which is what was being referred to in the post - my previous comment stands.
Meh. Every car manufacturer has brand specific tools. A Ford mechanic has tools that a Toyota mechanic doesn’t, and vice versa. This won’t require some special $200 tool, it’ll take a socket or screwdriver bit.
That looks like a striped screw nightmare waiting to happen
I don’t know anyone who owns a BMW who would even consider working on their own car
There’s the illusion that capitalism breeds innovation but ultimately it’s just that the only gatekeeper to innovation in a Capitalist society is money while in all the attempted socialist societies, workers can be locked out of attempting innovation by party committees.
One reason Anarchy is superior.
This is frustrating but anyone dumb enough to let this be a major hinderance to them working on their own cars deserves to get scammed by the dealership. $30 on a knock off set of these screw heads vs thousands of dollars at the dealership. The main problem with BMW cars is that they’re designed to be difficult to work on even in spite of stuff like this. You have to take the whole car apart to do basic maintenance.
Nerd talk: (putting aside the ethics of the article), would that be a good or bad screw design compared to screws we currently have available?
Manufacturing the screwdriver/bit would be super easy, one pass with a flat bottom cutter to remove each quarter from the end.
The two remaining quarters of the bit being separated could maybe be more of a problem than if they were joined together.
You would get the same contact area as a flathead screw, but with only half the material behind it. But the bit would set so much better than a flathead and would not slide around.
I’m curious how something like this would compare to a hex or star screw. I would imagine a little bit worse, but the potentially easier manufacturing might make up for it.
Flathead is superior save for torx in small head situations.
only benefits of flathead screws are:
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ezpz to make if you have to make a custom screw
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when you strip a (better headed) screw, you can just cut a single channel and you’re ready to try again
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i guess maybe they’re cheaper? idk i really think it’s just the two things
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Flathead?? The one design that doesn’t self-center? No thanks, I like my surfaces without extra scratches.
The surface that takes the pressure would be very similar to a flat screwdriver. Looks like it has no taper, so it would be harder to put in place but harder for it to skip when applying torque. It’s not a good design, but not horrible.
Sweet. I just invented a screwdriver that fits that design! I’ll make sure I farm out the product creation to china so I can sell these for cheap on anmazin and make sure there’s a need for multiples due to the shitty quality of the material. I’m thinking built in faults in the handle that slowly snaps if you tap the end or drop the product.
I’ll make millions!!!
/s seriously, how does this help humanity? What the fuck does this do other than make sure I can’t choose where or how I repair my car?
I mean that shape looks like it’ll turn into a $2 part on Amazon. It looks like it’s more for appearances than anything else
Oooh wow sure would be a shame if someone replaced all those proprietary screws with torx or something 😏
A lot of screw driver heads started like this.
