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In the case of repairs, they often claim that only their authorized repair techs know how to make those repairs—and putting locks over the system prevents ill-equipped consumers or techs from screwing up the product.

This drives me nuts. I paid for it. If I want to take a chance and try to fix it taking the risk of damaging it further, which would mean that I either still have to send it to them to fix or flat out buy a new one, then that should be my prerogative. I traded you my money for your product, unless you want to leave me control of that money and what you do with it, don't assume you can keep total control over the product and what I do with it.

When Keurig slapped DRM over their brewers, they justified it by saying that they were ensuring that consumers got a superior and a safe coffee product.

This makes some sense, but IMO once I've made a modification not directed by the manufacturer; the fallout, be it good or bad, is with me.

I really hope that I'll be able to flip pages and think "RyoHazuki12 had a part in this". You might even make it into my journal.

Sorry to hear that, I've always thought that sexual repression was a spawning poll for sexual deviance, so it never surprised me to hear that countries like this have such problems as these.

This is kind of how it worked for me. When my dad passed I was an absolute wreck, and I very much internalized it, thought I was doing a pretty good job and was completely opposed to going to talk to a "shrink", until someone started taking notice and pretty much forced me to go. I begrudgingly went and after just a couple questions it all just came pouring out of me, words and tears. Things I didn't even realize were bothering me, some completely unrelated to the reason I was there originally. One of the best cries and biggest reliefs I have ever had in my life.

Complete layman not trying to sound like I know a damn thing about what you're talking about, it just got me really curious. Your description makes me think of a young baby as they flail and jerk around aimlessly for the first couple of months as they figure out naturally how their body works. Eventually with countless hours (all day every day) of practice they start to slowly figure it out. That makes me wonder if there are two major setbacks to an adult learning how to control a robotic arm. Available time applied to the brain-robotic interface; as in they don't have near as much time to actually discover how to use it as we do when we learn our natural appendages. A person can't sit connected to a machine all day every day. Additionally I'm guessing feedback from the appendage itself is an important part of learning how to use it. Which in relation to a natural appendage, I'm guessing, is either non-existence or extremely lacking. Am I way off base in my thought process? I'm extremely curious now.