This Global #Recycling Day, let’s talk about our favorite way to reduce waste: repair!
Recycling is inefficient, complex, and time consuming. It should be the very last step in a long line of alternatives. While Reduce and Reuse are the best options, we think the missing R is Repair.
Here's why: https://www.ifixit.com/Right-to-Repair/Recycling
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#iFixit #GlobalRecyclingDay #RightToRepair
@carlosefr@mastodon.social@iFixit I'll add "Retro" to the list. We shouldn't only repair hardware that is still current; obsolete hardware may still have a useful life.
For example, manufacturers should be obligated to release full hardware schematics and complete firmware source code for discontinued products. Also, documentation on server APIs that it might have depended upon.
Reduce, Reuse, Repair, (years later) Retro, and only then Recycle.
#retro #retrocomputing #retrogaming
@carlosefr @iFixit i have (among others) well working >15yrs old laptop with xp especially for my old (>20 yrs) applications and I love use them 
@Barbara_Sliwinska @carlosefr @iFixit Windows XP is End of Life and doesn't have security updates which may lead to having the computer being infected with malware and being a part of a botnet.
Check out AntiX as a way to give old computers new life while still having access to more modern software & security updates! You may find that you may likely will still be able to run your old applications with wine/proton. https://antixlinux.com
@ProfessorBoop @carlosefr @iFixit nevermind, I use it only offline.
for online works have other machines, and every document/ file from web is first checked by them.
@carlosefr @iFixit We're actually just because of default. We should all know what kind of firmer we have. We should all know what kind of schematics is. If I should know everything about the device. So if a repair person needs to fix it or I need to fix it. I can know what I need to know.