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New York’s state budget could pass within days. Buried deep in the text is a provision that has nothing to do with balancing the books. Part C of the budget bill would require every 3D printer sold in New York to run surveillance software that scans every design file you create, and blocks anything an algorithm flags as a potential firearm component . A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

California is trying this shit as well. It makes no goddamn sense.

If I wanted a gun, I'd go buy one. What a fucking joke. There are more guns than people here, what the fuck is this even accomplishing?

[-] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Fuck. I should not have bought a Bambu. This is going to mess with my machine when they update the firmware.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Dont update the firware and use Orca Slicer

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 17 points 12 hours ago

people have been making zip guns from hardware stores for years.

The gun industry has a huge business in selling parts no questions asked. The idea that you can print a functional gun out of plastic is bad science fiction.

This is more about fighting right to repair.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 13 hours ago
[-] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Maybe it's jammed. These plastic parts sometimes don't fit very well.

[-] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

it works for me, i checked just now

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 13 hours ago

Now try on tor browser in safest mode. Or in a text based browser. It's just an empty page.

[-] solxix@pawb.social 4 points 8 hours ago

Fuck sites that require javascript

[-] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 74 points 1 day ago

More laws written by people who have zero fucking idea what they're writing laws about.

[-] bad1080@piefed.social 10 points 19 hours ago

that would imply they're not getting huge ~~bribes~~ sorry donations by people for them to write those exact laws

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago

don't attribute to stupidity what can be adequately explained by malice.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The people writing the laws know exactly what they’re doing. Also, the people writing the laws are not necessarily the people passing the laws.

Lobbyists often will write laws, and then wine and dine lawmakers to pass them.

[-] Willoughby@piefed.world 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Literally Think of the firearms!

Most people effected by this will be normies browsing for a printer for their kids. No one illegally printing guns will give any kind of a fuck when they have a garage full of DIY printers.

So yeah, it's just another way to spy on people.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

And people are buying printers that require cloud connections.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Don't even need a DIY printer. No software is going to figure out every way it's possible to split up a firearm into smaller parts that can be glued or screwed together.

[-] Squidious@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

Maybe they will be filtering based upon the file name and description :-)

[-] quack@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine

[-] daggermoon@piefed.world 34 points 1 day ago

You don't need a 3D printer to make firearms. There are tons of guides on improvised weapons for self-defense.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i'm beginning to suspect this has "don't 3d print replacement parts for our proprietary garbage" vibes to it.

firearms are the think of the kids of this attempt.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago

Exactly. Once the infrastructure is there, they can slowly start banning anything they want. They can DMCA physical items since they were shared through digital means. Broken parts fixed by 3d printing are “circumventing the digital lock” of not wanting you to print a part yourself.

The physical world now has a Terms of Service, and you implicitly agreed by existing.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

fuck that. we are now part of the resistance.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 23 hours ago

And if they cared about kids, they'd do something about school shootings, like go after parents.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 23 hours ago

or after guns. or after the system that breaks literal kids that hard. or actually send in their police force instead of letting them cowardly sit outside.

i didn't need to have my faith in humanity shaken at this hour, but fuck.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of how nobody can own fertilizer after the Oklahoma City bombing.

Pffft!

[-] MortUS@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

On a sidenote, 3D printers have always felt like: Yo, let's give plastic waste and plastic contaminants to the common man! In a perfect world we could regulate this kind of thing for the betterment of everyone.

[-] Raffster@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I can print parts (and even invent them!) that I would otherwise have to order from China. And this with polymers that can be grown and recycled. That is definitely a huge improvement...

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