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by dustinmoorenet 2813 days ago
We need open source hardware designs that can be built locally (where ever your local might be). This black box hardware crap has to stop. Smart people who know how all this works need to dump all their knowledge in to a design and a process. Trade secrets are keeping us not only limited in choices but exposed to bad actors who can control a link in the supply chain.
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This sounds beyond complex to manufacture. Especially at Fortune 500 levels.

DIY? Well its going to be larger, hotter, more failures, and probably more expensive.

There is a reason companies specialize.

>Smart people who know how all this works need to dump all their knowledge in to a design and a process.

Great, are you paying?

Ok, I’ll design the logo!
Won't that just get us NSA backdoors instead of PLA backdoors?
Sounds like a great idea, but who will fund it?