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TEC176: More and more of our tech has become unrepairable and disposable. Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Jack Bazruzzini discuss how to determine the inevitable death date of tech, how to mitigate these losses, and what we all should do about it.

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Links for this episode:

• Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep them a secret.
• Citing Danger of “Ink Spills” Epson Programs End of Life for Some Printers
• ‘The Batting Lab’: the Bad News Bears Meet AI? – Slashdot
• ‘Hit the kill switch’: Uber used covert tech to thwart government raids
• GM’s Cruise so Far: A Crash, and 60 RoboTaxis ‘Disabled’ After Losing Server Contact – Slashdot

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