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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours ago

Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it

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Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it

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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours ago
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Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
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    Microwaves and fuses.

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      Yeah just be really careful taking apart a microwave, those capacitors are nothing to mess with.

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      just yesterday i’ve put a wire through a blown smd fuse, these are also a thing (fortunately easy to diagnose)

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