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Re: Bob_cassette_rewinder

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Post by booi »

colechristensen wrote: post #3

Don’t use rinse aid products, some have been found to damage the lining of your intestines at extremely low concentrations. Personally i never even noticed a difference when i did use them. https://www.aaaai.org/tools-for-the-public/latest-research-s... .

The fact that the scent stays on dishes after even multiple washes with detergent speaks to how powerful of a surfactant rinse aids are. 2/10 do not recommend.

Re: Bob_cassette_rewinder

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Post by userbinator »

The more I think of it, the more I can draw parallel between Bob cassettes and those overpriced DRM-enabled inkjet cartridges, often costing more than the printer itself.

More than two decades ago, this is the first publicly documented attempt at hacking printer DRM - indeed, also accomplished with EEPROMs in the cartridges: https://eddiem.com/photo/CIS/inkchip/chip.html

I thought the GUID was put in the cartridge to prevent the machine from accepting the same one but refilled, since I know this is done with ink cartridges (printer remembers last N cartridge's IDs) so it's odd to see no other mention of that.

Re: Bob_cassette_rewinder

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Post by zadjii »

This is a great write up, thanks for sharing. I had never heard of these before, and would usually be totally against a subscription based product like that. But the idea of totally bypassing their "drm" for 1/60th the cost? Much more intriguing

Re: Bob_cassette_rewinder

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Post by _aavaa_ »

koolba wrote: post #8
_aavaa_ wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s not fair, at least this actually works.

Just like Juicero, I’m sure you could squeeze the detergent out of the cassette with your bare hands and wash your dishes by hand.

Except the juicero approached the squeezing portion with what’s basically a hydraulic press rather than something sane. This just has overpriced detergent but otherwise a seemingly well thought out machine.
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