Tootfinder

So much for the right to #repair, #Apple.
"a new charge port for an iPad Pro 11, a part that goes bad all the time, costs $250 from Apple. Aftermarket charge ports, meanwhile, can be found for less than $20."

Phones cost a grand, and honestly, people should just be able to fix their own stuff.
#RightToRepair #Repair #DIY

Never take broken for an answer. Reparieren statt weg werfen. Ein Strick meines Gartenstuhls riss gestern Abend, und zufällig hatte ich noch einen Rest Seil da. Halbe Stunde neu gefädelt, Stuhl ist wie neu. #diy #repair

It looks so simple, but as a practical matter it took a surprising amount of time and effort to locate parts locally and rig up this temporary replacement switch for my wife's longarm quilting machine so she can continue working while we wait for the correct switch to arrive from DigiKey.
#repair #electronics

The NVidia black market documentary keeps on giving: #Repair shops in #China pimp GPUs to double the VRAM. With new PCBs. Repurposing silicon, that’s sustainable hacking.
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