<![CDATA[In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.]]>In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.

In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.

Don’t buy a Dyson.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/71ce891e-e7b3-44bb-a03b-00992f56d81b/in-1959-volvo-invented-the-three-point-seat-belt-and-released-the-patent-to-it-for-free-realising-it-would-save-millions-of-lives.RSS for NodeMon, 27 Apr 2026 21:18:54 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2026 07:42:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:10:39 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom Miele is much better at sucking!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116455364346985237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116455364346985237Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:49:56 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom much well-deserved love for Henry vacuum cleaners in the replies but I'm quite pleased with this Hoover - cleans a lot of cat and rabbit hair out of the carpets, hasn't broken, unclips into a dozen different pieces when needed which also makes it easy to unclog. the narrow carpet/stairs attachment is pants though

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116455282900295089https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116455282900295089Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:49:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:48:16 GMT]]>@jackeric @MarkHoltom just for the hell of it because he really hates it? Yeah. In a heartbeat.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/capnthommo/statuses/116455276330723456https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/capnthommo/statuses/116455276330723456Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:48:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:46:18 GMT]]>@capnthommo @MarkHoltom but you would in most other circumstances, right

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116455268574315816https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116455268574315816Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:46:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:41:23 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom Don't forget he and other Tory donors were given preferential treatment over companies that specialised in making ventilators and PPE, or ones that could swiftly switch to making them. He submitted a design that was potentially hazardous to patients and demanded it be pushed through without thorough testing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116455249244487863https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116455249244487863Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:41:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:36:04 GMT]]>@stuartb @woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom we tried to repair a Dyson ball vacuum in the US because it was at a flea market for like ten dollars. Fun project, thought I.

NOPE
after watching some YouTube repair guys the problems piled up - they make deliberately proprietary bits that are very hard to take apart without damaging, you need special tools (had to buy a set of weird screwdrivers specially) and it's not intuitively designed in any way.

Would never ever get one new. Mainly because the guy sucks but so does a lot of the tech.

Ended up giving it away for someone else to get parts from.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116455228352640700https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116455228352640700Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:36:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:34:04 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom he's such a dick.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116455220456045172https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116455220456045172Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:34:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:04:20 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom Dyson stuff is marketing BS anyway... Not good products.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pa27/statuses/116455103591303094https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pa27/statuses/116455103591303094Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:04:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:57 GMT]]>@CoastalCoasting @Quinn9282 @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Oh no.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116455054890718582https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116455054890718582Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:21 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom never have, never will

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/millihertz/statuses/116455052493235777https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/millihertz/statuses/116455052493235777Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:13 GMT]]>@woe2you @Quinn9282 @CppGuy @MarkHoltom

Miele was, emphasis on past tense, truly excellent.

Recent years they produce dysfunctional overpriced crap. It was one of the few brands I really admired up until that point. My first Meile lasted 15 years, until it got ran over by a car (long story). The replacement 8 years ago never worked despite taking it in for service help 3 times in the first year but didn't fix the problem, until 6 years later when I was ready to trash it and went to ace hardware in a final act of desperation, where they and showed the design flaw causing all the problems. So now I can use it, so long as I dismantle it and home fix it after every use, sometimes multiple times per use. It is their top of the line model. Corporate ignored every request and warranty plea, even though the problem is the same from the start and I had records showing it was a constant issue. They make junk now, save your $. My meile now has about 10 hours of use racked up for it's 8 year old life, and I've spent about 40-50 hours trying to get it to work.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/CoastalCoasting/statuses/116455052003327366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/CoastalCoasting/statuses/116455052003327366Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:43:28 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom

I believe you can cite a parallel with the polio vaccine.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/huntingdon/statuses/116455021519428354https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/huntingdon/statuses/116455021519428354Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:43:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:33:20 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom Thank you, I wasn’t aware of this. Looking in to it also exposed me to his positive opinion of brexit

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://soc.mod-12.com/users/griotspeak/statuses/116454981685603239https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://soc.mod-12.com/users/griotspeak/statuses/116454981685603239Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:33:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:30:12 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom
We wish we had known this before we bought an expensive vacuum that broke under routine use.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/obtener/statuses/116454969364387871https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/obtener/statuses/116454969364387871Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:30:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:20:30 GMT]]>@Quinn9282 @CppGuy @MarkHoltom I heard a while back that Miele were also good from a repairs standpoint.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116454931228311510https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116454931228311510Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:20:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:11:11 GMT]]>@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom I'd love to get a Henry, but sadly they only make them in 240V, making them pretty useless in North America. If there's an equivalent out there that works on 120V, I'd love to know! (for future reference anyways, I don't need a new vacuum currently)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Quinn9282/statuses/116454894594055786https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Quinn9282/statuses/116454894594055786Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:11:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:07:20 GMT]]>@wesdym @pattykimura A professional vacuum cleaner? Who uses home appliances?

The problem with asking tradies/pros is that 90% of the time they use products that are way overkill for home use (a tradie carpenter won’t tell you to get Ryobi brushed, and yet they’re fine for 99% of the homeowners). The other 40% they’re using a brand because that’s what the person taught them was using. They swear it’s the best but have never used anything else.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/teotwaki/statuses/116454879456168869https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/teotwaki/statuses/116454879456168869Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:07:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:06:58 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom @IncHulk oh and he’s revolutioning farming with his superior brain. Colour me skeptical.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Wifiwits/statuses/116454877990677061https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Wifiwits/statuses/116454877990677061Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:06:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:04:28 GMT]]>@Bez_Lightyear @MarkHoltom it’s almost like he’s just a whiny, entitled fool… almost

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Wifiwits/statuses/116454868130864457https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Wifiwits/statuses/116454868130864457Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:04:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:12:57 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom

Dyson vacuums are crap anyway.

Bought one, it died before a single year had passed.

A Hoover Porta-Power I had ran for 40 years.

Would not buy a Dyson anything ever again. Total garbage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/adwright/statuses/116454665557784906https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/adwright/statuses/116454665557784906Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:12:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:48:24 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom Dyson products are grossly overpriced garbage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/moelassus/statuses/116454569067529035https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/moelassus/statuses/116454569067529035Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:48:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:46:30 GMT]]>@MarkHoltom everyone who owned a Dyson in my immediate surrounding told me to not buy a Dyson because they're utterly shit at doing what they're supposed to do.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116454561605551099https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116454561605551099Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:46:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:47 GMT]]>@dragonarchitect @MarkHoltom compared to numatic's henry hoovers... the numatic ones just. work forever
they're great, got a friend who works for numatic, 'pparently is a good gig

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/ic5146/statuses/116454499781634647https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/ic5146/statuses/116454499781634647Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:16 GMT]]>@dragonarchitect @MarkHoltom even better...... They now make /taps/ with integrated hand dryers!

Do you enjoy getting soap and water blown all over you because you had the audacity to put your hands in the wrong place and it activated the dryer!???!

Dyson has you covered!...... Literally!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/Jencen/statuses/116454497764672030https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/Jencen/statuses/116454497764672030Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:16 GMT