sweBers

joined 2 years ago
[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

None taken! I have already moved on to laser printers. It is literally one less problem in my house. I can't imagine freaking out and trying to get just a few more pages from my printer, but I was there once.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You are right. The article is actually about how you decided to use the correct strategy.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Facebook still does this to me. I log in via Web app now.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sometimes you could rescue them by blotting them on an alcohol soaked paper towel.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Ass is one of the great filters of tech evolution.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The real cost of an inkjet is that one needs to buy ink regardless of whether they print. It tends to dry out over a few months. If you don't happen to use all the 100-200 pages, the money is wasted.

In the past, just because the printer was on sale, I have been able to buy a cheap printer for less than new ink.

I bought a brother a couple of years ago for just under $200. That was the cost of 4 sets of ink. I have replaced the toner a couple of times at $17 each. Each replacement has lasted me a few thousand pages.

This was a replacement to a pair of brother printers of the same model I obtained via yard sale for a total cost of $10. These yard sale printers would have lasted longer if not for small children and dogs.

I have probably printed 6k pages for the cost of $180 over the course of several years. Most of the printing has been school work for kids and forms in general.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I was interested in the beginning, but after the initial hype it just seemed to be a lot of people running scams. I'm sad I didn't gather a bunch early on, but I only would have sold it in/by 2020. I didn't have any use for it but to hold it until it was profitable to sell.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Someone actually wrote that? It reads like AI generated fluff.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

At that current it would be much better to break it into numerous smaller connectors.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Here is a message for you.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

IIRC the vendors were obligated to identify themselves. Some of the vendors were just people making hardware mods, too.

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Tech CEOs: Turns out the cloud costs money. Who knew? What next, credits are going to send me bills, lol? I already spent that money.

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