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It never occurred to me that hardware could be open source, very interesting.

Really? Have you been living in a cave for the past two plus decades? 3D printing, arduino, opencores, etc have been big news and are all open source hardware.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware

https://xkcd.com/1053/

For specific things that makes more sense but for the entire concept of open source hardware from someone on HN it's just wild to me.

https://xkcd.com/2501/

Oh wow, someone learned something new and exciting today! Instead of celebrating them expanding their knowledge and horizon, let's make fun of them!

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