• SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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      If itā€™s not got design drawings, specifications, and QC, itā€™s improvised.

      I can make any ad-hoc modification to a machine and be paid for it, and thatā€™s improvised.

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        But that isnā€™t the criteria theyā€™re working with in any news report or court case, is it?

        If I draw up some plans on a napkin with crayon, make my thing based on that, and ā€œQCā€ says all the parts are to spec, and it fails and looks like shit in the processā€¦ I would say that is FAR more improvised than the guy making a pipe bomb out of hardware store supplies thatā€™s set off by a complex electronic custom timer/signal receiver.

        I do get your point, Iā€™m just being slightly ridiculous for humorā€™s sake.

        Itā€™s all entirely ā€œdid someone make this in a factory with government approval or notā€

        Yā€™knowā€¦ In this hypothetical news story/court caseā€¦