@miki Fair point, but provided the manufacturer makes their codebase available, the legislation would give 3rd parties the option to seek those licences or patch around them. You can probably see that while possible, it would not be in a 3rd party's best interest to be deliberately obstructive when their client is seeking device approval. Particularly if there are competing component/software vendors that would actually like a slice of a market they are otherwise bullied out of.

Folks in the #UK, my old colleague Dr. Adrian Bowyer is running a petition:

"New rules for manufacturers of medical device implants

We believe it should be made illegal for manufacturers of medical devices implanted into patients to regularly charge the patient for upgrades or maintenance."

It also calls for "IP" to be released if a manufacturer fails. I feel this subject is important enough to ask you to disseminate the link. Thank you.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/656376

@futuresprog But as a bonus it tastes sweet when you stuff your burnt finger in your mouth? :)

RT @AmirAminiMD@twitter.com

Karl Marx was a German philosopher and economist.
If you’re looking for a dangerous Russian-born philosopher who inspired oligarchies around the world, that’d be Ayn Rand.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AmirAminiMD/status/1506030520446210050

@cinebox They're posting videos on CNspace on YouTube fairly frequently. https://www.cgtn.com/tech-sci often has handheld and external stills. Stuff all coverage in Western media bar the occasional brief mention in the more geeky space news sites.

Not sure how the USA/Russia thing is going to pan out on the "International" Space Station? Still got an experiment you need hosted on a station? No problem. The Chinese are happy to help: https://spacenews.com/china-to-open-space-station-to-commercial-activity/

That moment, when your suitcase goes "Bleep?" Yeah, like that.

#webb is now 2/3 the way to L2 with shields up and the secondary mirror fully deployed. At this point *some* imagery should be possible somehow if the rest stuffs up.