[HN Gopher] Fixfest is a global gathering of repairers, tinkerer...
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       Fixfest is a global gathering of repairers, tinkerers, and
       activists
        
       Author : robtherobber
       Score  : 127 points
       Date   : 2026-03-09 17:34 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (fixfest.therestartproject.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (fixfest.therestartproject.org)
        
       | guerython wrote:
       | [flagged]
        
         | dang wrote:
         | We've banned this account. Please stop now.
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated
        
       | ja27 wrote:
       | We did a "restart party" at our hackerspace a few years ago.
       | Definitely could have used a good stock of capacitors. Probably
       | power cords. Not sure what to do with all the very specific USB-C
       | etc. ports that break.
        
         | throwa920189 wrote:
         | I once knew someone who bought a set of various different types
         | of usbc connector, I think from a chinese site. It had enough
         | variety that one worked for his repair (a handheld gaming
         | device).
        
       | dang wrote:
       | [stub for offtopicness]
        
         | xeromal wrote:
         | I read this as fedex. The brain is weird.
        
           | r_lee wrote:
           | I read it as Firefox
        
             | FarmerPotato wrote:
             | funny, I read it as BarCamp
        
         | daedrdev wrote:
         | Are they nimby?
        
       | jjice wrote:
       | Everything about fixing something broken is so appealing. Better
       | for the environment, often better for your wallet, and better for
       | the soul.
       | 
       | I think this applies to software too! Writing good software
       | allows it to be maintained well and it being open source helps
       | promote that. Publishing good documentation is another huge win
       | for maintainability.
        
         | lukan wrote:
         | "and better for the soul"
         | 
         | Well, if it works again ..
         | 
         | https://xkcd.com/1994/
         | 
         | If you have a habit like me of only partly fixing things,
         | because a unforseen problem came up and deciding to get back
         | later on it, you will just pile up electronic garbage and run
         | out of space. (It was really good for my soul getting rid of
         | most of it recently)
        
       | adolph wrote:
       | Something that repair enables is wealth in the sense that David
       | Deutsch uses in "Beginning of Infinity:" _the repertoire of
       | physical transformations that they would be capable of causing_
        
       | arikrahman wrote:
       | Will be marking my calendar!
        
       | larodi wrote:
       | Given expected further economic struggle ahead of most everyone
       | living in the UK, such gatherings perhaps come being more
       | appropriate than ever. If not late already. The only
       | contradiction is with the otherwise super consumerism-oriented
       | societal tune across most Europe, UK including.
        
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